This is an online museum of the Irish Potato Famine. Flash is required. The website is user interactive. The majority of it is animated but the information is interesting and accurate.
This website includes the full text of the Bill of Rights. It seperates them into an easy-to-read fashion. There are also links to different related websites, including a picture of the bill.
This simulator allows you to see the effects of different nuclear explosions on citis across the world. It gives different radii for different factors such as heat, radiation and fallout. This could be used to show students the threats felt by people duri
The Cold War museum website features pictures, activities and information on all things Cold War. There are pictures of the Berlin wall, pictures of different weapon technology, podacast interviews and different activities to use in the classroom. There
This is a list of seven events which brought the world close to nuclear war during the cold war. This can be used to show students how dangerous the war was and how tensions between the powers were so high that war could occur at any moment.
This website has the "Top 100 speeches" and provides the text of the speech and audio when available. Speeches from such people as Reagan, MacArthur, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Martin Luther King, etc.
This is a collection of primary sources and firsthand accounts from different historical events, ranging from the front lines of WWI to the Galveston Hurricane in 1990. There are also photos and video clips available to view.
This is the National Archives website. It includes pictures, video and docments of historical events. It also includes a lesson plans section for teachers.
This website is a collection of photographs from all periods of time. The search function allows you to pick an event or time period and it will bring up pictures from that time for you to look at on your computer.