History is systematically collected information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies. Knowledge of history is often said to encompass both knowledge of past events and historical thinking skills.
Traditionally, the study of history has been considered a part of the humanities. However, in modern academia, history is increasingly classified as a social science, especially when chronology is the focus.

Discoverers Web - Links and information on voyages of discovery. Explorers by period or region.
Empires - Collection of sites which tell the stories of great empires, their people and passions which changed the world. From PBS.
Meta Description: [ EMPIRES is a collection of epic historical miniseries. Each tells a story of a great Empire — its people and passions which changed the world. ]
Evolution of Alphabets - Learn how the alphabets have changed over the years in the Middle East and Europe. Page includes animated examples of these developments.
EyeWitness: History Through The Eyes Of Those Who Lived It - First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos and complimented by original radio broadcasts.
Meta Description: [ Publisher of educational cd-roms providing website design, production, CD-ROM development and interactive programming services. ]
History Learning Site - Covers many history topics up to Advanced level.
Meta Description: [ The History Learning Site contains a large number of History ]
History on the Net - General history site with topics linked to the English National Curriculum. Suitable for primary and secondary ages.
Meta Description: [ General history site with a range of topics and activities ]
History's Happening - Links to some of the best sites for junior high and high school students students who are studying US and World History.
Meta Description: [ History's Happening is a kid's safe site for historical research ]
Hotlist - Social Studies - Contains many resources for things like the war of 1812 or how people in ancient china lived.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook - This site includes primary history sources, classified by historical period.
Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Covers battles, sieges, weapons, equipment, treaties, military units, individuals.
Meta Description: [ Military History Encyclopedia on the Web hopes to become your first port of call for any aspect of Military History ]
Native American Rhymes - Includes facts about regions, chiefs, famous women and fun pages.
Meta Description: [ Rhodes Educational Publishing has created an exciting series of entertaining history books authored in Rap prose by its highly imaginative and innovative founder, Sam Rhodes. Building upon years of research into the lives of American Indians and understanding how children are best taught to le... ]
Online Speech Bank - Contains links to sites with full text, audio, and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, and interviews.
Meta Description: [ full text and audio directory and database of American speeches, sermons, lectures, and interviews ]
Oral History Project: World War II - Free downloadable kit enables students to help capture the stories and experiences of veterans of past conflicts.
Meta Description: [ Powered by the Multimedia Instructional Network Delivery System (MINDS), The Oral History Project serves as a repository of student oral histories (in streaming video format). ]
Perseus - A large collection of original texts, encyclopedias, and other information and tools for the study of history.
School History - Provides interactive quizzes, worksheets, resources and internet links for secondary school history pupils and teachers in the UK.
Schools History - Contains history activities based on all areas of the British national curriculum.
Schools on the Pacific Rim - Virtual tour of Mt. St. Helens with the 5th graders from Riverdale Grade School.
Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History - Indexed links for kids from a high school history teacher.
The Adventures of Chip Tracer - A reporter goes back in time to discover what really happened during the flight of the Wright brothers and the Battle of Little Big Horn. [Html and flash versions.]
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The Best History Web Sites - An annotated listing for teachers and students who are looking for great history links to use in the classes. Some sites are featured and ranked.
Meta Description: [ Best of History Web Sites contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well lesson plans, activities, and more ]
The History Guide - Provides a thorough guide for studying history. Includes transcripts of lectures in ancient, medieval, and modern European history as well.
Meta Description: [ The History Guide has been created for the high school and undergraduate student who is either taking classes in history, or who intends to major in history in college. The purpose of The History Guide is to better prepare yourself for your history classes and to make your time in class more enjo... ]
Thinking Things - Introduces various periods and people groups in history. From Snaith Primary School.
Meta Description: [ Snaith Primary on the Internet : resources related to curriculum for children at key stage 2. ]
World Hyperhistory - HyperHistory Online navigates through 3,000 years of world history with timelines of civilizations (plus maps), people, and events.
Meta Description: [ World History : HyperHistory Online navigates
through 3 000 years of World History with links to important persons of
world historical importance; civilization timelines; events and facts; and
historical maps ]
World Wide Web Virtual Library: History - Extensive University of Kansas-maintained directory of history resources, sorted into research methods, topics, time periods, and regions.
Meta Description: [ This is the central catalogue for the
WWW-VL network of indexes to Historical materials on-line. It is
intended for general public use, but its coverage and selection of sites
concentrates on creating a facility useful for those pursuing historical
research on-line ]
You Be the Historian - Be a historian and learn how many people lived in the springer house, what their jobs were, and what they ate.
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