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University of Maryland
Howard County History Labs: United States Have Entered World War I? [Pdf]
In this activity, students will analyze excerpts from two speeches in order to understand and evaluate the reasons why the United States joined the war. They will then write a letter in which they argue for or against U.S. entry into the...
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Virginia State History 20th Century (1900 1920) [Pdf]
Delve into Virginia's pivotal role in America's early 20th century through this slideshow. Students can visualize WWI, Virginia's naval bases, and other events such as the suffrage movement and prohibition in Virginia. The slideshow...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Empire of Japan
An in-depth article on the history of the Japanese Empire between 1868 and 1947.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival
Explore the world of British Literature from the Romantic Period. This site focuses on information on the authors of the romantic period, as well as links to their works. Check it out.
PBS
Pbs: Jazz Timeline
With this timeline, learn about how the history of slavery, Jim Crow laws and other forms of racial oppression impacted the rise of jazz in America. Also highlights the achievements of women, including Viola Smith in this world of music....
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Cross Cultural Colonial Conflicts
A collection of primary sources which explores cross-cultural conflicts during the Colonial period of United States history.
TES Global
Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: The Tudors Their Music
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource focuses on the music of the Tudor era including harpsichords and drums. Students listen to various pieces of music and try to copy them.
Other
Pare Lorentz Film Center
A media source for information on the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The film center is named after Pare Lorentz, a renowned documentary filmmaker who created government-sponsored films during Roosevelt's era, as well as...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Growth of Suburbia
The GI Bill made it possible for World War II veterans to finance the purchase of a house. This, combined with mass production of houses, led to the growth of suburban communities, including three Levittown suburbs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Baby Boom
Looks at the baby boom in America after World War II - what caused it, why it lasted so long, and the far-reaching social and economic impact it has had on the United States.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Gi Bill
The GI Bill is explained. It provided benefits to American veterans of World War II in the form of education, loans, unemployment income, etc.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
A collection uses primary sources to explore the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Colonies: Motivations and Realities
A collection of primary sources to explore the motivations and realities behind life in the American colonies.
Other
Nuclearfiles.org: Oppenheimer Affair
This site from Nuclearfiles.org allows you to read about Robert J. Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project, as head of the Atomic Energy Commission and then his dismissal as a "security threat" to the U.S. government during the era...
Library of Congress
Loc: From Slavery to Civil Rights
This interactive timeline lets students select an era in the history of blacks in United States. Text tells the highlights of the time and primary source materials are linked that pertain as well.
Other
Life of Aung San
A timeline history of the life of Aung San (1915-1947), the Burmese WW 2-era revolutionary leader, and his resistance movement in Burma against the British and Japanese in Burma (renamed Myanmar).
United Nations
Unesco: Old Town of Corfu
The Old Town of Corfu, with roots in the Byzantine era, is located off the coast of Greece, at the entrance to the Adriatic Sea. As such, it was significant militarily. It has three forts that were in use for centuries, and were rebuilt...
Other
Nat'l Security Agency: National Cryptologic Museum
On this site one can find the National Security Agency's history of cryptology, some online exhibits, and sections on mathematics, education, and more.
Read Works
Read Works: Excerpt From "The Fifties": The Affluent Society
[Free Registration/Login Required] Abridged from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, this passage provides information about economic wealth of Americans living during the 1950's. Paired texts are...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Youth and Education in Afghanistan: Pulitzer Center
Investigate the daily struggle faced by many Afghan students seeking an education, and the danger faced by teachers and schools working to provide these children with an experience many Americans take for granted.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Impact of the Crusades
The Crusades had far-reaching consequences that are felt even today. Learn about the religious, military, and cultural impact of the Crusades. Included are pictures and a question/answer section from the community.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Prohibition
Looks at the Prohibition Era in the United States when it was illegal to sell or import alcoholic beverages. The ban was lifted when the 21st Amendment was passed in 1933.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start of Cold War, Part 1: Yalta Conference and Containment
At the end of World War II, the Yalta Conference saw the splitting of Germany into four zones and the United States began a policy of containment of communism.