HSA – World History Links

General
European History Resources
Asian Modern World History
Western Hemisphere Modern World History
African Modern World History
Ancient World History
Institutions/Programs

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

The World Fact book 2002

http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian helps answer frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian with links to resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/history_of_medicine.htm

History of Medicine.

http://www.ibiscom.com/index.html

Primary eyewitness source accounts of events through World and U.S. History

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Modern world history primary sources

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

An immense resource on medieval history. Most documents can be downloaded and used in class or link to other sites for individual research papers.

http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Repository of primary source collections

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/APEuro_Main_Weblinks_Page.htm

Primary and secondary sources divided into eras

http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

Repository of primary source collections

http://www.biography.com/

The on-line edition of A & E television’s “Biography” series features reviews of the current top-selling biographies. Videotapes of the programs are available for purchase.

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/APEuro_Main_Weblinks_Page.htm

Primary and secondary sources divided into eras

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/

World history archives

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/

Images from world history

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html

What did the common folk to nobility wear in history? From The Roman soldiers to the end of the 19th century is depicted on this site.

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html

Many valuable lessons could involve students in preparing and tasting foods from this historical period.

http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/christian-history.html

This extensive hypertext guide contains links to Web sites containing early Christian church historical documents.

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html

Great lessons related to the United Nations and world issues are collected in this elegant, professionally done treasury. Excellent lessons for all grade levels. May need to be modified for elementary.

http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html

This is a massive site that provides dozens of links to web sites that deal with all aspects of the major world religions.

http://www.mcrel.org/resources/plus/behavior/multi.asp

A few great lesson plans for elementary teachers to use to help students to examine other cultures objectively. Links to other related resources.

http://bay4.de/Literature/8fmtm10/node1.html

An index of hyperlinks of famous people of the Middle Ages

http://www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence/index.shtml

The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

http://www.pbs.org/wonders/index.html

Wonders of the African World

http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/index.html

Images from history of world art and archaeology for use in the classroom.

http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/

African National Congress- documents

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European History Resources

http://www.sjolander.com/viking/museum/bt/bt.htm

Pictures of the sections of the Bayeaux tapestry

http://www.dodedans.com/Emap.htm

Black Death- Dance of Death Resources

http://www.shsu.edu/~his_ncp/Feudal1.html

Primary source documents related to feudalism.

http://www.gendercide.org/case_witchhunts.html

European Witch Hunt

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/php/index.htm

Parallel History on NATO and the Warsaw Pact- contains primary sources, many which have been translated into English

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/peelhome.htm

PM Robert Peel Web page

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/c-eight/18chome.htm

King George III Web Page

http://www.hiddenlondon.com/index.htm

Hidden London

http://robert-owen.midwales.com/

Museum dedicated to industrialist Robert Owen

http://www.umbc.edu/history/CHE/techerpages/indrev.html

Industrial Revolution in England

http://www.victorianlondon.org/

Victorian London

http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Coal Mining in Great Britain resources

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Estenhouse/coal/pbl/coalmain.htm

Women in the Coal Mining Pits

http://www.headleypark.bristol.sch.uk/slavery/index.htm

Bristol England and its Connection to the Slave Trade

http://www.holnet.org.uk/learn_tea/index.htm

The History of London- 1939-1945, contains primary sources

http://www.museum-london.org.uk/frames.shtml?http://www.museum-london.org.uk/MOLsite/exhibits/blitz/

Remembering the Blitz Web Page

http://cwihp.si.edu/

Cold War International History Project- contains primary sources

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/spec/siege/

The Siege and Commune of Paris

http://home.fiac.net/marshaw/1916.htm

The Easter Uprising, 1916

http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/history/repubhist.html

Irish Republican History Page

http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/

European History primary sources

http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/digitisation.html

Actually “turn the pages” of manuscripts from the British Library

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/cen_munich.shtml

BBC’s web page of the Munich Agreement

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

French Revolution- primary sources

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm

The rise of Adolf Hitler

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/index.html

The Triumph of Adolf Hitler

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/index.html

Hitler Youth

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

Holocaust Timeline

http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot30/snapshot30.htm

German Occupation of the Rhineland

http://www.treko.net.au/%7Ejerry/why/whytoc.html

Warsaw Diaries

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/index.html

The Irish Potato Famine

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~eas5e/Irish/Famine.html

Irish Potato Famine- Primary Sources

http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/

Views of the Irish Potato Famine

http://wwwvms.utexas.edu/~jdana/history/famine.html

The Great Hunger- Irish Potato Famine

http://www.nationalarchives.ie/famine.html

The Irish Potato Famine- Archives of Ireland

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/index.html

Genocide in the 20^th Century

http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holo.html

Extensive resources on the Holocaust

http://www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk/2003/sections/education/intro.htm

Holocaust Memorial Day, 2003: Children and the Warsaw Ghetto

http://remember.org/

First-person stories of Jews and non-Jews persecuted by the Nazis and true stories of young people who survived the Holocaust are only two of the features of this very complete site. There is a link to a virtual tour of Auschwitz.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm

Child Labor in Industrial Great Britain

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/medhist/index2.html

The history of medicine in Kent, England

http://65.107.211.206/index.html

The Victorian Web. Everything you ever wanted to know about Victorian Society.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Tudors.htm

Everything you ever needed to know about the Tudor Dynasty.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp

This is the official web site of the British monarchy and provides lots of information about palaces, succession and art and jewels of the crown. Some links to other sites.

http://www.llgc.org.uk/ardd/dlgeorge/dlg0002.htm

Exhibition on PM David Lloyd George

http://www.pipeline.com/%7Ecwa/TYWHome.htm

Thirty Years War Website

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1791/

Katyn Forest Massacre: Polish Deaths at Soviet Hands

http://www.biega.com/museumAK/hak-e.html

Polish Home Army Museum

http://www.polishresistance-ak.org/4%20Article.htm

The Warsaw Uprising: Polish Resistance in World War II

http://picasso.thinkport.org/

MPT’s lesson on Picasso

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/

Eurodocs- Primary sources

http://www.ibiblio.org/pjones/russian/outline.html

Library of Congress’ documents from Soviet Archives

http://www.interknowledge.com/russia/rushis01.htm

History of Russia

http://www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/

The Alexander Palace Time Machine- Life of Nicholas II and his family

http://www.stanford.edu/group/virus/uda/

The Influenza Epidemic of 1917-1918

http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/APEuro_Main_Weblinks_Page.htm

Links to all eras of AP Euro

http://www.apmentor.com/europe.html

The AP Mentor- course outline

http://www.alberteinstein.info/

Albert Einstein Archives

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Asian Modern World History

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/ChinaQuest.html

Students role-play members of a fact-finding team to investigate a variety of resources to arrive at policy conclusions and submit a plan of actions to the U.S. government. Very sophisticated simulation provides a variety of experiences.

http://www.koreasociety.org/

The Korea Society- Lesson plans on historic and modern Korea

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Asia for Educators- Classroom materials for both Ancient and Modern Asian History

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/index.htm

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization

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Western Hemisphere Modern World History

http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/Unofficial/Canadiana/README.html

The Canadian Resource Page is a virtual encyclopedia on every aspect of Canada. There are approximately 500 links to information from this site.

http://www.andes.org/

Learn about the ancient native peoples of South American and how their culture has evolved over time. Site provides stories, music photographs of this region.

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African Modern World History

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/clemons/RMC/exhib/93.ray.aa/African.html

This is a great site for elementary students to study the world cultures of Africa. On-line catalog of African items with vivid photographs.

http://touregypt.net/

This site gives students plenty of information about both Ancient Egypt and modern Egypt. Can be used as a student research tool.

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Ancient World History

http://www.livius.org/home.html

A site of hyperlinks to articles about ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia and Europe.

http://julen.net/ancient/Daily_Life/

Ancient World Web

http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/monksandmerchants/index.html

A great site for information and lesson ideas about the Silk Road.

http://www.silk-road.com/toc/index.html

A collection of primary source Silk Road narratives.

http://www.ibsa-inc.org/royalty.htm#Mussa

Short biographies of the ancient African kings and queens.

http://www.halfmoon.org/

Discover why Mayans continue with some of their age-old traditions. Try your hand and reading and writing in Mayan Hieroglyphics.

http://www.civilization.ca/civil/maya/mmc02eng.html

A good site for information about the ancient Mayan civilization.

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/incas.htm

A good site for information about the ancient Inca civilization.

http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/texts/homepage.html

This is a very comprehensive repository of electronic images of 1,373 papyri from ancient Egypt. Most of the documents have not been translated, but it is just interesting to view them.

http://www.cofc.edu/~piccione/index.html

In addition to much text resources, images of geographical features and archaeological remains of the Nile Valley make this an excellent site. This is a sophisticated site created for a college course.

http://www.guardians.net/egypt/

Students can learn to read and write hieroglyphics. They can make up their own messages and put them into a translator.

http://www.egyptology.com/reeder/

Take a virtual tour of the fascinating tomb of Egyptian King Niusere. Includes various links to other interesting sites.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/

Students will love going to this site and touring the ancient Olympia. This was really designed for upper elementary and high school.

http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html

Images of 12 scroll fragments and 29 other are featured in this inviting online exhibit. The teacher resource pages are also helpful.

http://iuscivile.com/

Most history teachers have heard of the Romans’ Twelve Tables or the Code of Hammurabi, but few have actually seen them on-line. Site includes other Roman Law resources.

http://205.146.39.13/success/lessons/Lesson3/MSSc3%5FL.HTM

A lesson where students will use the Internet to research information about the ancient Olympic Games and Greek culture in order to write about the athletes and to describe aspects of the ancient Olympics in an oral presentation.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/scmfaq/scmfaq.html

This site covers both the prehistoric cultures of Mexico to the society and culture of Mexico today. Some links in English and Spanish.

http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/wchuang/cooking/recipes/Roman/Ancient_Roman.html

This site features a variety of recipes for the ancient Romans. Interesting reading and useful if preparing a Roman feast.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/genghis/index.html

This superb on-line version of the National Geographic trek through Mongolia is a fabulous way for students to link history and geography together Links to text, audio or video clips in the most notable site. Speeches that were important in World History can be found on this site. Good way to get primary documents into your classroom.

http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/medant/

Discover how the Ancient Greek healers used a person’s dreams to aid in diagnosis. An unusual but interesting site, some translations from Hippocrates.

http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/

Another huge collection of resources of ancient Rome, organized into several categories: literature, archaeology, etc.

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/

Asia for Educators- Classroom materials for both Ancient and Modern Asian History

http://www.chinapage.com/china.html

This is a great site for students to learn about the development of China including the dynasties. There are fun and creative ways to teach students about the hands-on approach.

http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/biography/arybios98/smithbio.html

The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang summary and photos.

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/terra_cotta_army/mausoleum_1.htm

Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang—The Greatest Archaeological Discovery

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/China/TerraWar.html

Terra Cotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty

http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~eemoise/ch02tca.html

The Terra Cotta Army of Qin Shihuang

www.central.k12.ca.us/akers/terracotta_army.html

The Terra Cotta Army

http://history.howstuffworks.com/asian-history/seven-wonder-ancient-world.htm

The Seven Wonders of the World

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

The Mongols in World History

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Institutions/ Programs

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/

Maryland State Archives

http://www.mdhs.org/index.html

Maryland Historical Society

http://ncwhs.oah.org/index.htm

National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites

http://www.civilwar.org/library_and_classroom.htm

Civil War Trust

http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/

Veteran’s History Project

Interesting program in Maryland:

http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/hsa/world_history/World_History_LitReview.pdf