HISTORY
The
American Revolution: National Discussions of our Revolutionary Origins
http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/
This site was created as a complement to PBS's Liberty documentary series.
It offers a chance to join in national discussions of American revolutionary
origins.
The
Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution
http://www.fsu.edu/~napoleon/
From Florida State University comes this site offering extensive Napoleonic
Internet Links.
HISTORY and CULTURE
Pompeii
Uncovered
http://www.eliki.com/ancient/civilizations/pompeii/
A complete site with many pictures, informative text, and links to other ancient
sites. See Pompeiiís temples, people, homes, commercial buildings, and art.
Vesuvius,
Italy
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_vesuvius.html
This site covers the devastation caused by Mount Vesuvius, both at Pompeii and
Herculeum.
BIOGRAPHY
Benjamin
Franklin: A Documentary History
http://www.english.udel.edu/lemay/franklin/
The site offers a chronology of Benjamin Franklinís life and offers many references
to his writings.
ARTS and ARCHITECTURE
Mozart's
Magical Musical Life
http://stringsinthemountains.org/m2m/1once.htm
This entertaining site was created by the people at Strings in the Mountains,
a music festival in the Rocky Mountains in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The
reader takes a lighthearted textual and musical tour through the life of the
great composer.
Views
of St. Petersburg
http://www.unilib.neva.ru/city/views/home.html
This web site offers many photo images of St. Petersburg. See the Peter and
Paul Fortress, the Summer Palace-Museum of Peter the Great, the Summer Gardens,
the Winter Palace (the Hermitage), Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral, and many others.
GEOGRAPHY
Exploring
the West from Monticello
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/home.html
Thomas Jefferson studied the history of geography. This site offers multimedia
resources from the collection of explorers' accounts and maps in Jeffersonís
personal library. Study the geography from the time of Columbus up to the expedition
of Lewis and Clark.