History

Ancient Egypt

Bio graphies Australian Explorers

Ancient Greece

Britannica Nazi Germany
Ancient Rome  Encarta Vietnam War 
Archaeology Gold Rushes World War I
Collapse of Roman Republic Other  
Collapse of Roman Empire Teacher's Sites  
     

 

Renaissance Asian Countries Apartheid
Reformation   Terrorism
Medieval Societies   Popular Culture
Revolutions   Race Relations in USA
     

 

Archaeology

Minnesota StateUniversity    http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/

 

Ancient History

Excellent General Sites:   http://ancienthistory.about.com/mbody.htm 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/index.shtml

Document archives  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html 

Maps  http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_maps_index.htm


Ancient Egypt

Clickable Mummy
Detailed description of the mummification process. http://www.akhet.co.uk

Mummies and how they are made.  http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mummies.htm

The Pyramid of Khufu
- A virtual tour of the pyramid 
http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Great_Pyramid.html

Nova Pyramids - Virtual Reality Tour of the Pyramids  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuenter.html

Tour of Egypt      A comprehensive tour of Egypt    http://touregypt.net/egyptantiquities/

  A Complete guide to Ancient Egypt. British Museum  site which covers social life pharaohs,  mummies, building etc.   http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html                          

                                                                     
Information on pyramids and temples, which includes computer-generated reconstructions of what the pyramids and temples might have looked like when they were first built. There are also many interactive ground plan maps, photos, paintings and drawings from my visits to these ancient monuments.
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/pyr-temp.htm

Elementary and middle students can now enjoy locating information on Ancient Egypt! Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and Archeology. http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm

Comprehensive site covering all aspects of Ancient Egypt including current archaeological sites. http://guardians.net/egypt/

Site detailing various topics on Ancient customs, Religion, the importance of the Nile, Famous kings and Queens, the Pyramids and the Sphinx.

http://www.egypt.com/

Good site on Ancient Egypt, multiple links – Pyramids , Kings and Queens Archaeology, Religion, Art and Music http://guardians.net/egypt/  

The Gift of the Nile, The land of the Dead, The Pharaoh, The Rosetta Stone, Cleopatra   http://www.mrdowling.com/604egypt.html

 

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Ancient Greece

A comprehensive site with links to sub-sites. Major areas covered are:- War, Sport, Religion, Environment, Politics, Philosophy, Religion, The Arts and Other Countries http://www.historyforkids.org 

Ancient Greek (Hellenic) Sites AUTHORS & TEXTS ART & IMAGES RESOURCES & TOPICS MAPS & GEOGRAPHY  http://www.showgate.com/medea/grklink.html  

Every possible topic http://www.westernculture.com/ancientgreeks.html

 

Art & Architecture, Geography, History, Mythology, Olympics, People, Wars, Other Resources.  http://www.ancientgreece.com/

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Ancient Rome

This site contains just about everything you need to know about Ancient Rome, including multiple links.

http://www.ghgcorp.com/shetler/rome/

Rome: Major Historians: Complete Texts. Major Roman historians, including Polybius, Livy, Plutarch, Tacitus

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook09.html#  

Extensive site dedicate to ancient Rome. Biographies on emperors, timelines, interactive maps. Links to numerous topics including Collapse of Roman Republic. http://www.roman-empire.net/ 

Historia Site - Topics include:
Cornelivs Tacitvs and Roma, The Republican social order, Roman Republic, Magistrates of Rome, Roman Senate, Civil war, Imperivm the "New Order", Roman Politics and the modern world.
http://www.interlog.com/~gilgames/historia.htm
 

Pompeii Virtual Tour    http://www.thecolefamily.com/italy/pompeii/

 

Collapse of Roman Republic 

Chronology of events, as well as detailed information
http://www.roman-empire.net/collapse/collapse-index.html
 

The Collapse of the Roman Empire--Military Aspects  http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/muhlberger/orb/milex.htm 

Fall of Rome - when and why the Roman Empire declined and fell
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa061599.htm
 

To list the major social, political, economic, religious, and military 
reasons for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalHistory-1/Topics/Topic3-EuropeanClasicalCivilizations--CollapseOfRomanEmpire.htm

 

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General  

Biographies   http://www.biography.com/

Britannica   http://www.britannica.com/

Encarta   http://www.encarta.msn.com/reference/ 

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Other

National Geographic On-Line is a great site for a variety of historical studies with great visual and audio effects.   www.nationalgeographic.com/

More than 30 games and activities to test your knowledge of history.  www.quia.com/dir/hist/index-by-title.html

Rob Chaffer is a History Teacher on the central coast of N.S.W., Australia. The buttons reveal the combined searchings of many people on the Net.  http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rchaffer/

Oz Ed Web - For teachers and students.  Links to a range of history and SOSE sites. http://www.ozedweb.com

Mabo Ten Years on.  http://www.myinternet.com.au/edu/indigenous

Australian Bureau of Statistics  http://www.abs.gov.au

 

Teacher's Sites   

Best of History websites - list of sites for teaching history of specific areas and times, as well as those that have lessonplans, activities, multimedia and research facilities.  http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml

 

 

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Modern History

Australian Explorers

 Abel Tasman , James Cook, George Bass, Matthew Flinders, Gregory Blaxland, John Oxley, Phillip Parker King, Charles Sturt, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Edward John Eyre, Ludwig Leichhardt, Augustus Charles Gregory, Edmund Kennedy, Robert O'Hara Burke, John Stuart, John Forrest.    http://members.ozemail.com.au/~gmcbryde/explorer.html

Very comprehensive site which covers most well-known Australian explorers. http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/

Fast facts file on Australian explorers. Select from list of all major explorers. http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/library/links/fff/ausexplorers.htm

Hotlist of internet sites for Australian explorers research. http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listaustralic.html

Enchanted learning site for Burke and Wills. Also search for world explorers by country and century. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/burkewills.shtml

Ozed web for history and various explorers. http://www.ozedweb.com/index/the_time_machine.htm  

Burke and Wills  http://www.burkeandwills.net

 

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Gold Rushes

Life on the  Goldfields - Virtual exhibition on goldfields life.  Covers transport to the diggings, entertainment, mining techniques, lifestyle and Eureka Stockade. Valuable historical primary sources. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/slv/exhibitions/goldfields/

 

Nazi Germany 

BBC World History. The rise of Hitler. How did the people's lives change in Nazi Germany? How did Hitler control Germany? What happened to Jews in Nazi Germany?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/nazi/nazihtm.htm 

Hitler - profile, his rise, why he had people's support. http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/riseofhitler/hitler_index.htm  

Germany's Foreign Policy: 1932-40;  Nazi Germany: 1932-45; Nazi Political Figures. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERnazigermany.htm 

Nazi Germany - links to people, the SS, pictures, the holocaust, http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/8514/history.html  

Comprehensive site with many links. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Nazi%20Germany.htm 

 

Vietnam War 

Vietnam yesterday and today - extensive coverage including characteristics of the Vietnam War - chronology, personal accounts and Vietnam today.   http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/index.htm 

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World War I

Encyclopaedia of the first World War  with links to other web sites. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

World War 1 document archive. http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

Life in the Trenches - Personal Recollections of the First World War.  http://web.bham.ac.uk/M.Cox/fred/fred.htm

Causes:- http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/worldwar1.html

http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm 

http://www.eduseek.com/static/navigate432.html

http://www.coursework.info/482/

 

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