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Ancient Civilizations
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http://www.new7wonders.com/
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Here is your change to vote for the new 7 wonders of the world. Don't be late, as time is running out. Which seven did you vote for?
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Ancient Civilizations
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http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
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Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age. Have at it. See how far your tribe will get. Best of all, it's free.
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Ancient Egypt
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http://www.earthquest.co.uk/
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Comparing ancient technologies. Maybe Egypt and Mesopotamia were not the only ones with pyramids.
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Ancient Egypt
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http://www.guardians.net/hawass/index.htm
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Meet the "pyramid man", Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Director of the Giza Pyramid excavation amoung his other many titles. Let him show you around ...he knows all.
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Ancient Egypt
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
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An interactive journey into the depths of a pyramid. With the quicktime plug-in from apple.com, you can take a multimedia voyage inside a pyramid.
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Ancient Egypt
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/
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Follow along with the original National Geographic magazine on the discovery of King Tut's tomb. Be sure to turn on your speakers! Would this be considered an original source?
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Ancient Egypt
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http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/e...
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The Mysteries of Egypt, a great Egyptian site. One of my favorites and one of the best single Egyptian sites I have found on the Internet. It has it all, so be sure to spend some time here and click on the symbols at the bottom of the page.
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Ancient Egypt
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http://khufu.3ds.com/introduction/
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Watch this very cool 3-D simulation of how one man's theory of how the Great Pyramid was build. You may be asked to download 3-D software. It is safe to do so as I have it installed as well. This a computer technology at its best.
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Ancient Middle East
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http://www.multimania.com/hatti/
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A good sourse of infomation on the Hittites. One of the most powerful empires of the second millennium B.C., but what happened to them?
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Ancient Middle East
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http://eawc.evansville.edu/index.htm
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A site we will use thoughtout our discussion of ancient cultures. Use it for your studies of the Ancient (Near) Middle East
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Art
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http://nationalgallery.org.uk/
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This site allows you to use a magnifier to get in very close on a painting. Put in the artiest in the search box and after getting to your artest, click on the zoom button. Very cool, yes?
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Bayeux Tapestry
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtGoBZ4D4_E&annotat...
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Although some scenes are left out, this is a cool animated Bayeux Tapestry and very worth watching. Can you seen the soldier getting sea sick crossing the channel? Be sure to have your speakers turned on.
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Bayeux Tapestry
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http://www.battle1066.com/
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A great list of chronological pages concerning 1066. This site gives good background information on events leading up to the battle and beyond. (Click on the king at the bottom of the page.)
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Bayeux Tapestry
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http://www.regia.org/drengham.htm
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A manor in early Saxon England before the conquest. Visit a manor during the period when both Vikings and Saxons competed for rule in England.
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Bayeux Tapestry
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http://www.hastings1066.com/
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Another fine site on describing the Bayeux Tapestry A good Bayeux Tapestry site from the same people who brought you the great site on the Battle of Hastings.
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Buddhism
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http://www.modernbuddhism.com/
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This site will help you answer questions on modern Buddhism in our twentienth century world. Check here to see the relavence of Buddhism today.
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Casablanca
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http://www.vincasa.com/
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One of the many Casablanca sites on the Internet. Lots of good information here.
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Classical Music
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http://www.musopen.com/
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There are plenty of places where you can find free music on the Internet.
But, if you want to keep things legal, as I'm sure you do, your options diminish. Also, it is easier to find free, legal copies of the latest pop tunes than classical music.
So what's an honest classical music lover to do? Why, visit Musopen, of course! It features many free music files. They're in MP3 format, so they'll work on all portable players.
You'll find music from the romantic, classical and Baroque periods. There is also music from 20th Century composers.
You can browse by composer, performer and period. Or, browse by form or instrument. You're sure to find something to suit your tastes.
Or maybe you'd rather play music than listen to a recording. Well, Musopen can help you with that, too. It also features sheet music that you download. It has it all. Check it out.
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Classical Music - Beethoven
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/beethoven/index.shtml
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If it is about Beethoven, you should look here. Be sure to click on "Listen Again" about half way down the page. His Fifth Symphony played in different motifs and styles including punk. VERY COOL.
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Classroom Links
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http://www.phylotaxis.com/
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Click on "Launch Phylotaxis" and then use the slide, left or right, to rearrange the news based on science or culture. Great site!
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Classroom Links
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http://terraservice.net/
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Just type in your address and watch 220 miles up in space zero down to you. Very neat.
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Classroom Links
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http://zipskinny.com/
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Type in your zip code and learn about your neighborhood. Interestin.
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Classroom Links
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http://www.ripleys.com/games/iq.html
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Test your I.Q. with this neat little game. It is harder than it first appears. I have gotten it down to only two. How will you do?
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Classroom Links
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http://turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/
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Did you ever want to see how a computer computes, i.e. artificial intelligence. Well, check out this site and watch how the computer computes its every move. Wow, no wonder I lose in computer chess. Start playing and watch the computer's "mind" go to work. Wow, cool.
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Classroom Links
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http://www.personaldna.com/
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One of the best personality tests I have ever seen on the Web. Find out about yourself by completing this test.
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Cosmos
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http://heavens-above.com/
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Register and then set up your city as Houston. Then save this site to your favorites and you will always know what is happening in the sky above you at any time and date. Cool huh?
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Cosmos
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http://celestia.sourceforge.net/
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Put the entire universe at your command with one simple free download called Celestia. Anyone who's a bit curious about what's going on above us will love this well-designed space-simulation software. I will show you how to travel within our solar system, zooming in on the moon, the sun, and other planets.
Celestia is a 3D-based simulator. You should have some sort of 3D acceleration video card and a relatively speedy computer to use it. The software is pretty involved, so read the Celestia Directions in the Resources section to the left. Look uder Documents and find Celestia and download the page then print it out on your printer. Just follow my easy instructions and you will be zooming through the cosmos in no time.
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Cosmos
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http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
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One of the coolest sites on the entire Internet. It is Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope. The only drawback to this site is the steep computer hardware requirements. Be sure to see if your computer rig has enough horsepower. If it does, you won't be disappointed in this site. One of my all time favorites.
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Cosmos
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http://earth.google.com/
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Download and install Google Earth and then type in your address(street address, city, state) and watch the zooming action from space to your address. Virus and ad-ware free, check it out.
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Cosmos
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http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9404/bigbang.html
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If you want to know what many in the scientific community think about religion, God and science, especially as it pertains to cosmology, astronomy, and astrophysics, than this site is for you. You may be surprised by their, "So that's how God did it." attitude.
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Cosmos
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http://www.stardate.org/radio/listen/
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Stardate is on the air. Just click on "Listen to yesterday's program now" and set back and enjoy the audio. Be sure to have your speakers on.
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Cosmos
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http://hubblesite.org/
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Wow, see what great pictures the Hibble telescope has and is taking. Breathtaking.
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Cosmos
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http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/discover...
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"Let there be light" is one of the best, as far as being able to understand, how light and the emergence of the universe all came together over 14 billion years ago. How do we know that you ask? Start here on Chapter 1 and see for yourself. A truly great site to explore.
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Cosmos
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http://www.eternalsunset.net/index.php
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Follow the sunset as it travels the world in this interacive site. Click on "More" on the left to enter. "Don't let the sun go down on you" is what Elton John has said. In this site, you never will
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Diplomacy
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http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/
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This is where it all come together. This is the BEST on-line Diplomacy in the net. If you want to get an "A" playing Diplomcy in class, this is where you get basic training. Don't forget to use the built in strategy e-mail at the top of the page. Alliances are what makes winners. Just register, it's free, and off you go. Have fun and good luck!
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Diplomacy
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http://devel.diplom.org/DipPouch/Online/Openings/t...
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A must read!! Strategies for all the each different countires in Diplomacy, especially important is the first or opening move. What an advantage for those who check our web site. If you want to win, here is where you start!! Be sure to check out the "Opening Strategies" section. A misplaced move here could put you "behind the eight ball" very fast!
You can also get a quick refresh on baisc rules.
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Early Christianity
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http://www.codexsinaiticus.org/en/
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This is the oldest copy of the Bible in existence. It is the Codex Sinaiticus. The problem was that many of the parts and pieces had been in many different places. Now with the digital age, all parts of the are brought together. That is the entire New Testament and half of the Old Testament. Read the original Greek and the direct English translation yourself. Talk about your bible study group....can't beat the original.
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Early Humans
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http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/
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An interactive site on the developement of human kind. Very cool, give it a try. Click on "Play". When you see a big red dot, click on it for further information.
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English Civil War
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http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/hotpo...
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Open up and print the worksheet BEFORE you begin the game so you can fill it out as you play. You do NOT need to write the report at the end, just put your percentile score at the bottom of your worksheet. Did you keep your head?
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French Revolution
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http://ecliptique.com/chenonceau/index.html
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Wow, what an impressive castle, in the post medieval period/Renaissance period. Take a virtual tour of Chenonceau. This is technology at its best. Now assume you are a peasant living in squalor. Could a revolution be far away?
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Great War
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http://www.theaerodrome.com/
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Come find out what it was like to fly with or against the Red Baron. See the Fokker D.VII, the deadliest plane of the war.
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Great War
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http://www.richthofen.com/
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Read a biography, on-line, of the war's greatest ace, the Red Baron. A good read, and you will never loose your place or the book. Cool.
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Great War
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http://www.friesian.com/dreadnot.htm
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Learn how the arms race in battleships pushed the major countries involved towards war. Who had the most, the fastest, with the biggest guns? Find out here.
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H.M.S. Victory
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http://wakeup.to/nelson
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Horatio Nelson was and is Britain's greatest hero. Learn everything about what made this man such an icon.
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Indus River Valley
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http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html
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The Ancient Indus River Civilization is expolred here; a good overview of this mysterious civilization. Explore the ruins of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa.
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Middle Ages
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http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/
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This is site that allows you to look a Medieval documents that have been digitized. Wow, the Middle Ages are now in the twentieth century.
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Middle Ages
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http://www.ecliptique.com/sacre_coeur/#
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Click on "Liaison bas debit" and take the panoramic tour of Sacre-Couer cathedral in Paris. Even though the actual cathedral is not that old, it is built on the ancient Byzantine/Romanesque style. Use the Shift/Ctrl keys to zoom in and out. This is one of the coolest sites on the web.
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Middle Ages
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http://www.bigwood.com/alphabet/index.html
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You can download this Celtic font alphebet #1 or scroll down the page and download alphebet #2 or just get both. However, you can just copy from the screen the letter you want.
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Reformation
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http://www.95thesesrap.com/
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It is the Reformation rap....who says history is not up with the times. This is cool. Check it out.
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Renaissance
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http://www.pbs.org/empires/medici/
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The first family of the Italian Renaissance were the Medici family...the godfathers of the Renaissance. Follow the raise and fall of this prominent family.
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Rome
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http://www.roman-emperors.org/
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Every Roman emperor is listed with a short biography. Scroll down the page to "Alphabetical Imperial Index" to get a list of all Roman emperors. An excellent source.
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Rome
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http://www.legionxxiv.org/
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A great site by reenactors of a Roman legeon with lots of military information. Check out the equipment link on the page.
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Rome
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http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/
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A virtual tour of the ancient city of Rome. Be sure to click on "Gallery" and look at both the Still Images and Video Clips. Very cool.
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Rome
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http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHRIST/CHRIST.HTM
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A brief history of early Christianity. A good site with not only history but some to the important players on the scene of this new religion. Click on Browse/Contents.
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Rome
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http://www.infohistory.com/timeline.html
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Here is an example of a timeline, but be careful of the dates you choose. Concentrate on the ones we have gone over in class. Don't forget to add dates of Christianity.
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Stonehenge and the Celts
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http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/
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An interactive site on archaeoastronomy. This is what the stoneage people who made Stonehenge were actually using but did not realize it.
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The Holocaust
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERholocaust....
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A great site on the Holocaust without totally concentrating on the morbid. A wealth of information that should supplement your reading of Night in English. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the all the links.
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The Romanov's
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http://www.alexanderpalace.org/
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The "mother load" of Romanov sites. If it's on the web, you probably find it here. Spend some time here and linger in a forgotten age.
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The Zimmermann Telegram
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http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/zimmerma...
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On the right under the heading "Lesson Resources", go to "Teaching Activities". From there, go to "Decoding a Message" in the middle of the page. Complete your homework assignment concerning this great piece of espionage work by making your cyphor grid on one side and a coded message with its tranlation on the other side. Be sure to use your own cyphor grid, but use the Zimmermann cyphor grid as your model.
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World View
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http://earth.google.com/
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Get the free version of google earth and visit any where, including your own address.
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World War II
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http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/episode-1/ind...
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The interaction of three men: Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt, played out against the backdrop of World War II. See how these men lead their country in a fight of survival and the aftermath that followed. Watch the videos and be amazed at the history you will learn in their actual words. This is a must see.
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World War II
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http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwiiquiz.htm
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Ready for a quiz. Take this practice quiz on WWII and see how you do. I would not be surprised to see some of these same questions again, hmmmmmmmmmm?
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World War II
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http://www.hmshood.com/
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Learn the tragic fate of the HMS Hood early in the war. Who could sink so mighty a ship?
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World War II
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http://history.colstate.edu/Pate/john/mainpage.htm
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The Eastern Front to 1943. It is all here: the heroic stand at Leningrad, the Battle for Moscow, the German defeat at Stalingrad, and the largest tank battle in the history of the world, the Battle of Kursk.
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world War II
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http://www.vor.ru/55/
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World War II in Russia is known as the Great Patriotic War. Here is a great Russian site, in English of course, describing their contributions to the Nazi defeat.
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World War Ii
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http://pratt.edu/~rsilva/sovwomen.htm
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Just as the United States is putting women in fighter jets, the Soviets did it with great success in World War II. Learn who those brave women were fought for their motherland. Turn on your speakers.
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World War II
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http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot...
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Hitler's first illegal act was the invasion of the Rhineland. How were the keepers of the Versaille Treaty, Great Britain and France, to respond? What were their fears and motives. You will find the answers here.
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World War II
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http://www.wkhr.org/
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This is the music of the era. Can't you just see your grandparents swinging to this. Don't forget to turn your speakers on. Just click on "Listen on-line, click here" and choose your media player. Enjoy.
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World War II
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http://www.normandy1944.info/
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Read living history by the men and women who were there in this site on the D-Day, the Normany invasion.
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World War II
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http://www.search.eb.com/normandy/
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Britannica presents "D-Day: The Normandy Invasion". Great site from beginning to end. Turn on your speakers to hear actual footage.
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World War II
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http://www.otr.com/dday.shtml
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Hear the actual radio broadcast telling the world of the Allied invasion of Europe. Check it out and be sure to have your speakers on.
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World War II
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http://www.panzerworld.net/
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If it is a German vechile in WWII, you will find all about it here. Click on Vehicles on the left.
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