British Empire Project

British Empire Webquest

Use the following websites to find information for your oral presentation on the British Empire…

Here is a website to help with your project:

Timeline generator:

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html


A. General Information about the British Empire that might be helpful to all groups

http://www.angelfire.com/mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/empire.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire

Great introduction on the British Empire including specific sections on colonies. Very easy to read.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm

Good site that shows the different phases of the growth of the empire.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/br/BritEmp.html

Maps showing the expansion of the British Empire over time.
http://www.ozedweb.com/history/oz_british_empire_growth.htm

Another old map showing what the British Empire as of 1897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Empire_1897.jpg

A very interesting site explaining the truth behind the idea that the sun never set on the British Empire
http://www.friesian.com/british.htm

The British Empire
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/

timeline
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/timeline/timeline.htm

Images of Empire (photographs!)
http://www.imagesofempire.com/bin/empire.dll/go?a=disp&t=gli-loader.html&tpl=gli-index&m=1&s=1&glsection=1000&glsub= 1&si=8A3CBBC0CFC347D387B8BB9CE208E6&se=47

British empire home page; studies the history of the empire in North America, Africa, India and Australia, and uses documents from the National Archives.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire

British colonies - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about British ...
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/British+colonies

British Empire - The Story
The amazing story of the Rise of the British Empire from the time of Elizabeth lst' bucaneering seafarers to the Boer War Fully illustrated history of the ...
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/histemp

British Empire, or British Empire and Commonwealth (includes specific countries!)
www.britannica.com/eb/topic-80013/British-Empire


B. Egypt

First British Viceroy’s (after-the-fact) explanation of why Britain took Egypt - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1908cromer.html

Colonization of Egypt ThinkQuest (excellent student created site – all parts are useful)
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01218/index2.html

Map with clickable link to lots of Egypt info. Very dense text.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/africa.htm


C. South Africa

BBC’s “The Story of Africa”- Start with the introductory page for “Africa and Europe (1800-1914) then look at the “Southern Africa” menu. The most useful links in this menu are: Afrikaners Vs English, Mining, Imperial Racism, Apartheid Origins, and the timeline.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/

Map with clickable link to lots of South Africa info. Very dense text.
http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/africa.htm

The next two provide great background and primary source documents
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs2/background.htm

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs2/default.htm

Good information and very readable
http://www.capetown.at/heritage/history/british.htm


E. Canada

The next two are about the British Empire in North America. You will find general information about Canada and how it relates to the colonization of some Caribbean islands and modern day America. This site was created for kids.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs1/background.htm

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs1/default.htm

From the same site as the above two—but more specific to Canada.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g3/cs1/background.htm

General information about the British Empire but good specific information on Canada in the section on North America.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/empirehist/history.htm

Difficult reading but some good information. Make sure you have a general understanding before you tackle this one…
http://www.canadianheritage.org/books/canada4.htm


F. India

The next two are from the National Archives in Enland and gives great, kid friendly information on the British East India Company and more.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/background.htm

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs3/default.htm

Fairly readable background info.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/LONeast.htm

Very dense reading but a good history of British Imperialism in India.
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/India.html
Some useful and brief articles about India – another student created site. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006203/indexa.html


G. Australia

Kid friendly and easy to read website providing lots of information on the British settlement of Australia.
http://members.tripod.com/virtaus4/volume8/history/british_settlement.htm

Kid friendly website from the National Archives in England. Includes background info and primary source documents.
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g2/cs2/background.htm

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/empire/g1/cs4/default.htm

MSN Messenger Blog Topic

The Revealers

In the novel, The Revealers, the students of Parkland Middle felt connected through SchoolStream or as the students called it KidNet where they were able to chat or instant message. Most of you do this nightly through MSN Messenger. With KidNet and MSN nobody could break into or eavesdrop on your conversation without it being known. Not anymore. Today’s technology allows you to assume the identity of another person. Do you really know whom you are talking to in the cyber world?

It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?”

What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious?

What would be a responsible way to handle this situation?

How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?

The First Blog Writing Topic

The Revealers
Blog Writing Topic

Blog response Instructions: Answer the questions in complete sentences, proper English and use examples from the novel whenever possible. Put page number after your examples. When writing comments to your peers, be respectful in your language and about their response. It is okay to disagree, but do it in a polite manner.

Blog Question: Is bullying a rite of passage of childhood and adolescence? Is it apart of the maturation process one needs to go through to reach adulthood? Explain. Mrs. Hogeboom brings up this topic on page 108.