Ten History Websites

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/

            This website is published by The British Broadcasting Channel.  Its contents are of History on a Global level including sections on Ancient History, Archeology, Science and History, War and Conflict for just some examples.  The site has articles pertaining to different times and location in history as well as interactive games and discussion boards.  There is also a section for kids that has learning games and articles for different age levels, and includes a parent and teacher section.  This site is good for research, homework, and for someone who just enjoys and wants to explore history.

http://www.historyforkids.org/

            This website focuses on kids and leaning about history.  It has information on ideas for teacher lesson plans as well as helping parents too.  There are also project ideas for kids to do in order to make history more hands on.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

            This site gives information about countries in the world.  This includes a map, geography, history, government and economy.  This site is a good place to start when looking for research on a particular country or just wanted a few facts.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/

http://www.publiclibraries.com/

http://emmy.nmsu.edu/~history/

            This site combines teaching both history and math.  The idea is using the math available for a certain person or time in history.  This not only gives practice in math skills but also getting a better understanding of what it would be like to live at that that time.

http://www.historytoday.com/

            This site shows magazine articles about history.  It has sections about this week, or this month in history as well as book reviews as a TV guide for history related programs.

http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html

            This is the site for the history channel, but it does include sections for teachers about using that programs they air in the classroom.

http://school.discovery.com/

            This site is centered on making learning interesting for kids.  They have teaching tools and lesson plans as well as help with homework.

http://www.hnn.us/articles/849.html

            This site is about teaching kids who are not interested in learning history.  It includes links to other sites that have articles about how to make history more interesting to students.