PBS
Pbs: The Great War: Chapter One: Explosion
Highlights from Chapter one of the series, "The Great War." Provides information on the explosion of war. Includes a video and commentary on German troops mobilizing for the war.
Brigham Young University
The World War I Document Archive
Conventions, treaties, and official papers, organized by title, country and year. The site also includes sections on memorials and reminiscences, a biographical dictionary, an image archive, the maritime war, the medical front, as well...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Great Depression
Brief overview of the stock market crash and ensuing events of the Great Depression, 1929.
Other
Oswego State: The Great War Begins (1914)
Discusses the begining of World War I but from a Turkish perspective. Includes a section about a Turkish college at this time.
The Cold War Museum
The Cold War Museum
Choose a decade of the Cold War to explore on the time line or take a look at the online exhibits. This site has great information about the Cold War.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Hyper War: u.s. Army in Wwii: The Siege of Bataan
This site from ibiblio.org provides a thorough introduction to the Japanese siege of the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine Islands at the beginning of WWII in the Pacific Theater. The site discusses in great detail and events and...
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: The Great Society Holds Promise for America
President Lyndon B. Johnson was a truly progressive president at the beginning of his term of office. Read about all the programs started under his watch that attempted to better the lives of all Americans, especially those who lived in...
Boise State University
European History: The Peloponnesian War
PowerPoint style site traces the beginnings of the Peloponnesian War, the Delian League, and the Archidamian War. Includes references and further reading.
National Archives (UK)
Cold War: Allies at War What the Public Did Not See
A comprehensive search into the growing distrust between Allied countries at the beginning of the Cold War. Includes great primary source documents and questions directed toward students.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Great Depression and World War Ii
It began on "Black Tuesday" and went downhill from there. A brief description of the Great Depression along with links to additional information.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim
This is the full text of the novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a mystery novel. German Leopold von Ragastein meets Englishman Everard Dominey, in Africa, and plans to murder him and steal his identity to spy on...
Curated OER
History Matters: The Zimmerman Telegram Bringing America Closer to War
This is a copy of the actual Zimmerman Telegram where Germany states that it "Intends to begin - unrestricted submarine warfare." A great primary source that takes students deeper into historical understanding.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 8: An Age of Confidence and Anxiety
This extensive learning module examines the United States' response to the global uncertainty and instability that followed World War II and the ways that marginalized groups challenged discrimination, and the counter-responses to their...
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: The Trent Affair, 1861
Find out about the diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain at the beginning of the Civil War, why it was important to the North and South, and how it was resolved.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Battle of Britain, 1940
A riveting eyewitness account of an RAF pilot describing his participation in a dogfight over Britain when the Germans were attempting to bomb Great Britain into surrender at the beginning of World War II. Included is an audio of Winston...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hazardous Business: The Railroads Come to Texas: Railroad Regulation
Read about regulations that kept the early Texas railroad system safe, and check out an "Inspection report for the Houston & Great Northern, 1871." Also, learn how the Civil War affected the railroad and how it was rebuilt following...
Other
Deutsches Historisches Museum: Der Erste Weltkrieg
This site from the Deutsches Historisches Museumis a large site covering many aspects of the period of the First World War. In addition to a recounting of the course of the war, the site also deals with issues of domestic politics,...
Other
U.s. Centennial Flight Commission: Air Power:the Battle of Britain
Read a concise account of the Battle of Britain, Adolf Hitler's attempt to conquer Great Britain in the summer of 1940. See how the British prevailed and what mistakes the Germans made.
Able Media
Classics Technology Center: The Story of Troy
This site provides an account of the legendary war between Greece and Troy. Begins with the legend of Helen and her possibly divine birth and finishes with the fates of the warriors involved. Also includes some nice comparative mythology...
Other
Lebendiges Museum Online: 1918 Chronik
This site, which is provided for by the Lebendiges Museum Online, gives a chronicle of events in the year 1918. The site is written in German.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: South Africa: History
A comprehensive look at the history of South Africa beginning with its settlement by Zulus and progressing through apartheid to the current strong democracy. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 7: Facing Challenges at Home and Abroad
This extensive learning module examines the role of economic fluctuations in creating new demands on the government to design reforms and how the United States became a dominant military, political, cultural, and economic force in the...