Unit 1 -- Early People and Lifeways
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 1 People of the Stone Age  
 Lesson 1 Hunters & Gatherers  Atlantis
 Getting Food  Treasures of the Arctic
 Spreading Through the World  Mammoth Site Museum
 Early Cultures and Societies  La Brea Discoveries
Lesson 2 Early Farmers  History and Primitive Technology
 Controlling Nature  Neandertals-A Cyber Perspective
 Effects of Change  Neanderthal Heaven
 Diversity in Early Agriculture  Stone Age Habitats
 Skara Brae  Stones of Scotland
 Chapter 2 People of the Fertile Crescent  Mesopotamia
 Lesson 1 Civilization in Mesopotamia  
 New Inventions  Mesopotamia in the Era of State Formation
 Architecture and Religious Beliefs  Mesopotamian Origins of Genesis
 The Role of the Government  Gilgamesh Summary
 Changing Economy  Mesopotamian Art Museum
 Divisions in Society  The Ancient World Cultures
 Innovations  Cuneiform
 Lesson 2 War and Peace in the Fertile Crescent  
 Causes and Effects of Conflict  Ancient/Classical History: Battles & Campaigns
 Sargon the Conqueror  Birth Legend of Sargon
 Hammurabi the Lawgiver  Hammurabi's Code of Law
 Sennacherib The Destroyer  Sennacherib
 Lesson 3 Israelites, Phoenicians & Lydians  Fertile Crescent Home Page
 Abraham  Abraham and Monothiesm
 The Ten Commandments  Story of the Ten Commandments
 The Alphabet  Development of the Modern Alphabet
 Coined Money  History of Money

 

Unit 2 Cradles of Civilization
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
Chapter 3 African Civilzations of the Nile Valley  ***Egypt Project Links
 Lesson 1 The Importance of the Nile River  Egypt Through the Ages
 Giver (and Taker of Life)  The Nile River, Mr. Dowling's Nile, The Nile
 Source of Innovation  Pages of the Ages, The Mighty Nile
 Source of Religion Anthony's Egypt Page, Osiris Links to Ancient Egypt
 Unity for the Egyptians  Narmer Palette, Egyptian Art & Architecture
 Lesson 2 The Dynasties of Egypt  
 The Early Period  Pharoanic Dynasties, Pharoanic Egypts, Eye of Horus
 The Old Kingdom  PBS:Pyramids,  ***Egypt Project Links
 The Middle Kingdom  Middle Kingdom Links
 The New Kingdom  Tombs of the New Kingdom
 Lesson 4 Kush: Egypt's Rival  
 Early People in Nubia  Ancient Nubia
 Kush  Kingdom of Kush
 Conquest of Egypt  Timeline of Nubian Royal History
 Early Ironworkers  The Gold of Meroe
 Chapter 4 Early Civilizations in Asia and The Americas  
 Lesson 1 Civilization in the Indus Valley  History of the Indus Valley
 The City of Mohenjo-Daro  Mohenjo-Daro, More Links
 City People  Harappa Digest
 The Mystery of Mohenjo-Daro Treasure of the Indus
 Lesson 2 Civilization in the Huang He Valley  China Virtual Tour: Huang Long Valley
 The Shang Dynasty  Shang Dynasty, Tang of the Shang Dynasty
 Oracle Bones  National Palace Museum
 Shang Writing  Ancient China: Shang Dynasty
 Lesson 3 Ancient Civilization of the Americas  The Olmec
 Early Olmec Farmers  Teotihuacán, The Olmec
 The Mayas  The Mayas

Unit 3 -- Asia's Classical Age
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 5 China  Shangai Museum
Lesson 1 The Zhou Dynasty  Central Asian History
 Winning the Mandate of Heaven  King Wu
 Division of Classes  Internet East Asia History
 The Warring States Period China and East Asian History
 The Ideas of Confucius  ThinkQuest: Confucius
 Lesson 2 United Rule in the Qin Dynasty  Terra Cotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty
 Rule of Shi Huangdi  Shi Huangdi: Emperor of the Qin Dynasty
 Uniting China  The Mandate of Heaven
 The Great Wall  Discover China, The Great Wall
 A Program of Standardization  
 Lesson 3 Progress Under the Han Dynasty  Han Dynasty
 The Han View of Government  More Han Dynasty
 Wu Di and the Civil Service System  China Past and Present
A Golden Age  Daoism
 Trade on the Silk Road  The Silk Road
 Chapter 6 India and Persia  Aryans
 Lesson 1 Aryan's Bring Changes to India  Mining Co.: Ancient Indian Culture
 Aryan Immigrants  History of the Ancient Aryan
 Hinduism  Hinduism for Schools
 The Caste System  India's Caste System
 The Origins of Buddhism  Buddhism in a Nutshell
 Lesson 2 Two Fables  
 Lesson 3 United Rule in India  
 India's First Empire  The Mauryan Dynasty
 The Reign of Asoka  Asoka
 The Guptas Come to Power  The Gupta Age
 The Golden Age of India  Kidz Corner-Panchatantra
 Lesson 4 The Persian Empire  CyberIran History
 Cyrus, The Empire Builder Cyrus the Great
 Darius, The Organizer  Darius the Great
 Zarathustra The Prophet  Zarathustra

Unit 4 -- The Mediterranean
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
Chapter 7 Ancient Greece  Ancient Rome
Lesson 1 Early People of Greece  Pictures of History-Roman Empire
Mountains and the Sea  Ancient Greece - Unplugged
 The Minoans  Ancient Greece Virtual Tour
The Mycenaeans  Map of Ancient Greece
 Ancient Stories and Legends  Daily Life in Ancient Greece
 Lesson 2 City-States and Greek Culture  Greece
 Rise of City-States  ThinkQuest: Ancient Greece
Sparta  Sparta
Athens  Ancient City of Athens
To Be "Greek"  Greek Alphabet
 Lesson 3 The Golden Age of Athens  
Persian Wars  Greeks versus Persians
 The Golden Age  Greece
Achievements of the Golden Age  Perseus Encyclopedia: Sophocles
The End of the Golden Age The Last Days of Socrates
Lesson 4 Alexander's Great Empire Alexander the Great
Conquest of Greece  More Alexander the Great
Building an Empire  Alexander the Great-History to Eternity
The Breakup of the Empire  Alexander the Great Links
Alexander's Legacy  Great Battles of Alexander
Chapter 8 Ancient Rome  Ancient Rome
Lesson 1 The Roman Republic  The Great Roman Empire
The Peninsula of Italy  Ancient Rome-City to Empire
The Founding of Rome  Rome Web
From Monarchy to Republic The Kings of Early Rome
 The Path of Roman Conquest  Rome: The Punic Wars
 From Republic to Dictatorship  Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lesson 2 The Roman Empire  Gaius Julius Cesaer, Rome
Rome Becomes and Empire  Augustus Caesar
 The Age of Augustus Mausoleum of Augustus
Pride in Rome  Basilicas, Colosseum, Gladiators, Aqueduct
Literature, Arts, and Language  Virgil - Aeneid
Lesson 3 The Footsoldier  Christian Catacombs
Lesson 4 Beginnings of Christianity The Life of Augustus
Religion and the Roman Empire  Roma: Religion
The Rise of Christianity  Biography of Jesus
Rome Reacts to the New Religion  Pliny the Younger
 Constantine Accepts Christianity  Emperor Constantine and Jerusalem
The Decline of Rome  Rome Falls, Decline of Rome

Unit 5 -- Rise of New Empires
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 9 Heirs of Rome and Persia  Mississipian Culture
 Lesson 1 The Byzantine Empire  Byzantine Links,
 Justinian I Looks to the Past  Emperor Justinian
 Theodora, Bringer of Change  Theodora
 The Christian Church Divides  Patriarchs
 Lesson 2 The Muslim Empire  
 Herders and Townpeople,  About the Qur'an
 Muhammad and Islam  Biography of Prophet Muhammed
 The Muslim Empire Grows  Dome of the Rock
 Achievements of Muslim Civilization  Astrolabe
 Divisions Within the Muslim Empire  Islam Links
 Lesson 3 Europe in the Middle Ages  The Middle Ages, Middle Ages Trust
 Charlemagne Builds an Empire  Charlemagne
 Life in the Middle Ages  Journal Through the Middle Ages
 The Church and the Crusades  The Crusades: Links
 Disaster and Change  Black Death: The Bubonic Plague
 The Rise of Nation-States  Magna Carta
  Lesson 4 Knights of the Middle Ages  Encyclopedia of Knighthood
 Chapter 10 Empires in Asia and the Americas  Ancient China
 Lesson 1 Growth for China  History of China
 Building the Grand Canal and an Empire  Grand Canal,
 A Golden Age-Tang Dynasty  China History
 China Under the Song-Song Dynasty   China History
 Lesson 2 The Mongol Empire  The Mongol Empire
 Mongol conquests  Heritage of Ghenghis Khan
 An Exchange of Ideas and Goods  Marco Polo
 The Mongol Way of Life  Kublai Khan
 Lesson 3 Development of Japanese Culture  Ainu,
 Japan's Early Development  Shinto, Kami and Japanese Mythology
 China's Influence on Japan  Lady Murasaki Shikibu
 Feudal Japan  History of the Samurai, Shoguns
 Lesson 4 Civilizations in the Americas  Tlahuica Cultures of Morelos
 The Aztecs Build an Empire  Chinampas, Tenochtitlan
 The Aztec Way of Life  Aztecs , The Aztec
 The Inca Empire  The Last Inca
 North American Cultures  Mound Builders

Unit 6 -- Growth of Trade
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 11 Overland Trade  Photographing North American People
 Lesson 1 The Trading Empires of West Africa  Cook's Pacific Voyages
 West African Beginnings  Native People, Ancient Africa
 Ghana  Virtual Tour-Pacific Cultures, Ghana
 Growth of Islam in West Africa  Palau: Island of the Pacific
 Mali and Mansa Musa Resources for the Study of World Cultures 
 Songhay Kingdoms of the Medieval Sudan, The Kingdom of Mali
 Lesson 2 Trade Routes Linking Asia and Europe  
 Trade in the Lands of Islam  The History of Spices
 A Time of Cultural Exchange  al-Khwarizmi Equation Problem Page
 Trade on the Silk Road Continues  The Silk Road
 Trade in South Asia  History of India
 Lesson 3 The Silk Route  
 Chapter 12 Sea and River Trade  Rigs of Working Vessels Under Sail
 Lesson 1 Indian Ocean Trade  Early History
 From Baghdad to Guangzhou  Dhows-Photos, Guangzhou
 Arab Influence on the Indian Ocean  The Junk, The Millenium
 The Swahili City-States  Swahili Links
 Great Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe History, Zimbabwe Encyclopedia Entry
 Lesson 2 The Mediterranean and the Black Sea  
 Byzantine Trade  History of the Byzantine Empire Links
 Muslims in the Mediterranean
 The Rise of the Italian City-States   Virtual History of Venice
 Lesson 3 The Northern Seas  The World of Vikings
 Viking Adventurers  Briese-Bane Viking Information Center
 The Rus  The Vikings in Russia
 Merchants in Europe Unite  The Hanseatic League
 Lesson 4 Conquering the Pacific  History of Melanesia
 The Pacific Islands  Polyynesian Links, Easter Island
 Trade Along the Pacific Coasts  
 Out into the Pacific  Thor Heyerdahl & the Kon Tiki

Unit 7 -- The Early Modern World
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 13 New Directions for Europe
 Virtual Renaissance
 Lesson 1 The Rebirth of Ideas in Europe
 Electrifying Renaissance
 The Renaissance Begins in Italy  Byzantium
 Learning About the World Empires Past
 Changes in Art  Art of the Renaissance,  Leonardo da Vinci
 The Spread of Ideas History of Printing-Gutenberg
 Revolution in Science   Art of Renaissance Science
 Lesson 2 Changes in Europe
 New Monarchies   King Henry VII
 Life in Europe  Renaissance, More Links
 A Weakened Church  The Life and Works of Martin Luther
 The Reformation  Wars of Religion, Reformation Links
 Lesson 3 Europeans Explore the Globe  
 The Fall of Constantinople  Constantinople, The Fall of Constantinople
 Europeans Look Toward the Atlantic  History of Shipbuilding
 Portugal and Spain Lead the Way  Columbus WebQuest, Columbus Navigation
 English Exploration Francis Drake, Drake vs. Spanish Armada
 Chapter 14 Europe, Africa, and the Americas Interact  
 Lesson 1 Africa and Europe  
 African Societies  Kanem-Bornu
 Europeans in Africa  African Slave Trade and European Imperialism
 The Slave Trade  Museum of African Slavery
 Effects of the Slave Trade  The Transatlantic Slave Trade
 Lesson 2 A Time of Encounter  Mexico's Colonial Era
 Spain Builds an Empire  Hernando Cortez, Florida History
 Spanish Encounters  Encomienda, Seeds of Change, Columbian Exchange
 French Encounters  Jacques Cartier, Algonkin Tribe
 English Encounters  Iroquois History
 Lesson 3 Morning Girl  
 Chapter 15 Changes in Asia  Ming Dynasty, More Ming,
 Lesson 1 China and Japan in Early Modern Times  
 China Looks Inward The Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty
 Pressure From the Outside  Ming and Early Qing Dynasties
 Tokugawa Japan  Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese History Links, Haiku
 Lesson 2 The Ottoman and Mogul Empires  Janissaries
 The Ottoman Empire  The Ottoman Empire, More Ottoman Empire
 Suleyman the Magnificent  Suleyman The Magnificent
 India's Mogul Empire Kings of India
 India After Akbar  The Majestic Taj Mahal

Unit 8 -- Times of Rapid change
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 16 The Growth of Democracy
 The American Revolution
 Lesson 1 Democratic Revolutions  American Independence
 The American Revolution  America's Revolutionary War, www.revwar
 The French Revolution  The French Revolutionary War
 A Time of Terror  Declaration, Louis & Marie, Guillotine Headquarters
 Napoleon Bonaparte  Napoleon Bonaparte Internet Guide
 Lesson 2 Democratic Ideas in Latin America  Latin American History Site
 Colonial Society and Religion  History of the Americas as a Whole
 Moves Toward Latin American Independence  Mexican Independence
 Independence for Latin America History of Mexico
 Chapter 17 The Beginning of the Industrial Age  A Trip to the Past
 Lesson 1 the Industrial Revolution  IMHS-The Industrial Revolution
 Changes in Agriculture  Jethro Tull
 The Age of Machines  Short History of Machine Tools
 Britain Leads the Way  The Industrial Revolution in Britain
 New Ways of Working and Living  Life of the Industrial Worker
 Worldwide Impact  History: Industrial Revolution: Links
 Lesson 2 The Clock  Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution
 Lesson 3 Capitalism and Classes  Adam Smith
 Adam Smith and Capitalism  Adam Smith Writes "A Wealth of a Nation"
 Economic Classes in Europe  I.W.W. Preamble
 Conflict Among the Classes  
 Calls for Change  Marxism Page
 Life in the United States  Historic New Harmony - The Utopian Experiment
 Chapter 18 Growth of Nationalism and Imperialism  
 Lesson 1 Rise of Nationalism  
 Nationalism Grows  
 Italian Nationalism  Giuseppe Garibaldi
 German Unification  Otto von Bismarck
 National Feeling Grows in Japan  Meiji Restoration
 Lesson 2 Age of Imperialism  
 The Scramble for Africa  David Livingstone
 African Reaction  Timeline, Guinea, Ashanti
 Egypt and the Suez Canal  Suez Canal
 British India The Mutiny, The Indian Mutiny East Indian Co.
 Carving Up China  Opium in China

Unit 9 -- The World at War
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 19 The Early Twentieth Century
 
 Lesson 1 World War I
 World War I Encyclopedia, Images
 Unsettled Conflicts  ANZACS-WWI
 Preparing for War  Interactive Timeline-The Great War
 The World at War  The Great War-80 Years On, Photos
 Role of Women in the War  My Mother's War
 War in an Industrial Age  World War I Aviation
 A Fragile Peace  Treaty of Versailles
 Lesson 2 The Russian Revolution  History of Russia, Anastasia
 Czarist Russia  Catherine, Ivan, Nicholas, Bones
 Revolution!  Revolution Links, IMHS-Revolution
 The Communists Come to Power  Lenin Internet Archive, Bolsheviks
 Stalin and Totalitarianism  Stalin, More Stalin, Stalinism
 Lesson 3 The Great Depression  
 A Depression in the Making  WebQuest, Hotlist, More Links
 Depression Spreads  The Great Depression, Gallery
 Roosevelt and the New Deal  New Deal, FDR & New Deal
 Hitler and the Rise of the Nazis  Hitler & the Holocaust, Hitler Links
 Chapter 20 The Later Twentieth Century  Time Travel
 Lesson 1 World War II  Mr. Dowling,
 Seeds of War  Modern World History, WWI Links
 Worldwide Conflict  U.S. Troops, Troops on the Web
 The War Ends  Hiroshima Photos, Film, A-Bomb Museum
The Holocaust  Holocaust History Project, Tragic Legacy
 After the War  Hiroshima, Nagasaki & Truman
 Lesson 2 Number the Stars  
 Lesson 3 Cold War Tensions  
 The Superpowers Compete in Europe  Harry Truman, NATO
 The Spread of Communism in Asia  Korean War
 Khrushchev and Kennedy  Khruschev to Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis
 Vietnam  Photos, Images, Pictorial, Vietnam Online

Unit 10 -- Toward the Present Day
 Textbook Topics  Related Internet Topics
 Chapter 21 Economic Challenges  Tiananmen Square, Pictorial, Berlin Wall
 Lesson 1 China in the Modern World  Chinese History Site
 Chinese Nationalism  Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Links, Chiang Kai-shek
 Communism in China  Mao Zedong, Mao Images
 The Cultural Revolution  Virtual Museum: Artifacts from the Cultural Revolution
 New Freedoms, New Challenges  Deng Xiaoping, Tiananmen Square
 Lesson 2 Japan Becomes a World Power  
 Japan Rebuilds  
 Problems Below the Surface  Volcanoes, USGS, Kobe Images
 Japan and Trade  Impressions of Japan, Glance at Japan
 Japan's Competitors  Ed's Photos of Japan, Japan: A Personal Perspective
 Lesson 3 South America  Angel Falls, Venezuela
 The Geography of South America  Mining Co: Map Links, River of Venom, Photos
 The South American Economy  Venezuelan Economy, Economy of Brazil
 Venezuela and Columbia  Venezuelan Photo Gallery, Mi Columbia
 Chile  Glimpses of Chile,
 Brazil  Virtual Trip to Brazil
 Lesson 4 Toward a Hemisphere of Free Trade  
 A Northern Giant  Canadian History Exhibition, Virtually There
 Progress in Mexico  Viva Mexico, Maquiladora, Chiapas
 A Leading Economic Power  Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan
 The North American Free Trade Agreement  NAFTA.net
 Chapter 22 Religious Influences  
 Lesson 1 The Indian Subcontinent  Timeline of India, Indiatime History
 Gandhi Works for Independence  Gandhi Album, Satyagraha, The Caste System
 Indian Independence  The Freedom Struggle
 Hindus and Muslims  India on the Internet
 More Religious Differences  Torture and Genocide of the Sikhs
 Women Leaders  Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto
 Lesson 2 The Middle East  
 Arabs and Jews  History of Zionism, The History of the Balfour Declaration
 Arab-Israeli Conflict  Maps, Arab-Israeli Wars
 Working for Peace  PLO, Intifada, Arafat
 Islamic Renewal  The Story of the Revolution
 The Persian Gulf War  Gulf War Gallery, Frontline: The Gulf War
 Chapter 23 Political Events  
 Lesson 1 Africa South of the Sahara  
 Winning Independence  Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta
 The Colonial Legacy  Republic of Biafra, Patrice Lumumba
 South Africa The Apartheid System, Apartheid,
 Present-Day Concerns  Drought and Famine in Africa
 Lesson 2 Journey to Jo'burg  
 Lesson 3 Eastern Europe and Russia  
 Gorbachev's Reforms  Perestroika, More Perestroika, Human Rights in Russia
 The Collapse of Communism  Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
 Nationalism in the Balkans  The Balkans
 The United States of Europe  

 

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