If the Sixth - Grader who generally hates schoolwork spends time browsing our site, one day he or she will be able to tell the class something about history of which the teacher hasn't heard. The student will now have become a history expert in that area. This ought to be reason for both the teacher and the student to rejoice. The second goal is to allow the user to link most of the meaningful information about each person, event, idea, or object. You might see an image of a person and want to read more about that emperor or lady.
Some links explain what the images are depicting and tell about the symbols being used.
If the article is about a battle or a neighboring kingdom, then a link will often lead to an article about the emperors or generals fighting the battle or the ruler of the kingdom you are reading about. If you need to gather information for a paper or report, following the links will usually turn up lots of details and explanations about the subject of the report. Also, the different related articles tell about people, places, and things from different points of view. You may read about the events of a battle, then look up information about the generals, the living conditions of the soldiers, the ships or weapons used, or what became of the losers. Not only does this make for a better report, it is just more fun learning this way.