Textbook der Reihe ʺA new focus on ...ʺ (UK: Hodder Education 2023)

This activity is designed to take about two lessons. It is most suitable for ages 11–14. The lesson plans and resources are flexible and give guidance on using Google to research the topic (UK: tes 2017-21).

article by Carla Power published at content.time.com, 2009 When the Queen made Hanif Kureishi a Commander of the British Empire in 2008, she gave him a medal embossed with the logo: ʺFor God and Empire.ʺ

In the century 18151914, 10 million square miles of territory and 400 million people were added to the British Empire. Britain was the 'Mother Country' of a worldwide empire which covered a fifth of the land in the world, and Britannia 'ruled the waves'.

The years 1815 to 1914 are referred to as Britain's imperial century, and at this time, the Empire included over 14 million square miles of territory and 450 million people. It included more than a quarter of the world's population and it was said that the sun never set on the British Empire, a phrase attributed to a Scottish writer, John Wilson. With supremacy at ...

Auf dem englischsprachigen Portal finden Sie eine ausführliche Tabelle mit den wichtigen geschichtlichen Ereignissen in Großbritannien im 19. Jahrhunderts.

On April 7 1760 approximately 1,500 enslaved individuals in Jamaica initiated what would be the largest slave revolt in the history of the British empire. Harvard University Professor and Historian Vincent Brown created this interactive map and timeline of the revolt (USA 2017-20).

Vor 75 Jahren, am 15. August 1947, war der Kampf um die indische Unabhängigkeit gewonnen und die britische Kolonialherrschaft beendet. Die Unabhängigkeit ging mit einer Teilung Britisch-Indiens in das hinduistisch geprägte Indien und das überwiegend muslimische Pakistan einher; 1971 wurde Ost-Pakistan nach einem von Indien unterstützten Sezessionskrieg als Bangladesch ...