General Sites

Committee on Conscience

www.ushmm.org/conscience

Learn more about Genocide in our world

Encyclopedia of World History

www.bartleby.com/67

Scroll down to find links leading you to needed information

The History Channel

www.historychannel.com

Find all kinds of information on countries and their histories

History World

www.historyworld.net

Learn more about history in a variety of ways - Use the tabs near the top of the page or try the search box

Please note, this is a European site

Hyperhistory Online

www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

Use the buttons on the left side of the page to select what you see on your time line

The timelines are hypertexts, the info comes up on the right side of the page

World History Chronology

www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001196.html

Breaks down world history into various time ranges

When you find something of interest, look it up in some of the other InfoPlease materials

 

French Revolution

British Newspaper Coverage of the French Revolution

www.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/ayliu/research/around-1800

Offers a few articles about "unspeakable events" during the French Revolution.

French Revolution: Internet Modern History Sourcebook

www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html

Contains information on the French Revolution, Responses to the Revolution, and information about the Napoleanic wars

Liberty, Equlity, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution

chnm.gmu.edu/revolution

Includes essays, images, a timeline, many primary documents and more

 

Inventors and Inventions

Invent Now: Hall of Fame

www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp

Click on links to search by inventor, invention, induction date or decade

Very slow to load - be patient

Inventor of the week archive

http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/i-archive.html

Click on a letter to lead you to a specific person

 

Industrial Revolution

Encyclopedia of World History

www.bartleby.com/67

On Bartelby.com

For easiest access to information, scroll down and use links at the bottom of the page

The Industrial Revolution: An Overview

www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/victorian/technology/ir/irov.html

Follow the links to more information

From the Victorian Web

Industrialisation

www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/industrialisation

Find lots of good information here from BBC

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution

www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html

Click on these links to learn more about the Industrial Revolution

 

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Updated: Wednesday, November 7, 2005

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