General World History
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Youth Ambassadors for Peace
“The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRA), adopted by the U.N. General Assembly by unanimous vote in 1989, is the most universally accepted human rights document in history. It was created to protect the most basic rights of children, including the rights to identity, education, shelter, safety and special protection in times of war.” - J.A.http://www.freethechildren.org/peace/childrenandwa...
Hague Appeal for Peace: Time to Abolish War, Peace is Human
The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network dedicated to sowing the seeds for the abolition of war through the implementation of the Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the Twenty-first Century. - J.A.http://www.haguepeace.org/index.php?name=aboutus
HyperHistory
Contains timelines that place people, civilizations and events from around the world in chronological order. Any period of history is available for selection and study. This site also includes maps of certain areas and civilizations from ancient to modern times. - B.B.http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a...
World History Archives
This is a great source for articles and essays dealing with global history from ancient to contemporary times. It is broken down into regions of the world, such as the Americas, Europe, etc. From there, each specific area is further broken down into certain topics such as cultural history and economic history. - B.B.http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
Art History Resources on the Web
This site covers art history from around the world, and this can be used to explain cultures and how they lived. It would be especially helpful in teaching the Renaissance and how art was changing along with society. - N.P.http://witcombe.bcpw.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Tales of Wonder
This would be an interesting site to look into because it has folk tales from all different cultures from around the world, which could be used to explain history of other cultures and to interest students. This site also has a display of awards that it has won. - N.P.http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder
World Civilizations
This website is based on a world civilization textbook. The site does not have the written text, but it does contain primary sources, study questions, practice quizzes, multimedia, position papers, research projects, timelines and maps. There is also a list of other links to visit. - M.H.G.http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/reso...
World History Compass
This website serves as a good source for world history teachers and students. Events are laid out in alphabetical order, and the website includes a user-friendly browser on the left side of the computer screen. Aside from excellent sources on various cultures and countries, the website offers sections on general topics such as military, medicine, and technology. A special link allows browsers to click on a “today in history” for interesting facts about the date searched. - C.B.http://www.worldhistorycompass.com
Human Rights Watch
Some issues such as abuses of human rights are extremely hard to approach in the classroom. This website offers commentaries on such abuses, which may be helpful models for student-friendly presentation in the classroom. The site contains some explicit graphics so students should be monitored when visiting the site. - N.T.http://www.hrw.org
Country Reports.org
This site offers information on any country of choice. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, browsers have tons of information at the click of the mouse. Profiles, maps, flags, and history are just a few of the important and interesting aspects of this website. Perfect for teaching World History and Geography; teachers and students alike can find this site very useful. - C.B.http://www.countryreports.org/
Mr. Neal's Virtual Classroom
This page, created by a social studies teacher, contains content for most aspects of the global history curriculum. The site contains PowerPoint presentations for World and U.S. History topics as well as economics and geography. There are also voice based presentations and tons of content related links. - D.W.http://www.virtualclassroom.net/main.htm
Internet Global History Sourcebook
This website looks at the ways in which countries influence each other. Some features this website goes into depth about are: Trade, War, Religion, Migration, Art and Music. It also features links to other websites. - M.G.http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/global/globalsbook....
Kids Click: World History
This site provides you with links to Mesopotamia, timelines, and topics such as Egypt, Mayans, Aztecs, Vikings, Greece, the pyramids and much more. - J.W.sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick!/midhist.html