Websites for Passaic SS Teachers
US HISTORY
Civil War Websites
www.civilwar.com – Different perspectives, variety and depth of information
http://www.civil-war.net/ - Good information, not as much, but good
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ - Wide variety of resources including music, pictures, and others. Many, many Civil War links
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/ - Good timeline with pictures
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/ - Good primary source info
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ - University of Virginia’s primary source website
http://tinyurl.com/m5rzn - Josh Koen’s website of very good sites to use
Slavery
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm - Good information on a wide variety of topics concerning slavery. At the bottom there are Forum Debates on slavery and other history topics. May be good for teacher use.
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/aaslavry.htm - same as above link.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/slavery/ - Large focus on American slavery, but can also be used to compare slavery in America to other places and times. Site is done well and appropriate for students.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html - Looks at the history of American slavery as a whole. Parts of it refer to the PBS video series it goes along with, but the site can certainly be used without the video.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html - First hand accounts gathered by the New Deal’s WPA. Both readings and audio files.
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php - Lots of pictures about slavery and early American life.
WORLD HISTORY
Medieval Europe
http://eawc.evansville.edu/mepage.htm - Good site. Primarily check essays, images, and internet sites links. In text links do not work on homepage.
http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/medieval/ - Primary sources are good. Check this site for society primary sources.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/ - Well laid out site. A very good starting point.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html - Shows different groups of people (i.e. – peasants, nobles, etc) in a very good way.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html - Good for daily life
http://www.medieval-life.net/history_main.htm - Good site. Shows what was going on in different countries during Medieval Europe and daily life and culture.
Crusades
http://www.medievalcrusades.com/ - Ok site. Fact oriented
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html#The%20First%20Crusade – has some good information, but put together for college level
http://crusades.boisestate.edu/contents.shtml - Appropriate, but there is a lot of information and it could be organized better. Good if students are looking for specific information
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/crusades.stm - Well laid out site. Some links do not work
http://www.mrdowling.com/606islam.html - Shows both Christian and Muslim sides. Set up for middle school students. Mrdowling.com also has pages dedicated to almost any other world history topic imaginable.
http://historymedren.about.com/od/crusades/Crusades.htm - Has links to many other crusades sites. Needs to be looked through before presenting to students
Roman Empire
http://www.roman-empire.net/ - Large site with many sub-sites on a variety of aspects of Roman society.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/ - If you click on The Roman Empire, there are links to sub-sites and outside sites. There are also links to PBS videos.
http://www.iol.ie/~coolmine/typ/romans/emap.html - Ok site. Has some culture and history.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/romeempire/ - Has links to several good sites. Needs to be looked through before presenting to students
http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html - Wide variety of aspects of Roman society is covered.
http://www.camelotintl.com/romans/ - Ok site. Good for a starting point.
Comparative Religions
http://www.mrdowling.com/605westr.html - Ok Site. Jumps around a bit. May be good for supplemental information. Decent coverage of Islam and the modern day Middle East.
http://www.religion-cults.com/western.htm - If you can guide your students to the Quick Survey under each religion link, the site can work. There are some links that may not be suitable for students. Review before using.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparing_Eastern_and_Western_religious_traditions - Although I am not normally a fan of wikipedia, the links to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam cover each religion surprisingly well.
http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/east_west.html - Good if you want to show what the 3 western religions all have in common (and can also be compared to eastern religions).
http://www.bnaiyer.com/studies/s-comp-01.html - Similar to previous site.
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/phil.html - Site has many links to other outside sources, but there are a few (like Fatwa against Terrorism) that you might want to have students look at.
http://fcae.nova.edu/~kamalros/CAE505/WQ/webquest2.html - A webquest based on understanding other cultures. Can be easily adapted to use with comparative religions.
Inca/Maya Civilization
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/copan/index.php - Why did Copan collapse? A computer activity to explain why the city collapsed.
http://questgarden.com/46/86/5/070219083549/index.htm - A webquest on Mayan civilization and culture. The links in the Process section are good for further exploration even if you do not wish to use the webquest itself.
http://www.indians.org/welker/maya.htm - There is some good historical and cultural information on Mayan civilization.
http://www.civilization.ca/civil/maya/mminteng.html - This website has a lot of good information that is age appropriate. There is also a Teacher’s Page that may give you some more ideas for the unit in general.
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM - Good starting point for Incan civilization.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/AncientInca/AncientIncaHome.html - Good list of links to sites on the Incas.
http://www.millville.org/Workshops_F/Acker_Inca/www%20Inca%20Lesson.html – An online lesson on the Incas. Ok for background information gathering.
Have students stay away from Crystalinks.com website. There is a lot of misguided information on the site.
For all World History/Cultures- http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ - click on resources. There are many resources for all areas of world history/cultures