ABC Humanities

This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You'll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK.

A site that shows what floods can do.

of the exciting research conducted by the Smithsonian Institution and its collaborators around the world, and to highlight the incredible diversity of wildlife that exists in a range of habitats across the globe.

More than 100 science academies around the world have called on world leaders to take action on population and consumption at the Rio+20 summit. They say past failures on these issues threaten the natural world and prospects for future generations. The science academies include the UK's Royal Society as well as its peers in countries at all stages of development.

A list of the top 101 websites for social studies, U.S. history, world history, government, economics and civics teachers.

El proyecto World Wonders Project es un recurso muy valioso para estudiantes y eruditos, ya que permite descubrir virtualmente algunos de los lugares más famosos de la Tierra. Ofrece una forma innovadora de enseñar historia y geografía a estudiantes de todo el mundo. No dudes en descargarte estos paquetes educativos para utilizarlos en clase.

The World Wonders Project is a valuable resource for students and scholars who can now virtually discover some of the most famous sites on earth. The project offers an innovative way to teach history and geography to students of primary and secondary schools all over the world. Feel free to download these educational packages for your classroom use.

This constantly updated world clock will give you statistics on world population, number of deaths, illness and injury incidences, the environment and natural resources, energy sources, US crimes and punishments, food production and animal slaughter and more.

History Channel Online: Teachers can access full programs and videos by topic that have aired on The History Channel and its affiliate stations.

Quickmaps allows users to draw a quick map. It is very easy to use but it requires a sign up which is completely free.

These diaries cover the period from Queen Victoria's childhood days to her Accession to the Throne, marriage to Prince Albert, and later, her Golden and Diamond Jubilees.

Disney's dress code gets an update

This year's Olympics have generated vast amounts of excitement among everybody in the UK. Well, that's not quite right. Some people are really, really dreading them. It's been difficult to escape the crescendo of positive publicity about the London games.

This site has been a wonderful source of discussion ideas in my class, especially in philosophy sessions. This site has an archive going back to 2007 of over 1,000 fabulous question that will get your class (and you) thinking and discussing. You can even submit your own brain bouncing questions to the site.

Stats showing career and countries where death in the workplace is high

This is a set of environmental games where players take the role of a CEO of a company and try to please everyone and make the best decisions.

global warming activity using maps 

Review finds thousands of papers detailing shameful acts were culled, while others were kept secret illegally

Fantastic outline maps of everything you might want: voyages, before & after, geographic regions, countries

A beautifully made search engine for old maps. A great resource for history and geography projects. Just scroll or search the location and choose the map you wish to view