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General Sites
Committee on Conscience
www.ushmm.org/conscience
Learn more about Genocide in our world
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
www.davidrumsey.com
Find many interesting historical maps
This is a commercial site but there is a lot to look at here
The History Channel
www.historychannel.com
Find all kinds of information on countries and their histories
History World
www.historyworld.net
Learn more about history in a variety of ways - Use the tabs near the top of the page or try the search box
Please note, this is a European site
Hyperhistory Online
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Use the buttons on the left side of the page to select what you see on your time line
The timelines are hypertexts, the info comes up on the right side of the page
World History Chronology
www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001196.html
Breaks down world history into various time ranges
When you find something of interest, look it up in some of the other InfoPlease materials
Biographies
Academy of Achievement
www.achievement.org
Offers biographies, interviews, photos... of people who have been successful in a number of realms
International Civil Rights: Walk of Fame
www.nps.gov/features/malu/feat0002/wof
Includes many short biographies of internation civil rights leaders
Elizabethan England
Life in Elizabethan England
http://elizabethan.org/compendium/index.html
Learn about daily life and customs
French Revolution
British Newspaper coverage of the French Revolution
www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800
Offers a few articles about "unspeakable events" during the French Revolution.
French Revolution: Internet Modern History Sourcebook
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html
Contains information on the French Revolution, Responses to the Revolution, and information about the Napoleanic wars
Liberty, Equlity, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
chnm.gmu.edu/revolution
Includes essays, images, a timeline, many primary documents and more
Inventors and Inventions
Invent Now: Hall of Fame
www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Click on links to search by inventor, invention, induction date or decade
Very slow to load - be patient
Inventor of the week archive
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/i-archive.html
Click on a letter to lead you to a specific person
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
www.victorianweb.org/technology/ir/index.html
Follow the links to more information
From the Victorian Web
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution
www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
Click on these links to learn more about the Industrial Revolution
Updated: March 16, 2012
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