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Web Resources for History Learning

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History and Social Studies Curriculum Frameworks and National Standards

 

 

 

 

 

 



History Teaching Resources from Robert Maloy

 

 

 

 

See special topic page: Digital Textbooks for History Learning 

 

Dunhuang Library, Mogao Caves, China
Dunhuang Library, Mogao Caves, China

Timelines

 
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  • myHistro focuses on the geographical visualization of the events thanks to Google maps. It has the classic temporal sequence too.

 

 

  • HyperHistory Online presents 3,000 years of world history using interactive maps, timelines, lifelines and other resources.

 

  • Timelines.tv is a video-rich resource for exploring different time periods in world and American history.

 

  • The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History is "a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Metropolitan Museum's collection."

 

  • timeglider creates interactive timelines. Add videos, audio, and photos to events. Create multiple timelines to overlap and see trends throughout history.

 

  • Timetoast is another interactive timeline maker. Add photos to events.

 

  • Dipity also creates interactive timelines. Allows you to share the timeline with others to allow comment and collaboration.



Multicultural History

The Struggle for Justice, National Portrait Gallery

For the Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture


Historical Biography



Influential Literature

 

 

 

Ancient Library at Alexandria

Ancient Library at Alexandria

Multimedia and Interactive Web-based Learning Resources

 

 

  • History by Era from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History features essays by prominent historians about 10 chronological time periods from 1620 to the present, along with primary documents, timelines, key terms, and interactive resources.

 

 

 

  • Wordle, a cloud tag generator that displays key words from any written text.

 

  • Smarthistory, an interactive Art History book with a multimedia timeline.

 

  • Immigration Explorer is a website from the New York Times that shows immigration patterns throughout American history.

 

  • Teaching with Textbooks presents strategies for using textbooks to promote critical thinking and historical analysis by students.

 

  • Mapping History from the University of Oregon features interactive and animated representations of historical problems and events.

 

  • BouncyMaps provides interactive U. S. and world maps that change their size to represent the data for a subject.

 

  • Google Art Project allows visitors to "Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels."

 

 

 

  • Rulers, an interactive map that identifies the heads of state for every country in the world since 1700.

 

  • Stop Disasters presents online simulations of the steps needed to prevent natural events from overwhelming human societies.

 

 

  • GeoGames provides interactive geography lessons from Reach the World with the support of the National Geographic Society Education Foundation.

 

  • Critical Past offers archival stock footage by decade from the 1890s to the 1990s.

 

  • Newspapermap presents English language translations of newspapers from all over the world.

 

  • Newseum displays the front pages of some 800 newspapers worldwide.

 

 

 

  • Humanline is visual library of civilization's history with royalty-free images for teachers and students.

 

 

  • The Walters Art Museum holds a collection that presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe. It contains a large network of free-to-use pictures and files available at Wikimedia Commons.

 

 

 

 

 

  • Ken Burns' American Lives on iTunes available for purchase, featuring Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, Frank Lloyd Wright, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mark Twain, Horatio's Drive and Jack Johnson.

 

  • whatwasthere lets users download old photographs to modern-day locations to compare past and present.

 

 


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American Presidency

 

 

  • Presidential Speech Archive featuring text and video of important speeches by every American President from the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.

 

 

 

 

 

The House of Wisdom, Baghdad
The House of Wisdom, Baghdad


Primary Sources

Library of Congress

 
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  • American Memory makes available the Library's collections under wide-ranging topic headings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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American History Sources

 

  • History Source has primary documents from the Massachusetts Historical Society.

 

 

  • America in Class has primary sources compatible with the Common Core State Standards from the National Humanities Center.

 

 

  • Strange Fruit from PBS is a collection of protest songs throughout American history.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • CIA Electronic Reading Room has declassified information from the Central Intelligence Agency, made available under the Freedom of Information Act.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Primarily History, a collection of links to primary source material from college librarian Patricia McPherson.

 

  • Many Pasts from the U. S. Course on the Web from George Mason University.

 

 

  • Talking History is a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources.

 

 

  • The Vault is a collection of FBI files on various members of society and their movements.

 

 

 

World History Sources

 

 

 

 

  • Primary Source World, classroom activities featuring rich primary sources (from China, Korea, Japan, Africa, Vietnam, and more!).

 

 

  • Finding World History, a database of primary sources and teaching resources for world history from George Mason University.

 

 

 

 

 

 


View a multimedia presentation about using primary sources in historical inquiry from Virginia Tech University.

Documents That Changed the World Podcasts, Joseph Janes, University of Washington


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  • Famous Trials, a site detailing famous court cases in history, also by Doug Linder from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

 

 

 


external image Red_apple.jpg History Learning Resources and Plans

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • FactCheckEd.org, Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania is a classroom specific version of the FactCheck.org site.

 

 

  • Smithsonian Source is a great site from the Smithsonian Institute presenting resources for teaching American history.

 

  • The History Project is a site from the University of California at Davis showing links for history teachers and students alike.

 

  • For Educators and Students is a site from the National Archives presenting different lesson plans and information for teachers and students.

 

 

 

  • American Rhetoric offers an online speech bank as well as a collection of the 100 most famous speeches in U.S. history.

 

 

 

  • Religions, a site from the BBC provides information about world religions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Primary Source offers graduate-level online courses, webinars, and resource guides for teaching about world histories, diverse cultures, and global issues.

 

 

 

 

  • SweetSearch Social Studies is a search engine for children that features technology and information specifically for social studies.

 

 

 

 

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Real Gabinete Português de Leitura - Rio de Janeiro

 

 Women's History Resources

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Women Working, 1800 -1930, digital exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.

 

 


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Geography Resources

 

  • The World Factbook, information on all the countries of the world from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

 

 

  • I Like 2 Learn is a interactive site for teachers and students to learn geography and history.

 

  • Kids Geo is a site about geography, using games and quizzes to help students learn.

 

 

 

  • Pin in the Map Upload old pictures and stories to current locations on map. Allows users to create "Then and Now" views of historical places.

 

  • BBC Dimensions takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are in the world.

 

  • U. S. State and Territory Online Encyclopedias offers information on the history, politics, geography, and culture of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia and the territories of Puerto Rico and Guam.

 

 

 

 

 

  • WorldMapper resizes land areas according to different categories such as wealth, poverty, education for different historical time periods.

 

  • Mapping History from the University of Oregon includes modules on U.S., European, Latin American and African history.

 

  • GeoGuessr, Using Google Street Map technology, players must determine locations around the world.

 

  • Barefoot World Atlas features a 3D globe with impressive amounts of information about all the countries in the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Al Qarawiyyin Library, Morocco, oldest library in the world 

 

 

 


 iPad and Tablet Computer Apps

  • Back in Time is an iPad encyclopedia with a timeline of the history of the Earth.

 

  • Beautiful Planet captures the breathtaking beauty of our world and its cultures spanning 7 continents and 160 countries.

 

 

 

  • Greek Gods: The ultimate Greek Gods pocket reference!

 

  • History of United States is a historical compilation detailing the events from different eras that defined both the economic and social evolution of the United States.

 

  • MyCongress provides detailed information on Congressional members including connections to their Twitter feeds and other news items.

 

 

 



Web-based Simulations and Serious Games for Learning

For reviews of games, see the website, Playing History

Games That Teach History features reviews from Common Sense Media

History Games and Animations from EdTechTeacher

Online Interactive Simulations from Social Studies Central

See teacher Jeremiah McCall's blog for background on using simulation games in history classrooms

For more resources, see the site Teaching History with Technology from EdTechTeacher.

Results of a Comparison Group Study of American History and Civics Initiative's Mission US

Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, Italy
Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, Italy

 

  • iCivics features games that explore the rights of individuals in American society; former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is one of the organizers of this initiative.

 

  • Free Rice gives 10 grains of rice to the UN World Food Programme for every correct answer to questions.

 

  • Food Force from the UN World Food Programme teaches about the challenges of delivering food during times of war and crisis.

 

  • Stop Disasters! is a series of disaster and crisis prevention games from the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

 

 

 

 

  • 1066 puts individuals or groups in the Battle of Hastings.

 

  • Inca Investigation explores the culture and society that stretched for more than 3000 miles along the west coast of South America.

 

  • Energyville from Chevron asks players to control the energy resources of a virtual city.

 

 

  • High Tea puts players in the role of a 19th century British smuggler in China exchanging opium for silver to trade for tea.

 

  • History Simulations features recreations of World War I, World War II and the Cold War by a high school teacher in Iowa.

 

 

  • Spent asks players to assume the role of a single parent and manage a month of expenses on a limited income.

 

  • The China Game from the Asia Society explores Chinese history, culture and geography.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Learning Resources

 

 

  • OutHistory lets users search LGBT history by time period, people, places, documents and other resources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • LGBT Rights from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

 

 

  • Where We Are on TV 2013 presents information on gay, lesbian, transgender characters on television network shows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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