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A Biography of AmericaThis interactive website presents American history as a living narrative and lets you delve further into the topics of 26 programs. For each program you'll find an interactive feature related to the subject or the time period of the program. In addition, you'll find a listing of key events of the period, a map relevant to the period, the transcript of the video program, and a "Webography" - a set of annotated web links. A Biography of America was produced by WGBH Interactive for Annenberg/CPB.
Central Texas College
Central Texas College offers several online history courses, including: Texas History; Survey of Western Civilization I; Survey of Western Civilization II; History of the United States to 1877; History of the United States from 1877; and African American History.
Kansas State University
At Kansas State University you can choose from a variety of online history courses, including: World War I; The Santa Fe Trail; U.S. Homefront: World War II; War in the Twentieth Century; The People's Century: and American Women & War in the 20th Century.
University of Guelph Open Online
University of Guelph's online learning portal offers the following online courses in history: Celtic Britain and Ireland Since 1603; Celtic Britain and Ireland to 1066; and Contemporary Canadian Issues.
Archaeolink.com
Archaeolink.com is designed to provide students and others interested in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, and ancient civilizations a one stop resource for homework help or other projects. You will find numerous resources and over three thousand links divided by topic.
Around the World in the 1890's
The World's Transportation Commission Photograph Collection contains nearly nine hundred images by American photographer William Henry Jackson. In addition to railroads, elephants, camels, horses, sleds and sleighs, sedan chairs, rickshaws, and other types of transportation, Jackson photographed city views, street and harbor scenes, landscapes, local inhabitants, and Commission members as they travelled through North Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania.
CIA World Factbook
An excellent resource, choose a country and get the facts.
Ancient History
Ancient history viewable by time lines. You may view the time lines by region, civilization, culture, or everything at once.
Historical Text Archive
The Historical Text Archive publishes articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links for a broad range of historical subjects.
The History Guide
The History Guide has been created for high school and undergraduate students who are either taking classes in history, or who intend to major in history in college. With more than seventy lectures in European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989, The History Guide contains the complete content of three undergraduate courses in European history which will certainly be of use to those studying such topics at the college level or in A.P. European history classes. Use the guide to better prepare yourself for your next history class or take a stroll through the comprehensive list of history resources.
The History Guide / Informationsweiser Geschichte
The Network Subject Gateway History is an alliance of institutions (research libraries, subject bibliographies, research institutions) which are sharing the mission to make scholarly relevant Internet resources publicly accessible in the field of history.
HUMBUL Humanities Hub: History
Humbul's principal service is to develop its catalogue of evaluated online resources in the humanities. Equally important is the variety of ways that Humbul facilitates access to its records. First stop for many, however, should be the excellent subject-based tutorials, such as Internet for Historians, available within the RDN Virtual Training Suite and available from each relevant main subject page in Humbul.
Hyper History - World History
Over 1,400 files covering 3,000 years of world history. Search by person, events, period and maps. This is a huge database of historical facts and should keep you busy for awhile!
Handbook of Biblical Numismatics
The Handbook of Biblical Numismatics helps you learn the history of the Holy Land and the religions nurtured there through this illustrated study of coins. Self study the coins issued by Jews, Arabs and Christians in ancient Judaea (The Holy Land)and related coins issued by the Romans. Fully illustrated and free.
Internet Resources in History
The Department of History at Tennessee Technological University offers a list of internet resources in history.
World Civilizations
Washington State University offers an online history course - Traditions and Memory: World Civilizations to 1500. You'll also find a large selection of internet resources for learning about world history.
National Women's History Project
Fly Girls
American Slave Narratives - An Online Anthology
From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and on small farms. Their narratives remain a peerless resource for understanding the lives of America's four million slaves.
American Memory
Historical collections for the National Digital Library - large searchable list of American history links.
Canada: A People's History
Take a journey through the past with the website "Canada: A People's History" based on the award-winning CBC TV series that tells Canada's story through the eyes of the people who lived it.
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Explore Canada on this unique website. Learn about history, read biographies of famous Canadians, study events that have shaped Canada over the past 10,000 years ... or take one of the many online Canucklehead Quizzes!
Canadian History on the Internet
A starting point for Canadian history - you'll find a big list of sites and resources for learning about history in Canada.
Canadian Museum of Civilization - Online Resources for Canadian Heritage
This list focuses on educational Internet resources pertinent to Canadian heritage in the disciplines covered by the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation: archaeology, ethnology, history (including military history and postal history), and folk culture.
Canadian Studies - A Guide to the Sources
This bibliographic essay originally appeared as "Canadian Studies: A Core Collection," CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 35 (September 1997): 71-84, and since June 1999 has been regularly updated for the International Council for Canadian Studies World Wide Web Service.
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum's newspaper archives contains more than 144 000 newspaper articles from the Second World War Period. Short historical articles on key topics from the 1939-1945 time period, along with sample clippings from the collection, supplement this resource of news information.
CultureCanada.gc.ca
CultureCanada.gc.ca is the Government of Canada's one-stop web access to government Culture, Heritage and Recreation services.
The History Place
Current exhibitions at the History Place: American Revolution, U.S. Civil War, Presidents of the United States, World War II and 20th Century Topics. Special highlights: Speech of the Week, Photo of the Week and This Month in History.
Images Canada
Images Canada is a gateway to images of Canadian events, people, places and things. Search the collections of participating archives, libraries, museums and universities from across Canada.
Index of Native American Resources
Huge list of resources for Native American culture and history.
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria
"Thou shall not suffer a witch to live". National Geographic's haunting telling of the witchcraft trials in Salem. Experience the trials yourself - will you survive?
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
If you like a little danger with your history, you might enjoy this collection of letters written by spies during the American Revolution. You'll be able to view the actual letters, read stories of the spies and their letters, and discover how secret codes, invisible ink and other methods were used to deliver the messages. Explore further a history of espionage, explanations of the era's spying techniques, detailed maps tracing the spy letters' routes and an American Revolutionary War timeline chronicling major events.
Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Britannia History
Gateway to the history of England, Scotland and Wales. Timelines, historical maps, historic houses and castles, King Arthur and more.
Alexander Palace
Beautiful site featuring the Russian Imperial history. Don't miss "The Life & Tragedy of Alexandra Feodorovna" and "Jewels of the Romanovs".
Ancient Egypt on the Web
Excellent selection of pictures and information about Egypt with many links to Egyptology and Egypt resources throughout the World Wide Web.
Earthlore Explorations
A beautiful site, Earthlore Explorations is an educational adventure through the history of the cultural legacies of our world. Current features include: Gothic Dreams, Earthlore Ireland, Mythic World, Mysteries of Lost and Hidden Histories.
Map of Victorian London
- interactive with links of interest - amazing!
Historical Maps of the World
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century
Map Collections: 1500 - 2002
Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web
Archives Canada Virtual Exhibits
History of the Union Pacific Railroad
Take a Virtual Tour of an Abandoned Missile Complex
The American Museum of Photography
Earth History Illustrations
Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period
Canadian Museum of Civilization
The Tower of London Virtual Tour
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Centennial Museum
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Virtual Museum of Canada
Legends
- History, literature and folklore surrounding Robin Hood, King Arthur, Pirates and other colorful characters from our past.
History Today
- Spanning the ages from the most ancient civilizations to the point where history becomes current affairs, History Today is a fascinating encounter with the past. The magazine covers a vast range of subjects, encompassing the full sweep of human experience, making every issue an eclectic mix of articles that inform, enlighten and enthral.
