1000-2002 World History

http://www.factmonster.com/1000to2000.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This site shows the relationships among events taking place in various parts of the world. Select a century on the 1000-1900 timeline and find out what happened during that period in Europe, Africa, America and Asia. From 1900-2000 the same process may be followed for each decade.

Comments: This site is by Fact Monster (Information Please Almanacs).

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1

Archaeology

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This BBC site has a wealth of resources related to archaeology including Hidden Treasures, Technology and Study of Archaeology, and Marine Archaeology.

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Resource ID: 286

Around the World in 80 Clicks

http://www.traveladventures.org/

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: Become familiar with web browsing while learning about world geography.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 305

Art History Index

http://wwar.com/artists/index.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This is an incredible database of art resources from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and World Wide Arts Resources Corporation. User may search by alphabetical list of artists names to find thumbnail examples of the work of that artist hanging in the Metropolitan and other museums. Many pages also have posters of other works.

Comments: This will be very useful for standards directly related to art such as 7.8.5 and 10.3.7 but may be applied to all historical eras.

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 307

Encarta Reference Tools

http://encarta.msn.com/artcenter_/browse.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: From the homepage, link to an encyclopedia, a dictionary, and an atlas for a quick reference to begin your research. You will also see links to the day's highlights in the news, weekly features, and Today in History.

Comments: Select Spain from the homepage and access the articles in Spanish. It is also available in French, Italian, and German.

Resource Type: Other.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1084

From Byzantium to the French Revolution

http://www.omnibusol.com/medieval.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This is an amazing set of resources for 7th grade teachers. Though designed for college level classes, there are many links that would be useful for the European aspects of 7th and 10th grade world history.

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1313

Historic Figures

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

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This BBC site has an index of thousands of British and world historical figures from ancient to modern times. Each biography focuses on the person's achievements and their historical context. Many of the biographies lead to other reference sites, articles, and multimedia.

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1556

InfoNation

http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/menu/advanced.asp

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This site allows the user to select to click on a part of the world and find demographic and economic information in a searchable database. Standard 12.6.2 economics

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1729

Medieval, Renaissance, Reformation - Western Civilization Act II

http://www.omnibusol.com/medieval.html

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: This is an unbelievable plethora of links to everything about Europe from Charlemagne and the Vikings to the Age of Absolutism.

Comments: Everything from A to Z and in between about the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 2139

Metropolitan Museum Timeline of Art History

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Rating: 1, Awesome!

Description: The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.

Resource Type: Photos or Pictures.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2154