Scotland and England
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nope but you might hop over to the UK tribe they should be able to answer all your questions.
I think you have your pick of time periods- Roman, Viking, Norman, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern. I would see what regions you will visit and what sites you are interested in and go from there. Some sites have tremendous historical overlap. The York cathedral or York Minster had Roman, Norman, Medieval and many other periods represented in a single structure. The power for us was to see how each new group built on the past. I think it is helpful to look at the web sites of the really big sites you plan to visit. The National Railroad Museum in York for instance has various talks and opening of historic cars at specific times of day so I planned our trip to include getting a chance to step into "The Mallard" as that was important to us. We paid for audio tours of historic places-usually the adult audio tours. My son was 6 at the time and would listen to the whole tour. This gave us a lot of history and the ability to start and stop as needed. I should add that he is probably an auditory learner.
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I particularly like Dorling Kindersley Travel Guides : Kid's London (ISBN #0789452499), which is meant for kids to read on their own. Another set of beautifully illustrated books for the kids, which have recently been updated are Miroslav Sasek's This is London, This is Britain, and This Is Edinburgh. Cadogan's Take the Kids London or Take the Kids England are also very good, but they are meant for the parents. Also for parents but gives a list of books written in Great Britain and sites associated with those books is Once Upon a Time in Great Britain: A Travel Guide to the Sights and Settings of Your Favorite Children's Stories by Melanie Wentz.
You may want to look in a bookstore for a copy of the magazine In Britain.
You may want to look in a bookstore for a copy of the magazine In Britain.
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some great ideas there heres some more things you could look up on teh net and print out.
the "wars of the roses", the magna carta, the bayeaux tapestry, peasents revolt, the "real" braveheart, the royal family and aristocracy, james herriot and quaint old yorkshire which is quite unique (and what jrr tolkien based "hobbits" and "the shire" on), ohhh if you get chance go to "robin hoods bay" which is a lovely little village. there's obviously robin hood himself aswell.
york is a great place to go with lots of tourist attractions. conisbrough castle is quite unique, lincoln cathedral is where a part of the da vinci code was filmed and lincoln castle holds a copy of the magna carta.
london is obviously full of stuff to see sure you'll find that on the net!
hth
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the "wars of the roses", the magna carta, the bayeaux tapestry, peasents revolt, the "real" braveheart, the royal family and aristocracy, james herriot and quaint old yorkshire which is quite unique (and what jrr tolkien based "hobbits" and "the shire" on), ohhh if you get chance go to "robin hoods bay" which is a lovely little village. there's obviously robin hood himself aswell.
york is a great place to go with lots of tourist attractions. conisbrough castle is quite unique, lincoln cathedral is where a part of the da vinci code was filmed and lincoln castle holds a copy of the magna carta.
london is obviously full of stuff to see sure you'll find that on the net!
hth
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Check out The Little Travelers DVDS they have one where the girls travel to Scotland,England and Ireland.Not super educational but i like that it shows real kids traveling,narated by the kids and from the kids point of view.
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