Growth of a Nation - This 10 minute presentation of the growth of our nation from 1789 to 1959. Click on a decade number at the bottom to see an expanded timeline of that decade. This is a fantastic overview.
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 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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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 you’ll 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."
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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 state’s
symbols and honors, the most recent election returns, and census information.
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!
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.
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.
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
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
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
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."
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)
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.
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!
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
World
History International - collection of world history related essays, documents,
maps and music from world history including the neolithic era to current world
history
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 Shackleton’s 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
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 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
Media Guide from
the League of Women Voters - Use their map to navigate to any state. State
listings provide contact information for newspapers and TV stations. If the newspaper
or TV station has a web site, you will also find a link to that site.
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