By the end of July 1898, 13,000 U.S. Volunteers and 2,000 regular troops arrived totake control of the Philippines from the Spanish as part of the Spanish-American War. Together with the Filipino revolutionary army, numbering about...

This site from ibiblio.org provides a thorough description of the American and Filipino surrender of the Bataan peninsula to the Japanese in April of 1942. Included is discussion on the final battles that led to the surrender as well as...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This inquiry lesson allows students to use close reading skills to read a variety of primary source...

See on this political map of the Philippines the series of islands that make up the archipelago. You can follow the Pan-Philippine Highway from the north at Laoag to the south at Zamboanga. From the Perry-Castaneada Collection.

Thorough reference directory for finding information on the Asian country of the Philippines. Content includes background details, a country profile, and numerous links to comprehensive information on this country's culture, history,...

A thorough look at Philippines from the Country Studies section of the Library of Congress. Read about its history, economy, people, and government. Information through the 1990's.

This ebook version of Ralph Bonehill's A Sailor Boy With Dewey, Or, Afloat In The Philippines has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed...

This ebook version of G. Harvey Ralphson's The Boy Scouts In The Philippines, Or, The Key To The Treaty Box has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication,...

Learn about core health indicators in the Philippines in this World Health Organization country profile which includes demographic and current health information.

This website gives a great lesson plan for helping to understand the geography and physical environment of the Philippines. Map and map quiz are included.

This relief map of the Philippines from the Perry Castaneda Collection shows clearly the large number of islands that make up this country. An inset shows the Manila area.

This map of the Philippines from MapQuest is a clear map labeling the cities, islands, and physical features. There is also a chart of some quick facts about the country.

This etext contains the history of the Philippine-American War. In this passage by Oswald Garrison Villard you will read about African Americans who fought in the War.

In the wake of the horrifying supertyphoon that hit the Philippines, its citizens are now in urgent need of aid. Learn how international governments are proposing to help.

Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Filipino Americans faced racial prejudice and discrimination during the early 1900s. This anti-Asian racism is connected to U.S....

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...

A good description of the Bataan Death March and conditions in the POW camps following the fall of the Philippines in 1942.

The National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA (NCHS) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have developed the following lessons for teaching with primary sources. This unit, like others co-published by NCHS and OAH,...

Read about the fall of the Phillippines during World War II. Site is broken down by chapter.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the country of the Philippines in Southeast Asia.

At this site from the Library of Congress, you can take a look at this page for links to Philippine maps, a chronology for the Philippines and Guam during the war, and a collection of photos.

Article provides an update on the destruction caused in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan.

Click-through facts-and-photo file about the geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government of the Philippines. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Asian location.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The American Imperialism Unit covers the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War. The lessons approach historical inquiry from different angles. One asks students to consider contrasting...