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Best
of History Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
This site's mission is to be a
"portal created for students, history educators, and general history
enthusiasts" and consists of annotated lists of recommended history sites
that are divided by topic and rated by the site's creators for "usefulness
and accuracy." Broad periods such as prehistory, medieval, and twentieth
century history are listed and further subdivided into manageable topics and
periods.
The
History Net
http://www.about.com/homework/
Very useful and easy to navigate.
HistoryWorld
http://www.historyworld.net
400 separate historical articles and descriptions of approximately 4,000 world
events. Emphasis on English history.
Perseus
Digital Library
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu
The Perseus Digital Library is "an evolving digital library of resources
for the study of the humanities." Though the Project initially focused on
texts relating to ancient Greece, the site's contents gradually expanded to
include Latin text and tools and Renaissance-related materials.. The site
includes literally countless texts, images, maps, and facsimiles from Ancient
Egypt to the Civil War and nineteenth-century London.
The
War Times Journal
http://www.wtj.com/index_flash.htm
Looking for all things military? The War
Times Journal is an "on-line magazine which covers all periods of military
history and military science." Its goal is "the quality presentation
of articles and archives relating to wars and armed conflict, with an emphasis
on eyewitness accounts and personal experiences." The highlight of this
site is the collection of orders, dispatches, and memoirs of such famous people
as Napoleon and Ulysses S. Grant.
Women
in World History
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com
Full of information and
resources to help you learn about women’s history in a global, non-U.S.,
context.
Additional
Internet links/pathfinders for this subject:
Librarian's
Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Click on the heading "History"
Internet
Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.00.00/
Chose a history category.
About.com
http://www.about.com/
In search box, type "History"
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Ancient
General
Exploring
Ancient World Cultures
http://eawc.evansville.edu/
An on-line course supplement for students
and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds. It features its own essays and
primary texts.
Ancient
World Web:Geographical Listing
http://www.julen.net/ancient/
This site collects a huge number of
resources on the ancient world, from Ancient Egypt to the Near East.
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Egypt and Nubia
Ancient
Egypt
http://touregypt.net/egyptantiquities/
Find information on Ancient
Egypt including, its people, kings, military and religion.
Ancient
Egypt
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Created by the
British
Museum
, this Web site provides general information on many subtopics like
mummification, pharaohs, hieroglyphics, pyramids, and temples.
Ancient
Nubia
http://library.thinkquest.org/22845/index.shtml
This website explores an
ancient civilization that existed along with the
Egyptian
Kingdom
. You will learn that the Nubian civilization had its own distinct culture, and
even ruled over
Egypt
for a short period.
Mummies
of Ancient
Egypt
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/
Answers questions like “what
are mummies?” and “how are mummies made?” Also contains information about
the ancient Egyptians’ belief in the afterlife.
Pyramids:
The Inside Story
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Companion Web site to the PBS
NOVA television series about exploring and excavating pyramids.
The
Religion of Ancient
Egypt
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/religion/religion.html
Includes detailed information
on specific deities, priests’ theology, and a list of gods in the astrology of
ancient Egypt
.
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Greece
The
Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/index2.html
Want to see pictures of Ancient
Greek house furnishings or grave markers? Visit the Ancient Greek World virtual
gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology.
Rome
Resources
for Roman Art and Archaeology
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/rome.html
Directory of links to subject indexes,
texts, field projects, atlases, museums, language and regional resources,
organizations, course materials, and more. Includes Roman, Etruscan, Italian,
and Roman Provincial studies.
Illustrated
History of the Roman Empire
http://www.roman-empire.net/
Historical and visual material, including
interactive maps, timelines, and links.
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Medieval
Internet
Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
Links to Medieval Texts.
NetSerf
http://www.netserf.org
The internet connection for
Medieval sources. NetSerf has over
2,080 annotated links on the Middle Ages, categorized by subject (archaeology,
architecture, art, Arthuriana, civilizations, culture, drama, history, law,
literature, music, people, philosophy, religion, science and technology, and
women). The "Research
Center" links include archives, libraries, articles and papers, associations,
organizations, societies, bibliographies, and conferences and seminars.
The
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
Medieval
studies scholarly resources compiled and organized from around the world.
The
End of Europe's Middle Ages
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/
A tutorial "designed to assist those
students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a
background in medieval European history," particularly the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries. From The University of Calgary.
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Modern European
General
Internet
Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Extensive
collection of links to texts, maps, and articles about the Renaissance and
post-Reformation world. Part of the Halsall Internet History Sourcebooks Project.
Renaissance
Medici:
Godfathers of the Renaissance
http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series. Includes
an interactive tour of Florence, Italy, a family tree and profiles of the Medici
family, a gallery of Renaissance art, a bibliography, lesson plans, and features
on Renaissance art, architecture, politics, religion, and science.
Renaissance: What Inspired This Age of Balance
and Order?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/middleages.html
This attractive site describes
aspects of the European Renaissance including its origins in the Middle Ages,
the rise of navigation and trade, development of the printing press, arts, and
the Renaissance in Florence Italy.
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French
Revolution & Napoleon
History
of France - Primary Documents
http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/History_of_France:_Primary_Documents
Links to documents, both old
and new.
Liberty
, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the
French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/
A site on the Revolution that
includes over 600 digitized documents, roughly 350 of which are texts, and the
remainder images, primarily political cartoons.
Textual documents include memoirs and eyewitness accounts, letters,
newspaper articles, and manifestos, most of them translated from French to
English. A search page is provided,
where users can search by keyword or select from a range of broad topics --
Middle Classes - Bourgeoisie, Monarchy, Napoleon Bonaparte, Nobility, Peasants,
Sans-culottes, and so on.
Links
on the French Revolution
http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~andressd/frlinks.htm
Lots of links on the French
Revolution.
Napoleon
Bonaparte Internet Guide
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/
Links to numerous websites with
material on both Napoleon and the Napoleonic Era.
Napoleon
Guide
http://www.napoleonguide.com/
More than 2000 pages of
information covering all aspects of the Napoleonic Era. Think you know the
Napoleonic Era? Take one more than 50 quizzes to test your knowledge.
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Victorian Era
The
Victorian Web
http://www.victorianweb.org/
A
comprehensive website offering essays on important people, events, and ideas
related to the Victorian era, as well as excerpts form various primary sources.
This is the key website for Victorian studies, with many links to other sources.
Victorian
London
http://www.victorianlondon.org/
A
website that includes primary source material and information about the social
history of Victorian London.
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World War I
Encyclopedia
of the First World War
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
Provides comprehensive coverage
of the war in an easy to navigate format.
First World
War.com
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
This comprehensive World War I
resource provides online battlefield tours, photos, and descriptions of weapons,
and countless editorials on key players, battles and the aftermath of the Great
War. Be sure to check out the Vintage Media link.
The
Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
Based on the eight-part PBS
television series on World War I, this website includes timelines, maps, and
interviews with prominent historians.
Great
War in the Air
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal206/gal206.html
This online exhibit explores
the importance of World War I air combat.
World
War I Document Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
This searchable database of
treaties, speeches, and personal letters also contains a photo section and
biographical dictionary.
WWI:
Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/
These pages contain 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!
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World War II
Experiencing
War: Stories from the Veteran’s History Project
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/stories/ex-war-home.html
Personal narratives recorded
from veterans of various wars.
National
D-Day
Museum
http://www.ddaymuseum.org/index.html
This museum website offers
detailed information on D-Day and the European and Pacific Theaters of
Operation.
The
Perilous Fight:
America’s World War II in Color
http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/
This site features fascinating
information on World War II, including the home front, soldiers’ experiences,
and social aspects of the war.
Second
World War Encyclopedia
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm
Includes a great deal of
general information but also information not readily available, such as war
photographers, journalists, and artists.
World
War II Historical Text Archive
http://www.historicaltextarchive.com
Choose from full text articles,
e-books, and links about World War II.
World
War II: The Homefront
http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/
A great resource including a
time line in photographs, an online museum displays medals and memorabilia, and
much more. Great resource for self-guided study.
World
War II Timeline
http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/WW2Timeline/start.html
A timeline for World War II, including events leading up to the conflict as far
back as 1917. Includes images, posters, maps, political cartoons,
newspaper clippings and diagrams.
The
Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy
http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
Created
by American high school students, this website includes accounts by survivors, a
summary, a timeline, audio clips of Holocaust survivors, several interactive
features, a camp layout, and quizzes.
Holocaust
Learning Center
http://www.ushmm.org/topics/
Encyclopedia of all aspects of
the Holocaust, from what led to it, what life was like during it, and the
aftermath of the Holocaust.
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U.S. History
General
Africans
in
America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
PBS.org’s Africans in America
web site
American
Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
American Memory is an ongoing resource of digital images, audio and media clips
embracing all aspects of American history and culture. This extensive collection
provides access to more than seven million digital reproductions of primary
sources from more than one hundred important historical collections from the
Library of Congress and other participating museums and institutions.
American
Women's History: A Research Guide
www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
American Women's History provides citations to print and Internet reference
sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also
provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional
books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.
From
Revolution to Reconstruction
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
A Web site about "American history,
from the colonial period until Modern Times." Based on a textbook.
History
Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web
http://historymatters.gmu.edu
Designed for teachers and students at the
high school and college levels, History Matters is a gateway site to Web-based
materials about United States history. A search engine, as well as broad topical
links, provide access to primary documents, images, audio files, and secondary
articles that connect the user to people and places throughout United States
history.
U.S.
Historical Documents Archive
http://www.ushda.org/
Looking for the text of the "I Have a Dream" speech or the Gettysburg
address? This site has lots of famous speeches and texts.
Picture
History
http://www.picturehistory.com
Describing itself as a "digital
library of high quality images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of
American history," this site has indexed still images of maps, postcards,
photographs, cartoons, stereo cards, periodicals, and more in addition to video
and audio clips.
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Revolution and Early Republic
LIBERTY!
The American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Official
online companion to the PBS series features a variety of interactive information
on the war, timelines, a revolutionary game, and video clips from the series.
Newspaper articles and other primary sources are included.
Constitution
Day
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/constitution_day/constitution_day.html
Information and Primary sources
from the founding of the nation.
Lewis
and Clark
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
The Corps of Discovery didn't
always know where it was going. You can.
West
Web
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/
Primary and secondary
documents, plus lots of links all about the American West.
The
Making of America Project
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/;
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa
The Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the Antebellum period through Reconstruction.
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Underground Railroad
National
Geographic Online Presents The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
This site allows you to go on
the journey to the North from a slave's point of view and follow their path as
they try to escape from their southern bondage. You can "visit safe houses
which Harriet Tubman actually used" and see pictures. There are maps of her
actual routes and information describing how she traveled them.
National
Underground
Railroad
Freedom
Center
http://www.freedomcenter.org
Offers interactive educational
programs to promote an understanding of the horrors of slavery and the
resistance movements. Includes movies, donation details, a virtual tour, and
upcoming events.
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Civil War & Reconstruction
The
American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
The American Civil War Homepage seeks to
provide a comprehensive directory of hypertext links about the Civil War period
(1861-65). Intended for general audiences, this Internet directory covers the
war from the major military, political, and social perspectives.
Civil
War Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Reconnaissance, sketch,
coastal, and theater-of-war maps that depict troop activities and fortifications
during the Civil War are included in this collection from the Library of
Congress.
A
Nation Divided: The
U.S.
Civil War 1861–1865
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
This site has a time line with many printable pictures.
The
National
Museum
of Civil War Medicine
http://www.civilwarmed.org/
Features exhibits and preservation of medical artifacts, manuscripts, books, documents, and other
materials related to the war.
The
U.S. Civil
War
Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu
This site offers a huge list of
links to all kinds of Civil War topics.
The
Valley of the Shadow
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu
The Valley of the Shadow looks
at the life of residents in
Augusta
County
,
Virginia
, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, chronicling their experience of the
American Civil War. Intended for students and teachers at both the secondary and
college levels, the Valley of the Shadow provides a hypermedia archive of
primary sources for a social history of these communities from 1859 through the
Reconstruction period.
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Twentieth Century
Decades
in 20th Century America
http://www.aclibrary.org/teenroom/decades.asp
Links to sites on individual
decades.
New
Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/
A research and teaching
resource on the World Wide Web devoted to the public works and arts projects of
the New Deal. Contains many primary
sources.
The
Cold War
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/
What exactly was the Cold War?
Find out at this web site.
Watergate
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm
Learn about Watergate from the
newspaper which uncovered the scandal.
The
Gulf War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
An in depth examination of the
Gulf War.
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Vietnam
War
The
Fall of
Saigon
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/saigon/
The "New York Times"
provides coverage of the Vietnam War with an emphasis on the fall of
Saigon
. This site includes many articles from the New York Times archives dating back
to 1966 and many photographs and graphics.
Vietnam
Online
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/
This PBS Web site provides a
comprehensive look at the Vietnam War. Here you will find brief biographies of
key players, an extensive time line, essays, photographs, and explorations of
major battles.
Vietnam:
Yesterday and Today
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/
Learn more about one of the
most controversial conflicts in American history.
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