A guide to Internet sites for research, aimed specifically at children aged 5 to 15 years of age.

General History | Ancient Egypt | Ancient Greece | Ancient Rome | Ancient World | Australian History | History of Clothes, make-up and hairstyles | Middle Ages & Renaissance | Modern History | Viking

General History

• Ancient Scripts - designed to give an introduction to writing systems.
• BBC Online History - Search this site by topic, by person & by time for information on world history.
• European Explorers - Links to lots of information about explorers.
• EyeWitness to History - History through the eyes of those who lived it.
• History.com - Information on world history including speeches, discussions & this day in history.
• History Resource Centre - History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
  - available for use on Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service PC's. Also available for access at home by members of Ryde Hunters Hill Library Service, by use of the Ryde Library membership card number. 
• The HistoryNet - The Web's Best History Archive
• HyperHistory Online - Over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world history.
• Women in World History - Interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history.

Ancient Egypt

• An Egyptian Mummification
• Ancient Egypt - from the British Museum
• Egypt Antiquities Information from Tour Egypt
• Life in Ancient Egypt
• Mark Millmore's Discovering Ancient Egypt

Ancient Greece

• Ancient Greece
• The Ancient Greek World

Ancient Rome

• The Roman Empire in the First Century - meet the Emperors of Rome, read the words of poets and philosophers, learn about life in the 1st Century AD, then try your skills in our "Emperor of Rome" game!
• The Romans
• Who were the Romans?

Ancient World

• Empires Past - a site about great empires of the past.
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures - An introduction to ancient cultures on the world wide web.
• History of China
• Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Australian History

• ANZAC Day - Commemoration Committee
• Australian Explorers  
• Australian Federation - Information on Australia's Federation.
• Australian War Memorial - Information about the War Memorial, Australian's at war and much more.  
• Encounters with Aborigines
• First Fleet Fellowship - The story, ships and list of provisions and livestock of the First Fleet.  
• Ned Kelly: Australian Iron Outlaw
• Victorian Goldfields - Exploring the Bendigo Goldfields of the 1850's. This site includes information on life in the goldfields, mining tools and mining laws.

History of Clothes, Make-up and Hairstyles

• About Cosmetics - A brief history of the use of cosmetics.
• The Costume Gallery - The history of fashion.
• Costume History at The Costumer's Manifesto - The history of fashion up to 2000, with great photo's.

Middle Ages & Renaissance

• The Labyrinth - resources for Medieval Studies
• The Middle Ages - what was it really like to live in the middle ages?
• The Renaissance

Modern History

• The History Place - World War Two in Europe
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook
• The Passing of a Century - 20th century history
• World War I - trenches on the web

Vikings

• Vikings - behind the myth
• Vikings - everyday life 
• The World of the Vikings