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African Voices
Explore African art, history, and political and social themes through essays, timelines, images, and games.
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Africans in America
is an online companion to the four-part PBS series, covering the period 1450 to 1865. There are historical narratives, resource banks of images, documents, stories, biographies, commentaries, and a teacher's guide.
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American President
A wealth of information about the history of the American Presidency, including an archive of essays on the year 2000 general election.
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America's Story from America's Library
Colorful, interactive site with from the Library of Congress. Features activities such as "Meet Amazing Americans," "Jump Back in Time," "Explore the States," "Join America at Play," and "See, Hear and Sing."
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Ancient World Web
Site features links to sites about Ancient World (everything before 700 AD with a few exceptions) organized by categories such as art, cities, daily life, history, language and literature, mythology, religion, science and other general resources.
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Anthony's Egyptology & Archaeology
Extensive personal site with graphics, audio and presentation files about all things Egypt. Includes indices of gods, pharaohs, timelines, reading lists and discussion groups.
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AOL @ School Statewide
A series of six online learning portals designed for grades K-2, 3-5, middle school, high school, teachers and administrators. Includes internet links, encyclopedias, dictionaries, lesson plans and more.
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ArchNet
A virtual library of images and field data for archaelogical study.
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Beliefnet.com: Understanding Islam
Contains quizzes, interactives, articles on the meaning of Islam, its five pillars, its place in modern culture, etc. as well as Islam tools - a calendar, mosque locator, and "Ask an Imam" section. Also features an Islam timeline, glossary of terms, and suggested reading. Winner of the 2002 Webby Award in the category of "spirituality". Nominees in the category included the Vatican's website and the "Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic and Religion Website."
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Benjamin Franklin
An interactive, highly informative and fun site developed as a companion for the PBS program, Benjamin Franklin. Highlights Franklin as a writer, inventor, diplomat, businessman, musician, scientist, humorist, civic leader, international celebrity and genius.
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Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
This site teaches students how our government works, all from the Internet-reincarnated persona of Benjamin Franklin. Content on the site is divided into separate sections and tailored to K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 and Parents and Teachers.
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Blackout History Project
Includes info on the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965, the NYC Blackout of '77 and the 2003 Blackout. Includes timelines, impacts on the industry, a forum and a place for users to add their own blackout stories to the collection.
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Campfire Stories with George Catlin
This website presents and intreprets hundreds of George Catlin's artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection. A combination of paintings, historical documents, and commentary from contemporary experts allows students to explore the intersection of two cultures, both in Catlin's time and today. Includes a teacher's section with lesson plans, standards, and activities. 2003 Gold Medal Winner, MUSE Awards, and The American Association of Museums
Winner, Best Educational Web Site, 2003.
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Center for Civic Education
The mission of the Center for Civic Education is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries. - There is a link to teacher resources from the home page.
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Collapse of Civilizations
Annenberg/CPB site exploring ancient civilizations in the Copán Valley. Includes extensive resource list and student activities.
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Communities in Schools
Communities In Schools champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
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Don't Buy It
Food stylists are like make-up artists. It's their job to make the food you see in advertisements look great. But when you find out how they do it, you just might lose your appetite.
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EAWC: Ancient Rome
Part of "Exploring Ancient World Cultures" site from University of Evansville, this site includes information and collection of texts from Ancient Rome. Also features timeline, essays, images and resource links.
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edhelper.com
Hundreds of free worksheets available in all subject areas. Also features comprehension stories sorted by grade level. Build your own spelling and vocabulary activities and more.
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EDSITEment
Variety of humanities resources from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.
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EduHound
Directory of more than 20,000 links in over 50 categories.
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Egypt's Golden Empire
Take a tour of the site and you'll find biographies, a "day in the life" interactive, a richly illustrated timeline, a virtual image library, an in-depth section on hieroglyphs, and an archive of free, on-demand video clips--which are also integrated into the site's eight lesson plans.
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Emergency Response to Chemical/Biological Terrorist Incidents
An article on emergency response to chemical/biological terrorist attacks. Although written in 1997, it contains valuable information on steps emergency response workers take when confronted by a terrorist attack, as well as background information on nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
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Enchanted Learning.com
Children's educational web sites and games that are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.
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Every Four Years - An Interactive Tour
An interactive exploration of the evolution of presidential political campaigns. Features clickable audio from fictional reporters along the campaign trail. From the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC) is an on-line course supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds. It features its own essays and primary texts. Developed by University of Evansville.
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FamilyEducation.com
Information tailored to parents of "little kids," "kids," and "teens," including homework help, parenting tips, advice from experts, and a wealth of informational articles.
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FunBrain
Games and quizzes for kids, a curriculum guide, standards finder, quiz builder, web-based gradebook and newsletter for teachers, and a homework relief center and parent-kid challenge games for parents.
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GlobalWeb 9 - Jericho High School
Group of sites exploring global history developed by Jericho Public High School in NY. Links to student resources in world history from 4000 B.C. to 1700 A.D.
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Great American Speeches
Produced by PBS, this site contains an extensive archive of the complete texts of many notable American speeches, many of which are accompanied by audio and/or video clips.
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H.I.P. Pocket Change
explores the history of coins. Teachers can find lesson plans on charting history with pennies, or showing students 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Students can learn how to start their own coin collection, travel back through history using coins as their guide, or design a future coin.
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History and Politics Out Loud
offers a collection of audio materials -- some available for the first time -- capturing significant political and historical events and personalities of the 20th century. Materials range from formal speeches to private phone conversations conducted from the White House. Speakers include Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, and others.
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History Matters
is a gateway to web resources and threaded discussions for high school and college teachers of U.S. history survey courses. It presents first-person narratives about the experiences of ordinary Americans from 1876 to 1946, interactive exercises, a monthly quiz, student work on the web, ways of linking the past with current issues, and annotated syllabi that present approaches to teaching using new technology.
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History of the Clean Air Act
A guide to clean air legislation past and present, including documents, photos, maps, a discussion forum and more.
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Homework Central
Free homework and research tools, resources for teachers, librarians, media specialists, students and parents.
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