Spartacus Educational
Spartacus Educational is a free online encyclopedia offering essays and other educational material on a wide variety of historical subjects. It is used by history teachers and students. The entries contain essays, illustrations, etc., and offer links to other relevant pages on the site, as well as hyper-links to other sources and resources on the internet.
Subject areas include aspects of British History (including the English Civil War, Parliamentary Reform Act 1832, Textile industry, and The Tudors), and the History of the USA (including the American Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, The Assassination of JFK, Watergate and McCarthyism). Other subjects include the First World War, Second World War, Russian Revolution, Slavery, Women's Suffrage, Nazi Germany, Spanish Civil War, and The Cold War.
Based in the UK, Spartacus Educational was established as a book publisher in 1984 by former history teacher, John Simkin, and Judith Harris.[1] It became a online publisher in September, 1997.[2]
A survey carried out by the Fischer Family Trust[3] showed that the Spartacus Educational website was used by more history students in the UK than any other website, including that of the BBC. The Spartacus Educational website is recommended by a number of online educational resources, such as Manchester Metropolitan University,[4] SchoolHistory.co.uk,[5] Science and You,[6] and St Mary's College, Hull[7]