A learning module on the fall of the Roman Empire. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include the extent and...

This overview of the Roman Empire is organized by chapters, which include The Founding, The Kings, The Republic, Early Emperors, The Decline, The Collapse, Constantinople, Religion, Society, and The Army. Content includes several maps,...

A wonderful article giving a history of the Assyrian Empire can be found here. Read about the beginnings of the empire, the many rulers and their contributions, their many military conquests, warfare, and the decline of the empire.

Article traces Mughal Empire history mainly through the reigns of its three principle rulers: Babur, Humayun, and Akbar.

This lesson focuses on the roles citizens had during the Roman Empire through fictional biographies.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson will help you distinguish among three kinds of evidence: logical, empirical, and anecdotal; and see how they are used to support conclusions and arguments in texts.

The digital revival of the glass plate images of the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I by photographer Sergei Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorskii. Very interesting from both historical and technological points of view.

A timeline of major events within the Roman Empire.

This PBS series companion for The Roman Empire: Ancient Voices, The Social Order, and Life in Roman Times features a text and visual narrative about life in first century Rome.

This section of a chapter on "The English Empire" describes the wars for empire and analyzes the significance of these conflicts.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson using primary sources in which students study the documents and consider historical developments in the early Islamic Empire. Teacher materials, student materials, original documents and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students investigate several sources to determine why the Roman Empire persecuted Christians. Inlcudes downloadable lesson plan, PowerPoint, original documents, teacher and student...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn about three types of evidence that writers often rely on: logical, empirical, and anecdotal. It will also help you distinguish among these...

The study resource from Khan Academy provides an overview of Period 7: 1890-1945 in American History. The Age of Empire is discussed in this lesson. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.

This exhibition explores the origins, development, and eventual fall of the American empire and maps the diverse and rocky terrain of the American empire to show how it informs contemporary conversations on heritage, citizenship, racism,...

Analyzes the role slavery played in the history and economy of the British Empire, explains the effects of the 1739 Stono Rebellion and the 1741 New York Conspiracy Trials, and describes the consumer revolution and its effect on the life...

From a chapter on "The English Empire" read this section to identify the causes of the Glorious Revolution and explain the outcomes.

Learnng module uses primary resource material to teach about the French Colonial Empire and how French expansion shaped modern-day countries.

"Empire of the Sun" is a semi-autobiographical novel by the British writer J.G. Ballard. Read an overview and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

This excerpt from chapter 1 of author Edward Goldsmith's book The Great U-Turn points out the reasons for the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire. He reasons that the invasion of various people groups, foreign influences, the...

A learning module that begins with an informational text from Livius.org called "The Byzantine Empire" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

Listen as this audio book shows the determination of empirical and molecular formulas. View the formula to calculate empirical and molecular formulas and the written steps for calculating.

This site presents as explanation for calculating empirical formulas from composition data. Numerous examples are given, along with practice problems.

This e-textbook outlines the creation of the Roman Empire, and how it transformed Roman government, society, economy, and culture.