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Timeline of Gandhi's Life
A timeline describing the important dates in the life of Mohandas Gandhi.
Curated OER
Indian Support Was Lent During World War One
A detailed and insightful article which examines the colonial rule of the British in India. The author explores the origins, the Indian independence movement, how the British gave up India and more.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Britain and the Scramble for Africa
Briefly describes Britain's motivations for imperializing African regions. Includes the text of a speech given by Lord Cruzon entitled, "The True Imperialism."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Nonviolent Resistance and Indian Independence
This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century and Modern Poetry focuses on Mohondas Gandhi and his nonviolent resistance against British rule of India. It features links to Gandhi's biography, his ejection from a train in...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1916
A map of Asia from 1916 showing country boundaries at the time, major cities, railroads, rivers, lakes, terrain, and coastal features. The map indicates foreign possessions in the region with British India (which included Myanmar or...
BBC
Bbc: Vasco Da Gama
A nice biography of the great explorer focusing on how da Gama's voyage and discoveries changed the makeup of the world. Archived.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Battle of Assaye, September 23, 1803
A sketch map of the Battle of Assaye, fought on 23 September 1803 between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company under Major General Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) during the Second Anglo-Maratha War...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Battle of Sobraon, February 1846
A sketch map of the Battle of Sobraon, fought on February 10, 1846 between the Sikh Khalsa Army and the British East India Company under Sir Hough Gough during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846). The map shows Sikh lines of defence and...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Calcutta, 1912
A map from 1912 of the area around Calcutta (Kolkata) from the city of Hooghly in the north to the southern reaches of the River Hooghly below Mayapur. Calcutta was at one time India's largest city and the British-made capital...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Battle of Seringapatam, 1792
A sketch map of the Battle of Seringapatam (Srirangapattana). There is some confusion with the map in that it indicates the date of February 1792, which was the Siege of Seringapatam that ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792), and...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Punjab, Sind, Rajputana, Kashmir, 1912
A map from 1912 of the British provinces of Punjab, Sind, Rajputana and Kashmir in India. The map shows the frontier with Baluchistan and Afghanistan, major cities, railways, rivers, and terrain of the region.
Curated OER
Etc: Indian Empire Eastern Portion, 1920
A map from 1920 of the eastern portion of the Indian Empire from Sadiya in the Assam Province to Tavoy in the southern portion of Burma (Myanmar). The map shows Feudatory Native States in yellow, the British sphere of influence in Siam...
University of California
Ucla: Manas: Mahatma Gandhi
Article on the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. With links to related material.
Massachusetts Historical Society
Mass. Historical Society: Coming of the American Revolution: Boston Tea Party
Discover a detailed account of the dramatic protest known as "The Boston Tea Party", one of the key events that led to the Revolutionary War. Supported by primary source documents.
Virtual Bangladesh
Virtual Bangladesh: War for Independence
Comprehensive site examining though pictures, news articles, and first person accounts, all aspects of the Bangladesh Declaration of Independence in 1971.
Mariners' Museum and Park
Mariners' Museum: Henry Hudson
This resource presents an account of the life and voyages of explorer and navigator, Henry Hudson, who sailed and discovered for both the Dutch and English.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Bangladesh: History
This Library of Congress document gives extensive information about the history of Bangladesh. This initial page gives the historical setting and then you'll need to go back to the table of contents to click on each historical topic.
Other
The North Pole: Christmas Around the World
A look at how world countries celebrate the different traditions of the Christmas season.
Other
Why Christmas: Christmas Cultures Around the World
A look at the different traditions and ways Christmas is celebrated around the world. Experience Christmas from Australia to Zambia, Italy to China, and many more countries.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about V.S. Naipaul, the man who won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. His life and works are discussed in this detailed website,providing video, original texts and speeches and...
BBC
Bbc: History: Edmund Burke (1729 1797)
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Rudyard Kipling
The Victorian Web provides information from social and political history and a detailed biography to essays about characterization, themes and more, this site offers an excellent variety of resources related to Victorian author Rudyard...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: The Boston Tea Party, 1773
This article details information surrounding the Boston Tea Party in 1773.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Mauritius: History
Read the interesting history of Mauritius from its colonization by the Dutch in the 17th century to its independence in 1968. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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