A collection of images of twenty figures who played key roles in the buildup to World War I.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text introducing the history of the Central American land bridge. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

See how the people at home stepped up to support the war effort in World War II.

Stories and photographs covering people from or who trained in Texas during World War I. Topics covered include the men who fought or worked for the war effort, military camps, the home front, and monuments and memorials of the war.

When Christopher Columbus discovered the New World he and his entourage brought with them not only the views of Europeans, but also diseases of Europeans. This was catastrophic to the natives in the Caribbean Islands and Meso-America as...

Site gives everyone the opportunity to tell his or her own story about World War II. What did your grandfather do in the war? What did you mother do for the war effort? Read fascinating, personal stories about people's memories of the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this historical inquiry lesson, students address the question, "What changed between 1914 and 1917 that caused the U.S. to enter WWI?" to corroborate a textbook account with two documents: a speech...

Click on various stories and dates and learn more about the event plus read eyewitness accounts. The focus in on Great Britain's role in the war.

Listening to audio files and watching video clips of people who have fought in wars gives students a feel for the day to day life of a soldier. Frank Woodruff Buckles died in February, 2011. He was the last known World War I soldier....

Find the information you need about math history, from Archimedes to Fermat. A great resource for studying the foundations of today's world of mathematics.

"Your life is history." So begins the page dedicated to the stories of people who have moved to England to make it their home. You can tell your story! You can also find help to begin to trace your roots at this site as well. What...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about prehistoric people and scientists who study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the materials Stone Age people used to make cave drawings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

History professor Jeremy Noakes explores Hitler's quest to acquire more land for the German people to populate. He traces the origins of Lebensraum and discusses why Hitler was committed to the east to expand.

Ambitious collection of personal accounts of those who participated in the D-Day invasion. These personal accounts bring the war to life.

"Children & Youth in History is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present."

World War I was not fought by Americans just in Europe. Read about the many ways people at home helped the war effort. See how badly German-Americans were treated as anti-German passions were fueled.

The Atlantic slave trade was the largest forced migration of people in history. A view into the world of the slave ships with accompanying photos of artifacts and documents are included in this exhibit.

This page from The History Place has a chart with the number of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. Nearly 6 million Jewish people were murdered. This site is disturbing its apparent accuracy of the Jewish slaughter.

Explore all aspects of life in ancient Greece. From the Mycenaean to the Hellenistic time periods, learn about Greek daily life, roles for men and women, religion and religious ceremonies, and the Greek economy.

Learn about Taiwan's amazing wealth of butterflies, many of which can be found nowhere else in the world. See how butterflies have influenced Taiwanese culture, how some people have made a business from butterflies, and about efforts...

In this interactive activity from the American Museum of Natural History, play "connect the dots" and discover the connections between the people, animals, and plants in three habitats of the Dzanga-Sangha rain forest in the Central...

What do people around the world need to do in order to slow the process of climate change? This resource dives into the dangers of change and proposes solutions.

At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about V.S. Naipaul, the man who won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. His life and works are discussed in this detailed website,providing video, original texts and speeches and...