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UNITED KINGDOMMuseums
The Tate Gallery (collections of British art and international modern art)
British Museum (information and pictures of collections and exhibits)
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Sites to See
Stones of England (pictures and history of stone monuments such as Stonehenge)
St. Paul's Cathedral (pictures and history)
10 Downing Street (the residence of the British Prime Minister, with an online tour and history)
The Lake District National Park
The Royal Palaces (official website)
Famous People
The British Monarchy (the official web site)
King Arthur (links to information about the historical Arthur and the legend)
Chaucer (links to biography and works)
William Shakespeare (biographical information and links to hundreds of sites on his life and works)
Charles Dickens (biographical and contextual information)
Virginia Woolf (pictures, essays, and links)
Charles Darwin (information on the man and evolution)
John Locke (biographical information and links to works by the "father of English Empiricism")
Adam Smith (author of the influential Wealth of Nations)
Robert Burns (Scotland's most famous poet)
Robin Hood (history and legend)
History
The Celtic Druids (the people of ancient Britain)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (an online version of the primary document, chronicling centuries of British history)
Medieval England (primary documents from Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors)
The Magna Carter (text of the original document, signed in 1215)
Tudor England (a comprehensive site on the events and the people of Tudor England)
The Great Fire of London (original text from the London Gazette in 1666)
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
The Victorian Era (1837-1901)
The Contract between the King and the Colonies (1783)
History of Scotland (from the Celtics to the present)
The Highland Clearances (about the evictions of Scotland's highlands and islands in the 18th and 19th centuries)
History of the North of Ireland
Cuisine
The British Cheese Board (cheese facts and recipes)
The World of Tea (everything you wanted to know about tea)
Traditional Scottish Food and Drink
Miscellaneous Cultural Resources
The Official Rolls-Royce Website
Alice in Wonderland: An Interactive Adventure (games and lots of fun)
The Legend of Nessie (of the Loch Ness, in Scotland)
Explore England (people, places, and things, geared toward 3-6 graders)
A Virtual Journey of the United Kingdom
A Look at British Parliament (C-SPAN Lesson Plan)