Humanities+Resources

Atlas of World History "This atlas covers Africa, Asia, and Europe to the year 1000. The author, a retired New Jersey high school teacher, began developing the atlas in 1985, received U.S. Department of Education Small Business Innovation Research funding in 1997, launched this website in 2002, and continues to improve and expand the content."

[|Humanities Web]
"The mission of HumanitiesWeb is to build a humanities site that will show the interconnections, the web, the links, between history, the arts, and culture - and how each plays off and influences the others. The internet provides a unique and new forum for advancing new ideas and sharing learned ones"

[|Smart History] "Smarthistory.org is a free and open, not-for-profit, art history textbook." This site makes use of "multimedia to deliver unscripted conversations between art historians about the history of art."

[|New York Times Immigration Explorer] "Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States."

[|Teaching History]
"Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) has created Teachinghistory.org with the goal of making history content, teaching strategies, resources, and research accessible ."

[|Mapping History]
The Mapping History Project provides interactive and animated representations of fundamental historical problems and/or illustrations of historical events, developments, and dynamics. The material is copyrighted, but is open and available to academic users.

[|Hyperhistory]
"HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of [|synchronoptic]  lifelines, timelines, and maps ."

[|Mapping worlds .com]
"The website offers users a new way to look at the world by resizing countries on the map in relation to a series of global issues. Users download data sets, maps and animations which can be shared across the Internet through websites, blogs and email."

[|This Day]
"This Day is a web content page that shows what happened on that day in the past, at some place in the world. Sponsored by Nikon."

[|Google Art Project]
"A unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail."

[|Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History]
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art's //Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History// is funded by the Heilbrunn Foundation, New Tamarind Foundation, and Zodiac Fund. The //Timeline// is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated by the Museum's collection. It is an invaluable reference and research tool for students, educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of art history and related subjects. First launched in 2000, the //Timeline// extends from prehistory to the present day. The Museum's curators, conservators, and educators research and write the //Timeline//, that continues to expand in scope and depth and reflect the most up-to-date scholarship."

[|Rulers] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">[|Stop Disasters Interactive Game]
<span style="color: #363636; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> "The object of thi s game is to "plan and construct a safer environment for your population. You must assess the disaster risk and try to limit the damage when natural hazards strike." Sponsored by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction."

<span style="color: #363636; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">[|Internet Detective]
"The tutorial looks at the critical thinking required when using the Internet for research and offers practical advice on evaluating the quality of web sites."

[|GeoGames]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"GeoGames is a Flash game that lets you drag-and-drop onto the Planet Earth. You can rotate your planet, test your geography skills, and print a copy when you are done! There’s a timer, so you can track your scores."

[|Critical Past]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"CriticalPast.com was formed by a team of archival research, film, and Internet professionals, working together to create one of the largest privately held online archival footage sources in the world. The collection spans thousands of hours of video, millions of still photos, and continues to grow. It is easily searched by professionals and non-professionals alike, and placing an order for footage or photos is simple and straight-forward ."

[|Newseum]
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Through a special agreement with more than 800 newspapers worldwide, the Newseum displays these front pages each day on its website."

[|Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"View collections and exhibitions from the national portrait gallery."

[|The National Archives Experience Digital Vaults]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Depticts our astounding national mosaic and tells the stories of the American journey to young and old, scholars and students, cynics and dreamers. Section for Educators & Students: This section contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States."

[|Timelines TV]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Timelines.tv is a free-to-use, video-rich history resource. Scroll the timeline below to find a story that interests you, and let your journey begin."

[|Presidential Speech Archive]
"The Scripps Library at the University of Virginia, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history. These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in audio or video."

[|The Library of Congress American Memory]
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning."

[|Docs Teach]
"Primary sources and tools for teaching with primary source documents."

[|Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars]
<span style="color: #274156; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"This online exhibition of letters and audio, created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the Legacy Project, features correspondence from over 200 years of American conflicts, ranging from the Revolution to the war in Iraq. This exhibition uses the words of famous generals and lesser-known troops, as well as parents, sweethearts, and children, to explore such themes as leaving home, life in the military, the pride and worries of those left behind, and ultimate sacrifice."

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"This section of //New Perspectives on THE WEST//provides a library of primary source materials on the history of the American West, reflecting the five years' research that went into the production of THE WEST. Included are the full texts of many memoirs, journals, diaries, letters, autobiographies and other documents excerpted in the television series, together with a selection from the thousands of archival photographs and other images gathered for the project, many of which could not be incorporated into the final version of the film." ======

[|The Avalon Project]
"Primary Source documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Provided by Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library."

[|Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">US Historical Documents from Pre-Colonial to present.

[|America in Class – Primary Sources form the National Humanities Center]
"Collections of primary resources — historical documents, literary texts, and works of art — thematically organized with notes and discussion questions."

[|National Jukebox – Historical recordings from the library of congress]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives."

[|Famous Trials]
"A collection of information and details about famous court cases in history. By Doug Linder from University of Missouri-Kansas City."

[|Smithsonian’s History Explorer] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Smithsonian's History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership with the Verizon Foundation to offer hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history. History Explorer's resources focus on learning history by "reading" objects for the stories they hold about the nation and its many peoples. Learning activities feature artifacts selected from over 3 million items in the Museum's collections, and draw on the expertise of the Museum's renowned curatorial staff."

[|FactCheckED.org] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Our aim is to help them learn to be smart consumers of information, not to accept it at face value; to dig for facts using the Internet, not to stop looking once they get to Wikipedia; and to weigh evidence logically, not to draw conclusions based on their own biases."

[|Smithsonian Source – Resources for Teaching American History]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"This website reflects the work of several groups of teachers who conducted research at the Smithsonian and other national historical organizations. For this reason, some of the primary sources included in Smithsonian Source are not from the Smithsonian collections. Teachers also chose the historical topics on the site, and these categories reflect their curricula rather than the terminology or organizational methods of the Smithsonian Institution."

[|Religions]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Provides information on world religions." By BBC.

[|C-Span – American Writers]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"In this series, C-SPAN presents a program from historic sites associated with the writers' lives and works. Every program features selected writers' novels, speeches, diaries, essays and life stories, creating a snapshot of American history."

[|Country Profiles]
<span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. <span style="color: black; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives."

[|Poetry Foundation]
<span style="color: #4d493f; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"The Poetry Foundation, publisher of //Poetry// magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience ."

[|EDSITEment] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"EDSITEment is a partnership among the National Endowment for the Humanities, Verizon Foundation, and the National Trust for the Humanities and is a proud member of the Thinkfinity Consortium of premier educational websites. EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies ."

[|Words Without Borders]
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Words without Borders translates, publishes, and promotes the finest contemporary international literature. Our publications and programs open doors for readers of English around the world to the multiplicity of viewpoints, richness of experience, and literary perspective on world events offered by writers in other languages. We seek to connect international writers to the general public, to students and educators, and to print and other media and to serve as a primary online location for a global literary conversation."

[|National Geographic Bee] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness about geography. Schools with students in grades four through eight are eligible for this entertaining and challenging test of geographic knowledge."

[|The Choices Program – History and Current Issues for the Classroom] <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"The Choices for the 21st Century Education Program is a national education initiative developed at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. The Choices Program provides teaching resources on historical and current international issues, offers professional development for classroom teachers, and sponsors programs that engage students beyond the classroom."