Ancient World Web Sites
http://www.julen.net/ancient/ |
This web site has 1247 links
broken into 13 categories; Alternative Theories (87)
Archaeology (210)
Art (87)
Buildings Monuments and Cities (76)
Daily Life (57)
General Resources (164)
History (200)
Inspired By Ancient World (57)
Institutions and Organizations (25)
Language and Literature (83)
Law and Philosophy (30)
Mythology and Religion (83)
Science (88) |
Arab.net
http://www.arab.net/
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Arab.net whose aim is to provide
the most comprehensive online resource
on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East
and North Africa.
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Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/
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First published in 1771,
Britannica has been the world's leading
encyclopedia for over 200 years - but with book sales plummeting as the
internet becomes the main "reference" source, Britannica has realised
that the future is online, and from Tuesday, 19th. October 1999 offer
free access to the full text of the Encyclopedia Britannica |
CIA - The World
Factbook 2002
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ |
Information and maps on
countries.
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Countries A
to Z
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm
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The **Countries A to Z**
section, provides facts, figures and
statistical data on geography, climate, people, religion, language,
history, economy & more..
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Distinguished Women of Past
and Present
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/ |
This site has biographies of
women who contributed to our culture in
many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of
state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and
others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. |
FRONTLINE
Teacher Center
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/
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FRONTLINE documentaries and Web
sites are a valuable resource for
teachers and students of current events, history, government and public
policy. Here, in the FRONTLINE Teacher Center, they offer lesson plans
and activities for middle school and high school teachers that are
designed to take up no more than one or two classroom periods. |
History/Social
Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
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The major purpose of this home
page is to encourage the use of the
World Wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some
help for K-12 classroom teachers in locating and using the resources of
the Internet in the classroom. |
Hyperhistory
www.hyperhistory.com
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3,000 years of world historical
timelines, 460 biographical lifelines and many colorful maps. |
Libarian’s
Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/ |
The mission of Librarians' Index
to the Internet is to provide a
well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy,
librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation,
and the world. |
MASC
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm |
Manuscripts, Archives, and
Special Collections (MASC) is a unit in
Washington State University's Holland Library that is primarily
responsible for acquiring, administering, and preserving millions of
non-circulating items, many of which are rare and unique. Collections
consist of records and documents of historical value, including
manuscripts, photographs, audio and video tapes, films, printed and
published materials (books, maps, broadsides, etc.)
National Geographic Sometimes, rarely, an
organization arises of
such excellence that it's efforts enhance thelives of thousands for
generations. The National Geographic Society is just such an
organization, and both the magazine and the Web site are the tip of an
iceberg of contributions to exploration and discovery. The Web site is
full of interesting articles and photographs - always a pleasure to
visit. |
| Portals to the
World from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html |
Portals to the World from the
Library of Congress lists countries and links to information about them. |
Students Friend
http://studentsfriend.com
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The mission of this web page is
to make world history more
understandable for students, and to make world history teaching more
understandable for teachers. Materials available on this web site range
from a teaching rationale to classroom activities to a concise outline
of world history that may be used in place of a textbook. |
Teacher's Guide to Political
Cartoons
http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
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This is the Teachers' Guide for
using the Professional Cartoonists
Index web site in your classes. They have developed lesson plans for
using the editorial cartoons as a teaching tool in Social Sciences,
Art, Journalism and English at all levels |
The
World History Network
http://www.whn.neu.edu
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The World History Network is in
development as a comprehensive resource
for research, teaching, and reference in world history. The World
History Network is in production at the World History Center,
Northeastern University (Boston), under a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
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