History
 

new ALA|Great Web Sites for Kids: World History, has 21 annotated web sites about history. The sites are coded for grade level appropriateness. Good stuff.

 The Annenber/CPB Project Exhibits Collection, is the source for the projects professionally designed site on the Renaissance. Beautifully done with excellent information.

 Best of History Web Sites, is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. It features links to K-12 history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more throughout its pages. This site is an award winner that features a section on teaching history with technology. This site is a valuable resource for the history teacher.

new Choose a Guide, gives you four options (peasant, knight, merchant, nun) to pick from, and they describe what life is like in the Middle Ages for someone of their social standing.

 Colonial Williamsburg, is a very cool little site to check out information about life in Williamsburg in the 18th Century. Meet some of the people, go to some of the places, see some of the things. I like this modest site, and it has some good stuff for younger scholars creating projects or reports on the colonial period.

 Egyptology Resources, is a page with links to many sources (journals, museums, other web sites) related to Egyptology.

 History for Kids, is a site that covers history in Europe, Asia and Africa before 1500 AD.I haven't had a chance to use this yet, but check it out and let me know how it is.

holder History Now, is a quaterly online magazine of American history. Lesson plans are available here. More on this later.

 History of Nations, is a site with the history of every nation in the world. What? The information is based on the United States State Department. I haven't had time to check this out yet, but you should and then let me know what you think.

 K-12 History Web Project, offers a wealth of resources for using the internet for history research and projects. This site is a very useful research tool.

 Labyrinth, Medieval Studies at Georgetown University. This is a web server which includes special topics such as Arthurian Studies, National Cultures, International Cultures, Pedagogical (Teaching for those of us not from Georgetown) Resources and many other things. Get over and take a look.

new Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation: Western Civilization, Act II, has a great annotated lists of sites suitable for a wide range of ages. A definite place to look for some resources if you are teaching the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

new Medieval Sites on the Web, has a long list of annotated and unannotated sites about the Middle Ages. This site is college level, but high school students would probably be comfortable with the information here.

 Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson, offers information on the life of Thomas Jefferson. You can follow old TJ through a day in his life.

new Mr. Dowling - Middle Ages, has a long list of material which he has written about history around the world and through the ages. The content is easy to understand. This is an impressive teacher generated site. Good job.

 National Center for History in the Schools, gives you guidelines for teaching history. You can find documents for U.S. History K-12, World History and more. If you are working on curriculum development, this is a good place to visit.

new Odin's Cast of Dreams and Legends, is an archive of history and historical resources. You'll find information on the Greeks and Romans, the Middle Ages, American History and more. Check it out.

new The Renaissance Connection from the Allentown Art Museum , is an interactive educational website where you can "be a patron of the arts. Design your own innovation. Investigate Renaissance artworks in depth. Discover how past innovations inform life today. And more, all enhanced with quirky visuals, irreverent humor, and engaging interactivity that reveal the ways that Renaissance life and culture resemble our own. "

 Renaissance Faire Homepage, is the place to visit if you are one of those folks who are seriously interested (I was when I lived in the States) in the Renaissance Faire world. This site has all the info that you will need to work in a faire. In fact, if you don't have a faire in your area, check out this site and make a faire of your own. Great stuff.

 The Renaissance!, has some links to other pages about the Renaissance. This page is written by a high school student and focuses on famous period painters. The site includes a trivia game.

 Richard II, is produced by Brittannia Internet Magazine. You get an illustration of Richard and a short biography. There are also links to other sites about British history.

 The Sixties Project and Viet Nam Generation, Inc., contains an address for a discussion list on the Sixties. You can also find links to other sites discussing the Sixties. Read some of the book, music and film reviews relating to the Sixties. There's a lot more here about the Sixties than I remember.

 Vintage Antique Postcard Postcards, has antique postcards from around the world. An interesting piece of history and good for using on reports - with permission of course.

 Women's Exhibition-Celebrating Women's Achievements, contains biographies and related materials highlighting the achievements of 21 women from Canada's past. Good for Women's Studies and Canadian History.