Teacher Resources

• Apple Learning Interchange (searchable db of educational resources)
• Avalon Project by Yale Law School (warning: "The Avalon Project will no doubt contain controversial documents.   Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors. They are included for balance and because in some cases they are by our definition a supporting document." ... "The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. We do not intend to mount only static text but rather to add value to the text by linking to supporting documents expressly referred to in the body of the text." ... Documents: pre-18^th century, 18^th century, 19^th century, 20^th century)
• CIA: World Factbook (Countries, Reference Maps, Printing and Downloading Tips, CIA Publications)
• Collapse - Why do civilizations fall? by Annenberg/CPB Exhibits ("Join us as we explore the collapse of four ancient civilizations. You'll learn what happens when a society collapses and how archaeologists find and interpret evidence. You can visit the Maya city of Copán and search for clues to its collapse. You can also try your hand at "garbage-ology" and study what trash can tell us about a society.")
• Donn's Ancient History: Lesson Plans & Activities ("Awesome Library Star Rating" ..   links to excellent sources, ancient calendars, maps, fonts, clipart, etc.)
• EducationWorld - History Center (searcher and links)
• EducationWorld - Lesson Plan Center (searcher and links ... check left margin for your subject area)
• Houghton Mifflin: Activity Search (K-8: 400+ activities and lesson plans)
• iEARN ("The International Education and Resource Network enables young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people" ... curriculum applications)
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• OFCN Academy Curriculum Exchange (lesson plan exchange)
• Oz's Kingdom: A History Teacher's Page (lots of US & world history links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Western Civilization (history and impact on Europe ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Quia ("a great starting point for new users ... a collection of thousands of activities categorized into 40 subject areas ... more than 400,000 activities)
• Social Studies School Service (free catalogs, links, lesson plans, etc.)
• Teachers Helping Teachers (lesson plans)

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General History Resources
(covering many time periods and subject areas)

• About.com: Military History (tons of excellent links)
• about.com: Geography  (area & ZIP codes; atlas; maps {US, world, street, road, historics, blank, outline}; census; geography {education, for kids, culture, cities, physical, etc.}; weather; distances & coordinates; Earth photos; finding places; rivers & water; time & time zones)
• about.com: US Gov Info / Resources (Agencies, Auctions/Surplus, Business/Finance, Census & Statistic, Congress & Laws, U.S. Constitution, Consumers, Contacting Govt, Courts/Judiciary, Environment, Taxes, Freebies, Forms, Grants-Contracting, Jobs/Employment, Gun Control, Getting it Done, Govt. Services, Health/Medical, Historic Documents, Immigration, Family Sites, Military, Money & Finance, Political System, The President, Public Safety, Social Security, Technology, Veterans)
• African Timelines (beginnings to present, historical info)
• Camelot International: World History (history timelines for selectable world regions)
• Carnegie Mellon: the English Server - History ("works and links in history and historiography")
• Carnegie Mellon: the English Server - Government ("materials in government, law, and their social implications")
• Carnegie Mellon: the English Server - Cultural Logic ("an electronic journal of marxist theory and practice")
• Carnegie Mellon: Books On-line (7,000+ books on-line ... downloadable catalog)
• Collapse - Why do civilizations fall? by Annenberg/CPB Exhibits ("Join us as we explore the collapse of four ancient civilizations. You'll learn what happens when a society collapses and how archaeologists find and interpret evidence. You can visit the Maya city of Copán and search for clues to its collapse. You can also try your hand at "garbage-ology" and study what trash can tell us about a society.")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations @ BYU ("links connect to Western European [mainly primary] historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries [and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history].")
• History in Song - Songs of the Sea (song words, links)
• HistoryNet - where history lives on the web (world history; American history; Civil War; personality profiles; great battles; World War II; arms, armies & intrigue; historic travel; aviation & technology; links, etc.)
• History Place (excellent site US & World history, time lines, pictures, info & links)
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook)
• Marine Art Information Center ("gallery of 100 marine watercolours and paintings supplemented by information on maritime art: auctions, galleries, history, photography, reference materials and museums")
• Media History Project: promoting the study of media history from petroglyphs to pixels (timelines, history, pictures, links, etc.)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (links to history, literature, philosophy and other humanities)
• Oz's Kingdom: A History Teacher's Page (lots of US & world history links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Country Information (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Non-Western Cultures (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Western Civilization (history and impact of Europe ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: England, Great Britain, UK (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: France (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Russia (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Children in History (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection ("holds more than 230,000 maps covering every area of the world" ... FREE world and historical maps ... maps with reference to: time zones, politics, religions, national products, geology, etc.)
• Spartacus Educational - Historical Encyclopedia ("The USA 1840-1960; The Medieval World; Encyclopedia of British; History: 1700-1900; Encyclopedia of the First World War; Slavery: 1750-1870; Railways:1780-1900; Investigating the Vietnam War; The Emancipation of Women; Parliamentary Reform; The Textile Industry; The Trade Union Movement; Religion and Society")
• Stockton College: The Global History Consortium ("main purpose is to offer some of the vast riches about the heritage of world civilizations .. representing .. major geographical regions of the world: .. Middle East and Inner Asia .. Africa .. Subcontinent of India .. East and Southeast Asia .. Central and South America")
• U of Pennsylvania: World Cultures: Ancient and Modern - Sailing the Ocean Without Map or Compass ("The navigation system used in the central Caroline Islands makes no use of either compasses or charts, but relies on stars and on memorizing huge amounts of information. This provides a fascinating picture of how one culture handles knowledge.")
• War, Peace and Security (tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals.
• WebRing: The History Ring (over 600 history links)

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Archaeology

• About.com: Archaeology (searcher & lots of links)
• Archaeology on the Net (7500+ links)
• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• Bureau of Land Management: Environmental Education (teacher resources)
• Civilizations and Urbanism in the Basin of Mexico
• Dinosaurs in Hawaii
• Information Resources in Primatology
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Ministery of Culture (France ... archaeology)
• Oz's Kingdom: General Ancient History (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Ancient Egypt (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Ancient Greece (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Ancient Rome (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Classics & Myths (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Myth, Legend, Folklore and Ghosts (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Smithsonian Institute: Archaeology & Anthropology
• U of Pennsylvania: World Cultures: Ancient and Modern - The Corinth Computer Project ("The ancient city of Corinth, newly revealed with the use of computers! Witness a virtual "fly-by" of the ancient site and see what archaeologists are discovering--on their screens.")
• U of Pennsylvania: World Cultures: Ancient and Modern - The Black Sea Trade Project - an archaeologist's online journal ("Take a virtual expedition! Follow the daily log of archaeological fieldwork as it happened during July, 1998 in the Turkish city of Sinop. With photos and personal eye-witness accounts .. this may be the closest you'll ever get to go on a dig!")
• U of Pennsylvania: World Cultures: Ancient and Modern - The Origins and Ancient History of Wine ("Physical evidence of wine dating from c. 5000 B.C. has been found in the remains of an ancient pottery jar found in 1968 in Hajji Firuz Tepe, Iran. Residue in the jar contains two characteristic ingredients of wine... how excavators uncovered the wine jar and scientists determined its contents")

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Earliest History of Man (4,000,000 BC - 30,000 BC)

• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)

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Earliest Societies (30,000 BC - 6,000 BC)

• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Legends (Robin Hood Pages, King Arthur & the Matter of Britain, Ballads & Broadsides, Pirates & Privateers, Swashbucklers & Fops, Erin & Alba, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Beowulf, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Legendary Resources" ... illustrations)

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Ancient / Classical History (6,000 BC - 500 AD)

• About.com: Ancient / Classical History (tons of links)
• Ancient Rome History Timeline, Part 1 (2nd millenium, BC to 33 AD .. "chronological index of the history of Ancient Rome with extensive links to internet resources. Emphasis is placed upon the use of primary source material and new perspectives upon the roles of women in ancient time.")
• Ancient Rome History Timeline, Part 2 (27 BC to 336 AD)
• Anna Mavromatis' Greek Costumes through the Centuries (from 1800 BC to 18th century AD, pictures, history, links)
• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Byzantium Timeline @ Metropolitan Museum of Art (Early Byzantium Period: 300 - 800 AD, Middle Byzantium Period: 843 - 1260 AD, Late Byzantium Period: 1261 - 1453 AD; history, art, teacher resources)
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Duke U: Papyrus Archive ("provides electronic access to texts about and images of 1,373 papyri from ancient Egypt ... browse the papyri by subject or search by keyword ... Background material about papyri and papyrology introduces the archive.")
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents - Europe (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Legends (Robin Hood Pages, King Arthur & the Matter of Britain, Ballads & Broadsides, Pirates & Privateers, Swashbucklers & Fops, Erin & Alba, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Beowulf, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Legendary Resources" ... illustrations)
• MISD: Lessons and Project - Ancient Egypt Concluding Activity ("designed as a concluding activity on Egypt" .. after "'studying about the great ancient Egyptian civilization. You are going to use what you have learned in the classroom along with new information you will obtain from the internet to complete various tasks.'")
• Tufts U: Perseus Project (Greece .. "a continually growing digital library of resources for studying the ancient world .. ancient texts and translations, philological tools, maps, extensively illustrated art catalogs, and secondary essays on topics like vase painting ... over 70 museums have shared pictures of their art objects")
• U of Evansville: Exploring Ancient World Cultures ("for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds ... features its own essays and primary texts ... chapter-length histories for .. The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe")
• U of North Carolina: Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (maps: "To study such formative and widespread civilizations as Greece and Rome without reference to adequate maps may seem blind folly.")
• U of Pennsylvania: World Cultures: Ancient and Modern - The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games ("when were the first Games? were the athletes amateurs or pros? were women allowed to compete? how political were the Games? how commercial? glossary")
• War, Peace and Security ( ... tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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Middle / Medieval Ages (500 AD - 1500 AD)

• About.com: Medieval History (tons of links)
• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Castles on the Web (Castle Tours, Palaces & Homes, Abbeys & Churches, Castle Glossary, Medieval Studies, Heraldry Links, Myths & Legends, Weapons & Supplies)
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Duke U: Greek Manuscripts ("ninety-eight manuscripts--in both roll and codex form--dating from the ninth to the seventeenth century. A short history of the collection, its origins and development, and a short title list of the collection are available here.
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents - Europe (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Legends (Robin Hood Pages, King Arthur & the Matter of Britain, Ballads & Broadsides, Pirates & Privateers, Swashbucklers & Fops, Erin & Alba, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Beowulf, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Legendary Resources" ... illustrations)
• Middle Ages - What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages? by Annenberg/CPB Exhibits ("Medium aevum -- Medieval or The Middle Ages. We think of knights in shining armor, lavish banquets, wandering minstrels, kings, queens, bishops, monks, pilgrims, and glorious pageantry.   In film and in literature, medieval life seems heroic, entertaining, and romantic. In reality, life in the Middle Ages, a period that extended from approximately the fifth century to the fifteenth century in Western Europe, was sometimes all these things, as well as harsh, uncertain, and often dangerous." ... feudal life, health, clothing, homes, arts, religion, town life)
• Oz's Kingdom: Middle Ages (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Castles, Plague, Witch Trials (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Renaissance - What inspired this age of balance and order? by Annenberg/CPB Exhibits ("During the era known by this name, Europe emerged from the economic stagnation of the Middle Ages and experienced a time of financial growth. Also, and perhaps most importantly, the Renaissance was an age in which artistic, social, scientific, and political thought turned in new directions.   Join us as we explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.")
• TimeRef: Medieval Timeline Reference ("a database of Medieval events, people and places ... timeline covers more than the Knights Templar reign, as the timeline really needs to include the events surrounding 1066")
• War, Peace and Security(tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• U of Evansville: Exploring Ancient World Cultures ("for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds ... features its own essays and primary texts ... chapter-length histories for .. The Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe")
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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16th Century (1500s)

• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Legends (Robin Hood Pages, King Arthur & the Matter of Britain, Ballads & Broadsides, Pirates & Privateers, Swashbucklers & Fops, Erin & Alba, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Beowulf, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Legendary Resources" ... illustrations)
• Oz's Kingdom: Enlightenment (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Castles, Plague, Witch Trials (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Renaissance (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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17th Century (1600s)

• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents - Europe (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Legends (Robin Hood Pages, King Arthur & the Matter of Britain, Ballads & Broadsides, Pirates & Privateers, Swashbucklers & Fops, Erin & Alba, Fairy Tales, Shakespeare's Stories, Beowulf, Sagas & Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters, Legendary Resources" ... illustrations)
• Oz's Kingdom: Enlightenment (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Castles, Plague, Witch Trials (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Renaissance (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Spartacus Educational (Encyclopedia of   British History: 1700-1900; Child Labour: 1750-1900; Parliamentary Reform: 1750-1900; Railways: 1780-1900; Members of Parliament: 1750-1880; Chartism; First World War Encyclopedia; Investigating the Vietnam War; Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920; National Curriculum History Websites; Gateway to Educational Websites)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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18th Century (1700s)

• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Carnegie Mellon: the English Server - 18th Century ("a site for eighteenth century studies")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Eighteenth-Century Resources by Jack Lynch @ U of Pennsylvania (tons of excellent links ... "all the significant and reliable Internet resources I've been able to discover that focus on the eighteenth century -- let's say Milton to Keats. The collection includes information on literature, history, art, music, religion, economics, philosophy, and so on, from around the world in the eighteenth century, as well as the home pages of societies and people who work on eighteenth-century topics")
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents - Europe (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Library of Congress: Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's
• Oz's Kingdom: Enlightenment (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Spartacus Educational (Encyclopedia of   British History: 1700-1900; Child Labour: 1750-1900; Parliamentary Reform: 1750-1900; Railways: 1780-1900; Members of Parliament: 1750-1880; Chartism; First World War Encyclopedia; Investigating the Vietnam War; Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920; National Curriculum History Websites; Gateway to Educational Websites)
• Transportation Commission, 1894-1896 ("880 Views of foreign countries and their native forms of transportation")
• Napolean (chronology, history, biography, links, etc.)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• War Times Journal: Napoleonic Wars Series (~1796-1815: articles, links, archives, wargames, books, etc.)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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19th Century (1800s)

• about.com: 19th Century History (tons of links)
• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Exploring Amistad @ Mystic Seaport ("site explores the Amistad Revolt of 1839-1842 and how we make history of it ... the Amistad Revolt was a shipboard uprising off the coast of Cuba that carried itself .. to the United States--where the Amistad Captives set off an intense legal, political, and popular debate over the slave trade, slavery, race, Africa, and ultimately America itself ... Discovery ... Timelines ... Library contains thousands of pages from over 500 primary documents including court documents, journal entries, and newspaper stories. Each can be viewed in the original print or handwriting or in transcription ... Teaching contains curricular adaptations designed for use both in and outside of the classroom")
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents - Europe (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• History in Song (song words, links)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page ... African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Medieval Studies Course | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page | Medieval Webguide)
• Spartacus Educational (Encyclopedia of   British History: 1700-1900; Child Labour: 1750-1900; Parliamentary Reform: 1750-1900; Railways: 1780-1900; Members of Parliament: 1750-1880; Chartism; First World War Encyclopedia; Investigating the Vietnam War; Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920; National Curriculum History Websites; Gateway to Educational Websites)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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20th Century (1900s)

• about.com: 20th Century History (tons of links)
• Art History Resources on the Web @ Sweet Briar College (tons of links to art: prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European)
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• Hanover College: Hanover Historical Texts Project (world & US history .. "aim is to make primary texts readily available to students and faculty for use in history and humanities courses.   The texts scanned for the project are all in public domain")
• Hanover College: Texts and Documents - Europe (literature, history, philosophy, theology, politics and other web sites for The Ancient Mediterranean, Medieval Europe, Early Modern Europe, Modern Europe)
• HyperHistory (excellent site and timelines ... "3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps")
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ...  Modern History Sourcebook | African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page)
• Rulers("lists of heads of state and heads of government .. of all countries .. going back to at least 1900 ... Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately")
• Spartacus Educational (Encyclopedia of   British History: 1700-1900; Child Labour: 1750-1900; Parliamentary Reform: 1750-1900; Railways: 1780-1900; Members of Parliament: 1750-1880; Chartism; First World War Encyclopedia; Investigating the Vietnam War; Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920; National Curriculum History Websites; Gateway to Educational Websites)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Military history, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• U of North Carolina: Internal Workings of the Soviet System (resources: Repression and Terror, Secret Police, The Gulag, Collectivization and Industrialization, Anti-Religious Campaigns, Attacks on Intelligentsia, Ukrainian Famine, Deportations, Jewish Antifascist Committee, Chernobyl', Perestroika)
• U of North Carolina: The Soviet Union and the United States (resources: Early Cooperation, Soviet and American Communist Parties, World War II, Cold War)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project ("documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government ... will no doubt contain controversial documents. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement of their contents nor sympathy with the ideology, doctrines, or means employed by their authors" .. Pre-18th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century)

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World War I

• also see US History: World War I
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• History in Song (song words, links)
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Modern History Sourcebook | Modern History Course)
• Oz's Kingdom: World War I (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Military History, Info, Stats (US and world military history ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• PBS: The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (interviews, pictures, interactive timeline with links, maps, and searcher for specific place, battle, person or date)
• Spartacus Educational (Encyclopedia of   British History: 1700-1900; Child Labour: 1750-1900; Parliamentary Reform: 1750-1900; Railways: 1780-1900; Members of Parliament: 1750-1880; Chartism; First World War Encyclopedia; Investigating the Vietnam War; Emancipation of Women: 1860-1920; National Curriculum History Websites; Gateway to Educational Websites; Encyclopedia of East Grinstead & District; Sackville Sociology Research Group; Internet Centres for Education)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)
• War Times Journal: The Great War Series (articles, links, archives, wargames, books, etc.)
• World War I: Trenches on the Web ("information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history.  Entire kingdoms were to vanish in the clash. The map makers of the world would be busy indeed! ... explore the "The Great War" at your own pace and in your own manner ... Reference Library .. is a complete catalog of everything out here")

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World War II

• also see US History: World War II
• Braakhuis' The World at War, history of WW 1939-1945 ("The reader is taken back in time and feels that he was actually present when the events took place, a new and compelling way of experiencing the events of World War II. ... The objective of our site is to provide you with a vast catalogue of interesting resources including WW II links")
• BYU EuroDocs: Primary Historical Document From Western Europe -- Selected Transcriptions, Facsimiles and Translations ("Western European .. historical documents that .. shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries .. and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history")
• Costumer's Manifesto: One-stop Site for Costume Information and Images (excellent site for the costumes of the period ... from Babylon to Present ... links)
• EarthStation1 ("the Internet's #1 sound & picture archive of the audio-visual history of the media age" ... World War II aircraft, historical sounds and pictures, Holocaust Pictures Page, etc.)
• History in Song (song words, links)
• History Place: Biographies of Nazi Leaders (Adolf Eichmann, Rudolf Hess, Reinhard Heydrich)
• HistoryNet - where history lives on the web (world history; American history; Civil War; personality profiles; great battles; World War II; arms, armies & intrigue; historic travel; aviation & technology; links, etc.)
• History Place: Timeline of World War II in Europe (time line, pictures & links)
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Modern History Sourcebook | African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page)
• Oz's Kingdom: World War II (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Military History, Info, Stats (US and world military history ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• uboat.net: The U-boat War 1939-1945 ("a top quality reference about the U-boat arm with maximum accuracy and a very wide scope")
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals.)
• War Times Journal: World War II (links)
• Yale Law School: Avalon Project: 20th Century Documents (excellent, extensive set of links for "Documents in Law, History and Government" ... including Nuremberg Trial)  

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Korean War

• also see US History: Korean War
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Modern History Sourcebook | African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page)
• Korean War Project (site to remember those who served and made sacrifices ... stories and pictures)
• Korean War Veterans National Museum & Library (miscellaneous information for anyone interested in the Korean War and its participants)
• Oz's Kingdom: Cold War thru Desert Storm (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Military History, Info, Stats (US and world military history ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals )

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Vietnam War

• also see US History: Vietnam War
• about.com: Vietnam War
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project by Paul Halsall @ Forham University ("The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly [without advertising or excessive layout] for educational use" ... Modern History Sourcebook | African | East Asian | Indian | Islamic | Jewish | Women's | Global | Science | Modern History Course | Chinese Studies Page)
• Oz's Kingdom: Cold War thru Desert Storm (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Military History, Info, Stats (US and world military history ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Vietnam War Web Ring (excellent set of links)
• War, Peace and Security (tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)

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Afghanistan Conflict

• Afghana! (links to Soviet war)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals)

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Falkland Islands Conflict

• Falkland Islands Conflict ("On the 5th April 1982, a large British task force set out on a 7500 mile journey to liberate a group of tiny windswept islands in the South Atlantic. On 1st May began the biggest naval action to take place since the Second World War - more than 1000 men lost their lives.  These pages are not only a resource of information .. but also a tribute to those who served in the forces of both sides during the conflict")
• Falkland Islands War (personal account of a British sailor who served aboard the SS Canberra ... pictures)
• Falklands-Malvinas Forum (a short chronology of events from December 20, 1981, up to July 20, 1982)
• War, Peace and Security (tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals )

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Persian Gulf War / Desert Storm

• also see US History: Persian Gulf War
• Oz's Kingdom: Cold War thru Desert Storm (lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• Oz's Kingdom: Military History, Info, Stats (US and world military history ... lots of links, teacher resources, etc.)
• War, Peace and Security ( tremendous Canadian site with tons of info about Canada but also links for  Armed forces of the world, Contemporary conflicts. International organizations, International relations, Military art and science, Military biography, Peace and disarmament ... catalogs of books and periodicals along with full-text periodicals.)

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21th Century (2000s)

• about.com: 20th Century History (tons of links)
• Rulers ("lists of heads of state and heads of government .. of all countries .. going back to at least 1900 ... Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately")

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Holocaust 

Caution: "Although these sites were chosen for their educational value, the written materials and pictures will be very disturbing to some ... children, especially, are advised to consult with their parents, teachers or clergy before entering these sites.

• about.com: Holocaust (excellent, extensive set of links ... check for categories of links at bottom of page!)
• Academic Info: Jewish Studies (educational links)
• Academic Info: Holocaust Studies (e