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A quite cool history essay planning tool on Russell Tarr's website www.activehistory.co.uk.

2007 documentary, the ultimate history via conspiracy theories. Collection of criticism at the bottom of its Wikipedia entry is helpful.

1999 High School History Quiz The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a Washington-based nonprofit group that promotes liberal-arts study, posed 34 high-school level questions randomly to 556 seniors at 55 leading colleges and universities, including Harvard, Princeton and Brown. Only one student answered all the questions correctly, and the average score was 53 percent.

This great book should really be read by everyone. It is difficult to describe why it so great because it both teaches and inspires. You really just have to read it. We think it is so good that it demands to be as accessible as possible. Once you've finished it, we're sure you'll agree. In fact, years ago, we would offer people twenty dollars if they read the book and didn't think it was completely worth their time. Of all the people who took us up on it, no one collected.

The following form adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2007.

Anthony Armstrong's US History student blogs.  Some are very interesting and reflective. Check out student Samuel Abrahams.  

Using Weaving History and HistoryPin.

Ming, Qing, Modern Chinese History

Great Resource for finding excellent sites on China