This page is a real hodgepodge.  Aside from many history/education links, there are links about music (including the great Gentle Giant!), television, urban legends, and Dostoyevsky.  Enjoy!

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FAQs
 

A FAQ, or list of Frequently Asked Questions, is one of the best ways to become acquainted with a topic.  There are FAQs on just about everything between these two sites.

Internet FAQ Consortium
List of USENET FAQs

Civilization 2

Also known as Civ2, this is one of the best computer games I have ever played.  Warning: it is very addictive.  I once started playing at 7:00 at night, and the next thing I knew it was 3 in the morning!
Civ2 Strategy Guide
The NEW Civilization 2 Universe


History: General References

Hanover College History Deptartment - Texts and Documents
           Although the folks at Hanover College mispelled "department," they put together a great collection of primary sources.
World Civilization Reader and Projects
includes Hippocrates, Plato, Lycurgus, Stoicism, Zoroaster, Confucius, Mandate of Heaven, Samurais, Inca myth, Medieval Women (Aquinas and Decretium),
H-High-S Home Page
This is the web site for an email discussion group consisting of high school Social Studies teachers.
Paul Halsall's Internet Sourcebooks Project
One of the BEST primary source collections out there on the web!  It was designed especially for teachers and students.  Although primarily western in its focus, it covers a vast number of topics. For students looking for a research paper topic, this is a great place to start.

Lessons and Schools

Making a Webquest
Yale Index of Lessons
Units put together by people from a teachers' institute at Yale
Words of Wisdom - Women in World History Curriculum
Steve Goldberg's History Home Page
Lesson: Confucius Says (Women in World History Curriculum)
Lessons - Women in World History Curriculum
Social Studies - High School
US lessons

North Hagerstown High School's Home Page

Biography

Notable Citizens of Planet Earth
Historical Biographies
Female Hero of the Month - Women in World History Curriculum
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
GAIL DEDRICK'S GUIDE TO THE MONARCHS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT BRITAIN

Philosophy/Logic

Intellectual Standards
for evaluating critical thinking
This Day in History
The logical Fallacies: Index
Episteme Links
Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
Ancient
 
Ancient History Sourcebook
Bible: Revised Standard Version
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
The Ancient World Web: Main Index
Gender and Power
    about Egyptian women
Status of Egyptian Women
Women in Egypt
Confucian Analects
Socrates and Confucius compared
Internet Classics Archive
Ancient City of Athens
Sparta
    A well-written overview
Twelve Tables
HWC, The Fall of the Republic
The Forum
Rome: Political Resources
The Roman Inquisition
Rulers of the Roman World/TITLE
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Antique Roman Dishes - Collection
RomanSites - Gateway to 1,945 Websites on Ancient Rome

 

 
 
 
 
 

Islam
 

The World Of Islam- Women
Muslim School's HomePage
Hajj and Umrah Links. Hajj and Umrah Articles. Rituals of Hajj and Umrah
Welcome to the Cultural Academy
Hajj Information Center
Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
About Islam and Muslims
    includes information on hadith, women, Quran (searchable by subject), misconceptions
WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN
The Koran
Islam Questions and Answers
Islamic Ring
Islamic Information & News Network
 
Medieval
ORB--Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Medieval Times: An Exploration Through the Middle Ages
The Historical Charlemagne
Marco Polo
Middle Ages-Resources
Ren Faire: Elizabethan Accents
The Council of Trent
Rules to Period Games
Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
Medieval Sourcebook
Castle on the Web
Medieval English urban history
The Medieval World
    A course outline with document links for every part of the syllabus
Medieval Medicine
Med Medicine BBC site
COUNSEL QUEST - Joan of Arc Trial Transcripts
 
Africa
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/africa.html#AFRICA
Africa Web Links: an Annotated Resource List ©
Connections: Old Kingdoms
 
Taoism
Selection from the Dao De Jing
Taoism
Resources for the Study of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism
Taoism Information Page
 
Buddhism
Essentials of Buddhism
The Teaching of Buddha
Buddhist Studies WWW VL
BuddhismIntro
 
Ren and Ref
Ren and Ref links
Center for Reformed Theology and Apologetics
    Great information on Calvin, especially the five major principles of Calvinism
Leonardo
Ordinances For The Regulation of Churches
The Art of Renaissance Science Table of Contents
Europe/Russia/Eastern Europe
The Galileo Project, Homepage
WebMuseum: La Renaissance
CRRS Web Resources
Iter: The bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe from 400-1700
Sixteenth Century Renaissance English Literature (1485-1603)
The Early Modern / The Italian Renaissance
CGFA- Featured Artists
Overview of Italian Painters
Selected Works of Martin Luther
CRG Home Page
The Council of Trent
Medieval Sourcebook: Ignatius Loyola: Spiritual Exercises
Mark Harden's Artchive
ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Part 4 Renaissance Art
Create A New World_Intro
 
Columbus
1492 Exhibit
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
Millersville University-Columbus and the Age of Discovery
Columbus
Columbus link page
The Crimes of Christopher Columbus
 
Absolute Monarchs
The Concise Ivan the Terrible Complete
Ivan the Terrible
PETER THE GREAT
 
French Rev
France
The French Revolution
 
Industrial Revolution
Victorian Lives and Letters: Hard Times
The Victorian Web Overview
NM's Creative Impulse.. Industry
I.R. Web Quest
Life of 19th cent. workers
Nineteenth-Century British Public Health Overview
Modern History Sourcebook: Tables - Spread of Industrialization
Modern History Sourcebook: Leeds Woollen Workers Petition, 1786
 
World War I
World War I Poetry
The Versailles Treaty
The Heritage of The Great War -/- De erfenis van De Groote Oorlog
World War I - Trenches on the Web
The World War I Document Archive
 
World War II
The History Place - The Rise of Adolf Hitler
Literature of the Holocaust HOME PAGE (Filreis)
World War II Poster Collection
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
The Wannsee Conference
Yahoo! Internet Life: World War II
Modern History Sourcebook: Mussolini: What is Fascism, 1932
Nizkor Home Page  A fascinating page dedicated to refuting Holocaust Denial
Nizkor Home Page  same site as above, different URL
The History of the Holocaust from a Personal Perspective Encarta Schoolhouse

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Music

Notes From the Edge
This is the news site for my favorite band, Yes.
Gentle Giant Home Page
Gentle Giant is another very favorite band of mine.  Since I only discovered them recently, I am still exploring their music.  Theirs is some of the most intricate yet beautiful music ever created.
The Official Dream Theater Website
Dream Theater is the best of the so-called "neo-prog" bands that have revived the complex 1970's musical genre of progressive rock.
WBCN 104.1 FM BOSTON
Welcome to WAAF 107.3 FM!
Two leading Boston rock stations.
Welcome to the Ultimate Band List
Great resource for locating information about many bands.
George Starostin's Classic Rock And Pop Album Reviews
Some guy in Russia named George Starostin has written hundreds of detailed reviews of albums.  Although I disagree with much of what he says about my favorite bands (Yes and Gentle Giant) his ideas are fascinating.
Cubase for Windows User's Site
A great resource for users of Cubase, a software program that lets you record and edit music using a computer.

TV

UltimateTV -- Nielsen Media Research
The Simpsons Channel - the center of all that is Simpson
The Simpsons Archive
Maverick's Simpsons Page
Virtual Springfield Tips
Dave Hall's Simpsons PagesCBS
Late Show with David Letterman
The X-Files Episode Guide Series 1
The Seinfeld Index Page

 
Urban Legends, Cults
Urban Legends Reference Pages
The AFU & Urban Legends Archive
E-Mail Hoaxes & Scams
Computer Virus Myths home page
steven hassan, destructive cults expert, offers help
Dostoyevsky
Christiaan Stange's DOSTOEVSKY RESOURCE STATION
Dostoyevsky's novel Brothers Karamazov profoundly affected me -- one of the few books I've read that I can honestly say that about.

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

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Last Page Update: December 2005
Patrick Connor
Social Studies Department
Canton High School, Canton MA