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World History
 Websites presented in alphabetical order BBC: On This Day 
 Highlights worldwide historical events using audio and video clips from the archives of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Browse events by date, year (1950 to present), or themes such as conflicts and wars, disasters, science, and royalty. Also include witness accounts and reports from specific BBC correspondents. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/ Topics: History, History By Place Last updated May 3, 2005 Guns, Germs and Steel
"Based on Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, 'Guns, Germs and Steel' traces humanity's journey over the last 13,000 years" with a focus on understanding "the roots of global inequality." Features descriptions of and transcripts from episodes of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) show, essays related to topics explored in the book (such as crops, domesticated animals, and smallpox), recommended books and websites, and lesson plans. http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/ Topics: History, Infectious Diseases, Lesson Plans, Science, Science, Social Issues Last updated Jul 12, 2005 HyperHistory Online
Charts of history from 1000 B.C. to the present time, with abbreviated information for the years before 1000 B.C., including cosmology and prehistory. Provides indexes for people, events, and general history, covering empires and invasions, inventions and achievements, rulers and leaders, artists, writers, philosophers, and scientists; names of people, places, and events on the timelines link to brief narratives. Also includes maps and an index of over 1,000 people. Based on the World History Chart. http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html Topics: History, Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated Apr 25, 2004 Insects, Disease, and History
"This is a site devoted to understanding the impact that insects have had on world history. This site focuses on the influence of insect-borne disease on history" by providing essays on topics such as the role of insects as biological weapons, yellow fever and the Mexican-American War, and insects and the Civil War. Also includes disease and insect profiles, timeline, and glossary. Searchable. Edited by a research entomologist and an entomology professor. http://entomology.montana.edu/historybug/ Topics: Biology, History, Infectious Diseases, Insects & Arachnids Last updated Dec 19, 2006 Kidipede
Introductory material designed for children about the history and culture of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500. Topics include North America, China, India, west Asia, Greece, Egypt, Africa, Rome, Islam, Germany, and the Middle Ages. Also includes materials for teachers. Kidipede began as a "community service learning project" and is organized and run by a history professor at Portland State University. http://www.historyforkids.org Topics: History Last updated Oct 30, 2006 Reading About the World: A Reader for the Study of World Civilizations
Selections from a two-volume collection of historical, philosophical, and literary readings for the study of world civilizations. Volume 1 dates from ancient Mesopotamia through the Southern European Renaissance and volume 2 continues from Northern European Renaissance to the present. Find excerpts from authors and philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, St. Augustine, Confucius, Cervantes, William Shakespeare, Emile Zola, Maria Eugenia Echenique, Karl Marx, and Charles Darwin. From the World Civilizations faculty at Washington State University. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/ Topics: History, Philosophy Last updated Aug 2, 2004 WebChron: Historical and Cross-Cultural Chronologies
This ongoing project contains a series of linked chronologies that depict world, regional, and cross-cultural history. There is a major World History Chronology , and Regional Chronologies that range from Africa South of the Sahara to India and South Asia to North America. Cross-Cultural Chronologies include Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Western Civilization, and Technology. Within chronologies there are both links to related chronologies as well as links to WebChron articles and related Web sites. Useful for students and checking quick facts. Developed by the History Department at North Park University http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/ Topics: History Last updated Dec 15, 2005 womeninworldhistory.com: Women In World History Curriculum's Website
This site has biographies, lesson ideas, essays on women in history, brief reviews of books on women's history, and a briefly annotated directory of Web sites. The "Today's Heroes" section "features outstanding contemporary women whose accomplishments echo important themes in women's history." The Women In World History Curriculum project develops curricula for teaching "women’s history in a global, non- U.S., context." http://womeninworldhistory.com/ Topics: History, Notable People: Women, Social Science, Women Last updated Feb 21, 2005 World History for Us All
This website provides "a powerful, innovative model curriculum for teaching world history in middle and high schools." Features an overview of the integrative approach to world history, lesson plans arranged by "Big Eras," a glossary, and links to related websites. Some portions in development. A project of San Diego State University in cooperation with the National Center for History in the Schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/ Topics: History Last updated Jul 8, 2008 |
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