Directory of Guy Fawkes Day Resources

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Sites in this category should be about Guy Fawkes or about the Guy Fawkes holiday, celebrated in England. Sites should be those for children to use and understand.

Resources in This Category

• Bonfire Night at Activity Village

  http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/bonfire-night
  Offers interactive games and history fact sheets.

• Gunpowder Plot

  http://spartacus-educational.com/STUgunpowderP.htm
  Comprehensive version of events, with links to articles on related subjects.

• Guy Fawkes

  http://www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html
  Britannia's article about the life and times of Guy Fawkes.

• Guy Fawkes Day

  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/guyfawkes.html
  Basic historical information from infoplease.com.

• Guy Fawkes Day

  http://www.bonfirenight.net/
  Why English people everywhere gather round bonfires once a year to burn effigies of Guy Fawkes and watch fireworks. Discusses the gunpowder plot and whether he was really a traitor.

• Guy Fawkes Day - Victorian Scraps

  http://www.scrapalbum.com/Agfp1.htm
  Short description of the holiday illustrated with Victorian artwork.

• NOBLE - Guy Fawkes Day

  http://www.noblenet.org/year/guyfawkes/
  Resources about the holiday from the North of Boston Library Exchange.

• Nursery Rhymes Lyrics and Origins: Remember Remember

  http://www.rhymes.org.uk/remember_remember_the_5th_november.htm
  Rhyme with its history and origins commemorating the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes.

• Safe Firework Fun

  http://www.welephant.co.uk/bonfirestory000.htm
  Story of how Welephant and his friend Spikey enjoyed a safe Bonfire Night and firework display.

• The Trials of Guy Fawkes and Conspirators

  http://www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/trial.html
  A transcription of the trial of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators of 1605. Reproduced from the State Trials, 1750 edition.

• Treason

  http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gunpowder-treason-and-plot
  History of the Gunpowder Plot from Channel 4 in London, England. Features an interview with Ronald Hutton, professor of history at the University of Bristol.

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