Asia for Educators– Columbia University
The Indo- Mongolian Society Online Resources
Mansa Musa’s Hajj
Trekking to Timbuktu: Mansa Musa Takes a Trip (Student Version)
Marco Polo/ Pax Mongolia
In the footsteps of Marco Polo
Library of Congress- Marco Polo
The Treasures of Genghis Khan – Humanities Magazine
Pox Mongolica: The Impact of Imperial Peace and
Plague
Forbidden City/ Zheng He
New York State Archives Forbidden City
Invention of Gunpowder
Charlemagne’s Empire
Norman Conquest of England
How Norman Rule Reshaped England
Crusades – effects on Europe / Middle East
Magna Carta
Reconquista / Spanish Inquisition
Plagues contribution to the Spanish Inquisition
Joan of Arc and the Battle of Orleans
National Geographic – Joan of Arc
National Endowment for the Humanities
Henry Tudor and the Battle of Bosworth
After the Fall of Richard the III: Vengeance and the Alteration of History
Black Plague – (economic, political, social transformation)
Gutenberg’s Printing Press
Medici Family
Brunelleschi/Perspective
Early Renaissance in Europe National Gallery of Art
Renaissance Art
Vesalius/Harvey
Berkeley- Understanding Evolution– Vesaluis
Copernicus/Galileo/ Heliocentric Theory
LOC – Copernicus
US National Library of Medicine
Protestant Reformation-Luther or Calvin or HenryVIII
Documents of the Protestant Reformation– University of Colorado Boulder
Elizabeth’s reign in England-“Golden Age”
Spanish Armada/King Phillip
Council of Trent- Counter Reformation
Henry the Navigator/Portuguese Exploration
Cortez/Pizarro Conquest of Latin America
Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange- Gettysburg
To access Gilderlehrman articles
username: azampitella@winchesterps.org
password: Library2018
Ivan the Terrible
Mughal leaders of India
Song Dynasty/Gunpowder
Here are links to databases:
General Encyclopedia
Good for Background Information
and finding key words
Username: winchester
Password: winchester
– World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
– World History: Modern Era
Scroll down for a video on how to search this database
For New World topics, colonies, etc.
Primary Sources:
National Archives – Primary Sources from American History.
University of Virginia – 1930s
Fordham University Primary Sources
Yale University Primary Sources
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Renaissance Artists – Bellini, Botticelli, Bruegel, daVinci, Durer, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Uccello, VanEyck |
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Renaissance Science List of scientific instruments – primary sources |
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Van Eyck – Life and timeline |
WHS Learning Commons 