Lots of information and supporting activities relating to our year 4 topics can be found below.

Happy learning!

Here are some websites which may be useful when you are researching the Blitz:

This is a great site for information and activities -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/air_raids/

For photographs and clips try -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/the_blitz

For maps showing the positions of WW2 bomb sites -

http://bombsight.org/explore/greater-london/brent/

When we conduct our local history study, we will be comparing the architecture of building that were built at different times. This link will help you to identify the features of buildings built in the Victorian period and those that were built in more recent times.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/houses.html

For information about food and rationing -

http://cookit.e2bn.org/historycookbook/20-97-world-war-2-Food-facts.html

For the recipe for Woolton Pie (and other sweet and savoury dishes from the period of World War II) click on the link below:

http://www.food.com/recipe/woolton-pie-463606

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The following links may be useful when you are researching Ancient Greece:

http://greece.mrdonn.org/city-states.html

Take a look at some of the largest City States on this link and find more about them.

http://www.mystery-productions.com/hyper/Hypermedia_2003/Miller/AM_hypermedia/Artifact/#

The Sparta and Athens sections of this interactive site are fun and well worth a look.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

More links to find out more…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/sparta/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/athens/

Click on the Quiz buttons to test your knowledge of Athens & Sparta.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/site_1q.html

Take the virtual tour of Olympia.

http://www.greeka.com/peloponnese/olympia/olympia-pictures.htm

Colour images of the site at Olympia as it appears today.

http://www.olympia-greece.org/site.html

Take a look at this site for a model of the site and a description of the function for each building.

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Here's a fun way to learn the countries of the Europe...

...or the counties of England