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Primary source collections, about New York State.  Includes a variety of materials, including Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, African American voting, immigration, women's rights, Native Americans, and various wars

One Stop Shopping for Everything Civil War with 150th Anniversary.

Good tool for displaying historic information on maps. Canada only.

Children & Youth in History is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present.

Color photographs of the Depression from the FSA

A long list of links on Chinese history.  Mostly primary sources, but also some secondary material.  Heavy focus on Chinese religions.

A repository of sources on LGBTQ history

A collection of historical films. Unfortunately there is a prominent "watermark" but they might still work in the classroom.

A collection of early short films. Good for films of early 20th century city life.

An excellent 'hub' (that's a buzzword for you) for primary sources from all eras and regions.

he Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization devoted to the improvement of history education. The Institute has developed an array of programs for schools, teachers, and students that now operate in all fifty states, including a website that features more than 60,000 unique historical documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Each year the Institute offers support and resources to tens of thousands of teachers, and through them enhances the education of more than a million students.

A very nice collection of primary sources from the history of the Soviet Union: texts, images, films, audio.

An online exhibit from the Newseum about Stalin's attempts to alter history.

Excerpts from the writings of John Adams, on the Boston Tea Party

An enormous, searchable archive of primary sources from the years of World War I--from Europe, the US, and New Zealand

Yes, it is a great project. If you are interested, here are some ideas how to start working with the collections in the classroom: http://geschichtsunterricht.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/working-with-the-europeana-1914-18-collections-in-the-history-classroom-part-13-scarcity-vs-abundance/