Helpful Websites and Resources

Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel

Great way to get a close-up view of this important work of Renaissance Art

http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

An Gorta Mor, The Great Irish Famine A site with many photos, drawings, prints, a bibliography, and

http://faculty.history.wisc.edu/archdeacon/famine/

Archiving Early America

Collection of documents relating to the Colonial and Federal periods of US History 

http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Censorship of Images in the Soviet Union

Wikipedia entry discussing Soviet manipulation of images

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_images_in_the_Soviet_Union

EF Tours

Web site for the company I use to take students to Europe every spring

http://www.eftours.com/student-travel.aspx

Facts About the Eiffel Tower

Helpful for the HWH Chapter 9 narrative essay

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/facts-about-the-eiffel-tower-paris.html

From Revolution to Reconstruction and Beyond

Excellent collection of US History documents. From the University of Gronigen in theNetherlands!

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/index.htm

German Propaganda Page

From Calvin University- extensive collection of German propaganda, mainly from the Nazi and East German periods

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/

National History Day

Official NHD website, Full desciption of the themes, rules and policies relating to the competition

http://www.nhd.org/

Official Website of the Eiffel Tower

The official site of the Eiffel Tower

http://www.eiffel-tower.com/

Rhode Island Famine Memorial Web Site

http://www.rifaminememorial.com/

RI Interscholastic League

RI Interscholastic League-schedules and standings

http://www.riil.org/

RI Legal/Educational Partnership

Organization which runs the RI Mock Trial Tournament

http://www.rilep.org/

Soviet -Russian Photo Corrections

Site highlighting Stalin's removal of his rivals from photographs

http://englishrussia.com/2007/02/22/soviet-russian-photos-correction/

The Avalon Project

From Yale University, an excellent collection of documents of "law, history and diplomacy" from ancient to modern times 

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp

The French Revolutionary Calendar

Interactive page describing the French Revolutionary calendar. Displays the day's date in the French Revolutionary calendar. Useful and fun for HWH and AP European History 

http://www.windhorst.org/calendar/

The Great Hunger

Comprehensive web site dealing with "An Gorta Mor" -The Irish Potato Famine 

http://www.thegreathunger.org/

The Irish Potato Famine From The History Place.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/index.html

Visual Representation: The Irish Famine of 1845-50 A short piece with visual commentaries many of w

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/ireland/famine.htm

Web Gallery of Art

Interactive gallery of art from the Middle Ages to about 1850. Useful for students in HWH or AP Euro. Site is registered in Hungary, but is in English 

http://www.wga.hu/