Maps

Mapping History
American, European and Latin American history maps through the ages.
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/

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/

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://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/adaccess/

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 Portraits

The 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/

DocsTeach from the National Archives
Use DocsTeach activities for classroom demonstration, as full-class activities, as small group activities, or as individual in-class or homework assignments.  Manage activities in your account.  Share both activities you find and those you create wtih your students on DocsTeach.
http://docsteach.org/

Presidents of the United States
From the official White House website.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

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

Euroatlas
Historical atlas of Europe.
http://www.euratlas.com/
 

World History Topics

Castles on the Web
http://www.castlesontheweb.com

Costume History
http://www.costumepage.org/costume.html

Internet History Sourcebooks Project
This is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts provided for educational use. The sourcebooks are organized into three main categories: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

 

Last Updated: 12/06/2010 RJ