1492: An Ongoing Voyage - Examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.
20th Century History Glossary - Here you will find a helpful and concise (but by no means complete) resource of historical people, places, events and terms of the modern age.
20th: The Passing of a Century - Explore the past 100 years of events, trends, discovery, milestones, people and society on this excellent 20th century history site covering politics, media, war, transport, science, leaders, art...
A Compendium of Common Knowledge on the Rennaissance - one of the most interesting -- and easiest to read -- sources of information about the Elizabethan period.
A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust
Abby's Resource Page for Social Studies Teachers - Hundreds of links to the BEST history, social studies, and education sites on the Web. Links are indexed for easy searching. Also home of the History Teachers' Education Ring!
Advanced Placement European History - Resources for teachers of AP European history: includes a web forum and links to teacher-maintained AP European history web sites, the College Board site, publishers, and European research resources.
Africans in America
Age of Imperialism, The
Allexperts History Q&A - Historians answer all your one-on-one questions about European, US, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Military History, and much more.
America Dreams
American History for Students
American President: Presidential History Resources - Includes lesson plans, web resources, essays, historical documents, and a glossary.
Anatomy of a Murder - A trip through our nation's Justice System.
AP Euro Homepage - This is a site designed to help AP European History students. This site offers research links and other information realtive to Advanced Placement European History.
AP European History
AP European History - Vanguard College Preparatory School
AP Modern Euro - Advanced Placement European History Pages with multimedia Primary Sources and practice tests. A Kirschnet site
AskERICCrossroads; A K-16 American History Curriculum - Recommended American history curriculum for kindergarten through college.
BC Social Studies Teachers' Association Top Links - This site offers links to valuable lesson plans, research links and professional information to teachers and others interested in socials, history, geography, comparative civilizations and more.
Big Sky Social Studies Lesson Plans - Gopher site offers dozens of lesson plans for all grade levels.
By The Great Horn Spoon!: A Gold Rush Adventure - Explore the gold rush through Newberry Award winner Sid Fleischman's book, "By the Great Horn Spoon!" This interactive site was developed by teachers and meets California's fourth grade curriculum standards. It is designed to be used in the classroom. Lesson plans included.
California Gold Rush Wagon Train
California Sesquicentennial
Center for the Liberal Arts - History
Choose Your Own Adventure Through History - This site offers adventure/ roleplaying activities for use in the social studies classroom, homeschool, or as an educational family activity. Ideal for gifted, regular, and special education.
Christine's Black History Pages - Web directory of Black History on the Internet.
Civil War in Miniature - A Civil War compendium designed for students and educators. Site has short tests for trivia, civil war facts and history. It also contains detailed chapters for Civil War study. Rated highly by several school districts.
Civil War, The
Colonial Mexico
Colonial Williamsburg Almanack - Come Meet the People and learn about their struggles and triumphs. Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living. See the Places and learn about their history as you go along. Browse the Colonial Dateline highlighting events from 1750-1783. Check out Additional Resources including teacher resources, a historical glossary and navigational aids for the online Williamsburg site.
Concord Review, The
Creating Online Materials for Teaching United States History
Cultural / Educational Artefacts - Created by teachers for teachers. Give students the opportunity to learn about history by feeling and touching actual parts of history.
Curriculum of Labor History for Teachers of US History
Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
Dead Sheep Society - Europe
Devine Time
Digital History - Contains local history pages created by Missouri and Kansas schools and historical groups. Projects have an introduction, narrative, oral histories, pictures, maps and credits.
Divining America: Religion and the National Culture
DOJ Kids and Youth - Department of Justice--justice for kids and youth
Dr. Mac's Cultural Calendar - Teacher Gerald McDaniel presents famous people in interesting ways, especially in literature, history, religion, and classical music.
Early American History Portrait Gallery - Early American history picture gallery with over 400 downloads for students and teachers with biographical text.
Edison's Timeline of Invention - Looking for some easy timeline activities to use with elementary students? Use Edison's Timeline of Invention from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. Students can create a simple timeline showing Edison's inventions -- from his 1869 invention of the vote recorder to his 1900 invention of the storage battery. Others Edison inventions include the electric pen, the stock ticker, the incandescent electric lamp, the electric motor, and a talking doll!
EDU4KIDS: US President's Drill Game - Who was the 14th President? What years did her serve? How many terms? Who was his VP? How well do you know these answers? Test yourself and drill with this FREE on-line educational resource (no banner ads either).
Educate the Children - History Resources - Provides worksheets, lesson plans, ideas, teaching strategies, reviews and internet links, all for free.
European History AP
Fifty Years Later
First Americans for Grade Schoolers
Florida History Fair
French Revolution, 1789 - 1793
General History Sources/Sites - Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
GESCHICHTE
Great Sites For Teaching About: The Middle Ages - These sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about the Middle Ages.
Hall of History - educational links for Government and History for K-12
Harwich High School History Department
History - American History, European History AP, geography, Global Studies
History and Social Studies - Educational sites for the student, genealogist and family historian.
History Basics: 4 - Analytic Primary Source Essay - North Park University's guide to writing a primary source essay.
History Basics: 6 - Writing a Précis - North Park University's guide to writing a history paper - step 3.
History Buff's Home Page - devoted to press coverage of events in American history. It includes an extensive, searchable, library with the categories Civil War, Baseball, Engravings, Journalism Hoaxes, Old West including Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Crime figures such as Bonnie & Clyde, Lizzie Borden and over a dozen other categories.
History Channel --this day and month in the past - What happened on your birthdate?What happened on today's date during the Civil War? and more...
History Course Online
History Department at the University of North Texas
History links for secondary school students - UK based study aid.
History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
History of the Mystery at MysteryNet.com: The Online Mystery Network - Features the history of mystery and crime book authors.
History Online - support for secondary school history teachers, available by subscription from the United Kingdom at £50 for members and £90 for others.
History Program Homepage: Eastern Oregon University - Eastern Oregon University's history program
History Quest - Unusual and little known facts on American History
Horus' History Links
http://www.americanhistory.nu - Useful for American History students, provides tests, maps, jeopardy and much more extra tidbits to help american history students.
Humanities-Interactive - Humanities-Interactive is a collection of over 50 online educational exhibits sponsored by the Texas Humanities Resource Center;great resource for a Texas History class
Ice Mummies - NOVA Online presents Ice Mummies;Follow the daily progress of an archaeological expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of Sara Sara in Peru;Explore the complex and conflicting issues that arise when a mummy is found -- from who owns it, to how to study it, to whether it should be put on display.
Infonation - information on world countries from the United Nations
Jessica's History Teaching Resources
Journey Through the Middle Ages
Kingdomality - An online test that will tell you what your career choise might have been during medieval times. Good explanation of the results, including insight into your personality type, aptitudes, and skills.
Louisiana History Teacher's Online - Louisiana History 8th grade teacher has donated his work for exchange of ideas for history classes. Games for kids, stories and art by kids, lesson ideas, teaching resources, sample lesson plans, many Louisiana facts and resources.
Matt Albert's Classes Page
Medieval Archaeology - This site provides a virtual tutorial. It includes a simulated archaeological excavation. Provided for the participant are a number of educational pages that explain the purpose and method of archaeology. Further, when the participant chooses to undertake the excavation, s/he will be given information concerning the area surrounding the site.
Medieval Life and Times - Outline for a middle school medieval unit, reading list, research and craft projects, plus research links.
Medieval WebQuest -LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES - This site includes a list of more than 20 possible projects on the Middle Ages. The activities are appropriate for middle school students and above.
Middle Passage Voyage
Mister D|z World - Shares a former teacher's perspectives on civics, world history and geography, and U.S. history. Also includes course outlines, suggested research projects, and links.
Modern World History - Europe
Monarchs of Great Britain
Mr Diaz Social Studies & Humanities Home Page - Designed to help students and teachers to find information, prepare lesson plans, research papers, projects, and other academic activities within these fields.
Mr Donn's Ancient History Page - Lesson plans & units for Archaeology, Early Man, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China, India, Aztecs, Incas, Mayas, Africa, and more, for K-12 teachers and students.
Mr. Andre's Home Page - This site was constructed and maintained by Mr. Steven Andre, an eighth-grade American History teacher at Maxwell Middle School in Tucson, Arizona. It showcases the best student work from his classes over the past four years.
Mr. Dowling's Virtual Classroom
Mr. Dunch's Home Page for AP U.S. History - The site contains an overview of AP U.S. History, AP assignments, a Presidential Outline syllabus, & links for teachers
Mr. Everett's History/Debate Page
Mr. Jenkins History Resources - a comprehensive history research site intended for use by high school and college students. All links to this site have been previewed for quality of academic content.
Mr. Remmell's World Civilizations Page
Mr. Sabetta's Virtual Classroom
Mr. Sedivy - Multimedia history site from a Highlands Ranch High School teacher. Sample papers and essays with pointers included.
Mr.Horwitz's U.S.History Class - A list of 1300 historical links in chronogical order, historical indexes,outlines and directories, lesson plans, webdesign links, webquests for teachers. This site was designed to help U.S. History students with their research.
Ms. B's EDUCATIONAL LINKS and LESSON PLANS - This site provides educational links and lesson plans for teachers and students of social studies, history, geography, comparative civilizations, and more.
Ms. Pojer's History Classes' Home Page - 100+ Quizzes, DBQ essays, worksheets, weblinks, etc. for A. P. American History, A. P. European History & Global History/Geography.
National Standards for History Grades K-4
National Trust Education Center - United Kingdom
Naval Ships with Northwest Names - Informational site that provides histories of naval ships that have names of northwest origin. Some famous, some little known, all were/are loved by the sailors that served aboard them.
North American Indians - 3000 historical events which happened to or affected the indigenous peoples of North America. Tribal name meanings and alternative names, Indian "moon" names, and links to thousands of other sites.
NOVA Online | Mysteries of the Nile - a team from the PBS program NOVA are in Egypt on their second attempt (the first was in 1995) to raise an obelisk using only materials and techniques that the ancient Egyptians might have used. At this site, users can follow the team's progress with dispatches from the field, learn about the history and physics of obelisks, and tour a modest but attractive collection of QTVR and standard images of temples,tombs, and other monuments. Additional features at the site include classroom resources, a map and timeline, and a collection of annotated links.
Odyssey in Egypt - archaeology in Egypt
Old Governors' Mansion
Orvilles World - This site is aboput the history of Westmoreland County Virginia, Montross Virginia, the Norfolk Southern Corporation and other general subjects.
Palmetto Junior Historian Society - Aiken Middle School
Peace Corps Kids World - Peace Corps Kids World, the home of adventure and service. Explore the globe and learn about making a difference as a Peace Corps Volunteer
Pinchbeck's History Helper - Provides extensive list of resources for history teachers and students in the form of links.
Political and Ethical challenges of the Nuclear Age - Your ultimate research and reference site on nuclear matters.
PReb : Puerto Rico - history and culture - Newsletter about history and culture of Puerto Rico based on Records of Spanish Governors found in the Archivo General. Nuestra trayectoria historica y cultural basada en los fondos documentales de los Gobernadores Espanoles en la Isla.
Presidential Decision - Truman's decision reviewed by students includes primary source documents, decision charts and slide show. Problem solving activity to help students decide on possible alternatives
Reading, Researching, and Writing for History: A Guide for College Students - How to read primary and secondary sources and write a history paper. A must for students of history.
Rivendell's Philosophy Page - Athenian Philosophers,Antique and Medieval Philosophers, Rationalists,and modern philosophers
Roman Emperors 27 BC to 1453 AD - Online encyclopedia on 1500 years of Roman emperors from 27 BC-1453 AD including biographical essays, family trees of imperial dynasties, index of significant battles in the empire's history with summaries and maps.
Saint Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc) - site dealing with Saint Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc) and the Hundred Years War, with summary of her life, scanned photos of her letters, other original manuscripts and similar items of interest.
Samuel Adams' original writings - An extensive e-text collection of the writings of Samuel Adams including many documents of historic interest concerning the American Revolution.
Social Security for the Young - This is an official web site of the social security administration with information on Social Security for kids, teenagers, parents and teachers
Social Studies Education: National Council for the Social Studies - Social Studies Resources and Information from National Council for the Social Studies.
Social Studies Links - Educational links for social studies (over 800 links in 20 different categories))
Social Studies Resources from Carrie's Crazy Quilt - Social Studies Resources
Spanish American War - Newly updated, very intensive site on the Spanish American War. Internationally respected site covers battles, such as Manila Bay, Santiago, San Juan Hill, etc.; re-enactment groups, Geneaological research tips
SSEC - Resources for Social Sciences and History Education - The Social Science Education Consortium supports social science and history education in schools, K-12. Download free lesson plans or browse our publications and projects.
STAWRS - Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting System Kids Page - Welcome to the Simplified Tax And Wage Reporting System (STAWRS) Kids Page.
Step back in time . . . - Join us as we step back in time to the days of imposing castles high on the bluffs, knights in armor defending the kingdom, and noblemen ruling over the serfs. This was life in the Middle Ages.
Study Guide for Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project - This study guide serves as a supplement to the radio series, Countdown to Millennium: An Oral History project. This resource for teachers includes lesson plans, background on oral history collection, instructions for video interviews and web page construction, and links to oral history archives.
Suite 101: History For Children
Teach Yourself History - Welcome to the History section of teachyourself.com
Technology in America-Timeline - A good Internet resource for teachers is the -- "what a coincidence!" -- Technology Timeline.
The Amazing Magnificent Colossal Cruise Through Time and History - ..an amazing time machine that YOU can use, making it possible for you to travel through time and history. You can be the first person to test my incredible device. It's a very simple process. Just start at the Big Bang Theory and from there you can travel to many different eras in history.
The Civic Mind: The Source for Civics Education and Information - Civics , the process of democratic self-government, increases citizen involvement in community life and prepares youngsters for full citizenship. A Teachers Center, News, and a Community Center are included here.
The Columbus Navigation Homepage - This award-winning website explores the history, navigation, and landfall of Christopher Columbus. Links to many other resources, including lesson plans.
The History Guide -- Main - The History Guide has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjoyable and proficient.
The History of Education Site - over 1000 links
The History of the Railroads - Brings to the computer screen the majesty of the rails. Nearly 1000 photos, 1 hr. of video clips, narration and music combine to dramatize the story of the"Iron Horse".
The History Place - Great online exhibits - World War 2, Lincoln, Kennedy, plus more!
The Launching of a New Constitution - This site stands as an example of how to link the Internet directly to classroom content at the middle and high school levels, but it is not the only option. It is a complete unit on The Constitution of the United States of America, and uses unique question sheets on every article and section in the Constitution . Plus, it provides lesson plans for each lesson and more.The hope is that it will lead to the exchange of ideas on this subject.
The Noise Room - Archaeology News - Index - Archaeology News
THE RICE SCHOOL WebNaissance Pages - Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at The Rice School/Las Escuela Rice in Houston, Texas, used the life of Galileo as the starting point for a wide variety of activities. As part of a special enrichment project, Galileo's Web, students learned all about the life and times of this important scientist.
The Roman Times
The South Carolina Council for the Social Studies - The South Carolina Council for the Social Studies (SCCSS)is a professional organization for persons interested in any aspect of social studies instruction.
The Tomb of the Chihuahua Pharaohs - The Chihuahua Pharaohs have lots of stuff for teachers, kids, and amateur Egyptologists in their tomb! You'll find clip art, lesson plans and activity ideas, and you'll learn all about mummies.
The Vietnam War: A teacher's resource - a resource for high school history teachers
TheHistoryNet: Today In History - events in history that happened on the month and day of today's date
Three Activities on the Great Depression
Tibet - news, culture, history, maps, religion, the Dalai Lama, and more about Tibet
Tibetan Journey - Photographs of Tibet, its people, culture and landscapes.
Tidal Passages
Time Line of The Civil War - 1861
Time Travelers - The Ohio Historical Society's kids' pages. Prehistoric and recent Native American history, archaeology, natural history, quizzes, Ohio kids' history sites, kids' club.
Titanic - She was also an “R.M.S.,” a “Royal Mail Ship.” Read all about the futile attempt to rescue over 200 sacks of registered mail
Today in History, World History - Universal history site with individual country timelines, also Today in History and various subjects: computer history, quotes in time, and all material referenced as to source.
Trivia About History - Trivia About History. Historical facts. Trivial trivia.
Trivia About Religion and the Bible - Trivia about religion & the Bible. Useful facts about everything. There is no such thing as trivia!
U.S. and World History Essay Questions and Answers from Capstone Course at CSULB - Capstone course at California State University Long Beach. Site contains both U.S. and World History questions taken from the California State Framework.
U.S. History & Government - U.S. History & Government resources for high school students
United States History Chronology - A detailed chronology of American history.
US Army Attack Helicopters - A crew chiefs view of Vietnam era attack helicopter gunships.
Vendee Insurrection
Victorian Links - Links to Victorian historical, literary and cultural sites. Compiled by a retired librarian/web editor.
Vietnam: Yesterday & Today - This site provides a chronology of the Vietnam War, a list of ways the war differed from other wars, bliographies of books on the war, tips for students, and a large annotated link section on the war and on Vietnam today
Virtual Quincy Directory - Education: History - VIRTUAL QUINCY EDUCATION DIRECTORY
W. T. Block - Historian and Author - Hundreds of historical articles about the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast.
Wage and Hour Division Youth Site - information on the Wage and Hour Law, Sweat Shops,Teen Safety-(on the job),child labor and minimum wage
War of 1812
War of 1812
Washington State History Day
World 2000 Conference on Teaching History and Geography
You Be the Historian - from the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution