American History: an overall source page
18th Century
American Independence
19th Century
20th Century
U.S. Political History: a Smithsonian Institute source
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Web sites in support of the History Curriculum
The following lists provide Web links to a variety of Web sites providing information on the supporting the History Curriculum for the 7/8s. Just click onto the appropriate heading or logo to access the Web site you want. If you are wanting information on a particular topic, I would recommend that you first click on to the History Channel's Web site (a link is included below) and use appropriate keywords to search their information base. The History Channel has a marvelous depth of information on a wide variety of historical topics and provides well written and easy-to-read pieces that indicate the authors and the sources from which they were taken.
U.S. History
American History: an overall source page
18th Century
American Independence
19th Century
20th Century
U.S. Political History: a Smithsonian Institute source
State of Wisconsin History
European History (includes material useful for U.S.
History at some of the sites)
Helpful Web sites providing a Student's Guide to History
HyperHistory Online (HHO) is based on the synchronoptic
concept and functions as a companion to the seminal World History Chart. Online does not replace the printed chart but complements it : the printed Chart provides a superior overview of history, while the Online version provides depth and connections to other web sites. The two versions combined form an integrated part of the World History Project.
The People section reaches from 1000 BC to the present.
It displays lifelines for 700 persons in science, culture, religion, and politics. (In addition there are special sections for artists, scientists, writers, and composers accessible from the 'Option' panel).
The History section displays timelines for the major civilizations with many text links. (See also Introduction to Timelines).
The Events section is growing monthly. At the present time (October 1999) it reaches back from 1998 to 1790 and depicts events on a year to year basis.
The Maps section displays seven Periods of World History with many links to dozens of regional maps.
An Index leads to an alphabetical index for persons depicted within the lifelines of the People's section.
More general sources in support of the History Curriculum
Congressional sources
Library
of Congress Internet Resources: U.S. Legislative Branch
Luddite sites
Wisconsin Historical Society
More than 300 county, local and specialized historical societies work with the State Historical Society to preserve Wisconsin's history. The Office of Local History serves as the primary point of contact between the Society and its affiliates. This site provides a variety of information about Wisconsin's past.
European History: an overall source page
Enlightenment
Summary and Review of Empiricism and Rationalism
Nationalism
French Revolution
Summary and Review of Important Points during the French Revolution
19th
Century Britain
The Long 19th Century
The Industrial Revolution
The Second Industrial Revolution
World War I
Germany between the two World Wars and Nazism
K-12 History on the Internet: for students
The History Net: A Web site dedicated to energizing students' interests in history. It tackles many subjects including American History and the American Civil War, and has specialty sections, including eye-witness accounts and personality profiles. The site is presented much like an online newspaper and the main stories vary each week. The major subjects, such as American History, are always available. Talk About History is The History
Net's interactive forum devoted to discussion of history and history-related topics. Here you're in touch with history enthusiasts from around the globe as well as editors and contributors to History Net. This is the place to discuss articles you've read on The History Net, pose questions and carry on debates. While some forums are based on different areas of interest, Talk About History is meant to serve the needs of students and teachers, so feel free to give your suggestions for forum topics.
The History Place: A Web site more focused on particular subjects than the History Net. It includes sections that deal with the American Revolution, American Presidents, the American Civil War, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and World War II. It also has specialty sections, including one on bloopers and blunders of American politicians, and "yes", Dan Quayle is represented, but not by some of his best zingers.
The History Channel: A link to the History Channel's official website. It allows you to search the site's database for any historical information. "On this day in History" is a feature that allows you to find out what happened on the present date back in history, with special focus on the Civil War, Wall Street, and automotive and technology history. It also runs special features on specific historical events or perspectives, but these special features change regularly.
History Channel International: This site is small, but it is growing and focusses only on international historical events and information. This could be useful for European history classes.
The Best of History on PBS: The public Broadcasting Channel's website on history. As with the History Channel and the Discovery Channel sites, this one provides exceptional presentations of on a wealth of historical topics. Its not as flashy as Discovery, or as specialized as the History Channel, but it has some nice personal touches, such as short audio clips of interviews, that provide a different insight into a subject.
HyperHistory Online: HyperHistory presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps. Over 1,600 files are interconnected throughout the site. In addition to that HyperHistory provides several hundred links to the world wide web. The site itself contains over 10 MB of images and text files, but individual gif files are kept small enough to allow for a quick display. The separate Text Panel on the right allows instant display of textual information while the graphic images are retained within the Main Panel. Navigation is made easy because the permanent Menu Panel on the left allows anybody to switch effortlessly from one category to another. HyperHistory is visited by 2,500-5,000 people a day. This site is recommended by the History Channel and the Discovery Channel.
Library of Congress presents library resources focusing on America's past: This site provides fairly brief information about some famous Americans, America's history from the colonial period onwards, and the 50 states.
Education World - History Center: Includes Declaration of Independence, Gettysburg Address, the US Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and other important historical documents of the United States of America.
Location of US Historical documents within Education World
US History within Education World
Modern World History within Education World
Who, What, When: this is a database of people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present. Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals. Possible examples are:
Who was alive and what was happening in 1776?
Who was born/died on December 25th?
Which scientists were contemporaries of Pascal?
Which wars were being fought during Mozart's lifetime?
History catalogue: A truly worldwide History catalogue or repository of information.
History Wizard: A fun site for searching items in history. It has a large range of material and allows you to search for across a wide range of historical periods.
The History Guy: Impressive site on contemporary US History, including military history.
Smithsonian Institution Homepage
History Resources for K-12 Teachers: in support of teacher preparation
Heads of State: providing detailed information about Heads of State
in every country in the world dating back to 1900.
Elections worldwide: an amazing site providing up-to-the-minute (almost literally) information on forthcoming elections and past elections in every country in the world (only back to 2002 in most cases). This site also has links giving information about the political make-up of National Parliaments (i.e. in sovereign states) and International Parliaments (i.e. in multi-national organizations or states, such as the UN or the EU).
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
Terry's
Neo-Luddite Web Site
The
New Luddite
Neo-Luddite On-Line
