Browse Website Reviews
Discover quality websites on a range of topics and time periods. If a website link is no longer active, consult this guide to website URL paths for tips on locating the original resource.
National Museum of Asian Art
Because the museum is dedicated to Asian art, its educational resources are largely meant to teach students about art.
The Armenian Genocide Museum Institute
As the AGMI states in its mission statement, it 'teaches universal lessons to combat hatred, discrimination, prejudice and apathy.'
World Heritage Site Map
The most well-known part of their work is the naming and administration of World Heritage Sites.
African Studies Center
The Center hosts or links to resources on just about every African topic an educator might want to focus on in the classroom.
New Netherland Institute
Due to New Netherland’s intersection across several themes such as globalism, Indigenous contact, enslavement history, transatlantic trade, imperialism, religion, it may be a useful case study for educators wishing to teach students about 17th-century Europea
William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
Overall, we found that though the Clinton Library offers a few lesson plans pertinent to global history, these are a bit underdeveloped and educators wishing to use them should strongly consider using supplemental materials
South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy
This site is designed to provide high school and undergraduate students with primary sources and foundational information about South Africa’s multigenerational struggle to end apartheid and instate democracy.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Among the student resources, teacher resources, and source databases, users will have access to materials with which they can discuss practically everything that happened in the world during Truman’s life (1883-1973) and even some things outside that time fram
Minecraft Education
Because Minecraft offers such a wide variety of sources and topics, it can be incredibly helpful to teachers. However, because game-based play poses particular risks, such as the possibility that students will not learn and only focus on playing.
Naval History and Heritage Command
Among the archive's digital collections users can find oral histories, biographies, underwater archeology resources, and infographics.
The League of Nations Archive
The archive offers an extensive array of primary sources that can be used in the study of global history, international relations, transnational conflict, national border creation, migration, human rights, and historical personages.
Exploring Africa
Its goal is to provide high quality resources about Africa and its nations for K-12 educators. Teachers and students can learn about themes relating to African history and information about specific countries in a well-researched, easily digestible format.
Olympic Museum
The modern Olympic Games have become a symbol of international cooperation and sportsmanship. The IOC states that the Olympics are a forum “where the world comes to compete, feel inspired, and be together."
Nobel Peace Center
However, most notable is their partnership with Minecraft Education. The Peace Center offers two Minecraft learning landscapes, Peace Builders and Active Citizen, both are targeted at students aged 8-15.
A Visual Guide to the Cold War
The goal of the site is to facilitate discussion around key themes of the Cold War and provide insight into both American and Soviet perspectives.
Germany: Memories of a Nation
"...MacGregor uses different artifacts and places to discuss specific topics or themes central to German identity, as well as providing historical context for each discussion."
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: A Look at History and Popular Culture
By combining historical popular culture with traditional analysis, teachers could include popular series, films, video games, and books in lesson plans with the assurance of accuracy while also engaging students who may struggle to care about history.
Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Learning and Research
There are specific resources on the site geared specifically to educators and others geared toward students. Teachers can use the learning modules, lesson plans, and teaching resources that also include recommended documents, films, and historical images.