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News For Kids
News For Kids.net
Media lovers read articles on a variety of current events with a website made especially for kids. The website is easy to navigate and includes sections about everything from science to sports.
American Museum of Natural History
All About Cloning
Start seeing double. The American Museum of Natural History website provides pupils with information about Dolly, the cloned sheep. Learners find out the procedure used to create Dolly along with why scientists clone animals.
Curated OER
Bermuda Triangle
Young scholars explore what the Bermuda triangle is and the theories as to why it is so mysterious. In this mystery lesson students read and discuss the history and the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle.
University of California
University of California, Davis: The History Project
The History Project is a growing collection of lesson plans, teaching tools, digitized images, and documents for the teaching of history. Includes assignments for having students apply analytical skills to primary sources.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: America in the Second World War
A brief description of the course of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. Read about the new technologies developed for the military by both the Allies and Axis powers, and find out about the millions who died as a result of the...
Other
Parallel History Project: Nato and the Warsaw Pact
Provides documentation and further information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, their mutual threat perceptions and military plans, and their significance for our time.
Other
International Committee for Egyptology: The Global Egyptian Museum
The Global Egyptian Museum is an ambitious, long-term project that intends to eventually gather digitized versions of artifacts from Egyptian history that are housed in museums around the world. This amounts to 850 collections and 69...
Other
Net History: Web History
A nice list of Web history resources for the beginner to the techy. Timelines, reference sites, books and The First Website are included. One intriguing site explores the origin of the fatal error message "Error No 404".
Utah State University
Teacher Link: Celebrations: A Resource Guide for Teachers
TeacherLINK at Utah State University offers a wealth of topics and project information on celebrations held throughout the world. Click on "Topics and Authors," to access a long list of available lesson plans on a variety of...
Other
National Foundation for Jewish Continuity: The Ss St. Louis Project
Here's a piece of American history you problably know little about. In 1939 a ship filled with Jewish refugees sat off the coast of Miami waiting for permission to land. That permission was denied. Find out what happened to the...
Other
Internet Learning Tree: A Brief History of the Internet
An anecdotal history of the people and communities that brought about the internet.
Other
Egyptian Activities for Children
You'll find art projects, coloring pages, and a hieroglyphics activity on this creative site. Also provides links to more information, as well as several book suggestions.
Google
Google Arts and Culture: Open Heritage
Explore iconic locations in 3D such as the Tomb of Tu Duck, temples of Bagan, Mesa Verde, Chichen Itza, and more. Also, discover the tools used for digital conservation and how people around the world are preserving our shared history.
The British Museum
British Museum
At the online home of the British Museum, one of the most influential cultural institutions in the world with holdings representing British and world cultures across the full span of history, find information about all the latest...