Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Creating Timelines
This instructional activity from Reading Rockets provides a research-based rationale for having students create timelines in the elementary classroom. Grade level modifications and differentiated instructional activity ideas are included.
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet: Bulgaria
Lonely Planet provides a concise history of Bulgaria, starting in 679 BC and working up to the reign of President Petar Stoyanov. Also includes information on the country's geography, demographics, and culture.
Penn Museum
Penn Museum: The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
This site delves into the history of the Ancient Olympic games. The University of Pennsylvania's Museum of different aspects of the Ancient Olympic games.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Women in American History
At this site from Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. you can follow brave-hearted women through a timeline of unbelievable "Herstory." Impressive site tracks the unsinkable American woman from Early American adventurers like Sacagawea and...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "History's Heroes"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes helping students appreciate historical events, enhancing students' understanding of the difference between narrative and expository text, and...
Other
Armenian History
A very comprehensive look at Armenian history written by an Armenian so expect some partiality. Use the table of contents to navigate the site. Pictures illustrate every section and a glossary is included.
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Armenian History
A very comprehensive look at Armenian history written by an Armenian so expect some partiality. Use the table of contents to navigate the site. Pictures illustrate every section and a glossary is included.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: James Clerk Maxwell
Research resources for James Maxwell (1831-1879), who did revolutionary work on electricity and magnetism and on the kinetic theory of gases.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Where Do Math Symbols Come From?
John David Walters shares the origins of mathematical symbols and illuminates why they're still so important in the field today.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: A Visit to James Clerk Maxwell's House
From the MacTutor History of Mathematics website, this page allows students to see the Edinburgh home of the 19th century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Quadratic Equations History
This site from the University of St. Andrews provides an extensive history of quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations including various historical figures and their contributions to modern methods of solving quadratics.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: History of Set Theory
This page, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, traces the history of Set Theory as well as the concept of infinity and the infinite set.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does the Stock Market Work?
In the 1600s, the Dutch East India Company employed hundreds of ships to trade goods around the globe. In order to fund their voyages, the company turned to private citizens to invest money to support trips in exchange for a share of the...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Oregon
This site provides facts on the state of Oregon. Did you know there used to be a volcano in Oregon?
US Food and Drug Administration
U.s. Food and Drug Administration: Aromatherapy
This government agency article states its view of aromatherapy and the claims of its effectiveness in promoting health.
Princeton University
Princeton University Museum: Timeline and Map of China
An interactive timeline and map demonstrating China's territorial boundaries from 4000 B.C. to the present.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Marc Sanko, "The Worlds of the Immigration Historian"
This article focuses on the role of an immigration historian. The future of immigration history is a blending of the immigration story with the wider historical world: an immigration historian, a labor historian, and a diplomatic historian.
Other
World Statesman: Nigeria
Major dates and people involved in the history of the various regions of Nigeria.
Other
World Statesman: Bangladesh
This site is a complete encyclopedia of Bangladesh leaders. Also provides detailed chronologies, flags, national anthems, maps and indexes.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Dual Nature of Light as Reflected in the Nobel Archives
This article discusses the historical figures who contributed to our understanding of the nature of light, x-rays, Quantum ElectroDynamic (QED) theory, and so on.
Project Britain
Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England
This resource provides information and a timeline about the British Monarchs.
PBS
Pbs: All About Special Effects
PBS and NOVA's presentation on Special Effects. Student can read interviews with a director and producer and learn about the history of special effects.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ess1 4: Geologic Time Scale
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-ESS1-4: geologic time scale.
American University
American U: The Chaco War (1932 1935)
A case study of the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia 1932-1935. Complete study of the war. Includes background information, description of the parties involved, and summary of results. Also, includes war's impact on the environment