World History Internet Resource List
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General- History
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NCSS Online- http://www.ncss.org
This site is the National Council for Social Studies homepage.
History Channel- http://www.historychannel.com
This site includes links, information, and teacher guides to support the use of this cable channel in the classroom.
HyperHistory Online- http://hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
This site presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.
Social Studies Sources- http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/
An index with subtopics, including world history links, as well as links to other social studies resources.
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators- http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
A list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It has a list of general history and world history sites.
Social Studies School Service- http://www.socialstudies.com/
Provides Web resources for social studies teachers, including links to social studies sites, search engines, lesson plans, professional development, and classroom Web projects.
Primary Source- http://www.primarysource.org/
This site provides information on the New England China Connection and China Studies, as well as African-American Intellectual History, Mayan Studies, Caribbean Studies, and the American West.
WWW Virtual Library: Museums in the USA- http://www.museumca.org/usa/
This site provides links to about 400 museums and galleries in the US as well as cultural institutions worldwide.
The Smithsonian Institution- http://www.si.edu/
This site is the Smithsonian Institution’s homepage that includes a number of teaching resources.
National Geographic On-line- http://www.nationalgeographic.com
This is the homepage for National Geographic.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures- http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
An index with links to sites dealing with ancient Rome, Greece, China, India, Egypt, and the Middle East.
Ancient/Classical History Home Page- http://ancienthistory.tqn.com/mbody.htm
This site contains links to people, timelines, maps, and mythology.
Ancient History Sourcebook- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Ancient texts gathered and organized specifically for use in the classroom.
Middle School Archaeology Web Unit-
Archaeology Home Page-http://archaeology.about.com/index.htm?cob=home+pid=2765
This site contains links to various topics concerning archaeology current events and a world atlas of archaeology.
Teotihuacan Home Page- http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/
This site includes information on the archaeology of the ancient city of Teotihuacan that consists of excavation reports and an academic journal.
Science Odyssey: You Try It: Human Evolution- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/
This site from PBS online contains information on such topics as Lucy, fossilized footprints, and a brief biography of the Leakeys and their discoveries in Africa.
A Virtual Tour of Cave Paintings- http://www.hbschool.com/activity/cavepaintings/cavepaintings.html
This site contains information and links to the cave paintings of Cosquer Grotto and Vallon-Pont d’Arc in France.
Prehistoric Rock Paintings in India- http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/rockpain/betaka.htm
This site contains an article and illustrations about the discovery of prehistoric rock art at Bhimabetaka in Central India.
History In Technology- http://www.answerconnect.com/articles/a-history-in-technology
Ask Asia- http://www.askasia.org/
A site for K-12 grade students and educators. This site gives background on Asian culture and offers lesson plans, readings, interactive games, and related links.
Five College Center for East Asian Studies- http://www.smith.edu/fcceas/
This site provides teaching resources for kindergarten through college.
India in the Electronic Passport- http://www.mrdowling.com/612india.html
This site, directed toward students, covers such topics as the subcontinent, Himalayas, monsoon, Mohenjo Daro and Harappa, caste system, Hinduism, Buddhism, Indian history.
Harappa- http://www.harappa.com
Learn about ancient and modern Harappa by viewing slides of the latest discoveries.
Sikhism Home Page- http://www.sikhs.org/topics.htm
This site has information on Sikhism and the followers.
Jainism: Principles, Tradition, and Practice- http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/jainhlinks.html
This site has information and background on Jainism.
Reader’s Theatre: Tales of Ancient India- http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html
A collection of scripts adapted from stories by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and retold tales from a variety of cultures.
China the Beautiful- http://www.chinapage.com/china.html
This site offers an extensive range of cultural and historical information.
Lonely Planet-Destination China- http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/nea/chi.htm
This site contains information on various topics concerning China including history.
Ancient China- http://www.crystalinks.com/china.html, http://crystalinks.com/china2.html
A series of essays from a larger site on Ancient and Lost Civilizations.
Edo Japan, A Virtual Tour- http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/
This site examines Edo Japan through text and pictures.
Kids Web Japan- http://nippon-jin.com/
This site contains information on Japan directed toward children.
Ancient America- Aztec, Inca, and Maya
Mesoweb- http://www.mesoweb.com/welcome.html
This web site from the Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute is an exploration of Mesoamerican cultures.
Mayan Adventure- http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/top.html
The Science Museum of Minnesota presents Maya Adventure, a WWW site that offers information and a photo archive related to ancient cities and modern Maya culture.
Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall? - http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/index.html
The authors of this site explore the collapse of four ancient civilizations: the Mayas, the Anasazi, Mesopotamia and the African states of Mali and Songhai. Visitors can read what happens when a society collapses and how archaeologists find and interpret evidence. They can visit the Mayan city of Copan and search clues to its collapse or try their hand at "garbage-ology" and study what trash tells us about society.
Mayan Archaeology- http://www.maya-archaeology.org/default.html
This site has pictures of Mayan artifacts as well as QuickTime VR movie and features artifacts and sculpture form museums in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Belize.
Machu Piccu: How They Kept the Secret- http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/latamer/peru/machu.htm
Short article that explores the riddle of how this center of Inca culture could hide itself in the mountain jungle for almost 400 years.
Ice Mummies of the Inca- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/icemummies/textindex.html
This site gives descriptions and images of some of the Inca mummies.
Talking Knots of the Inka- http://www.archaeology.org/9611/abstracts/inka.html
This site contains an essay on quipus from a 1996 publication from the Archaeological Institute of America.
Culture Web: Africa Connection- http://www.cultures.com/welcome.html
Here are two short illustrated narratives about African history including Timbuktu and Zimbabwe.
Collapse of Mali and Songhai- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mali.html
This site examines Mali and Songhai, once great trading kingdoms for their gold. Yet despite their greatness, they each declined for similar reasons. This is part of a larger site Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?
