WORLD WITHOUT OIL is a serious game for the public good. WWO invited people from all walks of life to contribute “collective imagination” to confront a real-world issue: the risk our unbridled thirst for oil poses to our economy, climate and quality of life. It’s a milestone in the quest to use games as democratic, collaborative platforms for exploring possible futures and sparking future-changing action. WWO set the model for using a hot net-native storytelling method (‘alternate reality’) to meet civic and educational goals. Best of all, it was compellingly fun.

“6 Billion Others” tries to draw a portrait of contemporary mankind by asking questions about universal values. What is Happiness? What lessons can we learn from lifes difficulties? Whats the meaning of life? Yann-Arthus Bertrand travels the globe interviewing 6000 people in 65 different countries and brings you their stories.

Angie's Electronic Classroom...
ALLYOUCANREAD.COM - the largest database of magazines and newspapers on the Internet, with listings for about 26,500 magazines and newspapers from all over the world. AllYouCanRead.com is a complete guide to world media sources where readers find stories quickly --

Awesome Stories.  has been a great source of information, particularly about history, for students since it began in 1999.  It has thousands of very accessible stories about countless subjects. It’s also just started to provide audio narration to its content.

BBC: History section offers an impressive array of exhibitions, activities, games, photo galleries and other resources. Major categories include: Ancient History, Archaeology, Church and State, Science and Discovery, Society and Conflict, War and Culture, and Family History. There are also sections entitled Multimedia Room, Historic Figures, Timelines, Programmes, Reading Room, Talk History, For Kids, and History Trails.

Be the Change: Upstanders for Human Rights... a great site on making a difference...
Become a Historical Detective - Solving a riddle or puzzle is the same whether you are doing your detective work on the eighteenth century or the twentieth century.
Best of History Web Sites - an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history
BEYOND THE FIRE - the real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones. These stories tell of loss, hope, fear, strength and despair—and most of all, resilience.
Center for History and New Media produces historical works in new media, tests their effectiveness in the classroom, and reflects critically on the success of new media in historical practice. CHNM's resources include a list of "best" web sites, links to syllabi and lesson plans, essays on history and new media, a link to their excellent History Matters web site for U.S. History, and more.
Chinese New Year - starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade.

Consumer Consequences. is a pretty sophisticated interactive designed for users to determine their ecological “footprint” and to help them reflect what they could do to reduce it. 

Dictatorship.com...Takes a slightly more tongue-in-cheek approach to highlighting the actions and atrocities of some of the century's famous dictators.

Distributive Justice Interactive Web Site... consists of two parts: an Internet game in which participants in the project freely distribute material and nonmaterial goods building a "society" that undergoes dynamical changes; several types of societies emerge as result of the distribution game ;(2) the part of the project in the exhibition space, a "working space" installation ...
Does the Camera Ever Lie? - Photographers often want to communicate a thought or emotion with their work. Although the camera lens views the world impartially, the photographer constantly judges, deciding what to photograph and how to photograph it -- focusing on creating a strong i
Eyewitness to History - Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it,
Facing History and Ourselves - Facing History has engaged teachers and students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry.

Footnote...For genealogists, history buffs, and even the average passerby, Footnote is the quintessential Web-2.0 example of how to use your Web-browsing time wisely. This site has a deal with the National Archives to digitize and upload every document housed in the archives. You can find anything from handwritten notes from the Continental Congress to Project Blue Book UFO sightings. Users can even upload their own content...

FRONTLINE has served as American public television's - PBS - flagship public affairs series since 1983. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature over 25 years is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.

Gluing Students to Their Seats and Other Fun Activities...A web log featuring a variety of contests, games, and activities designed to review and reinforce social studies lessons--and to make the classroom experience a bit more fun for teachers and pupils
HarpWeek - Bring 19th century history to life in the classroom utilizing our latest series of educational activities and simulation games—these content rich features have been drawn from news articles, editorials, illustrations, and cartoons found in the pages of…

HippoCampus.  It has great (and complete) online and accessible textbooks for many subjects, including History and Government.  Their resources include extraordinary multimedia presentations.

Historical and Cultural Contexts (Grades 9-12)...Sharpen your investigative skills to decipher when and where a historical event took place, and use clues for cracking questions.
Historical Treasure Chests Combine a lesson on primary and secondary resources with a little US History with a smidgeon of personal history added. The inital activity identifies some primary and secondary sources, with student looks for similarities and differences. Activity two lets students work in teams to discover information contained within primary source documents.

The History of Halloween ...A serious orange and black background complete with bats and jack-o-lanterns give this site a right-spooky feel. Students can explore the history of this holiday and also find out how it's celebrated around the world. Ghost stories, historic haunts, cut outs, and recipes complete this ideal Halloween website.

Historyteacher.net featured in the New York Times...a wide variety of resources.

 NEW History is a Weapon History isn't what happened, but a story of what happened. And there are always different versions, different stories, about the same events. One version might revolve mainly around a specific set of facts while another version might minimize them or not include them at all.
      Like stories, each of these different versions of history contain different lessons.
The Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation - a unique Web site, using humor, storytelling, and oddball characters to help kids ages 8-13 learn about places and cultures around the world. The site was created for the Bureau by WGBH Interactive, whose team is responsible for the innovative and award-w
The History Channel - Wide variety of resources including video, instant polls, timelines, search engine, etc.
The History Place - fact based, common sense approach in the presentation of the history of humanity, prepared by knowledgeable writers and historians. Great care is always given to accuracy in the construction and maintenance of our exhibits.

HistoryWorld - Interactive history of the world from the Big Bang to the present day.

Hot Topics - our newest Hot Topics on Lewis & Clark Bicentennial, 1804 - 2004

Humanities Interactive ...has interactive exhibits, games and lesson ideas. Categories cover a broad range of topics, from Border Studies (people living in the lands touching US borders) to Censorship of the Humanities. This is a great website for encouraging the development of visual and cultural literacies in students.

iCUE...free, collaborative learning community for students ages 13 and up that incorporates gaming, discussion, and video resources in a safe, online environment created by NBC Learn

Kiva...lets you easily make small loans to deserving entrepreneurs worldwide. You browse by projects, borrower journals, pictures, loan history, and so on. You might choose to finance a boutique in Kenya ($200), help an Ecuadorian shopkeeper diversify into toys ($600), or launch a firewood business in Uganda ($350). You can lend as much or as little of the total as you like, and Kiva takes care of tracking the loan and getting your money back. It'll amaze you just how far your money can go. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the business you've sponsored. This might make an interesting class project!

MetaCarta provides all of the current news stories that a Social Studies/ Current Events teacher needs along with a geographic context for each story. You could use the idea of MetaCarta to have your students create their own mashup of news stories that they read in class.

Museum Box provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.
NativeWeb - Selected by NEH as one of their original 21 top Humanities sites on the Internet Anthropology & Archeology * Art, Artisans & Galleries * Chat, Forums, Bulletin Boardsn * Children * Crafts & Indigenous Technology * Education * Elders * Environ

Newseum —The world’s first interactive museum of news... Its mission : to help the public and the news media understand one another better. The Newseum also celebrates the value of a unique American notion — the First Amendment. By assuring a free flow of information, the First Amendment helps ensure that Americans remain forever free.

The Newspaper Archive is the largest online historical database of newspapers. Over 70million pages of newspapers from 1759 to present, including some really cool special (topic) collections.
oral history online - * EXEMPLARY ORAL HISTORY SITES * ORAL HISTORY GUIDES * TIPS FOR EVALUATING ORAL HISTORY ONLINE

Photojournalism: A Record of War - Photography has been used to record war since the Crimean War in 1855. This unit will explore how and why war has been photographed and will also give students an opportunity to see the bias within the recording/reporting of war.

Playing History is a collection of more than 100 games related to topics in US and World History as well as civics and geography. The games come from a variety of sources across the web. Feedback on every game and suggestions for future additions are welcomed by the hosts of the site. Visitors to Playing History can search for games by using the tag cloud, by using the search box, or just browse through the entire list.

PowerPointPalooza is a site dedicated strictly to History lesson PowerPoint presentations. With more than 180 presentations in A.P. European and A.P. American History, as well as Global Studies
Pulitzer Prize Winners - The Pulitzer Prize Web site includes a database of winners and nominated finalists for each prize category. Information contained in the database includes names, publications, categories, citations and years prizes were awarded.

The Savvy Traveler - Story of the Week...Sign of the Week... Sound of the Week...Deal of the Week... Winner of the Gracie Allen Award™. The Savvy Traveler was a finalist for the 2001 New York Festival’s Best Historical Series Award, ..

SCORE The Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) project is a terrific resource for teachers and students alike. Here you'll find reviews of education and history-related web sites, lesson plans, maps, and much more -- all arranged by grade level and content area.
solstice - ANCIENT SOLSTICE ARCHITECTURES, A LINGUISTIC PUZZLE, A FAMILY FERTILITY RITUAL, WINTER SOLSTICE IN MANY CULTURES, IN SONG, A TIME OF MAGIC, etc.

Terra Incognita has been producing industry award winning interactive educational exhibits with particular strengths in history, anthropology, archaeology and natural history. This is truely eye-catching museum quality exhibit material that you dont want to miss.

Track This Now:: Track articles across the world on a map...Enter your search term and this site searches for articles about that topic from around the world, putting push pins on the global map to show you. Click the pins to see articles. EXCELLENT!

Trebuchet Challenge, an online game that lets you harness your knowledge of physical laws to fling boulders great distances using a .medieval siege engine used to smash castle walls. And now you can let your students play with one in the comforts of your own classroom.

Time Lord is an interactive game that tests your knowledge of many areas of history. Through video and audio clips and questions, you can make your way across the virtual board to win. The questions cover the following areas: Exploration, Military and War, Mysteries of History, Political and Historical Figures, Science and Technology, Society and Culture, U.S. History, and World History.
The Victorian Web - the term Victorian, which literally describes things and events in the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), conveyed connotations of "prudish," "repressed," and "old fashioned."

Vintage Ad Browser is a search engine for old print advertisements. You can browse advertisements by tag or enter your own search terms to located advertisements. In the larger advertising categories such as Cigarettes and Tobacco you can narrow your search by selecting a range of dates.

The Virtual Smithsonian. is a fantastic multimedia window into the artifacts, and their stories, held by the Smithsonian Institution.

Visible Past: online historical atlas where each historical event is mapped and annotated with text, diagrams, pictures, videoclips, and audiofiles, where people interested in the same historical events, places, monuments or periods can network. Virtual History coming your way: The face of the future!

Worldmeters.info: You’ll find yourself amazed and astounded by the various rolling numbers for World population, government and economics, education, enviroment, food, water, energy… they pretty much cover everything. All updating in realtime.

The Zero Footprint Kids Calculator ... It would be difficult to develop a more accessible web tool for people to figure out their own ecological footprint.