National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Rachel Carson and the Awakening of Environmental Consciousness
Resource for teachers and students on Rachel Carson and environmental consciousness in which author Linda Lear discusses Carson's work, Silent Spring, and how it changed public perception and raised evironmental awareness. Lots of...
Curated OER
A Photo of the Colosseum in Rome
Essay provides parallels and connections with the modern world that illuminate Rome's history and downfall.
Curated OER
Photo, Tank, Modified With Iron Teeth, Cuts Through the Bocage.
This military history essay describes the landing of the United States Army during the Normandy Invasion of June 6, 1944.
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Images Canada: Picturing Canadian Culture
This site contains images of Canadian events, people, places and things. Search for images as well for more pictures on Canadian culture at this site.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Robert Mills, Lt Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, Washington Monument
At 555 feet high the Washington Monument towers over the National Mall and is the tallest stone building in the world today. Read the history of this monument in this essay.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Hiram Powers, the Greek Slave
"The Greek Slave" secured Hiram Powers's reputation as an American sculptor of the highest rank and it remains one of the most important and enduring works of American sculpture. It even inspired a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, Knee Pants
The images Jacob Riis captured of the living conditions in New York tenements in the late 1800s would shock the conscience of Americans and instigate societal changes. View his pictures and read about his work in this essay.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shrady and Casey, Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
The dramatic monument to Ulysses S. Grant in front of the U.S. Capitol Building speaks to both the valor and the horror of the Civil war. View pictures of the monument made by Henry Merwin Shrady and read about its details in this essay.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Timothy O'sullivan, Ancient Ruins in the Canon De Chelle
View photographs and read about the historical works of Timothy O'Sullivan in this essay.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: African American Christianity Pt Ii: From Civil War to the Great Migration
Essay focussing on African American Christianity from emancipation to the great migration. Site offers photos, student discussion guidelines, historian debate and links to related material.
New York University
Collected Visions
Photos from our past connect us to certain thoughts, feelings, and stories. Share your story on this growing collection of personal family snapshots and essay or read those of others.
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Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya: Mahatma Gandhi Information Website
A very rich site devoted to Mohandas Gandhi. It includes extensive biographical information, his philosophy, many photos, articles and essays. There are tributes, reminiscences, speeches, prayers, his family tree, and much much more.
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Prehistory of the Andean Peoples (1998)
Extensive coverage of South America prehistory. Site and links include enormous photo gallery, essays, and bibliographies for topics such as Chavin, Moche, and Inca cultures, cultural monuments, and migration theories.
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Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Robert Capa
A lengthy essay on Robert Capa and one of his early controversial photos. Includes a great timeline of his life as well as video footage from the PBS documentary of Capa's life.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Carlos Fuentes
Biography on Mexican novelist, Carlos Fuentes, famous author, scholar and diplomat with great political stature, who produced a trove of essays, short stories and novels. Students can visit photos, interviews and read a profile of Mr....
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Fall of the Wall
Pictorial essay combines photos and video to tell the story of the fall of the wall in Berlin in 1989.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: D Day and the Normandy Invasion
Using photos and primary source documents this visual essay explores D-Day (Operation Overlord), the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Jan Karski. Humanity's Hero
Photographic essay features an array of photos, primary source documents, and first-hand video testimony from the man who attempted to inform the world about the existence of the Holocaust.
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Reformation: Documents of the Reformation
Includes links to primary documents of the Protestant reformation. Links to essays and a photo gallery. Some links to sites in German.
Other
Anne Frank: Lessons in Human Rights and Dignity
The story of Anne Frank is told in this long essay organized into chapters. Features include photos, and as well as extracts from Anne Frank's diary.
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Berlin Wall Bernauer Str.
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
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Berlin Wall 1961
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.