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Useful links to widen your knowledge about British Geography and British History. And more.
Vínculos interesantes para ampliar tus conocimientos sobre Geografía inglesa e Historia de Inglaterra. Y más cosas.
GEOGRAPHY
Geography (general)
projectbritain.com/regions/index.htm
Geography - Mountains
homeworkhelp.stjohnssevenoaks.com/mountains.htm
Geography - Rivers
homeworkhelp.stjohnssevenoaks.com/rivers.html
HISTORY
History - The Celts
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/celts.htm
History - The Romans
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.ht
History - The Saxons
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons.htm
History - The Vikings
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/vikings.html
History - The Normans
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/bt.html
History - The Tudors
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Tudors.html
History - The Victorian times
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians.html
History - The World War II
www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians.html
FAMOUS AMERICANS
The USA are famous worlwide for many facts: inventions, economics, science and research, sports... In every and each of these fields there have been famous people who have made things posible.
Go to the following webpages and get to know about them.
www.biographyonline.net/people/america/famous-americans.html
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/12/the-100-most-influential-figures-in-american-history/305384/
www.teachersfirst.com/share/states/famous-main.cfm
www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/index.php
FAMOUS AUSSIES
Pardon? Did ya say no famous Aussies but kangaroos? Not in the least! You can take it for granted, far as they can be. Click on these links and you will realize.
http://www.australiance.com/about-australia/culture/people
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls050640810/
FAMOUS BRITS
For sure you've heard about Queen Elizabeth II or Shakespeare or Sir Winston Churchill or Agatha Christie or Sean Connery. How about Stephen Hawkins, Elton John or Alexander Graham Bell? All these have got something in common: they're famous and they're British.
But there are more, many more. Click on the links below and know them.
www.biography.com/people/groups/british
FAMOUS CANADIANS
Canadians are well known for their love to mountains, snow and ice hockey. But there have been many Canadians famous for their own merits: scientists, actors, sportspeople... Click and know.
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls000070032/
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/famous-canadians
http://www.probability.ca/jeff/canadians.html
FAMOUS IRISH
Famous writers, mainly (Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, G. B. Shaw, Yeats, James Joyce, Samuel Becket), but not only. Singers Enya, Bob Geldof or Bono; actors Peter O'Toole, Pierce Brosnam or Kenneth Branagh; music groups laike U2, The Corrs or The Cranberries. All of them, Irish. And there are more. Look for them in the links below:
www.eupedia.com/ireland/famous_irish_people.shtml
http://www.imdb.com/search/name?birth_place=Ireland
http://www.biographyonline.net/people/famous/irish.html
FAMOUS KIWIS
Kiwis are birds, of course. And a fruit, as well. But Kiwis are New Zealanders too. And a lot of them are famous indeed. Go below, click and get to know.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11240464