PBS has abundant resources for teachers
Thirteen.org also has some good resources for global history, separated by theme
New York Times Resources
Ancient History Resources
Women in History
Ancient Japan
Feudalism
Ancient Greece
Roman Empire
Medieval Times
Islam
Ancient Egypt
China
Mesoamerica
Protestant Reformation
Greek Mythology
Elaine McEwan has some helpful books and a website for helping struggling readers
Other Reading Resources
Possible Field Trips
- The Cloisters (for medieval art and architecture)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Beyond Babylon Exhibit (cultural diffusion)
3 comments:
Classzone is an excellent place to find some primary source materials:
http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/wh_survey05/book_home.htm
NY Learns: http://www.nylearns.org/
USGS Maps: http://library.usgs.gov/maplinks.html
World Cultures: http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM
World Regions Timeline: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hm/07/hm07.htm
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BY AREA/TOPIC/UNIT
Absolutism: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/ABSOLUTE.HTM
Africa:
http://wysinger.homestead.com/ancientafrica.html
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/africaarchive/map.html
http://www.nps.gov/ethnography/aah/aaheritage/histContextsA.htm
http://www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
Age of Exploration:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/columbus/columbus_columbian.cfm
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook03.html
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture2c.html
Ancient Civilizations: http://www.wadsworth.com/religion_d/special_features/popups/maps/index.html
China: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/later_imperial_china/ming.html
Enlightenment: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://history2.professorpage.info/John%2520Locke%2520and%2520Thomas%2520Hobbes_files/image003.jpg&imgrefurl=http://history2.professorpage.info/John%2520Locke%2520and%2520Thomas%2520Hobbes.htm&h=561&w=384&sz=24&hl=en&start=17&um=1&tbnid=qY0VNdPgq2LFOM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=91&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dglorious%2Brevolution%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Latin America/MesoAmerica: http://www.teacheroz.com/Meso_Latin.htm
Maya: http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm
http://www.mayadiscovery.com/ing/history/default.htm
Medieval: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html
http://www.awesomestories.com/sample_topics/medieval_history.shtml
Plague: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_impact_01.shtml
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=675
The Decameron is a good literary piece to bring in during this unit
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/images/maps/decworld/plaguetraderoutes.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/images/maps/decworld/polimaps4.shtml&h=480&w=567&sz=91&hl=en&start=59&um=1&tbnid=UeCkB-Wu9PzltM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblack%2Bdeath%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Mongols: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/
http://www.dodedans.com/Epest.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/info.htm
http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/bdeath.html
Reformation:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/sandersonAP/NotesRef.html
http://www.reformationhappens.com/works/
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/westn/reformation.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/LUTHER.HTM
http://history.hanover.edu/early/prot.html
Renaissance: http://www.flowofhistory.com/node/583
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture1c.html
Art:
http://www.moma.org/
http://www.metmuseum.org/
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks2.html
http://www.artchive.com/
http://artchive.com/artchive/women.html
http://www.abcgallery.com/
http://ftp1.us.proftpd.org/wm/
Best of History: http://www.besthistorysites.net/
National History Education Clearinghouse:
http://teachinghistory.org/
Intro to Primary Sources:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/history/bi/primary.html
Reading Strategies:
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/reading%20strategies%20index.htm
Listening Comprehension: http://www.auburn.edu/~nunnath/engl6240/tlisten.html
Web Research: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/109995.html?CampaignID=35165
The OWL at Purdue Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Writing: http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Archive/writingtips/controllingidea.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html
Writing a Research Paper: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/resource.html
Critical Lens Worksheet: http://www.southampton.k12.ny.us/issummerread/pdf/CriticalLens.pdf
Word Roots: http://www.espindle.org/roots.html
Plagiarism: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/10314.html?CampaignID=35165
Citation: http://www.usconstitution.net/cite.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
http://www.mla.org/
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html
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