Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Great Depression
Looks at the impact of the Great Depression and how President Hoover tried to respond to the crisis.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Agriculture Rules the South
The essay describes the devlopment of the Southern colonies as agricultural centers and the cultural aspects associated with rural, agricultural life.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Land Is Settled
A brief look at the founding of the English colonies. This site is provided for by the University of Groningen.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Dutch Influences Remain
This resource describes how New Netherland, later to be called New York, was originally possessed by the Dutch. Many traditions stem from the practices that they started.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Edward Taylor
This resource presents a brief overview of the life, works, and poetic style of Edward Taylor.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Ford Interlude
Brief overview of the Ford administration as he stepped in to fill the presidential void.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Carter Years
Summary of the domestic and foreign policy challenges and accomplishments of the Carter administration.
Discovering Egypt
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
This site provides a captivating tour through Egypt's past. Visit the ancient temples, the kings and queens of the past. Learn about the hieroglyphic form of communication. Additional links for extended information temples and hieroglyphs.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...
Curated OER
Unesco: Belarus: Mir Castle Complex
The construction of this castle began at the end of the 15th century, in Gothic style. It was subsequently extended and reconstructed, first in the Renaissance and then in the Baroque style. After being abandoned for nearly a century and...
Curated OER
Unesco: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
The historic town of Mostar, spanning a deep valley of the Neretva River, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and during the Austro-Hungarian period in the 19th and 20th centuries. Mostar has long been...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Argentinosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Argentinosaurus skeleton in a special exhibition of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg (a natural history museum in Frankfurt, Germany). Argentinosaurus was a massive Sauropod dinosaur from the mid...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Edmontosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a reconstruction of an Edmontosaurus skeleton. Edmontosaurus was a crestless, duck-billed dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 70 million years ago). The first Edmontosaurus fossils were found in...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Thescelosaurus Skeleton
This picture shows a 1915 reconstruction of a Thescelosaurus skeleton by Charles Gilmore. Thescelosaurus was a small dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (around 65 million years ago). Scientists estimate that it grew up to 4 metres...