Year 9
Black Peoples of the Americas

The 'New World' & Native Americans

	Find out about north American tribes, and what happened when the met Europeans
	Were Native Americans like our modern sterotype?
	A history of the 13 original North American colonies
	And what about Pocahontas - fact or fiction? You decide......
	A more detailed biography of Pocahontas

The Atlantic Slave Trade:

	All you need on Britain and slavery - excellent site
	Dozens of accounts by the slaves themselves.
	African American slaves recall their experiences.
	Virtually everything you need on slavery - excellent site
	Some good primary documents relating to the slave trade.

From Slavery To Freedom

	"Free At Last" - primary docuents relating to the Civil War, slavery and freedom
	A comprehensive time-line of the Civil War
	Read President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in full
	Three excellent articles on lynchings with photographs at the bottom of the page.
	An excellent site devoted to lynchngs
	'Jim Crow' Laws and segregation
	A useful article on sharecropping
	Would you stand up for this woman? Download your own copy of the investigation booklet, and view the sources in colour! - 5MB

	History in Year 9 is split into two main studies:
	The Black Peoples Of The Americas	September - Christmas
	The Twentieth Century	Christmas - July

First World War

Second World War