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The History Guide A must for every student who takes Euro AP. Explore this site and prepare to release your inner historian. Be sure to read "The Student's Guide to the Study of History." Read the various lectures.
Map Exercises Do them. Understand them. Know what Europe looks like.Simple Unit Timelines Print these out for each new unit.Khan Academy -- World History Simple, clear explanations. A good place to start for easily understood overviews.Khan Academy -- Art History Help put Sister Wendy in context.The College Board Released Questions Check out all the past exams. Read the essay questions, DBQs, sample answers and scoring rationales.Essay Writing Check out this teacher site for great history essay guidelines and examples. Also, check out his humor page -- funny stuff.AP European History: Exam Prep Education Portal. Click on the various unit topics to see a brief video, text summaries, and quiz questions. Do this for each unit and when we review for the exam.History 101: Western Civilization I Education Portal. Prehistory through 1600.History 102: Western Civilization II Education Portal for 1600 through WWII.Very good teacher websites with outstanding links.
Please explore; visit all of their links; try the various exercises; have fun.
Useful links and great practice quizzes. Best teacher site for topic specific links and quizzes.
PowerPoint Palooza So many PowerPoints -- you can't help but to learn something.Click here for explanations of each unit. One of my favorite sites.
Very Specific Topic Links Many of these links are broken but worth the search.The Virtual Classroom A very good teacher site with outstanding PowerePoints and review activities.
The History Sage Print out the lecture notes outlines. Explore the links. Take the practice quizzes.Text Book Links:
These are links to the four most popular European History AP textbooks (Chambers, McKay, Spielvogel, and Palmer).
Take all the quizzes you can.
Chambers 9th Edition Our textbook with practice quizzes, outlines, and summaries. Please practice as often as you can.
Chambers 10th Edition Take the practice quizzes.Chambers 8th Edition More resources and activities than the 10th edition.Western Society -- McKay The McKay text book used at TOHS (courtesy of Arye Kinberg). Great quizzes, flashcards, outlines, and links.
Western Civilization The Spielvogel text book link. The infotrac link is great for all kinds of research.
A History of the Modern World Palmer text.
Art LinksThe Mother of All Art Sites The name says it all. Links to everything art.The Art Renewal Center A very unique art site as well as an outstanding example of a mission statement.Art.com Reproduction prints of hundreds of artists with thousands of images (courtesy of Francesca Corley).Great masterpieces in detail See masterpieces in detail and learn more about artists' lives and art. An awesome interactive site (courtesy of Marissa Saravis).Odd and Ends -- Some very cool stuffThe Western Tradition On-Line Download Eugen Weber's Western Tradition videos from the Annenburg Foundation. You can also watch individual episodes on Youtube (find them on my PowerPoint and Video page).
Euro Docs Primary documents. Great for research. Find by country and year. Great for business plans
Stanford's Encyclopedia of Philosophy Every philosopher, concept, idea, or movement you can think of in the world of philosophy -- all in alphabetical order.
Bartleby.com A dictionary of cultural literacy. Very useful resource when writing essays. Also, a lot of fun to just browse.Tudor England Everything Tudor including images, biographies, and quizzes.Elizabethan Era Very good site on all things Elizabethan -- courtesy of Amy Zhao.The English Civil War English Civil War topics and quizzes.100 Greatest Britons Wickipedia's list of the 100 Greatest Britons and links to each one.The History of London European history through the history of London. Great topic specific articles.18th Century Currency Converter A website that allows you to convert currency in the 18th century. Only true Euronerds need apply. Trust me, it's fun!
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! Good French Revolution site. It even includes revolutionary music.
EHAP Study Guide: Sparknotes Section review and practice AP exams from Sparknotes.
The First World War Amazing website on WWI (courtesy of Brian Weinstein).
Dr. Seuss's Political Cartoons Dr. Seuss's WWII political cartoons. Shocking!
Crash Course Playlist You can choose great 10 minute videos on World History, US History, Chemistry, Biology, Literature, and Ecology.Peapody's Improbable History -- Very funny and contains a bit of actual history (not much, but some). A must if you love puns.The History of the English Language in 10 minutes Funny and informative cartoon.