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Crisis at Fort Sumter

"Crisis at Fort Sumter" is an interactive historical simulation and decision making program. Using text, images, and... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: Richard B. Latner
Date Created:: March 26, 2003
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.9433963 stars

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The Valley of the Shadow

An interactive site that has students browse reproductions of records and documents pertaining to two similar towns in... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Edward Ayers
Date Created:: September 27, 2000
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.5 stars

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The Vikings. The North Atlantic Saga

This website has been produced by the Smithsonian Institution to highlight a major new exhibit on Viking exploration of... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Arctic Studies Center
Date Created:: October 25, 2000
Date Modified:: September 23, 2019
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.2 stars

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Who Killed William Robinson? Race, Justice and Settling the Land: A Historical Whodunnit

This site includes a complete collection of historical documents and images related to a famous murder case in British... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: John Lutz; Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History Team; Ruth Sandwell
Date Created:: October 26, 2000
Date Modified:: November 6, 2018
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.65 stars

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The Martha Ballard Case Study: A Midwife's Tale

Based on a case of a tragic assassination of character in an 18th century New England town, this interactive site seeks... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Film Study Center, Harvard University
Date Created:: September 27, 2000
Date Modified:: July 2, 2018
Peer Review:: 4.6666665 stars
User Rating:: 4.0 stars

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The Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704

This site provides an analysis of the French Canadian/Indian raid on Deerfield in 1704 and its causes and impact on the... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assn/Memorial Hall Huseum
Date Created:: April 17, 2004
Date Modified:: October 4, 2018
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.6 stars

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Exploring Constitutional Law

This is a site for law students. It includes notes about important constitutional issues, links to Supreme Court... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Doug Linder
Date Created:: August 18, 2002
Date Modified:: July 15, 2019
Peer Review:: 4.75 stars
User Rating:: 4.0 stars

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Documenting the American South

This site offers "a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through... see more

Material Type:: Reference Material
Author:: University of North Carolina Library
Date Created:: May 31, 2000
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.75 stars

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Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture

This site is an extensive collection of multimedia materials concerning Harriet Beecher Stowes as an American cultural... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Stephen Railton
Date Created:: March 10, 2000
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.5 stars

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History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web

History Matters is designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. history courses; however, teacher education... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Pennee Bender
Date Created:: March 6, 2001
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.7 stars

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Virtual Jamestown

"Virtual Jamestown" is a digital research and teaching project that explores the settlement and impact of Jamestown.... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Crandall Shifflett
Date Created:: December 10, 2002
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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Jefferson's Blood

Exploring "Thomas Jefferson, his slave and mistress Sally Hemings, their descendants, and the mysterious power of race,"... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: PBS
Date Created:: May 9, 2000
Date Modified:: June 12, 2018
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 1.6666666 stars

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The Avalon Project

The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Yale Law School
Date Created:: November 10, 2000
Date Modified:: January 5, 2019
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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The Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia

This Plymouth Colony Archive presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, colony laws, 17th... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Christopher Fennell; Patricia Scott Deetz
Date Created:: August 18, 2002
Date Modified:: June 28, 2018
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars

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Voices from the Dust Bowl

This site archives the experience of migrant workers in camps in central California in 1940 and 1941. The collection... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Robert Sonkin; Charles L. Todd
Date Created:: April 3, 2000
Date Modified:: June 28, 2018
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.6666665 stars

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Africans in America

This site is a companion to the Public Broadcasting Company series, "Africans in America." It traces the history of... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: WGBH Boston for PBS Online
Date Created:: December 10, 2002
Date Modified:: October 6, 2018
Peer Review:: 4.9 stars
User Rating:: 3.6 stars

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MesoAmerican Ballgame

MesoAmerican Ballgame provides the opportunity to examine the preColumbian history and culture of Mexico. An interactive... see more

Material Type:: Simulation
Author:: E. Michael Whittington
Date Created:: December 15, 2002
Date Modified:: July 24, 2018
Peer Review:: 4.75 stars
User Rating:: 2.1666667 stars

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American History - Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium

'The word history comes from the Greek word historía which means "to learn or know by inquiry." In the pieces that... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Author:: Multiple Authors
Date Created:: November 11, 2008
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 2.8 stars

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Colonial and Postcolonial Literary Dialogues

This web site is associated with a literature course at WMU. It includes essays about literature and historical texts... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Allen Carey-Webb
Date Created:: August 18, 2002
Date Modified:: December 20, 2019
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars

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Digital History

'The materials on this Web site include a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated documents from the Gilder Lehrman... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Author:: Steven Mintz; Sara McNeil
Date Created:: November 11, 2008
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 5.0 stars

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Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties

An ongoing digitization project, the site contains the full text of over three hundred treaties concerning Native... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Charles J. Kappler
Date Created:: June 14, 2000
Date Modified:: July 21, 2018
Peer Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 3.5 stars

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Jamestown Rediscovery

Jamestown Rediscovery is a site designed for the upcoming 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown (1607-2007). The... see more

Material Type:: Case Study
Author:: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities
Date Created:: January 1, 2004
Date Modified:: June 12, 2018
Peer Review:: 4.5 stars

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Sage American History: A Survey of America’s Past

'Sage American History is designed for use by undergraduate college, community college and high school teachers and... see more

Material Type:: Open (Access) Textbook
Author:: Henry Sage
Date Created:: December 30, 2008
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.5 stars

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Survey of U.S. History

Divided into four chronological periods, these modules cover a variety of topics, including indentured servitude, runaway... see more

Material Type:: Collection
Author:: Michael O'Malley; Paula Petrik
Date Created:: June 20, 2005
Date Modified:: January 15, 2020
Editor Review:: 5.0 stars
User Rating:: 4.5 stars

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