Go to American History, World History and Geography/Cultures. American History begins with explorers and runs to Modern Day. World History starts with Creation and also will go to the Present Day.
Go to General Resources page for encyclopedias (one of them is specifically for world history)
K-5 Guided online lessons from Lesson Pathways 36 weeks of lessons for each grade
Read Online History Books (very searchable!)
Colleges Offering Free Online History Courses
Timeline of history (the link to part 2 is on the left)
Here are a few general resources:
- maps
Outline maps of the world, countries and the different continents — print as large as you want!
Outline maps of the states — print as large as you want!
Black line maps with details including longitude and latitude world, continents, US, Canada
Maps to print of different historical events/places – Pearson, worksheets to print out
Current Day 360 pictures all around the world
- current events
Current Events U: World Magazine (Christian), CLA News (International), The Washington Times High School, CNN Student News also has quiz on weekly events
Current Events M/U: Student News Daily, Weekly cartoon w/ questions, world news brief
Current Events M: FactMonster — has summaries of the most important news from each month categorized.
Current Events L/M: Scholastic News, Learn the News (news written by kids, has worksheets for different ages that goes with it)
- quizzes
History Quizzes, hundreds, searchable
- lesson ideas (social studies)
All Ages — lessons, resources, interactives
- research
Online Encyclopedia (search several encyclopedias for free)
- videos
How to History how to do things like card wool, build a hurdle fence, make a bone needle…
Have Fun with History videos on lots of topics
TV schoolhouse many subjects, not just history
