K-12 TLC Guide to World History

Student Guide to History and Social Studies: K-12 TLC Guide

The 20th Century: K-12 TLC Guide

Archaeology & Anthropology: K-12 TLC Guide Current Events & Media: K-12 TLC Guide Geography: K-12 TLC Guide Historic World Documents: K-12 TLC Guide

Maps: K-12 TLC Guide World Government: K-12 TLC Guide

Pre-History
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Civilizations of Mesopotamia
Ancient Greek Civilization
The Roman Empire
The Crusades
The Age of Exploration
Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Age of Enlightenment
World War I
Between the Wars
1940s
World War II
The Cold War
The Nuclear Age

Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Europe
Middle East
North America
Pacific Rim
South America
United States

Cultural Hearths

World's Fairs

World History
World History	Armenian Genocide (1915-1918): K-12 TLC Guide. Captain James Cook: K-12 TLC Guide. Toynbee, Arnold J.: K-12 TLC Guide. 20th Century History By the Decades, Chico High School Library, CA. 23 Peaks Expedition. 2000 Around the World, The New York Times. ABC Interactive World Fact Book. Around the World in the 1890s, The Library of Congress. Blue Web'n Applications, Pacific Bell. The Century in Shoes. CIA Publications and Handbooks, The Central Intelligence Agency. Eighteenth-Century Resources.Rutgers University. Exploring Ancient World Cultures, University of Evansville. Eyewitness: History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It. From Dawn To Decadence, Jacques Barzun. Flu: Story of Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, Gina Kolata. The History Place. TheHistoryNet: The Berlin Airlift. First Flight Over the North Pole. 07/1099: Taking Jerusalem: Climax of First Crusade. 10/30/1270: 7th Crusade Ends with the Treaty of Barbary. 09/20/1519: Magellan Begins Global Circumnavigation. 10/12/1576: Rudolf II Becomes Holy Roman Emperor. 09/26/1580: Francis Drake Completes Global Voyage. 10/08/1690: Turks Capture Belgrade. 10/08/1840: King William I of Holland Abdicates. 10/30/1922: Mussolini's Fascists Take Control of Rome. 10/10/1933: Peace Treaty of Western Hemisphere Nations . The Industrial Revolution, Eureka: A Multimedia Tour of the Inventions of the 20th Century. Influential Contemporary And Historical Figures. International Council on Monuments and Sites. The Internet Global History Sourcebook, Fordham University. Maps: K-12 TLC Guide. Mr. Donn's World History Page. National Geographic. National Public Radio: 1800s-Era Sea Logs Chart Course of Climate Change. The Age That Forged Christianity and Its Reform. Al Bara And Serjilla: Syria's Byzantine-Era Villages. The Art Exhibition That May Knock Your Socks Off. Candied Corpses and 87 Other Ancient Innovations. Europeans Share Common Ancestors (audio: 3:40). From Dawn To Decadence (audio: 8:00). Globalization & National Identities (audio: 3:23). *How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous. Invention of the Restauran (audio: 8:36). Lingua Globa: How English Became 'Globish'. The Middle East and the West: A Historical View. Treasures of the Ottoman Empire (audio: 6:12). Outnumbered, Outgunned: How Underdogs Prevail. The Tricky Business of Defining Genocide. Two Centuries of Tiaras (audio: 4:57). Native Web: Resources For Indigenous Cultures. Naval History: K-12 TLC Guide. Newspaper Collectors Society of America. The Nobel Peace Prize. On-This-Day: 12/05/1492: Columbus Discovers Hispaniola (Haiti). 09/25/1493: Columbus Begins Second Voyage with 17 Ships. 09/25/1513: Balboa First European to See Pacific Ocean. 08/28/1619: Ferdinand II Elected Holy Roman Emperor. Quaboag Regional High School: Growth of Agricultural And Commercial Civilizations. The Age of Revolutionary Change. The World from 1945 to the Present. Revolutions. Smithsonian Magazine: Shahnama: The Persian Book of Kings. Ten Infamous Islands of Exile. Speech Archive, The History Channel. UNESCO World Heritage List. Vincent Voice Library, Michigan State University. W.W. Norton Company: World Civilizations. World History Timeline. War: K-12 TLC Guide. Wikipedia: Free Encyclopedia. World Civilizations, Washington State University. World History Archives. World History Compass. World History Facts. WWWVL World Wide Virtual Library: History. Zoom Explorers*, Enchanted Learning Software.
World History Cultural Hearths	About.com. Answer.com. Kidsweb.com. LessonPlanet.com. Rollins University. Union County College. The University of the State of New York. University of Wisconsin - Madison. K-12 TLC Kids Quiz: Characteristics of the 7 Ancient Cultural Hearths. Geography of the 7 Ancient Cultural Hearths.
World History World's Fairs	Bureau of International Expositions. Expomuseum.org. Hagley Museum and Library. National Building Museum. University of Delaware. Smithsonian Institution. TIME. University of Houston. Yale University.
World History Between the Wars	1940s: K-12 TLC Guide. K-12 TLC Guide to the Great Depression. U.S. History Between the Wars: K-12 TLC Guide. The Library of Congress: 10/03/1929: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia Is Formed. On-This-Day: 01/07/1932: Germany Discontinues WWI Reparations Payments. 01/07/1935: France & Italy Sign Italo-French Agreements.
World History Asia	K-12 TLC Guides: Maps of Asia. China. Russia. Vietnam. Asia Timeline, W.W. Norton Company. AskAsia. Indochina, Fact Monster. The Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Fordham University: The Early Modern World. Marco Polo, Silk Road Foundation. National Public Radio: Legacy of the Black Sea Trade Routes. Scythian Civilization: 11/8/99 (audio: 3:10). Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: Four Months of War: Shanghai 1937. Great Kanto Earthquake 1923. Yahoo! Asia. Teacher Resources.
World History Australia, Oceania	K-12 TLC Guides: Maps of Australia, Oceania. Australia.
World History Pacific Rim	K-12 TLC Guides: Maps of Asia. China. Japan. Korea.
World History North America	K-12 TLC Guides: Maps of North America. Canada. Mexico. United States.
World History Pre-History	K-12 TLC Guides: Archaeology and Anthropology. Dinosaurs. Paleontology. United States Prehistory. Archaeology Excavations and Techniques, BBC. Asteroid or Comet Triggered Mass Extinctions, University of Washington. BBC: Ancient Climate Change CO2. The Field Museum of Natural History: Prehistoric Crossword. Prehistoric Word Search. National Public Radio: 800,000 Year Old Tools: 3/3/00 (audio: 3:38). Disappearance of Wooly Mammoth: 4/23/00 (audio: 7:00). Lentils: A Legume for the Ages. The Vikings: 5/7/00 (audio: 7:00). ThinkQuest: The Triassic Period: 225 - 195 Million Years Ago. The Jurassic Period: 195 - 136 Million Years Ago. The Cretaceous 136 - 65 Million Years Ago. Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, Discovery Channel.
World History	Burckhardt, Jacob Christoph: K-12 TLC Guide. Historical Fiction - Ancient Civilizations to Middle Ages, Fairrosa Cyber Library. Historical Fiction: The Old World, Ann Arbor District Library Parent's Page, MI. Historical Texts Project, Hanover College. Logan Library, UT: Prehistory And Ancient Civilizations. Middle Ages. *The Dangerous Book of Heroes, Conn Iggulden and David Iggulden, National Public Radio. From Dawn To Decadence, Jacques Barzun: Amazon.com. National Public Radio: 5/19/00 (audio 8:00). A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings...*, Arthur Schlesinger Jr..
	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments
	The Age of Exploration. The Crusades. Marco Polo. The Middle Ages. The Renaissance. United States History. The Great Depression. World War II. Grades 5-12: History Newspapers, Debbie Prasuhn, North Central High School, Northeast Schools. Grade 6: The Five Most Influential Scientists In History, Mary C. Lomax, Clark Pleasant Middle School, Clark Pleasant Community School Corporation. Grades 9-12: Cold War, Educator's Reference Desk. The Cold War, Nancy Matson's Website: Part 1: Terms Like 'The Red Menace'. Part 2: The CIA's Covert Operations. Part 3: Spies, Communism, and Bananas. Holocaust, John Namovich, Jay County High School, IN. Grades10-12: Neoclassicism/Romanticism, Michigan State University. Other: Ancient Greece, Derek Allen, Snaith Primary School, UK. AskAsia Teacher Resources. Humanities To Go, The Indiana Humanities Council. Interpret Bronze Age Finds, PBS. Mr. Donn's: 20th Century. Ancient History. Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations. Explorers. Industrial Revolution. The Life & Times of Early Man. Pirates. Political Change.

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This guide last edited 04/28/2011
This guide last edited 02/24/2009