Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art home page offers information and news about current happenings in the art world. It also has virtual exhibits that you can view to see many different types of art.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: 600 Bce 600 Ce Second Wave Civilizations
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University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion: Collections
The Krannert Art Museum provides a great collection of artwork from all over the world. Click on "collections" to access images of African, Egyptian, America-Pre-Columbian, USA, Ancient Gandhara, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Greece,...
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Western Concepts of God
This site from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides an overview of how people viewed God from the time of the Roman Empire until today.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Early Middle Ages
History for Kids presents information on the early Middle Ages in a kid friendly format with animated images and easy to read language. Begins with the Roman Empire moving on to teach us about the culture of monastaries, knights and...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Aquinas and Alighieri
A lecture on the medieval philosopher, Saint Thomas Aquinas, and writer Dante Alighieri.
Curated OER
Unesco: Russian Federation: Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Bldgs of Derbent
The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent were part of the northern lines of the Sasanian Persian Empire, which extended east and west of the Caspian Sea. The fortification was built in stone. It consisted of two...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Focus on Spread of Knowledge: Financial Institutions
The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of financial institutions in the ancient world.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
The most famous Anglo-Saxon treasures in the Museum come from the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk. Here mysterious grassy mounds covered a number of ancient graves. In one particular grave, belonging to an important Anglo-Saxon...
Yale University
Yale University: Woman Under Monasticism
Several chapters from a text published in 1963. This site is a scholarly study of the life of women in a medieval convent.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Create and Draw a Celtic Knot
Learn to draw a Celtic knot, an interlacing form of decoration used by the ancient Celts and adopted by medieval artists.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Legends of King Arthur
This article tracks the many appearances of King Arthur, from a 9th-century history to a Hollywood blockbuster, via the works of Chretien de Troyes, Thomas Malory, and the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Other
The Food Timeline
A collection of food resources-- in chronological order can be viewed at this site. Want to know what the pioneers cooked or when agriculture began? When was the Moon Pie invented? How about jelly beans, catsup, or breakfast cereal?...
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: Archaeology
This site provides links to lesson plans ranging chronologically from prehistory through the medieval period. Lessons are oriented toward a younger audience with an emphasis on exploration and discovery.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Rome's Influence
A lesson plan which has students understanding the impact that Rome had on history, from things as diverse as city planning to our everyday vocabulary.
Children's Museum
Children's Museum: Field Guide to the Universe: Astronomers
Read brief biographies of astronomers who are grouped by time period.
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology: Overview of Literary Gothicism
Do you know what type of literature "literary Gothicism" represents? Find out what types of literature throughout the ages have been touched by the Gothic influence when you visit this site.
Other
Kamat's Potpourri: Timeline of Indian Art
A timeline tracing the development of Indian art from ancient times to the present. Includes beautiful clickable images with extensive descriptions.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Monk Copyist
The monks also became copyists, and with great painstaking and industry gathered and multiplied ancient manuscripts, and thus preserved and transmitted to the modern world much classical learning and literature that would otherwise have...
Other
Univ. Of Texas: Plato, Aristotle, Al Farabi
Explains the cosmological arguments (and corresponding concepts of "unmoved mover") of three influential western thinkers. Describes in detail the line of argument each pursues, and indicates the particular theory of causation implied by...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Franks Casket
Franks Casket features scenes from Roman, Jewish, Christian and Germanic tradition. When it came to light in the nineteenth century, this magnificent rectangular casket was being used as a family workbox at Auzon, France. Some time...
Curated OER
Unesco: Russian Federation: Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
Situated on the ancient trade route between Central Asia and northern Europe, Novgorod was Russia's first capital in the 9th century. Surrounded by churches and monasteries, it was a centre for Orthodox spirituality as well as Russian...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Middle Ages for Kids: Byzantine Empire
Explore the Byzantine Empire during the Middle Ages and Medieval times on this site. Learn about how the Eastern Roman Empire ruled for over 1000 years.
Other
The Legend of Camelot
Here you can learn more about the story of Camelot as it has been told for hundreds of years--including the myth of Camelot, the Round Table, and the sword Excalibur.