World History Matters by Kristin Lehner; Kelly Schrum; T. Kelly Mills - First Edition, 2009 from Macmillan Student Store

World History Matters

First  Edition©2009  Kristin Lehner; Kelly Schrum; T. Kelly Mills

ISBN:9780312485825

About

An exceptional resource, World History Matters contains reviews of 150 of the most practical and conscientious world history Web sites, perfect to use when researching broad themes as well as special topics and regions. Also included are tips to help you locate, evaluate, and correctly cite online sources.

Table of Contents

Preface

Note to Teachers

 
1. An Introduction to World History Research Online

Evaluating Websites

Web 2.0

Working with Online Primary and Secondary Sources

Search Tips and Further Resources

Using this Guide

 
2. A Selection of Top World History Websites

 
General Websites for World History Research

 
World History Websites by Time Period

Beginnings to 1000 BCE

1000 BCE to 300 CE

300 to 1000 CE

1000-1500 CE

1450-1770

1750-1914

1900-1945

World Since 1945

 
A Glossary of Common Internet Terms

Source Index

Subject Index

Alphabetical List of Websites Reviewed

Kristin Lehner

Kristin Lehner is a graduate student in African history at Johns Hopkins University, where her research focuses on health and development in twentieth-century West Africa. Prior to attending Johns Hopkins, she worked for three years at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University as World History Projects Manager developing the Web sites World History Matters and Women in World History.

Kelly Schrum

Kelly Schrum is Director of Educational Projects at the Center for History and New Media and Associate Research Professor in the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University. Schrum is codirector of the Web sites World History Sources, Women in World History, Making the History of 1989, and Children and Youth in World History, and is the author of Some Wore Bobby Sox: The Emergence of Teenage Girls’ Culture, 1920-1950. Other publications include History Matters: A Student Guide to U.S. History Online.

T. Mills Kelly

T. Mills Kelly is Associate Director of the Center for History and New Media and Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. He is a specialist in late-Habsburg history with a focus on radical Czech nationalism and is the author of Without Remorse: Czech National Socialism in Late-Habsburg Austria. His most recent article is titled "Tomorrow's Yesterdays: Teaching History in the Digital Age."