Direct.gov.uk The official
government website. The widest range of government information and
services online. Information om regeringen og den offentlige sektor i England
Counterpoint-onlineCounterpoint is a think-tank of
the British Council, charged with developing thinking about cultural
relations
Living
in Britain- 2000. Contains information from the
General Household Survey (GHS), which has documented major changes
in British households, families and society since 1971
The Victorian Dictionary
a guide to the social history of
Victorian London, using works from the period. The subjects range from
advertising to crime, disease, sex and politics
London Walks
Leif Frederiksens websted indeholder materiale om London
til brug i gymnasiets engelskundervisning. Især i
forbindelse med en studierejse til London, men også ved projektarbejde
og emnelæsning om London.
Materialet omfatter: 1.
Tolv virtuelle gåture i London.
2. Tekster med tilknytning til turenes lokaliteter.
3. En webquest med titlen Walking Empire London.
4. Oversigt over Londons arkitekturs historie.
Teksterne: De ca. 350 sider klassiske tekster
har tilknytning til turenes lokaliteter og giver dermed turene en
historisk dimension. Teksterne er fortrinsvis af kendte forfattere,
bl.a. Blake, Conrad, Dickens, Conan Doyle, Gay, Keats, Kipling,
Shakespeare, Wilde og Wordsworth. 2-6 tekster pr tur i WORD- og
HTML-format, dels hele tekster dels uddrag. De er tæt glosserede; de
fleste er illustrerede. I tilknytning til teksterne er der links til
baggrundsmateriale.
North
East England History Pages The history of North East England and
Yorkshire from Roman times to 19th century coal mining and
industrialisation. Extracts from
primary sources, legends, poems, songs (some of them in audio) and a
glossary of "Geordie" (Newcastle) dialect.
Birmingham's
Post War Black ImmigrantsA detailed look at black and Asian
immigration to Birmingham covering employment, housing and immigrant
expectations. Includes interviews and transcripts from local oral
history projects, council minutes, newspapers. Part of the Birmingham
City Council website.
Britkideducation website on multiculturalism in Britain
Today
Facts
Living Apart TogetherPolicy
Exchange
has released Living Apart Together: British Muslims and the paradox
of multiculturalism (2007), a major new survey of the attitudes of
Muslims in Britain and the reasons behind the rapid rise in Islamic
fundamentalism amongst the younger generation. The research finds that
there is a growing religiosity amongst the younger generation of Muslims
and that they feel that they have less in common with non-Muslims than
do their parents. Significantly, they exhibit a much stronger preference
for Islamic schools and sharia law and place a greater stress on
asserting their identity publicly, for example, by wearing the hijab
1.
Tolv virtuelle gåture i London.
