History

Collection of web-based resources ranging from BBC: History to On This Day. Also links to resources on specific eras of history.

Resources in American History ranging from general sites to specific event information.

The Smithsonian observes the federally mandated Heritage Months by hosting performances, films, discussions, and many other events in Washington, D.C. In keeping with the spirit of Heritage Months, we offer these thematically arranged teaching resources from across the Smithsonian.

Teachinghistory.org is designed to help K–12 history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education in the classroom. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education, the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) has created Teachinghistory.org with the goal of making history content, teaching strategies, resources, and research accessible.

Free, easy to use data visualization tools. Site developed by Prof. Jeremy Wilmer and a team of students at Wellesley College.

A user generated platform of historical images, video and audio content. Users 'pin' things to Google maps using the location and date.

A Free and Open Source Geographic Information System. Create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD (Android coming soon).

Mapping and data visualization on social, economic, and other demographics. Free version includes data from the 2000 census only.

Neatline is a geotemporal exhibit-builder that allows you to create beautiful, complex maps, image annotations, and narrative sequences from Omeka collections of archives and artifacts, and to connect your maps and narratives with timelines that are more-than-usually sensitive to ambiguity and nuance

An open-source JavaScript library
for mobile-friendly interactive maps.