How do you
make history fun? Turn it into a game. Here are some online games
that will add a pinch of pizzaz to your homeschool history studies.
Note: The games are not listed in any particular
order.
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History
Mysteries from Scholastic
How would you like to become a great investigator - of history!
Professor Carlotta Facts challenges you to solve the History
Mystery! If you figure out the mystery in fewer clues, you
earn a higher title as an investigator. Take a shot at Colonial
Life, Westward Migration, or Ancient Egypt to start. Many
more topics from American and world history. |
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The
Road to Revolution: A Revolutionary Game
An online quiz that covers the material presented on the PBS
Liberty the Road to Revolution website |
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Choosing
Revolution
Gather secrets as you work your way through this online activity.
At the end choose to side with the patriots or the loyalists |
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The
British are Coming
Thinkquest online game. |
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The
Flames of Rebellion
The Flames of Rebellion is a strategy/war game playable by
two users on the internet or at one computer. Players choose
either the British or the Colonials as they simulate the Revolutionary
War. The object of the game is to take control of all thirteen
colonies. |
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Emperor
of Rome Game
To play the Emperor of Rome game, you must first choose whether
to play as the Emperor Tiberius, or as Fate. The computer
will play as your opponent. The game is played as a series
of situations. |
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Viking
Quest
Travel back in time to the year 793 AD. Can you build a ship,
cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim
your prize? Your chief has set the challenge, it's up to you
to undertake the Viking Quest. |
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Weapons
Through Time
From knights with swords to rapid-fire machine guns, weapons
have become more sophisticated as the threat of attack has
increased.
To test your military knowledge, survey the battlefield then
see if you can work out which weapon played a part in which
conflict. |
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Anglo-Saxon
Coins
Find out more about Anglo-Saxon money by taking a closer look
at the coins and the stories behind them. When you think you
know enough, test yourself by playing 'Coins' and see if you
can make money talk. |
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The
Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes was among a gang of Roman Catholic conspirators
who wanted to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate King
James VI of Scotland and I of England.
As part of their plan, they stored gunpowder kegs in the cellars
of the House of Lords. These were going to be ignited when
the King and the rest of the political elite were assembled
in the chamber above them.
You must find those kegs before the fizzing fuse causes disaster! |
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Women's
Rights
What use would women have of a university education?
Why should women want to keep their earnings for themselves?
Who would want to be treated by a woman doctor?
Play the game by knocking on the doors of Victorian opportunity
- but don't expect too much too soon! |
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Who
wants to be a cotton millionaire?
Britain's emergence as the world's first industrial power
was due to the move of production out of the home and into
the factory. The transition wasn't smooth. The economy swung
between boom and depression, and there were violent demonstrations
against new technology- but the tide of change was unstoppable.
Like today, investment in rapidly expanding sectors which
used new technology was risky. Some entrepreneurs made fortunes
from the new cotton industry but many of the factory start-ups
went bust. Success depended on a variety of factors which
we will encounter.
Our game starts in the 1820s. Our potential investor lives
in modern-day Cumbria - though this area was then comprised
of the counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire
'north of the sands'. We have simplified many other complex
factors but this is still a game of tough choices. Choose
well, make money and the business will survive. Choose badly
and the businessman could end up in debtors' prison.
As you play the game your stacks of money will rise and fall
depending on the choices you make. Do you have what it takes
to make a cotton millionaire? Play the game to find out. |
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Muck
and Brass
It's the 1850s. Much of Britain's landscape is dominated
by industrial towns and rapidly expanding cities. Market
towns have become provincial backwaters. Millions of people
live in poverty whilst a lucky few amass enormous wealth.
This social gulf is the reality of Victorian Britain. Towns
are built for industry and trade; not for people. Homes
are thrown up in a hurry without a thought for their dwellers.
Britain has become an economic powerhouse but a country
of extremes.
In this game you have to help iron out some of these extremes
and improve the image of "Cottonopolis". To succeed
you will have to think and act like a Victorian.
The results of your decisions will be measured in a macabre
combination of coffins and coins. Your unenviable task is
to keep the city's coffers full whilst trying to save as
many of your citizens as possible from an early grave. The
choices are tough and the dilemmas real. How ready is your
conscience for the realities of Victorian Britain? Play
'Muck and Brass' to find out.
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Spying
Game
Throughout her reign, Elizabeth I was surrounded by an army
of spies who worked in secret to protect her from assassination.
As a Protestant monarch, Elizabeth was the target of plots
by discontented Catholics who wished to replace her with Mary,
Queen of Scots.
These spies spent much of their time working to decipher the
codes used by plotters to correspond with each other in secret.
Elizabeth's secret service was highly successful at cracking
these codes, and was overseen by the most ruthless spymaster
of them all, Francis Walsingham.
Test your skill in the Spying Game - see if you can crack
the code and discover the secret message. |
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Hunt
the Ancestor
Dig down into the depths of British history as long buried
treasures from thousands of years ago are revealed.
Play the 'Hunt the Ancestor' game which will show you the
realities of being an archaeologist. Time and money are running
out and the developer's diggers are wanting to move in! |
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The
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought thirteen kilometres south
of Brussels between the French, under the command of Napoleon
Bonaparte, and the Allied armies commanded by the Duke of
Wellington from Britain and General Blücher from Prussia.
The French defeat at Waterloo drew to a close 23 years of
war beginning with the French Revolutionary wars in 1792 and
continuing with the Napoleonic Wars from 1803. There was a
brief eleven-month respite when Napoleon was forced to abdicate,
exiled to the island of Elba. However, the unpopularity of
Louis XVIII and the economic and social instability of France
motivated him to return to Paris in March 1815. The Allies
soon declared war once again. Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo
marked the end of the Emperor's final bid for power, the so-called
'100 Days', and the final chapter in his remarkable career. |
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The
Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was the last time England was successfully
invaded and conquered by a foreign army. It brought greater
unity and strength to a country which was already wealthy
and strong in governmental systems but which was dynastically
and territorially insecure. |
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The
Diving Game
This is your chance to explore the perils of the deep and
find the treasure. Answer the ten questions as you swim your
way down. Get one wrong and you must return to the surface
as you are losing air. You will be able to find all the answers
in this section. Beware of the Sharks! |
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Walk
Through Time
Here's your chance to walk into the past!
But look closely - there are things that don't belong in each
scene.
Click on the odd items and send them flying down the Time
Tunnel. |
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Historical
Noughts and Crosses
How good is your knowledge of Scotland's past? Pit your wits
against the computer in historical tic-tac-toe. |
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Historical
Targets
Score historical bullseyes by getting the answers right in
this Scottish historical quiz. |
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Ye
Olde History Bluff
Find out who the Loikman was - and discover many other strange
terms from Scottish history - in Ye Olde History Bluff. |
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The
Dark Ages
This scavenger hunt will take you through various Web sites
to learn about the Dark Ages in Europe. |
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The
French Revolution
Search the Web for the answers to these questions
about the French Revolution. |
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Who
is That?
Mingle with the famous and imfamous. FUNBRAIN will show you
a portrait of a famous person with a clue. Choose between
presidents or famous scientists and mathematicians. (Note:annoying
pop-ups.) |
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The
Home Front in World War Two!
How successfully would you have been as a wartime leader of
Britain? |
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Time
Machine journey to the Middle Ages!
Explore a medieval town and village trying to find the missing
pieces of your time machine! |
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The
Battle for the throne: 1066
A role play game as King Harold - will you survive the challenges
to your throne? |
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Don't
lose your head!
A decision making game as King Charles I - can you avoid dragging
England into a Civil War? |
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A
Victorian Entrepreneur?
Do you have what it takes to succeed in the tough world of
Victorian business |
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Can
you save the Weimar Republic?
How would you have handled the trials and tribulations of
post-war Germany? |
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Can
you survive the Wall Street Crash?
Play the stock market and see if you make your fortune! |
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At
the court of Edward VI!
Can you survive the ups and downs of Tudor politics? |
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James
Spod - Secret Agent!
Learn about Nazi Germany whilst on a mission to eliminate
the evil dictator Adolf Hitler! |
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How
would you have run the League of Nations?
Be in role as an ambitious civil servant on the make! |
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Calendrics
This game asks you questions based on the calendar. You have
multiple chances to get the right answer. |
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