London closer to Europe

With the new terminus Saint-Pancras railway station London will be "closer to the patisseries of Paris and to the beers of Brussels" !
Let watch this promotional but geographic clip from Eurostar to understand how these new infracstructures will draw a new area to the East of London.

Flood in UK

Heavy rains have caused important floods in UK this summer. On the BBC website, find out a round-up of the situation in the worst-affected areas with an interactive map.

"Has London fallen victim to the latest deluge of rain? These shocking pictures seem to suggest so but don't worry they're just images taken from a new British disaster film." Metro.co.uk

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A few photos of Devon

2007-07-england

William III statue in Brixham harbour

William, prince of Orange, afterwards William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland, landed near this spot 5th november 1688 and issued his famous declaration "the liberties of England and the protestant religion I will maintain".

On 5th November 1688 William Prince of Orange, having sail down the English Channel with 15.000 troops, landed in Brixham. William asserted that he would stand by those who did not want the Catholic James II as king, and he was married to James daughter, Mary, who was the next protestant heir ti the English throne. Three day later William marched unopposed from Brixham to London, where he and Mary became joint monarchs whilst James II went into exile. This 1889 satue includes an inscription in Dutch.
The stone on which the Prince reputedly set foot on shore is set in a monument beyond the former Fish Market, where Queen Elizabeth II also stood in 1988, in a visit to mark the tercentanary of William's landing.

A few photos of England

Geography in danger in UK

Give Geography Its Place (GGIP) is an english geographer action created to save Geography in UK.
Watch attentively this short quizz clip and try to find the map errors.

Government archives

Our Documents. Find out the 100 milestone documents of American history
(National Archives), voted by the "People". A very user friendly website !

Teaching American History
This page browses main american history texts. You will notably learn how American split their timeline in different eras.

InfoUSA
This website provides plenty of links about American History : Symbols and celebrations, US History, fundamental documents and writings, famous speeches.


UK National Archives
Mostly interesting for the treasures, viewed by date and themes, and also for the online exhibitions.


Focus on Film
The educational website ok UK National archive features a range of archive clips with background information.

One Day in London

English History : biographies and timelines

Find out main figures of English History presented by short biographies very usefull.

"Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline. Browse hundreds of key events and discover how the past has shaped the world we live in today.

• Neolithic and Bronze Ages
• Iron Age
• Roman Britain
• Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
• Norman Britain
• Middle Ages
• Tudors
• Civil War and Revolution
• Empire and Sea Power
• Victorian Britain
• World Wars
• Britain: 1945 to Present"

You can also refer to 3 other timelines :

• Price minister and politics
  


• Kings and Queens through time
  


• Ages of English timeline
  

Choose between a flash or non-flash version.

The Parthenon marbles

Built during the fifth century BC, the Parthenon frieze represents the Panathenaic procession, now located in the British Museum in London. You can explore all the scenes on this Columbia University website.

In Nashville, you can visit the replica of the original Parthenon, built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition. It takes place in the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park.

For a long time, Greek government fights for the restitution of the Parthenon marbles. The New Acropolis Museum has been erected to receive all the Sculptures in Greece. In 2006, the first fragment of the Parthenon marbles was returned in Greece by the University of Heidelberg. "At the Exhibition Hall of the Parthenon, some specific window-cases
will remain unoccupied waiting for the restitution of the fragmented
Sculptures." That means the complete return of the Parthenon marbles settled in the Bristish Museum.

The British Museum provides also arguments on its website.

1. According to Georgios Voulgarakis, Minister of Culture, why is the marbles restitution an universal issue ?

2. Why has the marbles restitution become an european debate ?

3. Find out the official declaration of the european Parliament. What is its point of vue ?

Dakini Project : education through the Channel

Official presentation :

"£2.3 million pounds of free resources for Secondary Schools in Kent (UK) and Haute Normandie (France)

The Dakini Project, funded by the European Regional Development Fund Interreg IIIa community initative, establishes the first cross border (UK and France) geo-spatial web server for schools and holds high quality map based data of the Interreg IIIa region (Kent, East Sussex,
Nord Pas de Calais, Seine Maritime and Somme).

This includes a variety of digital data, including: aerial photography; large and small-scale maps; administrative boundaries with census, social and economic data; historical maps; satellite images; environmental data ; and 3D Digital Elevation Models (DEM).

In addition, the site also hosts a series of unique Digital Information Portals (DIP's) in the form of virtual tours for a number of key sites within the Interreg IIIa region."

Home page of Dakini project