History Events - Information for Kids

Millennium
http://www.snn-rdr.ca/snn/old/dec99/dec99/teens.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000

First Powered Flight (1903)
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Wright_Bros/First_Powered_Flight/WR6.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/Airplane.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-airplane-flies

Titanic
http://www.primarygames.com/science/ocean/games/HiddenTitanic/index.htm
http://www.titanic-facts.com/titanic-facts.html
http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/News/The_Titanic.htm

Execution of Charles I
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/CharlesI_execution.htm
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/charlesI.htm
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England

The Fall of the Berlin Wall

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
http://www.ehow.com/about_6162676_berlin-wall-kids.html

A personal account
http://andreas.com/berlin.html
http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/history/fall-of-berlinwall.htm
http://www.thekidswindow.co.uk/news/Berlin_Wall.htm

Battle of the Somme
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWsomme.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/battle_somme.shtml
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ba/Battle_of_the_Somme_(1916)
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/somme.htm

Battle of Hastings
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/bt.html
http://www.howitworksdaily.com/history/top-five-facts-battle-of-hastings/
suggested essay questions:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORQ2.htm
and suggested answers:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORhastingsO.htm