The Greatest Empire
During the 2006-7 school year our children went on a trip around the world and got their passports stamped.
Great Britain is more than just England, but trying to figure out what is what was difficult for us Americans. So we lumped England and the United Kingdom together but understand that England is just a part of the UK. The four parts of the UK are: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Unless noted otherwise All of four of those regions are listed here.
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Resources
Books
Non-Fiction--Information books:
- Britain by Barbara Fuller (Benchmark Books, 1994; ISBN 1854355872)
- England by Jean F. Blashfield (Children's Press, 1997; ISBN 0516204718)
- England by Tracey Boraas (Bridgestone Books, 2003; ISBN 0736809376)
- England in Pictures (Lerner, 1990; ISBN 0822518740)
- Great Britain by Sharon Gordon (Benchmark Books, 2004; ISBN 0761417176)
- London by Neil Morris (Enchanted Lion, 2004; ISBN 1592700136)
- London by Gill Stacey (World Almanac Library, 2004; ISBN 083685022X)
- The Compete Idiot's Guide to British Royalty by Richard Buskin (Alpha Books, 1998; ISBN 0028623460)
- Wales by Ann Heinrichs (Children's Press, 2003; ISBN 0516222880)
- Wales by Anna Hestler (Benchmark 2001; ISBN 076141195X)
Activity Books:
- England by Ellen M. Dolan (Milliken, 1996; ISBN 0787702749)*
Fiction:
Audio/visual:
Websites
- Enchanted Learning (please do your own search for worksheets)
- Britain from InfoPlease
- Britain from Country Reports
- Britain from Atlapedia Online
- Britain from geographic.org
- Britain from The World Factbook (the CIA)
- Britain from Background Notes on countries (US Department of State)
- Britain from Students of the World
- Britain from Wikipedia
- Britain from Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
- Britain from Fact Monster
- Britain from World Atlas.com
- Britain from National Geographic
- Britain from Time for Kids
- Britain from Cultural Profiles Project (Canada website)
- Britain from Nation Master.com
- BBC History of Britain and their site for kids
- BBC History of Britain for kids in the Victorian Era
- Links from Laura Loft's page Anglo-Saxon and Norman Invasion
- Clickable Worksheet on England
- Broad history of Europe
- English Colonization in the 16th Century
- Lesson plan for "Who invaded and settled Britain?"
- The Normans (who were originally Vikings)
- Traditions from Great Britain from History Channel.com
- Big Ben 3D paper craft from Cannon
- Tower Bridge 3D paper craft from Cannon
- Visit Britain
- History of Great Britain
- Middle Ages from Helaman's Academy
Projects
Writing assignments
Completed: December 2006
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Last update: February, 2007
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