History

[|Encyclopedia Britannica Timelines] You can pick a category (sports, religion, etc.); move the timeline marker to a year; and then get an image and a short description of what was happening at that time. A link will also take you to more information if you want. [|Wikijunior’s resources on Ancient Civilizations]. It’s part of Wikibooks, which is collaboratively developing open source textbooks online. [|History section of the Simple English Wikipedia] The title is self-explanatory. It has an incredible number of accessible high-interest stories. Schools and classes have to join, but you can do it in less than a minute, and it’s free. And much of the site is accessible even without registering. It, too, has recently begun providing audio of its text. It has a large collection of short video clips covering many periods of World History. [|Holt Social Studies Ancient Civilizations] [|World History For Kids: Kids Past].** Its text is very accessible, and has [|enjoyable games], too.
 * [|Awesome Stories]**
 * [|Video Gallery at the History Channel]**
 * [|Holt Social Studies World History]

Who was enslaved? What rights did slaves have? How could slaves gain their freedom? The answers are different for every society with slaves. Click on any of the highlighted areas of the map to explore a few of the many slave-based societies in history.
 * [|Understanding Slavery]**

Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by [|**Ibis Communications, Inc.**] a digital publisher of educational programming.
 * [|Eyewitness to History]**

Bring history to life with animated maps, movies, games, picture galleries, virtual 3D tours and programme clips. UK content but still useful if exploring anything to do with British history. Animations, audio & video, galleries, games, timelines, virtual tours.
 * [|BBC History - Interactives]**


 * [|Best of History Web Sites]** - WW2

[|World History Links]

[|Wanderlust] Trace the most famous trips in history

[|Concharto] =An Atlas of History and Happenings= Concharto is an encyclopedic atlas of history and happenings that anyone can edit. It is a geographic wiki.

[|National Geographic News Videos] [|Videos From The History Channel] [|Videos From How Stuff Works]

[|Playing History]
[|Playing History] is a collection of 128 games related to topics in US and World History as well as civics and geography. The games come from a variety of sources across the web. Feedback on every game and suggestions for future additions are welcomed by the hosts of the site. Visitors to [|Playing History] can search for games by using the tag cloud, by using the search box, or just browse through the entire list. I clicked on the tag "Supreme Court" and found nine games that I could use next fall in my US Civics course.