Welcome to the History page

 

Once, many years ago when I was still a high school student, I wanted to be a high school history teacher. Later in university, I wanted to a history professor. Hah, I ended up teaching technology and math.

Still, I love history, and I did teach social studies for a few years so here are my favorite sites all of which I have used at some point during my teaching career.

 

 Alcatraz History, is a site with a complete history of the famous Alcatraz Prison. Wow, if you want to find out about the prison, this is the place to go.

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

 The British Museum Images, is the home of The British Museum. You can find "...images depicting world culture and history including ceramics, sculpture, prints, drawings, and paintings."

 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.

 Digital History - using new technologies to enhance teaching and learning, is an online American history textbook that covers the history of the United States from the American Revolution to the present. This site has multimedia resources, hypertext content, lesson plans, music, lectures, biographies, classroom handouts and much more. This is a must see for history and social studies teachers.

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

 Eyewitness to History , is a really cool site for students to use when doing some research on historical periods. The site has this to say about itself. "Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming."

 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.

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

 The History Place, is an independent project started in 1996 by Philip Gavin. According to the author, his site "...presents a fact-based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity, with great care given to accuracy." Mr. Gavin writes most of the articles, but he does have some written by other authors. You can find information on U.S. history, some world history, as well as information about World War II.

 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.

 Macrohistory , is a great history site that covers history from 200,000 BCE to 2007 CE. This site includes maps and country profiles. This is a site made by a guy who studied history and wrote this on its own. Take a look, I really like it.

 The Map as History, is an incredibly cool site. It has animated maps in color with narration describing key events in history. There are a total of 175 maps in 10 different series including: Age of Discovery, Ancient Greece, The United States: A Territorial History, Europe and Nations 1918-1942, Europe and Nations from 1945 to Present, The Middle East since the Early 20th Century, Europe's Colonial Expansion 1820-1939, World War I, World War II 1939-1945. There are 14 demonstration maps that can be used for free. To access the entire series, you have to pay. The website doesn't list prices, but if I was teaching history again, I'd definitely buy this.

 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.

 Medieval-Castle.com, is a great site for information not just about Medieval castles, but also about Medieval life in general. I wish I knew about this site when my students were studying the Middle Ages. Check it out.

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

 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.

 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.

 The Price of Freedom: America at War, is a great history site from the Smithsonian. It cover the major American wars from the War of Independence to the Present (and we have plenty of wars going on today). Great resource for Middle School and High School history teachers.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 War of the Roses, is clearly about the War of the Roses. It is a survey of the 32 year civil war in England during the Medieval period. This is another one of those personal sites that I love. It's all about people putting their passions online. Good job.