Curated OER
Grew to the West
In this westward growth activity, learners use lyrics given to follow along with the song "Grew to the West," filling in blanks to answer simple questions throughout. Students then answer 10 additional questions about the song. Song link...
Brown University
Brown University Library: Center for Digital Initiatives: Napoleonic Satires
A collection of over four hundred satirical prints (made in Britain and continental Europe) of Napoleon. Related historical essays on the prints themselves and on the cast of characters depicted in them round out the site. Also includes...
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The Napoleon Series
This site is dedicated to research and scholarship on the age of Napoleon Bonaparte and provides links to articles on the military history of that time.
War Times Journal
War Times Journal: The French Revolt and Empire: A Napoleonic Wars Summary
This site describes the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Read the history of these wars from 1792-1815.
University of Oregon
Mapping History: European History
Interactive and animated maps and timelines of historical events and time periods in European history from Greek and Phoenician colonization up to the 20th century.
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The Travelling Historian: Napoleon Returns
This site provides a narrative history of Napoleon's return to France from his exile at Elba along with a description and photographs of an annual re-anactment at Golfe Juan.
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The Napoleon Series: Letter From Marshal Ney on Battle of Waterloo
A primary source letter written by one of Napoleon's most important commanders at the Battle of Waterloo. In it, he attempts to refute criticisms of his actions during the battle. The letter was published in 1815.
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The Napoleon Series: French Orders & Reports From the Battle of Waterloo
This is a collection of actual orders issued by Napoleon to his commanders during the battle plus reports written by his commanders back to him. The documents are in French and English. Use the drop-down box at bottom to page to access...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World History: 1750 1900 Enlightenment and Revolution
We have none from this URL but there are some among embedded videos, although not all. For example, we have the two on Haitian Revolution and some on Napoleon. But I couldn't find those on imperialism.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Special Topics in Art History: Seeing America
A course on looking at American history through art. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.
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University of California, Riverside: Balzac's Paris [1799 1850]: A Guided Tour
Paris in the early 1800s through the eyes of the author Honore de Balzac. Born in 1799, Balzac lived in Paris during a period of intense renovation. The guided tour provides many unique insights into the city's development as a major...
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: Age of Napoleon
Article on America during the "Age of Napoleon" provides details on Jefferson foreign affairs, the Impressment Controversy, Berlin and Milan Decrees, and the Chesapeake Affair of 1807.
Henry J. Sage
Sage American History: America in the Age of Napoleon
Article outlines the issues and events concerning American foreign affairs during the Age of Napoleon, 1803-1812.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: Napoleon & the Conservative Response
AP European History learning module on post French Revolution change during the time of Napolean and Conservative government.
BBC
Bbc History: Archaeology: Napoleon's Lost Army: The Soldiers Who Fell
The captivating story of the recent find of a mass grave in Vilnius, Lithuania, that holds the remains of Napoleon's Lost Army. Site recounts the Russian withdrawal disaster of 1812.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Louisiana and Britain
One of Jefferson's acts doubled the area of the country. At the end of the Seven Years' War, France had ceded to Spain the territory west of the Mississippi River, with the port of New Orleans near its mouth -- a port indispensable for...
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.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Malta: History
Read about Malta's fascinating history. Its location as an island served as a stopping place for many different groups. Information from the U.S. State Department Background Notes.
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media: Napoleon's Rise
Short piece about Napoleon's rise. Movie clip is included.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The History of Hortense by John s.c. Abbott
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The History of Hortense Daughter of Josephine, Queen of Holland, Mother of Napoleon III by John S.C. Abbott [1870], a biography.
Digital History
Digital History: The Louisiana Purchase
Find out about the serendipitous sale of the whole of the Louisiana Province by Napoleon to the Americans for $15 million dollars.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Cheilinus Undulatus: Humphead Wrasse
Information about the Humphead, or Napoleon, Wrasse, accompanied by several photographs and a map showing where these fish live.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
Read about the fortuitous purchase made that doubled the size of the United States. See why Napoleon was willing to sell the land, and find out about the quandary Thomas Jefferson was in as he had to go against his strict construction...
Digital History
Digital History: The French in Indochina [Pdf]
Looking back on history, one can see the hubris of the French in dealing with the Vietnamese. Read about the imposition of French ideas of government, education, law, and economics in the 350-year involvement of the French in Vietnam,...