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American Revolution
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French and Indian War
French Revolution
Hundred Years' War

Korean War
Mexican-American War
Napoleonic Wars
Norman Conquest
Persian Gulf War
Religious Wars
Russian Revolution
Spanish American War
Vietnam War
World War I
World War II

American Revolution

Artillery

Catapults

The Grey Company Trbuchet Page: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html

This website presents counter-weight, tiny, traction trebuchets, including graphics and dimensions for a cheesechucking catapult.
Historic Counterweight Trebuchet Illustrations: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/histreb.html

Medieval and Renaissance illustrations of trebuchets.
Middelaldercentret Centre for Historical Technology, Denmark: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/middel.html

More graphics of trebuchets from Medieval times.
Simple Counter-Weight Trebuchet Theory: http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/howtreb.html

The Grey Company provides technical drawings and explanations for building a catapult and explain how trebuchets work.

Civil War

Cold War

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cold War Museum: http://www.coldwar.org/

Online exhibits of the 20th century Cold War.
The Cold War International History Project: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409

A summary of the Cold War events of the 20th century including the Berlin Wall, Korean War & Cuban Missile Crisis.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/roberg.htm

This website presents the case of the Rosenberg's, who were found to be Soviet spies in America.
Nazi and East German Propaganda: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/

View propaganda created by the Nazis before and during World War II and by the East Germans during the Cold War.

Cuban Missle Crisis

14 Days of October: The Cuban Missile Crisis: http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/

This Thinkquest website explores the tensions and conflicts which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, who the key people involved were, and how nuclear war was overted.
Thirteen Days and History: http://www.cubanmissilecrisis.org/

Companion site to the movie provides historical facts of the event.

Space Race

French Revolution

French Revolution megasites
Chateau of Versailles
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Estates General
Execution of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
French Revolution Biographies
Guillotine
The Jacobins
Jansenists & Carmelite Nuns
Legislative Assembly
National Assembly
Napoleon
Tennis Court Oath
Reign of Terror
Royal Family's Flight to Varennes
September Massacres
Storming of Bastille
Women's March on Versailles

French Revolution megasites

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution: http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

This website from George Mason University includes a timeline, glossary, maps, music and historical essays.
French Revolution: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0819666.html

A good introduction to the French Revolution.
Ideology of the French Revolution: http://www.britannia.com/history/euro/1/2%5F2.html

This website gives a summary of what sparked the revolution.
Freedom or Death: A Proactive Exploration of the French Revolution: http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/

This website includes biographies, an interactive timeline, and explains the highlights of the revolution.
The Modern History Sourcebook: French Revolution: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html

This website provides in-depth details about the revolution, its key figures and its affects on society.
Origins of the French Revolution: http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture11a.html

This website provides a lecture overview of the origins of the revolution.
The French Revolution: http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/frenchrevolution.shtml

This website provides PDF documents teachers created to explain the revolution, and a great diagram explaining the causes of the revolution.
British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution: http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800/FR/

Covers the September Massacres, the execution of Louis the XVI and more.

Chateau of Versailles

Chateau of Versailles: http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/

A clickable map to learn about its construction and history, the The Grand Trianon, and the parks. Biographies and a day in the life of Louis XIV and more.

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: http://www.hrcr.org/docs/frenchdec.html

Translated version of the document by The Marquis de Lafayette, which was accepted by the National Assembly of France in 1789.

Estates General

The Estates General and the National Assembly: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A863048

This is a brief introduction to the role of both during the revolution.
Estates-General of 1789: http://www.answers.com/topic/estates-general-of-1789

The gathering of representatives from all but the poorest areas of France.

Execution of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette

The Execution of the Tyrant: http://www.marxists.org/history/france/revolution/marat/1793/tyrant.htm

First-hand account of the execution by Jean-Paul Marat in 1793 in Journal de la République Francaise.
Execution of Louis XVI: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/louis.htm

This website explains what lead to the execution of Louis XVI.
Trial of Marie Antoinette: http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/Best/CarlyleMarie.htm

An account by Thomas Carlyle.

Guillotine

Guillotine: http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/frenchrevolution/a/Guillotine.htm

This website presents the history of the guillotine and its role in the revolution.
Guillotine Headquarters: http://www.guillotine.dk/

Learn all about the history of the guillotine and how it's built. The website also has a glossary of names connected to the guillotine.
French Kiss: The Terror and the Guillotine: http://www.blastmilk.com/decollete/guillotine/

This website provides details about the guillotine's role in the revolution, its creation, and more.

The Jacobins

The Jacobins: http://french-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/french_jacobins_role_in_the_reign_of_terror

A brief introduction to the Jacobins and their role in the revolution.
The Radical Revolution: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REV/RADICAL.HTM

Who were the Girondists, the Jacobins and the Sans-culottes? Find out here.

Jansenists & Carmelite Nuns

Jansenius and Jansenism: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08285a.htm

This encyclopedia entry explains the long history of Jansenism.
The Martyrs of Compiègne as Modern Prophets: http://www.ourgardenofcarmel.org/martyrs.html

This website presents the history in impact of the Carmelite nuns who were beheaded.
The Sixteen Blessed Teresian Martyrs of Compiègne: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14517a.htm

This encyclopedia entry presents the background to the Carmelite nuns who were beheaded.

Legislative Assembly

French Government and Revolutionary Cycle: http://killeenroos.com/3/FRENCHGO.htm

This website summarizes the governments of France and includes explanations.

National Assembly

The Estates General and the National Assembly: http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0858282.html

This is a brief introduction to the role of both during the revolution.

Napoleon

Napoléon: http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/

PBS presents this website about Napoleon.
Napoléon Series: http://www.napoleon-series.org/

This educational website explains who he was, his role in the wars, and what kind of a leader he was and more.
Napoléon.org: http://www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp

Check out the Essential Napoleon to learn about him, his role in French history, and more.
Napoléon Bonaparte Internet Guide: http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl

Links and articles about Napoléon and the Napoleonic era.

Tennis Court Oath

Oath of the Tennis Court: http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/tennis_court_oath.shtml

This oath was one of the first steps toward the revolution. Find out why here.

Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror: http://weuropeanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_reign_of_terror

This website explains what the Reign of Terror was and who was involved.

Royal Family's Flight to Varennes

Flight to Varennes: http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/varennes.html

A look at the royals' flight to Varennes and what it meant to the people.

September Massacres

September Massacres: http://www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800/FR/carlyle.html

Summary of the event by Thomas Carlyle.

Storming of Bastille

The Storming of Bastille: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A745049

July 14th marks the beginning of the French Revolution.

Women's March on Versailles

Women's March to Versailles: http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/473/

Stanislas Maillard describes the Women's March to Versailles (5 October 1789).
Women and the French Revolution: http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2003/fr_rev_wmn.html

This website looks at the role women played in the revolution.

French and Indian War

The War that Made America: http://www.wqed.org/tv/specials/the-war-that-made-america/

A summary, timeline and the key players in the war.

Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War, 1336-1453: http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/hundred_years_war.html

Discover the causes, follow a map timeline of the war, and find out what resulted from the Hundred Years' War.

Korean War

Korea: States of War: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/korea/

This website from PBS Online presents the Korean War through perspectvies from both the north and the south, biographies of leaders involved, historical documents, maps and more.
Korean War Project: http://www.koreanwar.org/

A database of information about the Korean War and MIA Program.

Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War: http://www.lnstar.com/mall/texasinfo/mexicow.htm

A summary of causes for the Mexican-American War.

Napoleonic Wars

Norman Conquest

Normans: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/

BBC provides a good overview of the people and the Norman Conquest and what role it plays in British history.
The Essential Norman Conquest: http://www.essentialnormanconquest.com/

Osprey Publishing presents this online exploration into the Norman invasion of 1066.
Invasion of England, 1066: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bayeux.htm

A detailed summary, including graphics and maps, explaining the invasion of England in 1066.

Persian Gulf War

The Gulf War: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/

PBS' Frontline explores the experiences, the history and the effects of the Persian Gulf War, 1991.
Fog of War: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/fogofwar/fogofwar.htm

From the Washington Post online, this website analyzes the war, what its goals were, and more.

Religious Wars

The Wars of Religion: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/WARS.HTM

National and civil wars during the 16th and 17th centuries between Christian faiths led to much bloodshed and political upheaval in Europe, including the Thirty Years War.
The Wars of Religion: http://www.lepg.org/wars.htm

Civil wars in France during the 16th and 17th centuries fought for religious freedoms.
The Thirty Years War: http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/TYWHome.htm

Learn about the numerous wars throughout central Europe during the early 17th century between the Hapsburgs, Austria, Spain, France etc. and among the Catholics, Lutherans and Calvinists.

Russian Revolution

Leon Trotsy's My Life: http://www.marxistsfr.org/archive/trotsky/1930/mylife/index.htm

Leader with Menin in the Russian Revolution, this website provides all his biography and several written works in electronic format.
Revolution in Russia: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/system/topicRoot/Russian_revolution_1917/

A history of the revolution from a newspaper's perspective, includes photo archives.
Russian Revolution of 1917: http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/rev1917.html

Summary and causes of the Russian Revolution discussed here.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Russian Revolution: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook39.html

Details of the revolution.

Spanish American War

Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War: http://www.pbs.org/crucible/

Discover the history and causes of the Spanish American War as presented by PBS online.
The War of 1898:The Spanish American War: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/

The Library of Congress presents a brief history of the war, a timeline, and more.

Vietnam War

Battlefield: Vietnam: http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

Discover what air and land tactics the government used in the battlefields in Vietnam.
Vietnam Online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

Timeline, who's who, maps, primary resources and more. PBS companion site to their show.
History of Vietnam: http://www.vwam.com/vets/hisintro.html

Be sure to scroll down the page to view all the information options. Discover the history of Vietnam, the war, the Tet Offensive, marine, army, air force operations, and who allied forces were.
The History Place: The Vietnam War: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/

This website from the History Place presents the complete history of the Vietnam War, from the initial conflicts to the US' involvement, its experiences there, and how peace came about.
Investigating the Vietnam War: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietnam.html

Includes interviews, an overview and more. "Spartacus is a small educational publishing company formed by a group of teachers in 1986. In the tradition of Tom Paine, Spartacus is committed to providing free resources for the Internet community."
Vietnam Online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

Learn about the progression of the Vietnam Conflict from its beginning.

World War I

The First World War: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

From Spartacus Educational, this website explores war in the air, political leaders, weapons and war machines, military tactics, statistics, famous battles, the trench system, the Western front, chlorine and mustard gas, soldiers, shell-shock, trench foot, food in the trenches, body lice and dysentery, soldiers' letters, and more.
The Great War: http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

An historical survey of World War I provided by PBS.
World War One: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

The BBC presents a thorough look at the causes, events and outcomes of the Great War.
The Great War Society: http://www.the-great-war-society.org/

Comprehensive details about the World War I, including the first air strike and sub strike.
World War I: Trenches on the Web: http://www.worldwar1.com

Internet history of the Great War with appealing graphics and clearly presented information.
World War I Document Archive: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

"The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War."
British Pathe: Selected Footage of World War I: http://www.britishpathe.com/workspace.php?id=2930&display=list/

Film clips from World War I.
Photos of the Great War: http://www.gwpda.org/photos/greatwar.htm

"An imagebase dedicated to the study of the First World War. Its mission is to provide photos to historians, wargamers, students, webmasters, or anyone with an interest in WWI."
World War I: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm

Assassination of an Archduke, U-boat attack, gas attack and more.
Canada and The First World War: http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar

This website explores Canada's role in World War I, including how and where the country became involved. The website also includes interviews with World War I veterans, and online wartime letters and diaries.

World War II megasites

Children of World War II: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/

The BBC presents a history of children's experiences during wartime, rationing and evacuation.
Fly Girls: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/flygirls/

Discover the women who flew military planes during World War II, including biographies like for Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot.
Japan Surrenders: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/japanese_surrender_document/

Includes information and images of Japan's surrender in 1945.
The Marshall Plan: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/marshall_plan/

Marshall first called for American assistance in restoring the economic infrastructure of Europe. Western Europe responded favorably, and the Truman administration proposed legislation. The resulting Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 restored European agricultural and industrial productivity.
A People at War: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/a_people_at_war/a_people_at_war.html

Highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II.
President Roosevelt Asks Congress to Declare War on Japan, December 8, 1941: http://www.hpol.org/fdr/war/

Sound file lets you hear FDR's speech to Congress. Sound card and RealAudio/RealPlayer plug-in required.
The Versailles Treaty: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/versailles_menu.asp

When all the leaders met to negoiate the end of World War II, what did they hope to gain and fear to lose? How did Germans and Italians feel about the treaty? Find out at this site.
Varian Fry: http://www.almondseed.com/vfry/

"Varian Fry, a 32 year old Harvard-educated classicist and editor from New York City, helped save thousands of endangered refugees who were caught in the Vichy French zone escape from Nazi terror during World War II."
What Did You Do In the War, Grandma?: http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html

"An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II. Written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School."
The White Rose: http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/whiterose.html

A few college students at the University of Munich create an anti-Nazi underground flyer and distribute it around the campus only to be discovered and put to death.
Women Come to the Front: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html

"Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II."
World War II: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

BBC Education online explores secret service, presents radio reports the days before Britian claimed war and sound clip memories of evacuees, and various photos from the war.
World War II Historical Text Archive: http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=18

Documents of significance from World War II.
World War II in Europe: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

The History Place provides a timeline of World War II events. Many of these are links to more detailed information and photographs. This website provides a quick and easy overview of the war.
World War II in the Pacific: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/

The History Place website highlights a timeline of events, battle photos, a map of the Japanese empire in 1942, and more.

D-Day / Normandy

Normandy: http://search.eb.com/normandy/

From the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, this free exhibit explores the build up, invasion, and breakout of Normandy and inland fighting during World War II.
D-Day: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/

From PBS' The American Experience series, learn about D-Day through maps, interviews, and letters sent from the front.

Hiroshima & Manhattan Project

Hiroshima
Manhattan Project

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Archive: http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/

Begun to commemorate the Hiroshima's 50th anniversary, this website is a guide to education and research on the topic.
Hiroshima A-Bomb Photo Museum: http://www.aeras.jp/abomb/indexe.html

Photographs of the a-bomb's devastation on Hiroshima.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html

The official Hiroshima peace site, park and museum.
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum: http://atomicbombmuseum.org/

The official Nagasaki museum and information about the bombing, stories of survivors and more.
Voice of Hibakusha: http://www.inicom.com/hibakusha/

Eyewitness accounts and first-hand stories of the bombing of Hiroshima.
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by The Manhattan Engineer District, June 29, 1946: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/mpmenu.asp

From the Avalon Project at Yale University, this website discusses the bombing of Hiroshima, the Manhattan Project and more.
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hiroshima/

Primary documents surrounding the a-bomb drop.

Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project: http://library.thinkquest.org/17940/texts/timeline/manhattan.html

This Thinkquest website explores the history of the Manhattan Project and looks at the atom, fusion and fission.
The Manhattan Project: http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/ManhattanProject/

Primary documents surrounding the secret program, the creation of the a-bomb and the orders to use it on Japan.
The Manhattan Project: An Interactive History: http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/

The Department of Energy presents the events, people, and places behind the A-bomb.
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6535

Download the audio and text of this ebook history of the a-bomb attacks on Japan.
Enola Gay: http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal103/gal103_former.html

The Smithsonian Institute presents information and 360 panoramic views of the inside of the B-29 bomber.
The Enola Gay: http://www.theenolagay.com/

Information about the plane that dropped the bomb, the pilot and the events leading up to the orders to drop the bomb.

Hitler & Nazism

Adolf Hitler
Nazism

Adolf Hitler

The Rise of Adolf Hitler: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm

The History Place presents a timeline biography of Hitler, his personal life and his dictatorship.
The Rise of Adolf Hitler: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/hitler_01.shtml

This website from BBC explores the reasons behind Hitler's rise in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, and how Hitler gained complete power.
Meine Kampf by Adolf Hitler: http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/

Full text online of Hitler's work.

Nazism

The History Place: Hitler Youth: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/hitleryouth/

A history of the Hitler youth movement. Also includes audio clips of Hitler discussing the youth movement (in German).
Bund Deuscher Maedel: http://www.bdmhistory.com/

A history of the female section of the Hitler Youth. Includes primary sources like manuals, songbooks, images, personal narratives, propaganda posters and more.
Decoding Nazi Secrets: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/

From NOVA Online, this website explores how US and other allied countries cracked the secrete code of the Nazis, what they used to do so and send your own message in code!
Nazi and East German Propaganda: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/

View propaganda created by the Nazis before and during World War II and by the East Germans during the Cold War.
Nazi Rule: http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007669

This website the United States Holocaust Museum presents Nazi history, Hitler's rise to power, racism, propaganda, and more. Be sure to check key dates, artifacts, and the glossary at each page to learn more about each topic.

The Holocaust

Holocaust megasites
Anne Frank

Holocaust megasites

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org

Visit the museum, view photographs and images, and experience the internment camps.
Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust: http://sounds.bl.uk/Browse.aspx?collection=Jewish-Holocaust-survivors&browseby=Browse+by+interviewee&choice=A-C

The British Library provides access to audio personal accounts of many holocaust survivors. Anyone can listen to these people tell their own tale and experiences during the holocaust.
Cybrary of the Holocaust: http://www.remember.org/

Images and photos, witnesses' stories, timelines and much more.
The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/

This ThinkQuest website presents the holocaust background, an interactive timeline, concentration camp information and more.
Concentration Camps: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005263

This website provides detailed information about each individual concentration camp in Europe, including photographs and maps of the camps, and includes the number of prisoners at each camp before evacuation.
Museum of Tolerance Online: http://motlc.wiesenthal.org/

From the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this website offers a multimedia learning center with information on the Jews, the Nazis, anti-Semitism, resistance efforts and much more, a collection of virtual exhibits related to the Holocaust, a special collection of documents and a great deal of other interesting information.
The Holocaust History Project: http://www.holocaust-history.org/

This website presents formal essays and papers about the holocaust.
Holocaust Survivors: http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/

Read and listen to the stories of Holocaust survivors. Also includes photographs and an encyclopedia of topics related to the Holocaust.
Holocaust Timeline: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html

This website from the History Place features textual information arranged by year and over 150 photographs.
Learning About the Holocaust: http://www.ushmm.org/education/

Produced for the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, this website has resources for teachers and students. The section for students includes information on the camps, resistance and rescue, the Nazis, the SS, and more.
An Auschwitz Alphabet: http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html

In 26 "slices" this website presents detail about the "most significant facets of life and death in Auschwitz. How did people survive? What happened to the language they spoke? Who killed and who died?"

Anne Frank

Anne Frank Online: http://www.annefrank.com/

Produced by the Anne Frank Center USA, this website provides an overview of Anne's life, and excerpts from her diary.
Anne Frank House: http://www.annefrank.org/

Tour the annex where Anne and her family hid, read a biography about her, view her actual diary online and learn about its creation, Anne's revisions, and how it became published.
Anne Frank the Writer: the Unfinished Story: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/

This site focused on Anne the writer, her original works beyond and including her diary and more.

Japanese-American Internment

A Challenge to Democracy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1666229366601415640&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en#

American propaganda film about Japanese American internment.
Abundant Dreams Diverted: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/centennial/june/internment.html

The Seattle Times article captures Japanese-American internment in the Northwest. Includes the article online as well as many photographs.
Confinement & Ethnicity: http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/anthropology74/ce1.htm

An overview of World War II Japanese American relocation sites, map, photos and more.
Children of the Camps: http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/

This website from PBS presents the history behind the internment and how it impacted six Japanese-Americans who were children in the camps.
From Fences to Freedom: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/cover/1995_Aug_9.COVER09.html

From the Palo Alto Weekly, this article presents information about Japanese-American internment. Part One of two. See War's End for part two.
Internment and Evacuation of San Francisco Japanese | 1942: http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html

From the Museum of the City of San Francisco, this website provides newspaper article accounts of the evacuation.
Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project: http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/

Camp Harmony exhibit, archive guide, and more.
Japanese Internment Camps: http://www.uwec.edu/geography/Ivogeler/w188/j1.htm

Maps, populations, and information about Japanese-Americans and internment camps. From lecture notes online for and introduction to a geography course taught by Ingolf Vogeler at the University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire.
Museum of the City of San Francisco: http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html

Newspaper articles from the San Francisco News in the 1940s regarding Japanese-American internment.
Relocation of Japanese-Americans: http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/Documents/wrapam.html

This is the text from the actual War Relocation Authority Publication dated May 1943 explaining the need to relocate Japanese-Americans.
War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946: http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/

View photographs and read information that depict social life, camp life, work and more at Arizona's camps. View the 1942 Executive Order from Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing internment camps. From the University of Arizona Library.
War's End: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/cover/1995_Aug_16.DEPEW.html

From the Palo Alto Weekly, this article provides a personal perspective to Japanese-American internment. Part Two of two.
Camp Harmony: http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/Exhibit/default.htm

Overview of internment, layout, work, school and play, and marriages, deaths and births in "Camp Harmony."
Heart Mountain Digital Preservation Project: http://www.nwc.cc.wy.us/library/special/hmdpp/

"Documents and photographs from the Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection at the John Taggart Hinckley Library."
Manzanar: http://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm

Photographs and history of Manzanar internment camp in California.
Kooskia Internees and Employees Sought: http://www.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/kooskia.htm

From the Kooskia Internment Camp Project, this website summarizes Japanese-American internment in Idaho including Kooskia Camp near Lowell and one at Minidoka, Idaho during World War II.
Images from Topaz: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2FTopaz

Images from Topaz internment camp.
Tule Lake Internment Camp: http://www.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/menuitem.350f2794f84fb3b29cf87354d1e916b9/?vgnextoid=885a31af8dade110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD&vgnextchannel=3774f882f22de110VgnVCM1000001c9e619bRCRD

Photographs & history on living, education, labor and buildings from Tule Lake internment camp.

Pearl Harbor

America Listens to the President: http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/sound.html

Listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to Congress requesting a declaration of war. Also listen to the CBS radio news flash heard on December 7, 1941.
Attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm

A short summary of the Pearl Harbor invasion including photographs of the attack.
Deployment of Attacking Japanese Aircraft: http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/routex.html

This map illustrates the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Japanese Battle Order: http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/battle.html

Read the Japanese battle order to attack Pearl Harbor.
Map of Pearl Harbor: http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/bshipro2.html

Detailed map illustrating the positions of naval crafts at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Essential Pearl Harbor: http://www.essentialpearlharbor.com/

A more in-depth look at the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor: The Day: http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/theday.html

Includes an overview of the attack and the day.
Pearl Harbor Remembered: http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/mainmenu.html

Discover survivors' stories, map of the harbor, and map showing route of Japanese attackers over Oahu and more. Includes live video clips of the harbor also.

World War II Posters & Propaganda

Four Freedoms: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/four_freedoms/four_freedoms.html

This website includes a .wav audio file of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech. Savings bond posters from the war.
He Knew the Meaning of Sacrifice: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/knew_the_meaning_of_sacrifice/knew_the_meaning.html

Posters on the homefront that promoted rationing in the US during the war.
It's a Woman's War Too!: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/its_a_womans_war_too/its_a_womans_war_too.html

Posters and information promoting women's roles during World War II, including the famous "Rosie, the Riveter poster!
Nazi and East German Propaganda: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/

View propaganda created by the Nazis before and during World War II and by the East Germans during the Cold War.
Powers of Persuasion: World War II Posters: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html

From the National Archives and Records Administration. "Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy."
World War II Poster Collection: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/

Posters from World War II collected by Northwestern University.

World History

Megasites
Asian history

Megasites

The Amazing, Magnificent, Colossal, Cruise through Time and History: http://library.thinkquest.org/2834/

Travel through the many eras of history from around the world.
Collapse: Why Do Civilizations Fall?: http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/

With hands-on activities, color images, and text, this website explores theories as to why civilizations end. Focuses on the Mayans, the ancient city of Copan, Mesopotamia and more.
The History Place: http://www.historyplace.com/

Travel through the many eras of history from around the world.
HyperHistory: 3000 Years of World History: http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

A clickable chart of people and events throughout human history. Take a look!
Internet Global History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/global/globalsbook.html

Information about world history in general from ancient cultures to the modern world.
Map of Trade Routes: http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMap2.html

Map of trade routes and great empires of the first century A. D.
World History Timeline: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001196.html

A timeline of world history from ancient times to 2007.

Asian history

Asian History Megasites

Internet East Asian History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html

Learn the basic history of Asian countries and cultures throughout time.

China

The Boxer Rebellion: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/fists.html

This website provides the background of China and its culture leading up to and through the Boxer Rebellion.
China: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/index.html

Read more about ancient China and imperial China at this site, which also includes a map and timeline.
Condensed China: A Chinese History for Beginners: http://condensedchina.com/

"Condensed China is an introduction to Chinese history. It exists to inform, enlighten, and attract netizens interested in China."
The Gate of Heavenly Peace: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gate/

This website from PBS Online's Frontline documents the protests at Tiananmen in 1989 with photos and a chronology.
Genghis Khan: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/genghis/trail.html

National Geographic presents the history and empire of Genghis Khan.
History of China: http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/toc.html

This website explores the history of China from ancient dynasties to the People's Republic of China.
Imperial China: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/world_cultures/asia/imperial_china.aspx

This site from the British Museum has a brief overview of Imperial China, along with images of objects from that era.
The Imperial Era: http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/his/imperial.php

This site presents an overview of each of the Chinese dynasties, beginning with the Qin dynasty and ending with the Qing dynasty..
Mr. Dowling's Classroom: Chinese History: http://www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html

This website presents a history of China's great wall, Mongols, the Boxer Rebellion, Genghis Khan, Marco Polo, the Silk Road, and more.

Japan

Current Country Information

Explore Japan: History: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/index.html

This helpful timeline compares major events and cultural milestones in Japan with other world events happening in the same time period.
Feudal Japan: http://wsu.edu/~dee/FEUJAPAN/FEUJAPAN.HTM

This site covers medieval Japanese Budhhism and events in feudal Japan, and also includes a glossary of Japanese terms.
Feudal Japan, 1564-1573: http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/2.html

This site has a list of the names of the major daimyo of feudal Japan. You can move your mouse over a daimyo's name to find his lands on the map.
Historical Period and Military History of Japan: http://www.japan-101.com/history/index2.htm

Articles about Japanese history from 250 AD to 1926, as well as numerous articles about military history.
Japan's Quest for Empire, 1931-1945: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/japan_quest_empire_01.shtml

"Japan's slow-burning aggression was borne of frustration with a world whose order appeared tipped in favour of the west. Susan Townsend describes how the intensification of this feeling led up to the Pearl Harbor attack of 1941."
Japanese Expansion in World War II Map: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/japanse-expansion-in-ww2

"Map showing the Japanese expansion into the Pacific in the Second World War."
The Structure of Feudal Japan: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/midlsoc/gr7/74info1.html

This site has a helpful chart which distinguishes between the various social classes in feudal Japan.
Timeline of Japan's History: http://www.japan-101.com/history/history_timeline.htm

A timeline of events in Japanese history from 35,000 BC to the present.