[Free Registration/Login Required] This chart elaborates on the historical reading skills of sourcing, corroboration, contextualization, and close reading. In addition to questions that relate to each skill, the chart includes...

A companion to American history courses, Artifact & Analysis features historical artifacts and documents about consumerism and the nation expanding, teacher's guide, writing assignments, and essays.

News article offering details of Great Circle of Newark Earthworks.

Impressive collection of information and imagery about ancient Greece. Find information and illustrations about ancient Greek architecture, art, history and culture. Includes maps and a timeline.

This series of web guides serves as a collection of resources for research into a variety of areas including the performing arts, sports, government, law, art, American history, Women's history, African American history, literature and...

[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...

Learn how the Industrial Revolution affected Scotland and the roles that Scots like Joseph Black and James Watt, among others, played. Subtopics include the chemical revolution, commercial revolution, and New Lanark and the factory system.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Are all historical sources equally trustworthy? How might the reliability of a historical document be affected by the circumstances under which it was created? In this activity, students sharpen their...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation students read speeches by Thaddeus Stevens and Andrew Johnson in order to explore why the Radical...

The Historical Manuscripts & Photographs Digital Collection contains a selection of items that document the history of the South, with particular emphasis on Mississippi.

This award-winning website from the University of Calgary's History Department is both impressive and extensive. It focuses on Portuguese and Spanish expeditions of the 15th and 16th centuries (the sitemap provides a good outline of...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In the Civil War and Reconstruction unit, students engage in contentious historiographic debates about the period: Was Lincoln a racist? Was Reconstruction a success or failure? Was John Brown a...

First-person narratives of northeastern Ohioans who have participated in, or closely observed events which have significantly affected both the state and nation.

Learn about the first woman to receive her doctorate in dentistry, Lucy Hobbs Taylor.

Learn about the Indians of Pennsylvania through this detailed, historical account. Contained in this site are links to audio, video, interactive, and pictorial images of events and people of this era.

Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.

Find here a collection of links to information about the state of Ohio. Categories include facts, government, geography, education, people, attractions, history, industry, and miscellaneous.

An anecdotal history of the people and communities that brought about the internet.

A site for kids to learn about the legend of silk in Ancient Chinese history. Read about how silk is made and the story behind who invented the cloth from a silkworm cocoon.

Explore the dynasties of Ancient China in history on this website. Study the families and emperors who ruled the country.

A website to dedicated to information about the Government of Ancient Greece. The history of this world civilization.

History Questions: Ancient Greek Government Quiz, Test, and WebQuest

Kids learn about the Silk Road trade route from Ancient China to Europe. Explore how goods such as silk, porcelain, and salt made China rich.

Kids learn about the history of slavery in the United States on this site. The site includes information about slave codes, abolitionism, free states, and slave states.