World History

Sections: Mega Sites, Rome, Americas, China, Japan, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Age of Exploration...

WORLD HISTORY MEGA SITES

• Social Studies Topics from Kathi Mitchell's Virtual School

• Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History

• Mr. Donn's Ancient History

• Mr. Dowling's Ancient History

• Cybersleuthkids History

• History Projects on Pinterest

• 100+ Hands-On Projects

• About.com Ancient History

• P.J. Pinchbeck's great collection!

• 42eXplore Links and Projects

• History on the Net

• History A to Z -- World and United States

• Education Index History Sites

• History Resources Indexed A-Z

• Ancient History Sourcebook

• Ancient History Encyclopedia

• Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire BBC Video

• Top Links for Social Studies

• History Teacher.net

• Virtual Middle School Library

• World History Links

• SCORE History/Social Science

• Crystalinks Ancient Civilizations ions

• WorldHistoryForUSAll

• Eyewitness to History

• Math and Ancient Civilizations

• Museum of Ancient Inventions

• A Ancient China OUP by Mr. Sabato

• Ancient China, Japan, Mongolia and Korea OUP

• Chinese Inventions and More

• Hot List of Links--Ancient China by Mr. Sabato

• Myth Creator Have Fun Creating Your Own Myth--Scholastic

• Research Starter on Confucius

• Ancient Rome OUP Links by Mr. Sabato

• Best Sites Social Studies

• Mr. Sabato's Mayan Links

• Simple History Hundreds of short animated history videos--Cool!

Special Links for China.

TOPIC SPECIFIC SITES--WORLD HISTORY

Ancient Rome--Unit Links

• Ancient Rome Ancient Rome OUP Links by Mr. Sabato

Below are some of my favorite sites with great links to sites about Ancient Rome.

• Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History

• Mr. Donn's Ancient History

• Roman History and Projects

• Cybersleuth Kids' Rome

• Ancient Rome by Topics Draper M.S. Library

• Rome Facts Index

• Google Earth Ancient Rome You Tube Tutorial on GE Ancient Rome

• Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire BBC Video on YouTube

For your Bibliography use the Citation Machine.

Citation Machine

Pearson/Prentice Hall Textbook Support---ROME UNIT: Medieval and Early Modern Times

Find More Links in the World History Mega Sites above.

SPECIAL: I have selected some of my favorite sites about the Aztecs and Inca.

AZTECS

Pearson/Prentice Hall Textbook Support--Aztecs

Mr. Sabato's Aztec Cyberhunt

The Ancient Aztecs

The Aztecs

Welcome to Mexico--The Aztecs

Ancient Mexico

Test Your Knowledge of the Aztecs--Fling the Teacher Game

INCA

Pearson/Prentice Hall Textbook Support--Incas

The Ice Mummies of the Incas

Searching for Inca Secrets

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Capture of an Inca King: Francisco Pizarro

Spaniards v. Incas and the Fall of the Inca Empire

Search the General History Sites for more information about the Aztecs and Inca.

Special Links for China.

Special Links for a Unit on JAPAN

Kids Web Japan -- Designed especially for American students, this Site has information on Japanese culture presented in a fun and lively way.

Japanese Art – View a slide show of the Asia Society’s collection of Japanese art, including a statue of Prince Shotoku.

Japanese History Slide Show – View Yoko Hatakeyama’s Japanese History 1 slide show. Murray State University.

Shotoku's Constitution -- View Prince Shotoku’s 17 article constitution.

Haiku –Haiku for teachers and students.

Mr. Donn's Japan – Lessons and activities on Ancient and Feudal Japan.

Creation Myth – Read the creation myth that established the power of the emperor.

Shikibu's Diary – Read the diary of the world’s first female novelist, Murasaki Shikibu.

Tale of Genji – A summary and notes on the characters, culture, and author are presented.

Tale of Genji Images – A summary of the Tale of Genji is accompanied by photographs of the places mentioned in the 1000 page novel.

Meet the Emperor and Empress of Japan -- Meet Emperor Ahkihito and his wife. See scenes from their lives.

A Hotlist on Japan -- This is a nice set of quality sites on Japan.

Hotlist by Topics on Japan -- A great list of sites organized by topic.

Many Topics About Japan -- This hotlist links to sites that cover many interesting topic about Japan.

Fun Topics -- Learn about Japanese names, snacks, after school programs, cartoon characters...

Jananese Culture Hotlist -- Learn about bowing, bathing, footware, brides....

Konichiwa! -- Find everything from culture, art, business, nature, and the environment

Daily Life -- Learn about Japan from a teacher who visited and took lots of pictures. Activities!

Origami -- Learn how to do origami with animated instructions at origami-club.

Citation Machine -- Easily make citatations for your bibliography.

ISBN to Bibliography -- Input the ISBN number and get a perfect bibliography citation.

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MIDDLE AGES

• Kid's Castle

• Castles and Knights

• Medieval Homework Help All Topics Medieval

• Life In The Middle Ages

• Mr. Donn's Middle Ages

• Middle Ages for Kids Kathimitchell.com

• Cybersleuthkids Medieval Castles, Knights, Black Death, Crusades and More

• Middle Ages Heraldry, Cooking, Music, Castles...--Kennesaw State U.

• Castel Project Designs Castles, Bell Towers, Bridges, Churches, ...

• Design and Print a Coat of Arms

• Medieval Life Hyperlinked Activity

• Medieval Sourcebook

• End of Rome, Islam, Medieval Life, Renaissance...

• Coat of Arms--Irish Surnames

• Viking Quest Simulation BBC Simulation of Viking Raids on Europe

• Battle of Hastings Simulation BBC Simulation--Be William or Harrold at Hastings

• 3D Castle Tour Explore the Inside of a Castle in 3D

Renaissance/Reformation/Age of Exploration/Scientific Revolution

Coat of Arms: Design and print your personal coat of arms.

Renaissance Links: Links on every Renaissance topic including daily life, clothing, food, literature, art, science and math...

Renaissance--The Elizabethan World: Find links focusing on the English Renaissance.

Renaissance Links: Find web links and primary souce documents from historyteacher.net.

The Renaissance: Links at teacheroz.com are to primary documents, maps, timelines and comprehensive sites.

Renaissance Art Links: A nice set of links collected by the Babst Library.

Renaissance Music Links: Renaissance music links from the Carolina Connection.

Sistine Chapel: Great Resources on the Sistine Chapel and Michaelangelo. (Would you believe at ifloor.com!)

Virtual Renaissance: Take a virtual tour of the Renaissance and meet characters who speak about their lives.

Reformation: Links to web sites and primary source documents from historyteacher.net.

Age of Exploration: A great set of general sites and sites about individual explorerers along with project ideas from the Chenowith School District.

Marine Navigation: View maps, learn to use an octant, learn about longitude and latitude--Seattle Art Museum.

European History: Jim Lloyd of the Fresno Unified School District has put together a great site with historical overviews and links for the study of European histroy from the Renaissance to modern times.

Scientific Revolution: Historyteacher.net does it again with great links and primary sources for the Scientific Revolution.