Dating the Past	In the Beginning	The Ancient Fertile Crescent
Ancient Egypt	Ancient India	Ancient China
Ancient Greece	Ancient Rome	The Middle Ages
The Renaissance and Reformation	The Scientific Revolution	European Exploration and Discovery
The African Slave Trade	Absolutism and Enlightenment	The French Revolution and Napoleon
The Industrial Revolution and Imperialism	World War I	World War II
The Cold War	Famous Faces	Famous Places

World War II

Games

Walk the Plank - Hitler and the Origins of World War II

Penalty Shootut - Hitler and World War II

Beat da' Bomb - The Rise of Hitler

Walk the Plank - Rise of Adolph Hitler

Walk the Plank - Hitler's Rise to Power

The Fling the Teacher - Road to World War II

Walk the Plank - The World at War

Penalty Shootout - Nazi Germany

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World War I

Games

World War I Quiz Game

World War I Penalty Shootout Game

World War I Duck Shootout Game

Causes of World War I Penalty Shootout Game

Outbreak of World War I Walk the Plank Game

Trench Terminology Hangman Game

Trench Life During World War I Walk the Plank Game

World War I Terminology Word Game

Videos

BBC documentary on the WW I Christmas Truce Worth watching!

Web Sites

The Great War from Learning Curve Top quality online exibition

World War I from Spartacus Detailed encyclopaedia-like information

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Industrial Revolution and Imperialism

Industrial Revolution Imperialism

Games

Penalty Shoot Out - British Industrial Revolution

Web Sites

International Tobacco Sales

Essays about tobacco advertising

Kashmir: India vs. Pakistan

Imperialism Practice Test - Regents Prep

The Scramble for Africa - Regents Prep

Imperialism in India - Regents Prep

Imperialism in China - Regents Prep

Imperialism - Internet Modern HistorySourcebook

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The French Revolution and Napoleon

Videos

1812 Overture - Boston Pops with July 4th Fireworks

This is amazing! Worth checking out. Tchaikovsky-Swingle Singers: 1812 Overture:

The French National Anthem, La Marseillaise (with English subtitles)

Marie Antoinette Movie Trailer

For a closer look at the French Revolution view the following History Channel video segments on YouTube.

The History Channel - French Revolution #1

The History Channel - French Revolution #2

The History Channel - French Revolution #3

The History Channel - French Revolution #4

The History Channel - French Revolution #5

The History Channel - French Revolution #6

Games

Fling the Teacher French Revolution Game 1

Fling the Teacher French Revolution Game 2

Walk the Plank Game French Revolution 1

Walk the Plank Game French Revolution 2

Walk the Plank Game French Revolution 3

Fling the Teacher Napoleon Game

Web Sites

Death of Napoleon - Murder or Natural Causes - Court TV

Napoleon - BBC Historical Figures

Napoleonic Guide

The Napoleon Series

Marie Antoinette Online This is an excellent site offering lots of resourses for real fans of the French queen.

Marie Antoinette This site provides a good overview of the queen's life (and death).

Exploring the French Revolution

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Absolutism and Enlightenment

Age of Absolutism Review

Web Links for the Age of Absolutism

The Age of Absolutism - HistoryWiz, For Lovers of History

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The African Slave Trade

Roots (Disc 1; Part 10) See many excerpts from the movie.

The Slave Trade Triangle - Penalty Shootout

African Slave Trade - About.com

The Middle Passage - About.com

Understanding Slavery - Discovery Education

Economy vs. Humanity

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European Exploration and Discovery

Animaniacs - The Ballard of Magellan Thanks C.O.

Voyages of Discovery - Walk the Plank Game

Columbian Exchange - History Now

Palomar College professor's siteThe Columbian Exchange

European Voyages of Exploration

Zoom into Maps - European Exploration and Discovery

For little kids but interestingEnchanted Learning - Zoom Explorers

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The Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution - Modern History Sourcebook

A different point of view: Flat Earth Society

The Galileo Project

Scientific Revolution - Kids.Net.Au

Scientific Revolution Gap-Fill Exercise

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The Renaissance and Reformation

Animaniacs Michelangelo and Hooked on a Ceiling

King Henry VIII = Penalty Shootout

The Reformation - Fling the Teacher

Renaissance. Reformation. Exploration - Duck Shoot

The Renaissance Fling the Teacher

English Tap (Henry VIII, Elizabeth I)

Martin Luther - Kids Past.com

The Reformation International World History Project

Renaissance timeline

This site is for little kids but it's fun.Interactive Henry's Six Wives

More .......The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Yahoo Directory of Christian denominations and sects Excellent site listing over a hundred Christian churches.

People of ideas during the Renaissance and Reformation

Da Vinci's Lisa revealed January 16, 2008

Music Hidden in Da Vinci's Last Supper? November 10, 2007

Botticelli - Birth of Venus

Mona Lisa - Why so Famous?

How to paint the MONA LISA with MS PAINT

Michelango's Pieta by Robert Hupka

Travel guide to Florence, Italy

David in 3D

How Michelangelo's David hit 500

The Vatican Museum

The Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

Fun Mona Lisa Sites! The Mona Lisa on the Web - 600 Resources and 475 pictures!

Other fun Mona sights:

Making Mona Over

Mona Lisa Mania

Mona Mona

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The Middle Ages

Videos

The Dark Ages - Part 1

The Dark Ages - Part 2

Monty Python's Spanish Inquisiton

Joan of Arc Movie Trailer

I'm Supergirl Joan of Arc, the original "Supergirl." "Who's going to save me?"

The Black Death

Games

PenaltyShootout: The Black Death

Fling the Teacher: The Crusades

Fling the Teacher: More on the Crusades

Walk the Plank: The High Middle Ages

Hoop Shoot: Castles

Shoot Out: Medieval Castles

Fling the Teacher: Medieval Realms

Fling the Teacher: Castles

Web Sites

Medieval Crusades

The Crusades

What's your Dark Ages character? Upload your photo and "dress up" in a medieval costume. E-mail a friend.

Magna Carta (British Library) Examine the Magna Carta in close up and related links

Magna Carta (Britannia) Full text of the Magna Carta and related links

Chantal's Stain Glass

How to Make an Authentic Medieval Coat of Arms

Heraldry 4 Kids: Making a Shield

Medieval Information - Everything About the Dark Ages

Life in the Middle Ages

Kidipede - History for Kids - The Middle Ages

Mr. Dowling's Feudalism Page

Mr. Dowling's Middle Ages Page

The Middle Ages:Feudal Life

Enter the Middle Ages

Links to maps of medieval Europe

History for Kids - The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages - Annenberg/CPB

Bayeux Tapestry - Hastings1066.com History, close up of the tapestry, related links

Bayeux Click on image to see large version.

The Domesday Book Online Own a piece of history and related links

The Hildegirls

Women in the Middle Ages

St. Hildegard (Catholic Encyclopedia)

Hildegard of Bingen (Wikepedia)

Camelot Village

Links to maps of medieval Europe

History for Kids - The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages - Annenberg/CPB

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Ancient Rome

Videos

Fall of Rome - Part 1

Fall of Rome - Part 2

Video Clip from the movie Cleopatra Cleopatra unrolled

Rome Video

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Cartoon

Games

Ancient Rome Fling the Teacher

The Romans Penalty Shoot Out

The Roman Empire Walk the Plank

How much do you know about the Romans Walk the Plank

The Romans Challenge Walk the Plank

The Romans Tic Tac Toe

Ancient Rome Match, Concentration, Flashcards, Word Search

Roman Emperors Match, Concentration, Word Search

Roman Republic to Empire

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Quiz

Web Sites

Famous quotes and funny sayings in Latin

The Roman Empire - PBS

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Ancient Greece

Videos

Greece Video

Games

Ancient Greece Penalty Shootout

Ancient Greece Java Games

Web Sites

The Greeks, Crucible of Civilization

Hercules

The Olympics

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

Ancient Greek History for Kids

BBC-History-Greeks

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Ancient China

Games

Asia Map Game Study for upcoming map quiz.

Ancient China Challenge Board

Videos

Jason Mraz - Life is wonderful (Live) Think Yin-Yang.

Web Sites

How to eat with chopsticks

Write Chinese.com

Learn how to write Chinese

How to write Chinese characters

Learn Chinese

The Art of Chinese Calligraphy

Learn how to write Chinese numbers 1 -12

Ancient China - History for Kids!

Ancient China - British Museum !

Mr Donn's Ancient China This site is for little kids but it's fun.

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Ancient India

Videos

Ganga Ma, Mother Ganges

Patna, India Crazy Traffic Ancient Pataliputra

India Video

India's Sacred Cow

John Lennon, Instant Karma "You better get yourself together. Pretty soon you're going to be dead."

Styx, Grand Illusion What Buddha called human desires.

Nirvana, Come as You Are Break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve Nirvana.

Games

India Review

Web Sites

AOL News Teen 'Buddha' Returns to Jungle

The Indus Civilization

Khyber Pass Travel Guide

Flute and Sitar Meditational Music from India

Sanskrit, the Classical Language of India

Ancient India - History for Kids

Ancient India - The British Museum

Hinduism, the World's Third Largest Religion

Hindu gods and goddesses

The Religion of Buddhism

How to meditate - A view on Buddhism

How to meditate

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Ancient Egypt

Videos

Steve Martin Live - King Tut

Ancient Egypt Video

Games

Ancient Egypt Vocabulary

Ancient Egypt Quiz

Egyptian gods and goddesses

Egyptian Hangman

King Tut game

Ancient Egypt Fling the Teacher

Web Sites

National Geographic - King Tut's face reconstruction

See King Tut's Mummy

King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Exhibition

King Tut's American tour

Treasures of Tutankhamun

Tour Egypt - The Curse of the Mummy

Discovery Channel Nefertiti's face reconstruction

Discovery Channel - Tracking Nefertiti

Mystery of Egypt's greatest queen solved

Who was Nefertiti?

See Hatshepsut's Mummy

How I found Queen Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut: The Queen Who Would Be King

See the mummy of Rameses the Great

Discovery Channel - Rameses, Wrath of god or man? Rameses the Great See the world's first peace treaty

Ancient Egypt for Kids This is a fun site.

Ancient Egypt - The British Museum

The Temple of Karnak

Egyptology Online

Great Egypt Site

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Ancient Fertile Crescent

The Code of Hammurabi

The Royal Tombs of Ur

Mesopotamia - The British Museum

Mr. Dowling's Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia by History Link 101

Ancient Mesopotamia

Write Like a Babylonian

Mesopotamia

Ancient World Excellent site - All you need to know and more.

Tyrian purple - Answers.Com

Zoroastrianism

More about Zoroastrianism

Summary of Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh - full text - the World's oldest story

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"In the Beginning ....."

Games

Early Humans Battleship Game

Videos

Evolution Homo Sapiens Versus Neaderthals

Neanderthal Man

Song by the band Hot Legs - Neanderthal Man

Born to Be Wild

Web Sites

Neanderthal DNA Secrets Unlocked

Neanderthals on Trial, PBS.org

This is cool. Check out the CroMagnon cave paintings.The Cave of Lascaux

Hominid Species Timeline

Evolution vs. Creationism

Intelligent Design

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Dating the Past

Videos

"Does anybody really know what time it is?"

Web Sites

Calendars Through the Ages

BC/AD vs. BCE/CE studentsfriend.com

Calendars and Their History

Propsosed Calendars

How to Juggle "Ancient, Medieval, and Modern" :-)

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Questions for reflection

“The whole objective of education is to develop the mind. The mind should be a thing that works.”

How are humans like animals? How are humans different? Are we “born to be wild?”

How is the 10 Commandments like Hammurabi’s Code and Buddha’s Eightfold Path? How is it different?

How is ancient Egyptian religion similar to Christianity? How is it different?

How is the Indian caste system like American attitudes toward different types of occupations and social classes? How is it different?

How is the ancient Chinese Mandate of Heaven and Dynastic Cycle similar to American presidential elections? How is it different?

How is Confucian philosophy regarding “knowing one’s place” and concept of duty similar to traditional American attitudes toward gender roles? How is it different?

How is ancient Athenian democracy similar to American democracy? How is it different?

How is American democracy today different from 250 years ago, 140 years ago, 90 years ago, 35 years ago? What is democracy?

Why did Rome fall? What happened after Rome fell? Keep in mind the elements of civilization.

What were some important causes for Europe's transition from medieval to modern times?

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