American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: The 1967 Six Day War
An archive of articles and documents relevant to the Six-Day War's causes, events, and results.
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: Jane Addams
Read this brief portrait of progressive social reformer Jane Addams. Addams was an advocate of such causes as women's suffrage, child labor reform, and settlement houses.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Kennedy's New Frontier
Read about John Kennedy's vision for America upon his becoming president. Find out about the space race with the Soviet Union, and expanded social programs for the poor and elderly in America.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Sudan: Government
This is a very current look at the government of Sudan, the attempt at reconciliation between north and south, and the on-going problems in Darfur. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Father Divine
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Father Divine, a prominent African-American religious leader of the 1930s. The Depression-era movement he founded, the Peace Mission, was originally dismissed as a cult, but it still...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Yasser Arafat
The Jewish Virtual Library offers a brief biography on Yasser Arafat (1929-2004 CE), president of the Palestinian National Authority.
Other
The Hindu: Sept. 11: Creating History of a Different Kind
The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 is compared to Mohandas Gandhi's response to oppression of Indians in South Africa on September 11, 1906. On that day, he led a nonviolent protest against the Natal Government to...
Curated OER
Etc: Europe at the Time of the Reformation, 1517 1648
Map of Europe at the time of The Protestant Reformation movement from Martin Luther in 1517 to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. Shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography, political boundaries. This map illustrates the...