INTERNET RESOURCES

 

Washington and The United States

Washington State History

Maps and Geography

Documents and Pictures

Statistics

Other

 

World History

Africa

Asia

Latin America

Ancient History

Medieval History

Europe and Russia – Renaissance to The Modern Era

Other

 

 

Washington State History

 

American Local History Network - Washington State

 

Learning Space

 

Dr. Mills' Washington History Page: 

 

Travel:  Site oriented for visitors, but still has useful links.

 

Washington Population, Economy and Research

 

The Fur Trade – Contemporary accounts of a colorful era in U.S. (and Pacific Northwest) History.

 

Asian American History – Learn about immigrants to the Pacific Northwest

 

 

Maps & Geography

 

Historical Maps of the United States

 

Links for Historical Maps

 

Native American Maps:  Not only maps, but links and other information.

 

Washington Topography

 

Documents and Pictures

 

National Archives

 

Library of Congress

 

Where to Find Federal Documents

 

Basic Readings in Democracy - Source Documents, By Era

 

First Government - One Stop for Government Links

 

Statistics and Data

 

U.S. Census Bureau.  The MotherShip.

 

Census Bureau Fact Finder

 

Census Bureau Quick Facts - States and Counties – Just what it says….

 

Statistical Abstract of the United States – For 2000, with 1998 and 1999 data also.   Work with the “interactive” section at the very top using the first letter of the information you are looking for and download the .pdf file for that page.

 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

 

Statistical Resources on the Web

 

White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room

 

White House Social Statistics Briefing Room

 

United States Historical Census Browser:  This site can do it all!  State and county data back to 1790.

 

U.S. Geological Survey

 

Fast State Facts

 

Bureau of Indian Affairs

 

 

Other

 

Washington Legislative Guide – A former legislator’s explanation of how things are done.

 

Access Washington – The official page of the Washington State Department of Information Services.

 

 

 

WORLD HISTORY

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ - GREAT OVERALL HISTORY SITE!!!

 

AFRICA

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html - Super website for African History

 

http://www.anc.org.za/ - The African National Congress Web Page

 

ASIA

The Asia Society -  This will take you to their links page.  But, check out the home page for some great stuff.

India – Maps and more

Southeast Asia – E-mail groups and web pages covering history, culture and more

 

LATIN AMERICA

Gateway to Latin America – Links to a number of sites. 

ANCIENT HISTORY

 

Ancient History Resources – Primary Sources from all periods of ancient history

 

Ancient Greece  -  Lots of links, courtesy of Mr. Ray.

 

MEDIEVAL HISTORY

 

Medieval SourcebookFordham University’s Site for Primary Sources

Medieval History. The Labyrinth is a global information network providing free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a World Wide Web server at Georgetown University.

Who's Who in Medieval and Renaissance History   Basic, but still  OK.  Some helpful links are also included.

 

EUROPE AND RUSSIA – Renaissance to The Modern Era

GENERAL

European Intellectual History

AP European History Links on the Internet: The K-12 Teaching and Learning Center

AP European History At The College Board

General Histories of Europe

British History at About.com

BBC - History - Foul Facts Gallery: Terrible Tudors, Vile Victorians

Art Museums

Art Images for College Teaching

Italian Renaissance

Northern Renaissance

Reformation

The Age of Discovery

Age of Baroque

English History and Heritage

English Sayings and Customs

The Absolute Monarchies

The Scientific Revolution

The Eighteenth Century: Wars and Social Change

17th and 18th Century British Workhouses

The Age of the Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Reaction, Revolution. and Romanticism

The Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1914

Political Changes in 19th Century Britain

An Age of Modernity and Anxiety, 1894-1914

 War and Revolution, 1914-1919

The Russian Revolution

Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

Can You Save the Weimar Republic? An Interactive Game

Wars and Conflict: World War II, A BBC Program

The Deepening of the World Crisis: World War II

Cold War and a Western World

The Contemporary Western World (Since 1970)

TEXTBOOK LINKS

Kagan, Western Heritage

McKay, A History of Western Society

GENERAL HISTORIES OF EUROPE

European History Links

Historical Atlas of the 20th Century

The History Guide

A History of East Central Europe

Women in World History

An Encyclopedia of British History, 1700-1950

The British Monarchy Through the Ages

English History and Heritage

Ireland 1848 to 1922

Don Mabry's Historical Text Archive

Early Modern Resources Themes

ART MUSEUMS

Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia

The Louvre Museum in Paris

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Renaissance

The Renaissance Faire

Filippo Brunelleschi

Tigertale Virtual Museum of the Renaissance

Machiavelli: Resources on the Web

Niccolo Machiavelli

 Northern Renaissance Links

THE REFORMATION

The Reformation from the Catholic Point of View

Medieval Sourcebook: Reformation

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Reformation

The Reformation in Germany

The Catholic Reformation

The English Reformation and Counter Reformation

Henry VIII and His Six Wives: Tudor History

Anabaptism in 16th Century Europe

THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

Discoverers' Web

European Voyages of Exploration

Vasco DaGama's Maritime Voyage to India

Christopher Columbus Timeline

Columbus and the Age of Discovery

THE AGE OF BAROQUE

The Baroque Age

The Tower of London: A Fascinating Site

The Thirty Years War

The Thirty Years War Home Page

Johann Sebastian Bach

Baroque Music

Renaissance and Baroque Architecture

Baroque Art

The Renaissance and the Baroque and the Rococo

The Baroque in Holland and Flanders

Baroque Notes

Gunpowder Plot Society

THE ABSOLUTE MONARCHIES

Louis XIV, The Sun King

Accounts of Louis XIV

Louis XIV

Peter the Great

Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia

The Romanovs

Peter the Great

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

The Galileo Project (Highly recommended)

Internet History of Science Sourcebook (Follow the links to the Scientic Revolution)

Nicholas Copernicus

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: WARS AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Documents in Military History

A Digital Library of the 18th and 19th-century Journals

Catherine the Great

Enlightened Despotism

The Enlightened Despots

Politics During the Enlightenment

THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Scientists of the Age of Enlightenment

Eighteenth-Century Studies

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

(The following web sites have extensive links to other sites.)

The French Revolution Home Page

The French Revolution

Internet History Sourcebook: The French Revolution

The French Revolution

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution

Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799)
(African-American Composer, Violinist and Conductor

Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide

Napoleon

The Napoleon Series

Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution

PBS Series on Napoleon

Napoleon on the Web

The Napoleonic Guide

International Napoleonic Society

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Internet History Sourcebook: The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution: A Trip to the Past

The Industrial Revolution

The Enlightenment: The Industrial Revolution

The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution

Professor Rempel on the Industrial Revolution

Robert Owen

REACTION, REVOLUTION, AND ROMANTICISM

Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Conservative Order

Delegates to the Congress of Vienna

Talleyrand and the Congress of Vienna

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Romanticism

Romanticism, A to D

Romanticism, E to L

Romanticism, M to Z

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Nationalism

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Liberalism

Encyclopedia of the Revolutions of 1848

Documents of the Revolution of 1848 in France

Pamphlets and Periodicals of the French Revolution of 1848

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 1848

THE AGE OF NATIONALISM AND REALISM

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victorian Web at Brown University
A great website with lots of information.

Dictionary of Victorian London - Victorian History - 19th Century London - Social History

The Crimean War, 1853-1856

Italian Unification

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Italian Unification

Otto von Bismarck: Memoirs

Bismarck: Unifier of Germany

History of Modern Germany Lectures

The Road to German Unification

Russian Lectures

A Century of Ideology and Power

Karl Marx

Charles Darwin

MASS SOCIETY IN AN AGE OF PROGRESS, 1871-1914

The Second Industrial Revolution

The Second Industrial Revolution in Germany

Impressionist Art

Articles on the Irish Question by Jenny Marx

Cartoons of the Third French Republic

The Paris Commune

Bismarck's Failure: The Kulturkampf

William Ewart Gladstone

Eduard Bernstein and Evolutionary Socialism

Internet History Sourcebook: The Long Nineteenth Century

Suffragette Movement in Britain

World of Impressionism: An Interactive Journey

AN AGE OF MODERNITY AND ANXIETY, 1894-1914

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein Home Page

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis

Herbert Spencer: Social Darwinism

Emile Zola

Leo Tolstoy

Impressionism in Art

Post Impressionism

Theodor Herzl

Fabian Socialism

Russian Revolution of 1905

European  Imperialism

The New Imperialism

WAR AND REVOLUTION

World War I: Trenches on the Web

World War I: Life in the Trenches (An interactive simulation game)

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War I

World War I Document Archive

World War I: Military History Links

Battle of Baghdad, 1917

Aces and Aircraft of World War I

The Great War: PBS Television Series

Encyclopedia of the Great War

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

Military History: The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution and the Soviet State

EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS, 1919-1939

The Treat of Versailles

Modern World History: the Treaty of Versailles

Modern History Source: Treaty of Versailles

The Weimar Republic

The Locarno Treaty

French Occupation of the Ruhr: A Chronology

Great Depression in Europe

John Maynard Keynes: British Economist

Italian Life Under Fascism

Fascism in Italy

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Fascism in Europe

The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

The Spanish Civil War

The Rise of Adolph Hitler

The Holocaust History Project

THE DEEPENING OF THE WORLD CRISIS: WORLD WAR II

Cybrary of the Holocaust

U.S. Air Force Museum: Air War in Europe

U.S. Memorial Holocaust Museum

The Valour and the Horror: Canada at War

The Winston Churchill Home Page

Katyn Forest Massacre

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

COLD WAR AND A WESTERN WORLD, 1945-1970

Cold War International History Project

Cold War and Related History

The National Archives Learning Curve | Cold War

Timeline: NATO

Korean War

Decolonization

THE CONTEMPORARY WESTERN WORLD (SINCE 1970)

Northern Ireland Conflict

Existentialism

Existentialism: A Primer

Post-War Western Thought

Kosovo.com

The European Union: Integration Process and European Citizenship

 

OTHER

Architecture Through the Ages -  Pyramids, cathedrals and skyscrapers

Biography  - Has a search engine for biographies of notables throughout history

Coombs Computing Unit -  A long-term project aimed at the developing a comprehensive information system for Social Sciences and Asian-Pacific Studies.

History On Line -  The main spotlight of the site is to get students involved in an archaeological dig and a project that are extensively shown on websites. The first site is in Egypt of a Coptic monastery dating from 385AD; the second is a university project to recreate what the city of Pompeii looks like before it was buried, called "The Pompeii Forum Project"

Universal Currency Converter. Here's a useful tool brought to the Web by Xenon Laboratories, a firm based in Toronto, Canada. "You can use it to find out how many Lira make up a Peso, or how Drachmas you'll need to satisfy your Yen for sushi".