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African-American
History
An index of Black History Links for use in your classrooms
- AFRICA: One
Continent. Many Worlds - designed to provide an educator with the knowledge
and tools to bring a rich experience to the classroom.
- African
Flags - posted by the university of Pennsylvania African Studies department
- Africans
In America presented by PBS - America's journey through slavery is presented
in four parts. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource Bank
of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a Teacher's
Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in US history
courses.
- Black
History Hotlist -many links on various topics of Black History
- Black
History Hunt - Learn about Black History while incorporating math skills.
- Black History
Links - This page was written as a time saver for history teachers who need
information for their students on slavery in pre-civil war America as well as
Reconstruction, Jim Crow Laws, the Civil Rights Movement and issues of the present
period.
- Cross-Curricular
Music Project - The project looks at one genre of music and the diversity
within it; also the history behind the Blues.
- Gale
Company - A good Black History Month source! Choose from Biographies, Activities,
Quizzes and Timelines. Gale,a business unit of The Thomson Corporation, is a world
leader in e-information publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.
Kwanzaa
Resources - Sites to give further information regarding this celebration - Marian
Anderson: A Life in Song - This exhibition celebrates the artistic development
and musical career of Marian Anderson. Renowned throughout the world for her extraordinary
contralto voice, she is also remembered for her dignity and grace under pressure.
- Martin
Luther King Resources - Lessons, units, worksheets, clip art and more.
American
History End of course assessments in American
History released by Texas; Spring
2000, Spring
2001, Spring
2002
- 20th &
21st Century America - multiple links on this topic
- Audio
History - from NPR , treasures from our archives that you can listen to whenever
you wish.
- 17th Century New
England - with special emphasis on the Salem Witchcraft Trials
- 100
milestone documents of American history - These documents help us think, talk
and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy,
and reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future.
- America's
Story - from the Library of Congress; many areas to select from.
- American
History & Government Hotlist -numerous links of resources
- American
History Resources from Spartacus Educational - Activities, photos, lessons
and more.
- American
History Through Architectural Masterpieces - American history and culture
learned through the study of selected American architectural works of art.
- American
History Topics - from the HistoryPlace
- The
American Revolution - from MrNussbaum.com
- American
Revolutionary War Timeline - A chronicle of the Revolution.
- Awesome
Stories - History, Famous Trials, Disasters, Biographies, Religion and more.
- Battle
of the Battlefields - a WebQuest on the War of Independence, the Revolutionary
War.
- Best History Sites
- Portal created for history teachers.
- Boundaries
of the contiguous United States - Watch an animation of the changing boundaries
of the United States from 1650 to 1907. See also an animation from 1650 to 1983
showing individual
county boundaries in the states
- Civil
War - from MrNussbaum.com
- The
Civil War for Kids - Created by the students in Mrs. Huber's class at Pocantico
Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, New York
- The
Cold War - many links on this topic
- Colonial
America 1600-1775
- Colonial
America - By clicking on the Hotlinks, you will be taken directly to the exact
location where the Topic is located on the page.
- Colonial
Times - Discovery, Exploration, Colonies, & Revolution - multiple links
on this topic
- Course-Notes
- outlines, vocabulary terms, practice tests, biographies, timelines, political
parties, study guides and historical documents
- Crossroads:
a K-16 American History Curriculum
- The Decades
- Presents a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century.
- Digital
History - using new technologies to enhance teaching and research
- Digital
Media - "125,000 items from every stage of producing, promoting, and
exhibiting motion pictures, television, and digital media. This historically significant
body of artifacts, one of the most important collections of its kind in the world,
includes, but is not limited to, technical apparatus, still photographs, licensed
merchandise, exhibition and marketing materials of all kinds, costumes, design
materials, and video and computer games"
- Early
American Maps
- Editorial
Cartoons - Use this outline to analyze editorial cartoons.
- The
Gold Rush
- Gold
Rush Quiz - online quiz about the Gold Rush.
 - Gold
Rush Scenes - drawings depicting the life of a gold miner
- Natives
and Immigrants - natives and Immigrants view of the Gold Rush
- Economics
of the Great Depression - Where did all the money go? As detectives, you will
gather clues using the Internet to investigate the mystery through a series of
clue sheets. An interactive lesson with an interactive group project as culmination.
- Eyewitness
to History - Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the
present. History through the eyes of those who lived it.
- Famous
Moments In Early American History ( Short Films of Noteworthy Events) - films
highlighting a true story of historical significance, providing 'students' of
early America with a better understanding of the people, places and events of
this important era.
 - Folk
Songs of War - Songs from French and Indian, Revolutionary War, War of 1812,
Civil War,
- The Great
Chicago Fire - a commemorative exhibition created by the Chicago Historical
Society and Northwestern University
- Google
- Google has digitized 50 historic films from the National Archives and made
them available, at no charge, on the Web
- History
Interactive - from National Heritage Academies presents an index of world
history topics. Scroll down to find the American History section. Apparently this
site is just beginning, so bookmark it and check back.
- The
History Channel - Speeches; Video; beware of ads.
- A
History Teacher's Choice - John Raymond, has collected over 500 sites for
History Teachers. Hasn't been updated recently, but good sites.
- The
History Net - where history lives on the web
- History
and Politics Out Loud - Searchable archives of audio clips of speeches and
other politically significant events.
- History Teacher - Links
and curriculum resources for AP history, US European History, Government, Global
Studies and more. Quizzes and news links included.
- Homeland
Security and Emergencies - Be prepared! Lessons, activities, games
- The
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson - from Harper's weekly. There are several interesting
links here, even an impeachment
simulation game.
- Jamestown
- Virtual Jamestown - Interactive Maps, Primary Sources, Public Records, Personal
letters, Runaway Slave Ads and more.
- Korean
War Project - includes a searchable database of casualties
- The
Lewis and Clark Adventure
- from MrNussbaum.com
- Liberty:
The American Revolution - from PBS
- Medicine
in the Civil War - some graphic pictures
- Medicine
in the Civil War - Caring for the Men; The History of Civil War Medicine
- Memory
Gallery - Permanent exhibition of the rarest, most interesting or significant
items relating to America's past, drawn from every corner of the world's largest
library.
- National Museum of the American
Indian - posted by the Smithsonian Institution.
- Native
American Star Knowledge - Information about the Bighorn Medicine Wheel and
much more
- Online
Historical Media Clips - from Thinkport
 - Our
Documents - Explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents
reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment
as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
- Presidential
timeline - Interactive timeline of the 20th century presidents. "an ever-growing
selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential
Libraries of the National Archives. Among these assets youll find documents,
photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents
lives. The goal of the project is to make these resources readily and freely available
to students, educators, and adult learners throughout the world."
- Presidents of the United States:
- An Internet
Public Library database.
- The
Living Room Candidate - This online exhibition presents 284 historical presidential
campaign commercials from every election year, beginning with 1952, when the first
campaign ads aired.
 - Presidents
of the United States
- President's
Hall presented by Whitehouse.gov
- Presidents:
The American Experience from PBS
- Presidents
Puzzle - Drag the Presidents into the proper order and press the Check button.
This site requires Flash, but it is well worth the download time if you don't
yet have it installed. This would be an excellent review.

- Vice
President information from VicePresidents.com
- Presidential
Libraries
- Thomas
Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
- Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- The
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
- McKinley
Memorial Library & Museum
- Calvin
Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum
- Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
- Franklin
D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
- Harry
S. Truman Presidential Museum & Library
- Dwight
D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
- John
F. Kennedy Library and Museum
- Lyndon
Baines Johnson Library and Museum
- Nixon
Presidential Materials
- Gerald
R. Ford Library and Museum
- Jimmy
Carter Library and Museum
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- George
Bush Presidential Library and Museum
- Clinton
Presidential Materials Project
- Primary
Source Documents
- 100
milestone documents of American history - These documents help us think, talk
and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy,
and reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future.
- American
Memory Timeline - This resource was developed to help teachers and students
use the vast online collections of the Library of Congress. The links will lead
you to sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States
History. The sets are arranged by chronological period.
- American
Treasures of the Library of Congress - Thomas Jefferson, whose personal library
became the core of the Library of Congress, arranged his books into three types
of knowledge, corresponding to three faculties of the mind: Memory (History),
Reason (Philosophy), and Imagination (Fine Arts).
- Behind
the Picket Fence: The Fifties Family Exposed Through Primary Sources- a product
of Doing History
- Calisphere:
A World of Primary Source Documents - explore thousands of primary source
images and documents
- A Chronology
of US Historical Documents - From Pre-Colonial to the present
- The
Civil War - The Valley of the Shadow - The Valley of the Shadow Project takes
two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the
American Civil War. The project is a hypermedia archive of thousands of sources
for the period before, during, and after the Civil War.
- Core
Documents of US Democracy
- Declaration
of Independence - from the National Archives Experience
- Guides
to Historical Thinking - guides
to help students think historically while examining primary sources
-
EASE History (created by a group at Michigan State University) - Through the
prism of US presidential campaign ads, users can better understand the complexities
of campaign issues and their historical context by looking at historical events,
and explore the meanings of core values by examining how these values have been
applied in both historical events and campaign ads.
 - Eyewitness
to History - aranged by date
- Finding
World History - reviews describe online primary source archives, evaluate
resources, and provide classroom suggestions
- Hammurabi’s
Code - this Babylonian document is an extremely useful source for discussions
of Mesopotamian government and society - One of the most influential codifications
of law in ancient history
- Historical
Documents of the United States - from the Mayflower Compact to Viet Nam era
documents
- History and Historiography
- documents on the English Server at Carnegie Mellon University
- Inaugural
Addresses - from George Washington's first on April 30, 1789 to George Bush's
on January 20, 1989.
- Inaugural
Addresses of the Presidents of the United States - George Washington to George
W. Bush
- Integrated
History - Online Archive of Primary Sources on the History of East-Central
Europe
- Major Document
Collections - from the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School - Look through
The Federalist papers, check out the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, or many other
collections of documents.
- Primary
Source Materials and Document Based Questions - Useful links to help students
learn to analyze primary sources and write DBQs. Also check out The History
Lab . Enter the data you are searching for and a Lab teaching format is already
laid out for the students. Teaches by inquiry, reflection, interpretation and
constructing a hypothesis. A framework to help teachers teach history through
primary sources.
- Primary
Sources - List of links for many sites with primary sources.
- Primary
Sources on the web - includes American History and World History
- Revolutionary
War - Many links from the pre- war years to the war; primary sources and more
- Revolutionary
War - Captain Thomas Preston - primary source; The following is a transcript
of the trial of Captain Thomas Preston, who was in charge of the British troops
involved in the Boston Massacre
- Teaching
with Documents - reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings
of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated
to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government,
and cross-curricular connections
- Document
Analysis Worksheets - designed and developed by the Education Staff of the
National Archives and Records Administration to help your students evaluate a
variety of types of primary documents
 - Timeline
and Chronicles of the American Revolution - Interactive site with primary
resources.
- U.S. National Archives and
Records Administration Home Page - "The tie that binds the lives of our people
in one indissoluble union are perpetuated in the archives of our government."
- Women
in World History - primary sources by region
- Propaganda
- Propaganda postcards from
the Great War
- Propaganda
Posters - First World War
- Propaganda
Techniques -
- World
War II Propaganda - cartoon, film, music and art
- Revolutionary
War
- From Revolution to Reconstruction
- A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Time.
Don't miss the biography section!
- Revolutionary
War - Prelude to Revolution 1763 to 1775
- Revolutionary
War - Timeline of the Revolution; PBS
- Revolutionary
War - Definitions of the Revolutionary War
- Revolutionary
War - Many links from the pre- war years to the war; primary sources and more
- Revolutionary
War - The Boston Massacre - A Behind-the-Scenes Look At Paul Revere's Most
Famous Engraving
- The
Road to Revolution - An interactive game about events leading up to the Revolutionary
War.
- Women
in the Revolution - scroll past the ads at the top to the bottom of the page
for a list of women
- Women
in the Revolution - Learn how women helped in the war
- Space
Race - An Exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum. The Space Race
grew out of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the most
powerful nations after World War II.
- State
and Local Government information on the Internet.
- Talking
History - Talking History, based at the University at Albany, State University
of New York, is a radio and aural history production, distribution, and instructional
center. An outstanding collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral
histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other
aural history resources.
 - Tennessee
History
- Tennessee
Blue Book - graphs and charts on State Government ; contains information on
the makeup of Tennessee state government. It also contains an expansive history
section, the constitutions of the United States and Tennessee, the states
symbols and honors, the most recent election returns, and census information.
- Tennessee History
- lots of links (12 pages if printed)
- Tennessee
History Classroom - three pages of links to Tennessee history resources
- Tennessee
History for Kids - Learn about Tennessee; people, virtual field trips, history,
cultures, economics and more.
- Tennessee History by grade - second
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| high school
- Women in
Tennessee History - a bibliography posted by the Middle Tennessee State University
Library
- Then and Now - A
Science Odyssey takes you on a journey through the most spectacular 100 years
in the history of science and technology. Here's an overview of how our understanding
has grown from 1900 to today. Click each topic for greater detail and links that
trace our journey from then to now!
- Matters
of Life and Death; Medicine and Health
- Mysteries
of the Universe; Physics and Astronomy
- In
Search of Ourselves; Human Behavior
- Bigger,
Better, Faster; Technology
- Origins;
Earth and Life Sciences
- This
Day in History - presented by The History Channel.
- The
Thirties in Print - Ads, documents, people, news, comics and more!
- The
Twentieth Century - See what happened many years ago.
- Do
You Remember? - the 70's, 80's and 90's
- United
States of America - geography and history from MrNussbaum.com
- The
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page is dedicated
to providing the most up to date and accurate information regarding the Names
on The Wall in Washington DC.
- The
Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern,
through the experience of the American Civil War. The project is a hypermedia
archive of thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil
War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Yesterday
Toys - See what American children played with throughout the decades.
- You
Be the Historian - See if you can figure out what life was like 200 years
ago for Thomas and Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware. At the
same time discover what historians in the next century could learn about you if
they found your house exactly the way it is today.
- We
Didn't Start the Fire - an excellent education tool for teachers and students!
- Women's
History Hotlist - many links on topics of Women's History.
- World
War I - multiple links on this topic.
- World
War II - multiple links on this topic
Jewish
History - Anne
Frank and children of the Holocaust - Webquest
- Children
of the Holocaust - Webquest
- Holocaust
Children - webquest
- The Holocaust
Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority -Israels national Holocaust
memorial
- Israeli
History - posted by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This site contains
a large number of links to sites related to Jewish history and links to source
documents that would provide material for project-based activities in the classroom.
- Jews
in the Civil War - Jewish-American History on the Web [This page
opens in a new window. When you are ready to return to this list, close the window.]
- The
Jewish Nature Quiz will test your knowledge of Judaism and awareness of nature.
Every month, you can find another nature riddle, mystery or Torah question.
- Jewish
Pioneers of the west - Jewish Pioneer Women 18501910
- The
Jewish Calendar
- The
Jewish Year
- Project Genesis: "The
best site for serious Jewish education on the Internet "
- Jewish
Virtual Library - educational materials on Jewish history and culture
- Survivors
of the Shoah - established in 1994 to collect and preserve the testimonies
of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses
- United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum - List of topics related to the Holocaust.
Strong Caution: Before using this with any
age class, preview thoroughly. Be sure you know what educational objectives you
plan to accomplish. There is some really rough stuff here.
- Voices
of the Holocaust - Interviews with survivors communicate more clearly than
accounts in textbooks.
World
& Ancient History - Age
of Exploration - an online curriculum posted by the Mariner's Museum
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Akbar's
Dilemma - a lesson plan helping students to identify the role religion played
in the everyday lives of ordinary Mesopotamians
- Ancient China
- almost two dozen links from Mr. Donn
- Ancient
History -Games to Play
- General
Ancient History & Archaeology - multiple links on this topic
- Ancient
Mesopotamia - a seventh grade World History/World Geography unit designed
to be used by both students and teachers [Caution: This page
has several dead links]
- Ancient
Mesopotamia - to be used by fourth grade students when studying the ancient
civilization of Mesopotamia
- Ancient
Rome - multiple links on this topic
- Collapse:
Why Do Civilizations Fall - A complete history unit from Annenberg CPB
- Collapse:
Why do civilizations fall? - a section on Mesopotamia
- Counting
in Babylon
- Course-Notes
- outlines, vocabulary terms, practice tests, biographies, timelines, political
parties, study guides and historical documents
- Development
of Cuneiform -
- Egypt - Color
Me Egypt - "Learn about Egypt's ancient past, as well as some of the
most important rulers and other people that made Egypt one of the world's most
powerful countries thousands of years ago."
- Egypt
- Links to many resources
- Egyptian
Art: The Case of the Missing Mummy - explore the art of Ancient Egypt and
creatively design an Egyptian Mummy Case, using the art medium, papier-mâché.
- European
History - Review Quizzes
- Eyewitness
to History - Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the
present. History through the eyes of those who lived it.
- Free
Stock Photos - Photos to use in your classroom on Rome, Eygypt, Israel, Near
East.
- Battle of Hastings
1066 - 300 graphics and photographs, also many maps
- General
Ancient History & Archaeology
- Greece
- Ancient Greece Resources - Links to many resources
- Greece
- Online activities
- Hard
Times - Students interact with the different effects of the Industrial Revolution
while classifying them as to the historical theme for which they are best suited.
They are also asked to make a judgment as to whether the effects are positive
or negative. (Author - Richard Johnson)
-
The History and
Religion of Ancient Mesopotamia - from 3000 BC until the time of Abraham (~2000
BC)
- History Journals
On-Line - a compilation of links posted by Tennessee Tech
- History
of Babylonia - from the Quartz Hill School of Theology
- History
of Nations - a history of every nation in the world as well as many non-sovereign
territories
- HyperHistory
Online provides an interactive timeline of the last 3000 years of human history.
- Medieval
Times
- The
Middle Ages - A part of the Annenberg/CPB Projects Exhibits Collection. Categories
include; Feudal Life, Religion, Homes, Clothing, Health, Arts&Entertainment,
and Town Life
- The
Middle Ages - Choose from 4 different "guides" (Knight, Merchant,
Peasant or Nun) who will help you explore life in the Middle Ages (from the Minnesota
State University EMuseum) The reading level may be challenging for grade 4.
- The
Middle Ages, Chivalry and Knighthood - multiple links on this subject
- Heraldry
Game - Learn about Shields, Knights and Heraldry. Role-play as a young aristocrat,
recognizing friends and enemies. Challenging reading for grade 4s.
- Medieval
Siege - In the Middle Ages, those who attacked castles used trebuchets, military
engines capable of firing missiles with frightening force. At this NOVA web site,
view an actual trebuchet and construct and fire one of your own online. Also,
find out what other weapons were used and what daily life was like in a medieval
castle.
- Castle
Learning Center - Some of the text has quite complex sentence structure and
may be challenging for grade 4 students but the number of topics and the details
provided are very good.
- Ghosts
in the Castle - Poke around a British castle from the 14th Century in the
company of some extraordinary guides: the ghosts of the original inhabitants.
( National Geographic)
- Castle
Constructor - from TVO Kids - construct a castle on-line and then print out
the parts and make it yourself!
- Feudal,
Medieval and Castle Terms - a glossary
- Medieval
Music - midi music files from the Internet Renaissance Band
- Mesopotamia
- Mesopotamia - Discover Babylon
- Interactive 3D game to download - "sophisticated video gaming strategies
and realistic digital environments to engage the learner in challenges and mysteries
that can only be solved through developing an understanding of Mesopotamian society,
business practices, and trade."
- Mesopotamia
- presented by the British Museum
-
Mesopotamia - many links on this topic; from KidsKonnect
- Mesopotamia:
Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture - from the Encyclopedia of World
History
- Odyssey
Online - "an interactive journey through ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome,
and the Near East; the ancient Americas; and sub-Saharan Africa of the 19th and
20th centuries"
- The Face
of Russia traces the general chronology of Russian culture. This remarkable
journey through ten centuries of art, architecture, music, dance and cinema reveals
the major events that shaped Russian culture. An excellent time line is provided.
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The History of Plumbing - Babylonia
- from the plumber.com
- Images
from History - Images from the history of world art and archeology for use
in the classroom. If you can not get the folder based menu to work, look in the
text below the folders and click on "old menu."
- Life
in Ancient Egypt - an introduction to The Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt at
the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
- Life
in the Middle Ages - A Look at European Life in Medieval Times
- Magna
Carta - read a Translation
- Medieval
Sites - many links to learn from
- Middle
Ages Feudal Life - What was it really like to life in the Middle Ages?
- Middle
Ages and Knighthood - a long list of links
- Middle
Ages - Medieval Times - many links
- Military
History Encyclopedia on the Web - At the moment, their main strengths are
the middle ages, the First World War, the Seven Years War and the Thirty Years
War, but they are expanding their coverage every week, especially in the Napoleonic
Wars and the Crimean War.
- Modern
World History - Textbook resources from the Class Zone are provided by the
McDougal Littel division of the Houghton Mifflin Company. Each chapter provides
links related to the chapter content, a chapter assessment Internet activity,
and a short online quiz.
- The
Odyssey of Alexander the Great - animation from birth to death (also see the
Odyssey in the form of a large
map)
- Renaissance:
What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order? - This Annenberg/CPB Projects
online exhibit transforms you back to a time of great discovery. Find out what
inspired this age of rebirth in Europe and see how life changed for those who
lived during this period.
- The
Renaissance - multiple links on this subject.
- The
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Western
Civilization - multiple links on this subject
- World
Explorers
- World History
Archives - documents to support the study of world history from a working-class
and non-Eurocentric perspective
- World
History & Lesson Plan Links
- World History
- The Ancient World
- 6th
- 15th Centuries
- 16th
- 19th Centuries
- 1901 -
World War II
- 1945 - 21st
Century
- Map
- World
History International - collection of world history related essays, documents,
maps and music from world history including the neolithic era to current world
history
- World
History Sources - classroom teachers discuss teaching with primary sources
- You Wouldn't Want to be...
- an
Egyptian Mummy! - You are a wealthy ancient
Egyptian on the point of death and you want to make yourself immortal. To achieve
this, you will have to go through the expensive and complicated process of becoming
a mummy. Get ready, as you are about to...drop dead.
- a
Polar Explorer! - Get ready...as a brave young sailor looking for adventure,
you are about to join Ernest Shackletons expedition to icy Antarctica as
a polar explorer.
- a
Roman Gladiator! - Will you live or die after your first fight as a Roman
gladiator? Find out what fate awaits you on your journey to the arena
- on
the Whaling Ship Essex -
As a 14-year old cabin boy, you are about to begin your first voyage aboard the
whaling ship Essex. What you don't know is that the ship is heading for a disastrous
encounter with a giant sperm whale.
World
War II - American
Aircraft of World War II - This is a reference site with photos, data, and
info on all American aircraft designed or used in World War II.
- Canadian
Newspapers and the Second World War - The history of World War 2 as reported
in Canadian newspapers. This free newspaper archives offers wonderful opportunities
for research into every aspect of the Second World War.
- Course-Notes
- outlines, vocabulary terms, practice tests, biographies, timelines, political
parties, study guides and historical documents
- Hall
of World War II has a long list of links to WW II information.
- The
History Place has a timeline with photos and text of World War II in Europe
- U
S Troops in Action - selected battle photos, 1942-1945
- World
War II Commemoration from Grolier Online - World War II ended on September
2, 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan aboard the US battleship Missouri in
Tokyo Bay. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the war, Grolier
has put together what they believe to be the definitive collection of World War
II historical materials on the Web.
- World
War II Poster Collection - The Government Publications Department at
Northwestern University Library has a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters
issued by US Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945.
- World
War II Resources - Primary source materials on the Web, original documents
regarding all aspects of the war
- World
War II History Links - links to the major web sites devoted to World War II.
- World
War II Remembered - investigate World War II by learning about events through
the stories of people who experienced them firsthand. Eyewitness accounts unfold
around four significant wartime events: the story of Nazi Germany and Anne Frank,
the attack on Pearl Harbor, life in America during wartime, and the atomic bombing
of Hiroshima, Japan
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