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Abzu - Searchable bibliography of web resources on the ancient Near East.
Maintained by Charles E. Jones, University of Chicago.
http://www.etana.org/abzu/
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AP World History - This site presents the course description for Advanced Placement World History and the most recent year's open-response questions. These tools should be useful to any world history teacher.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_worldhist.html?worldhist
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Best of History Web Sites - Extensive links to history web sites, rated by
history teacher Thomas Daccord.
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
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Bridging World History - Annenberg presents "professional development and classroom materials to support the study of world history." Includes essays, links, teaching units, and an interactive module for exploring themes in world history.
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/worldhistory/
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Early Modern History - Extensive links to sources on the Early Modern period (1500-1800 CE), from British historian Sharon Howard.
http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/
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Echo: Exploring and Collecting History Online - George Mason University provides this resource on science, technology, and industry in world history.
http://echo.gmu.edu/
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Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries - This site on Portugal’s role in the Age of Discovery is integrated with Google Earth.
http://www.asia.si.edu/EncompassingtheGlobe/default.htm
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The Encyclopedia of World History - Bartleby presents this reference work containing more than 20,000 entries. Edited by Peter N. Stearns and 30 fellow historians.
http://www.bartleby.com/67/
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Global
History - An archive of lesson plans from The New York Times. Example topics: conflict in the Middle East, technology and bridges through history, historical accuracy of news stories, and 20th-century flu pandemics.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/globalhistory.html
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History Quotes - A modest collection of quotes about history that could stimulate discussion and thought about the discipline.
http://www.uncoverthenet.com/quotes/dir/545/1.php
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H-World - A discussion group on teaching and researching world history.
http://www.h-net.org/~world/
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Imaging the French Revolution - This site from George Mason University and UCLA presents essays that examine different “Depictions of the French Revolution Crowd” to provide a multi-faceted look at a major event in world history.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/
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Integrating
World History with Literature - Children's literature
expert Carol Hurst provides suggestions for integrating the study of world
history
with literature in the elementary and middle grades.
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/history/history.html
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Lesson Plans Library - Discovery School presents a collection of lessons on world history for grades K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/worldhis.html
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MuseumStuff.com – Links to museums worldwide, as well as online exhibits. Maintained by the marketing firm Discovery Media.
http://www.museumstuff.com/
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National Center for History
in the Schools - This center at UCLA developed
the standards for world history, which are available on the site. Also available
are information on professional development opportunities and samples from
world history units sold by the center.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/
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PBS TeacherSource - Teacher's guides for PBS programs, as well as online lesson plans and links to sites with additional background information.
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
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Perry-Castañeda Map Collection: Historical Maps - Numerous historical maps
of all areas of the world. From the University of Texas Library.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html
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PowerPoint Palooza – High school history teacher Susan Pojer provides nearly 100 PowerPoint presentations on European history and global studies.
http://www.pptpalooza.net/
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Research Articles on Teaching and Learning History – This annotated listing provides insights into some of the challenges in teaching history to young people. From the University of Nebraska.
http://cehs.unl.edu/ushistory/research/index.html
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School History - This British site presents teaching ideas, quizzes, a homework
help area for students, and more. While based on the British curriculum, many
of the ideas will be equally useful to U.S. teachers.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
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University Museums and Collections – Provides information about and links to more than 2,000 museums maintained by universities around the world.
http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/umac/database.html
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Useful Websites for World Cultures Instructors – An extensive set of links from history professor Sara Tucker at Washburn University.
http://www.washburn.edu/cas/history/stucker/WebLinks.html
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Wide Angle: Window into Global History – WNET provides lessons and video clips for use in global and world history courses.
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wideangle/
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Women in World History – The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University presents teaching units, teaching case studies, sources, and links for teaching about women in world history.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/index.html
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Workshop of the World – This site from the West Midlands region of England provides an interesting lens into the history of invention and the Industrial Revolution.
http://www.workshopoftheworld.co.uk/
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World Conflict Map - The Nobel Foundation provides an interactive map showing 20th-century conflicts.
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/peace/conflictmap/
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World History Archive - Searchable database of articles and essays on contemporary
world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
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World History Association - This professional organization provides information
on professional development opportunities, as well as information about its
primary publication, the Journal of World History.
http://www.thewha.org/
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World History Blog - Every day, historian Miland Brown highlights a website dealing with historical topics or issues.
http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/
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World History Connected - An online journal for teachers of world history. Example article titles from recent issues include "Ten Essential Women for a World History Class," "The Graphic Novel and the World History Classroom," and "Teaching Religion in World History."
http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu/
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World History Sources - This site from George Mason University presents guides to analyzing various kinds of primary source documents, as well as links to world history sites on the web.
http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/
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World History for Us All - Online units based on organizing questions and themes, developed at San Diego State University.
http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/default.htm
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WWW-VL History Central Catalogue - A massive set of links for historians, history teachers, and history students. Maintained at European University Institute in Italy
http://vlib.iue.it/history/index.html