fnhwesterncivilization

a history project linking Wikipedia to a dynamic map with a time slider

"I've assembled my collection of FREE History PowerPoints for teachers to use in their classrooms.  This collection includes PowerPoints that I've used in my AP US History, AP European History, and World History courses.  Teachers are free to use these PowerPoints in part and may edit them, as well, as long as I receive credit for my work and that credit is also given to those who have graciously provided visual content for the slides."

The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real historian.

What rights does the US share with other countries? At least 32 separate rights found in the US are found in other countries. See which other countries have adopted similar rights.

The project is designed to support the teaching and learning of Global History in high school classrooms. Drawing upon the powerful film resources of Thirteen's award-winning series of international documentaries, WIDE ANGLE, the site comprises a range of standards-based resources intended as a compelling supplement to existing curricula.

"Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it."

At our site, we have hundreds of free, online, educational games for kids. But anyone interested in online learning can use our site - we have so many subjects - (geography, math, animals, science) and many levels, games and activities for learners of any age.

Docs Teach is an amazing Web Tool that helps to make History come to Life. Each of the several activity-creation tool helps students develop historical thinking skills and gets them thinking like historians. Teachers simply find and insert primary sources into a customizable and very slick template in order to customize the activity to fit their unique students. This is one of those awesome sites that make teaching easier and more fun while exciting the students and engaging them to learn at the same time.

""You're going to want to share HistoryAnimated. The site brings to life those dashed and dotted line maps to depict key naval and land battles using graphics, text, sound, and animations.""

The Mapping History Project has been designed to provide interactive and animated representations of fundamental historical problems and/or illustrations of historical events, developments, and dynamics.

"In the past 8 years, over 140 million visitors from 177 countries have benefited from our high quality map images and enriching content. Visitors who came onboard with a simple map quest have returned time and again to discover a treasure trove of over 110,000 well-researched content pages and accurate maps."

ProCon.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that has no government affiliations of any kind. Our purpose is to provide resources for critical thinking and to educate without bias. We do not express opinions on our research projects ("issue websites"). Our mission statement is: "Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, primarily pro-con format."

A way to teach students how to develop historical questions. This is the beginning of a multi-step research paper process that encourages sophisticated historical thinking

The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World

The site was created to help people understand current events, as seen on TV and in our newspaper headlines, as being one small chapter in the much bigger and longer story of human history. Maps-of-War is produced by one individual, a graphic-design hobbyist and professional history-buff.

The TimeMap of World History is an all inclusive look at world history. It combines maps, timelines and chron- ological narratives that work together to enhance historical understanding.

BBC podcast archive of history-related topics.

Old maps in high resolution of various locations throughout the world.

What happened on this day in history. Many excellent images and content to use.

Webinar resource for history instructors.