Listening to audio files and watching video clips of people who have fought in wars gives students a feel for the day to day life of a soldier. Frank Woodruff Buckles died in February, 2011. He was the last known World War I soldier....

A collection, sponsored by the Library of Congress, of stories and experiences of veterans "while they are still among us." Students can also interview a veteran using the Project Kit supplied. Choose: How to participate in the Project...

The History Project is a growing collection of lesson plans, teaching tools, digitized images, and documents for the teaching of history. Includes assignments for having students apply analytical skills to primary sources.

A brief description of the course of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. Read about the new technologies developed for the military by both the Allies and Axis powers, and find out about the millions who died as a result of the...

Provides documentation and further information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, their mutual threat perceptions and military plans, and their significance for our time.

Sea Turtle Conservancy is devoted to the conservation and tracking of sea turtles, this site links found along the left menu. Join a group, follow a tagged turtle via maps, learn about the challenges faced by the sea turtles, and the...

The citizens of Indpendence Heights near Houston, Texas were the subjects of this NEH-funded community history project, which is designed for students to gain a holistic sense of the role of history in understanding the world around...

The Global Egyptian Museum is an ambitious, long-term project that intends to eventually gather digitized versions of artifacts from Egyptian history that are housed in museums around the world. This amounts to 850 collections and 69...

Some 150,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since it was formed in 1961. Peace Corps volunteers live and work for two years in communities in the developing world. They must learn the languages of the people they serve. They...

Read this magazine article to learn about bread around the world including its history, types, names, and uses.

God, gold, and glory motivated European nations to explore and create colonies in the New World. This article discusses the Crusades and how they influenced European colonization projects.

Read this magazine article to learn all about noodles or pasta including their history, materials used, names, and how it is eaten.

Take a virtual tour through the Pergamon Museum located on Museum Island in Berlin. This world famous museum has life-size, reconstructed monuments from ancient civilizations, including the Pergamon Altar of Zeus, the Roman Market Gate...

A nice list of Web history resources for the beginner to the techy. Timelines, reference sites, books and The First Website are included. One intriguing site explores the origin of the fatal error message "Error No 404".

TeacherLINK at Utah State University offers a wealth of topics and project information on celebrations held throughout the world. Click on "Topics and Authors," to access a long list of available lesson plans on a variety of...

Here's a piece of American history you problably know little about. In 1939 a ship filled with Jewish refugees sat off the coast of Miami waiting for permission to land. That permission was denied. Find out what happened to the...

Find a chronological list of important battles and minor skirmishes fought during the Revolutionary War. The information is from Wikipedia.

You'll find art projects, coloring pages, and a hieroglyphics activity on this creative site. Also provides links to more information, as well as several book suggestions.

Explore iconic locations in 3D such as the Tomb of Tu Duck, temples of Bagan, Mesa Verde, Chichen Itza, and more. Also, discover the tools used for digital conservation and how people around the world are preserving our shared history.

The claim-testing gang comes face-to-face with a living organism from another planet and learn what conditions are perfect to support life on a planet.

At the online home of the British Museum, one of the most influential cultural institutions in the world with holdings representing British and world cultures across the full span of history, find information about all the latest...

In this activity, you will identify a problem affecting the world at large, and then predict a vision of the future based on this problem and what you now know about the history of the Universe.

Use the Internet to search for news stories about the Modern Revolution and discuss the provided questions. Helpful links are provided to get you started.

Helpful links for research on the Anthropocene Era.