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Home / Kids and Teens / People and Society / Holidays and Celebrations / Guy Fawkes Day
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- Bonfire Night - the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes - Explains what the British celebrate on Bonfire Night, who Guy Fawkes was, and what the Gunpowder Plot was.
web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/archive/gunpowder-plot.htm
- Fawkes, Guy - An Encarta Encyclopedia article.
encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=06414000
- Guy Fawkes - Britannia's article about the life and times of Guy Fawkes.
www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html
- Guy Fawkes - Treason in 1605 - Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Why did he do it and what else was happening in England at the time?
www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/fawkes/indexx.html
- Guy Fawkes Day - 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.
www.bonefire.org/guy/index.html
- Guy Fawkes Day - Basic historical information from infoplease.com.
www.infoplease.com/spot/guyfawkes.html
- Guy Fawkes Day - Victorian Scraps - Short description of the holiday illustrated with Victorian artwork.
www.scrapalbum.com/Agfp1.htm
- Guy Fawkes Day Celebration Rituals - Learn about why torches are carried, what the bonfires mean, and other rituals.
www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/guy/html/ritual.html
- Guy Fawkes Night - A student from England provides a brief overview of the holiday.
www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/mcc0422.html
- The Gunpowder Plot - Bruce Robinson explores the truth behind the plot to assassinate James VI of Scotland and I of England.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/gunpowder_robinson1.shtml
- The Gunpowder Plot - An interactive game from BBC Online.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/games/gunpowder/index.shtml
- The Gunpowder Plot - Alan Haynes explores the historical legacy of the plot.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/state/monarchs_leaders/gunpowder_haynes1.shtml
- The Trials of Guy Fawkes and Conspirators - A transcription of the trial of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators of 1605. Reproduced from the State Trials, 1750 edition.
www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/trial.html
- Traditional Rhymes for Guy Fawkes Day - Three children's nursery rhymes.
www.noblenet.org/year/guy.htm
- Guy Fawkes Day - World Book Encyclopedia explains Guy Fawkes Day.
www2.worldbook.com/features/features.asp?feature=holidays&page=html/holidays.htm&direct=no
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