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General History Links 

  Library of Congress - Wise Guide - a monthly magazine-style publication that features short articles about a handful of historical events or people each month, complete with a brief history and links to primary-source materials and other background information from the Library's extensive online archives.       

A Timeline of World History

Create your own timeline for your projects! - Marie Time Capsule 
The site enables users to create printable "Time Capsules" for any date in history from 1800 to 2001.

Art History Resources on the Web - Use this for country projects, decade projects, etc.  Excellent listing of sources.

Decades.com - Covers all of history.  Search the timeline, subjects, years, specific date - very helpful search engine!

HistoryCentral.com - The MultiEducator History Network, composed of four primary sites, provides schools and students an easy and accessible way to research historical events, learn about famous people and keep track of all the latest election news and information. 

The History Guide - Resources for Historians - An excellent gateway site where the creator of this site has focused only on the most complete and useful sites in the following areas: Primary documents, Meta Lists, U.S. History, Western Civ, and World History.

HistoryLink 101 - View Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, and Rome.  Each culture is divided into categories of Art, Biographies, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures and Research and more.

History of Fashion, Food, Games and Entertainment - An overwhelming listing of links to understand the social history of the time period you are studying. This is provided by an on-line tutor for AOL. Excellent!!

The History Net - where History lives on the Web. A daily site for history buffs to check. Especially useful for American History sites.

**HistoryWired - Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution's HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things. This experimental site introduces visitors to some of the three million objects held by the National Museum of American History, Behring Center.

HyperHistory Online - 3,000 years of world history - people. history, events, maps - An incredible listing of links starting with timeliness and going from ancient through modern history.

Images from History - Images from the history of art and archaeology for use in the classroom.

Internet History Sourcebooks - A project done by Paul Halsall, from Fordham University. The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Links are available for Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Take a trip through time and space to explore this electronic classroom.  Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport is a journey through time and space. Discover different people and cultures and further your study by following links. Educators can download lessons and homework assignments. 

NM's Creative Impulse - I believe it is impossible to properly study History without examining the creative products of the times. The Art, Music, Drama and Literature of an Age give us insight into the minds and hearts of those who lived at that time. What better way to view history than through the Artist's eyes (Created by Nancy Mautz for her high school history classes)

World Wide Web Virtual Library for History Sites - This site, maintained by Lynn Nelson at the Univ. of Kansas, is arranged by eras and epochs, historical topics, and by countries and regions.

World History Compass - Press on a country or civilization to learn in more detail the history from this time.

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