World History
I found a sharp site that features maps, literature, documents, books, and other materials concerning historic cities around the world. It is Historic Cities. It is a joint project of the Historic Cities Center of the Department of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.
The site can be searched by year or by region. There is also a collection of biographies of historic map makers. There is a lot of content at the site and it is well worth exploring.
From the site:
The task is immense: every historic city is unique, many cities were mapped time and again, and there are thousands of relevant historical documents.
There is no way to accomplish such a task without your help. We are looking, therefore, for the collaboration of scholars and amateur and local historians who will share part of their knowledge with the public, either directly, exposing their own web-sites, or indirectly, using our services.
Did you scan material for your students? Do you collect old maps of your city? Would you like to recommend translated historical documents and descriptions concerning the history of your city, which you think are important for all of us? Would you like to recommend links which might be of interest to our site?
- Documentary History Of The Construction Of The Buildings At The University Of Virginia, 1817-1828
This electronic database consists of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the original buildings of Thomas Jefferson's nineteenth-century architectural masterpiece, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. When...
- David Rumsey Map Collection
While browsing yesterday, I found a fun map site. The David Rumsey Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. It includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts. This site is...
- The Jerusalem Mosaic
The Jerusalem Mosaic - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers a readable history of the city by period, with a map for each and photographs and information on surviving historic buildings. There are English and Hebrew versions available. There is good...
- Teaching With Historic Places
Teaching with Historic Places. This is an excellent ERIC Digest by Kathleen Hunter from 1994. It deals with teaching K-12 students about history using the local community as a classroom. Eleven years later, this program stills seems to be in place at...
- Including Historic Places In The Social Studies Curriculum.
Including Historic Places in the Social Studies Curriculum. This article examines the ways that "place" can be taught in the context of history. From the site: Places have powerful stories to tell. They speak through relationships to their settings,...
World History
Historic Cities
I found a sharp site that features maps, literature, documents, books, and other materials concerning historic cities around the world. It is Historic Cities. It is a joint project of the Historic Cities Center of the Department of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library.The site can be searched by year or by region. There is also a collection of biographies of historic map makers. There is a lot of content at the site and it is well worth exploring.
From the site:
The task is immense: every historic city is unique, many cities were mapped time and again, and there are thousands of relevant historical documents.
There is no way to accomplish such a task without your help. We are looking, therefore, for the collaboration of scholars and amateur and local historians who will share part of their knowledge with the public, either directly, exposing their own web-sites, or indirectly, using our services.
Did you scan material for your students? Do you collect old maps of your city? Would you like to recommend translated historical documents and descriptions concerning the history of your city, which you think are important for all of us? Would you like to recommend links which might be of interest to our site?
- Documentary History Of The Construction Of The Buildings At The University Of Virginia, 1817-1828
This electronic database consists of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the original buildings of Thomas Jefferson's nineteenth-century architectural masterpiece, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. When...
- David Rumsey Map Collection
While browsing yesterday, I found a fun map site. The David Rumsey Map Collection focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. It includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts. This site is...
- The Jerusalem Mosaic
The Jerusalem Mosaic - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem offers a readable history of the city by period, with a map for each and photographs and information on surviving historic buildings. There are English and Hebrew versions available. There is good...
- Teaching With Historic Places
Teaching with Historic Places. This is an excellent ERIC Digest by Kathleen Hunter from 1994. It deals with teaching K-12 students about history using the local community as a classroom. Eleven years later, this program stills seems to be in place at...
- Including Historic Places In The Social Studies Curriculum.
Including Historic Places in the Social Studies Curriculum. This article examines the ways that "place" can be taught in the context of history. From the site: Places have powerful stories to tell. They speak through relationships to their settings,...