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Might be useful for younger classes looking at Korean history and society in the Joseon Period. There usually isn't much on the topic.

Animated maps showing the imperial history of the Middle East and the spread of religions. The graphics are beautiful and provide a simple overview of the broad sweep of history. I've found these useful at the start of a unit/semester/term to provide a general introduction. My students think they need a hard rock track in the background as a soundtrack...

Feature Where has democracy dominated as the world's most popular form of government? See 4,000 years of democracy in 90 seconds... > Go to Map History of Religion How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries? Imperial History of the Middle East Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of world events?

An excellent portal for a multitude of primary source sites focussing on US history. Heaps of primary sources.

It's a rather obscure topic but you never know, they might be useful for someone. Most of the manuscripts are partial and are from the Roman period in Egypt.

Created by a collaboration between the US National Archives and Footnote. Well-organised and presented. With the volume of new digital history material being made available, it's hard to keep up!

An excellent collection of English translations of Greek and Latin texts. You'll also find some great biographical information on the authors that students can use to improve their source evaluations (if you teach in a system which requires that - it's massive here in Queensland).

I don't usually add blogs however this one has so much quality historical material on real life in the USSR that I thought some people might find it useful. Might help to dispel some of the myths about life in the big bad evil Soviet Empire.

Primary sources on the movements for inclusion by veterans from minority groups in the US.

A collection of primary sources on African-American history from the early C19th to the beginning of the C20th.

Collection of documents, video interviews and audio material relating to US veterans.

I usually avoid sites like this (wikis, encyclopaedias, etc - they're easily found) however this one has photos from the Great Depression so I thought it worthwhile. The faces are harrowing.

A great collection of historical resources on the New Deal.

An animated map which is an excellent source of information on foreign interference in Africa. You can zoom and use the left/right keys to navigate through the graphics. Helps to show how African power structures have changed over time. Very cool!

A varied collection which is not well organised for searching for digital resources, however if you're willing to spend some time looking around you'll find WWI propaganda posters, artworks and other useful historical sources.

This site is briliant! A bunch of exemplary librarians maintain a list of high-quality sites which can be used for historical research on Europe. It's especially good for World War One but also some of the smaller European countries which are often hard to find information on.

Useful for teaching the Industrial Revolution, etc.

Could be useful for classroom or homework activities.

In my current iteration as an instructional designer I came across this list. It might be useful when putting together resources or elearning experiences.

An excellent collection of sources on all things World War II. Focusses on: life at the fronts; the holocaust; Japanese war crimes ("War crimes, what war crimes?"); photos & posters; and the nuclear bombing. With primary sources and well-organised.

An excellent set of digital source collections run by Columbia Uni. I've been meaning to save all these collections individually but it's such a massive task that I'm just saving the root pages of the collections. If you have a look through these you'll find some gems. And if you save them to the group you will have my undying affection (just please use the same tagging standards - it keeps the information findable).