Goethe-Institut
German Architecture From Goethe Institut
The Goethe-Institut provides a wonderful resource leading to many German architecture sites on the web. Sites include current national topics in German architecture, preserving and restoring historical ruins in Germany and world-wide,...
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada: Memorials to Canadians' Achievements & Sacrifices
This site is a guide to the memorials erected for Canadians throughout the world. Since Confederation, Canadians have served around the world in military actions for the cause of peace and freedom. Over a hundred thousand Canadians have...
Library of Congress
Loc: Global Gateway: Meeting of Frontiers
From cossacks to cowboys, this Library of Congress special online collection looks at American westward exploration and expansion, and Russia's eastward reach into and conquest of Siberia. Includes historical information and timelines,...
Other
Montana Tribes
A superb website with a wealth of information on native tribes in Montana. The site has an extensive digital archives with hundreds of videos, all categorized by Essential Understandings. There are lesson plans, historical and current...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking: Native Americans
Picked from an all-inclusive site of art terms from Charlotte Jirousek's interactive textbook at Cornell University. The historic background of Native Americans in North America with a synopsis of the Woodlands people.
US National Archives
Our Documents: Tennessee Valley Authority Act (1933)
An actual interactive copy of the original Tennessee Valley Authority Act that created cheap power in the Tennessee Valley. Links to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable .PDF file are included on this site. Make sure to...
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First People of Tennessee: The Chickasaw and Their Cessions
A thorough account of the methodical removal of the Chickasaw Indians from "their historic homeland." Site also provides a link to further information on the Chickasaw Nation.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The Mandate
In July 1922, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine," Great Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). This...
US National Archives
Nara: Charters of Freedom: The Bill of Rights
This site contains a complete transcription of The Bill of Rights, along with zoomable graphics of the original handwritten text. It also includes information about the historical context of the document, links to more constitutional...
Other
In Pursuit of Freedom & Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Teachers and students can find a comprehensive summary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. Learn about the myths and find out the truth. The activities offered are especially meaningful. Students can perform a...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Storytelling:the Meaning Behind the Mask
In many cultures, masks are used in oral story telling. Many learning activities are described on this site that will help students learn aspects of story telling and the different ways various cultures used masks.
Tramline
Hurricane Virtual Field Trip
What conditions are necessary to create a hurricane? Where do hurricanes occur? When is hurricane season? What is the difference between a tropical cyclone and a hurricane? How is the strength of a hurricane measured? Where do hurricanes...
US National Archives
Nara: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
From the National Archives and Records Administration, this site offers a great biography of President Herbert Hoover. Detailed information about his presidential library, a kid's link, and a teacher's link. Everything you want to know...
Yale University
Avalon Project: Middle East 1916 2001: A Documentary
Yale Law School does an excellent job in presenting historical documents centered around the Middle East crisis beginning with the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement up to present day UN resolutions. This site provides a complete timeline that...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Prairie Diaries
This site from NPR is an excellent example of personal narratives from the heartland. Read and listen to excerpts from Kansans about a day in their life. What were they doing, what were they thinking, what was going on in their lives.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wilson Center Digital Archives: Cold War History
Presents a historical survey of the cold war by using documents. Explores the documents through an interactive site as a pathway through history.
University of Richmond
Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet: 1894 1909
This curation, transcription, and interpretation of the Richmond Planet opens a window into fundamental issues of race, equity, justice, violence, and power that still stir the nation today. Thirteen formerly enslaved men formed the...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Evolution of Conservation Movement
American Memory site documents the historical formation of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. Browse through literature, books, pamphlets, government documents, and manuscripts drawn from the collections of...
Library of Congress
Loc: Native American Reference Weblist
The Library of Congress provides a series of sites about Native Americans, featuring their history, literature and culture, news and current events,government and law, their libraries, museums, and archives, and, lastly, their tribes and...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Holidays
Fun module on American holidays provides students with one or more videos for special holidays in each month of the year and offers links to related resources, such as Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic...
Other
Villa Cicogna Mozzoni: A Renaissance Jewel
Learn about the renaissance villa on Lake Maggiore and Italian national monument site, the Villa Cicogna Mozzoni, in the main web-page for the villa. Full of historical information, maps, and photos.
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Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education
You can find listings of state and national arts associations, visit online museums or historic sites, and locate resources that promote arts in education.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Sc: Stono River Slave Rebellion Site
Beginning point of the earliest slave revolt in the United States.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New Jersey: Hadrosaurus Foulkii Leidy Site
Where the first relatively complete set of dinosaur bones (Hadrosaurus foulkii) in the world were discovered in 1838 by Joseph Leidy.