History
Maps
Mapping History
American, European and Latin American history maps through the ages.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia
Rare Map Collection covering the Revolutionary War, Civil War and
other historical periods. University of Georgia Library collection
http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/civil.html
Timelines
Historical Timelines
Pick one of five paths (world, leaders, religion, wars, inventions) to
discover major events that have had an impact on the world's history.
http://www.historicaltimeline.com/
History of the World
Click on a continent
to start learning key events around the world throughout history.
http://www.camelotintl.com/world/index.html
Timeline of Art History
The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and
thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated
especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
Who What When
Find out who was born during what time period and what they did. Search by
profession or date (from 1000 to 1980). Identify a person of interest and then
click to get a timeline for their life, read about them in Wikipedia or Google
them.
http://www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen/index.php
American History
Ad*Access
A project of Duke University providing images of 7,000 advertisements
printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and
1955. Concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television,
Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu
African-American Women
Online archival collections featuring pages and texts from writings of
African-American women. Page also includes links to related resources.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
Africans' in America
America's journey through slavery is presented in four parts
from 1450 to 1865. For each era, you'll find a historical Narrative, a Resource
Bank of images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries, and a
Teacher's Guide for using the content of the Web site and television series in
U.S. history courses.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
American Memory (Library of
Congress)
The project includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and
moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American
experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and
other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that
continue to shape America.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
American Presidents: Life PortraitsThe American
Presidents web site, created for the television series, contains a complete
video archive of all American Presidents: Life Portraits programming,
plus these additional resources:
• Biographical facts
• Key events of each presidency
• Presidential places
• Reference material
http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
This website provides primary source documents and educational resources
from all eras of American history, available for free online.
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/
Civil War
One of the largest and most comprehensive of Civil War material.
http://www.civil-war.net/
Presidents of the United States
From the official White House website.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Spy Letters of the American
Revolution
A look at everyday intelligence operations of both the British and American
armies during the American Revolutionary War.
http://www.si.umich.edu/SPIES/
US Historical Census
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
Voices from
the Trading Post
Oral interviews and photos from United Indian Traders Association.
http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/exhibits/traders/
European History
Medieval Europe (Boise State University)
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/medieval/
Euroatlas
Historical atlas of Europe.
http://www.euratlas.com/
World History Topics
Last Updated:
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