Websites to Support the New Curriculum

Art History Resources on the web, Art of the Middle Ages:
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html#general

Student’s Friend, History and Geography, the Early Middle Ages:
http://www.studentsfriend.com/sf/part1see/part1-5.html

Student’s Friend, History and Geography, the Late Middle Ages: http://www.studentsfriend.com/sf/part1see/part1-6.html

Dowling’s Electronic Passport, the Middle Ages:
http://www.mrdowling.com/703middleages.html

The Mongol Empire:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2532/

Vikings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/

Technology during the Middle Ages:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/middleages/technology.htm

EMuseum, Middle Ages, Inventions and Discoveries:
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/inventions.html

Major Religions of the World Ranked by Numbers of Adherents:
http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

Dark Age Web:
http://www.fernweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mf/

Free Dictionary, Dark Ages:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Dark%20Ages

The Ottoman Empire:
http://www.turizm.net/turkey/history/ottoman3.html

The Ottomans:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/OTTOMAN/OTTOMAN1.HTM

No websites recommended

Art History Resource on the Web, Art of the Middle Ages:
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html

Medieval Paintings in the South of France:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/medieval/en/

Songs of Glory, Medieval Art from 900 to 1500, Gallery:
http://www.humanities-interactive.org/medieval/songglory/index.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Medieval Art:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=17

Louvre Museum, Virtual Tour, Medieval Louvre:
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

Vatican Museum:
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html
(selection of galleries with digitized images of Catholic art: tapestries, paintings, sculptures)

Metropolitan Museum, the Cloisters:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=7

The Full Bayeux Tapestry, thumbnails:
http://hastings1066.com/baythumb.shtml

Bayeux Tapestry:
http://www.sjolander.com/viking/museum/bt/bt.htm

The Reading Bayeux Tapestry:
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxContents.htm
(includes a narration of the events)

Medieval Sourcebook, Why Study History through Primary Sources:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/robinson-sources.html

The Viking Age in Ireland:
http://www.ncte.ie/viking/listt.htm

Internet Medieval Source Book, Maps:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html

Learner.org, Exhibits, Middle Ages:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

Exploring Ancient World Cultures, Medieval Europe:
http://eawc.evansville.edu/mepage.htm

Medieval Crusades:
http://www.medievalcrusades.com/

The Crusades and the Rise of Islam:
http://www.mrdowling.com/606islam.html

The Jerusalem Mosaic, The Crusader and Ayyubid Period:
http://jeru.huji.ac.il/ef1.htm

Exploring Ancient World Cultures, Medieval Europe, Magna Carta:
http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/magnacarta.htm

British Library, Magna Carta:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/magna.html

British Library, Collections, Translation of the Magna Carta:
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval/magnacarta-trans.htm

No websites recommended

Map, Muslim Expansion in the West
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/mexpan.jpg

Other Maps Relating to Islam’s Historical Development:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map.html

Metropolitan Museum, The Art of the Ottomans before 1600 A.D.:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/otto1/hd_otto1.htm

Metropolitian Museum, The Birth of Islam:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/isla/hd_isla.htm

Student’s Friend, History and Geography, the Early Middle Ages:
http://www.studentsfriend.com/sf/part1see/part1-5.html

Student’s Friend, History and Geography, the Late Middle Ages: http://www.studentsfriend.com/sf/part1see/part1-6.html

Dowling’s Electronic Passport, The Arabs:
http://www.mrdowling.com/607-arabs.html

Dowling’s Electronic Passport, The Ottoman Empire:
http://www.mrdowling.com/608-ottoman.html

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East, The Golden Age: http://www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp
?Destination=/education/ihame/7.asp

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East, Legacy:
http://www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp
?Destination=/education/ihame/12.asp

The Ottomans, Suleyman:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/OTTOMAN/SULEYMAN.HTM

History of Suleyman the Magnificent:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Suleyman.html

Map, Muslim Expansion in the West
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/mexpan.jpg

Other Maps Relating to Islam’s Historical Development:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~rs143/map.html

The Largest Muslim Communities:
http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_islam.html

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East, The Golden Age: http://www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp
?Destination=/education/ihame/7.asp

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East, Legacy:
http://www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp
?Destination=/education/ihame/12.asp

The Ottomans, Suleyman:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/OTTOMAN/SULEYMAN.HTM

The Arabian Nights, Lang translation:
http://www.arabiannights.org/index2.html

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyàm, Fitzgerald translation:
http://www.arabiannights.org/rubaiyat/index2.html

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East, The Golden Age: http://www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp ?Destination=/education/ihame/7.asp

Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East, Legacy:
http://www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp ?Destination=/education/ihame/12.asp

The Ottomans, Suleyman:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/OTTOMAN/SULEYMAN.HTM

Islamic Art:
http://www.islamic-council.com/Encyclopedia/Chapter4.htm

Metropolitan Museum, The Nature of Islamic Art:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/orna/hd_orna.htm

Metropolitan Museum, The Art of the Ottomans before 1600 A.D.:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/otto1/hd_otto1.htm

Islamic Art:
http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm

Arabic Online classroom, The Arabic alphabet:
http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html

Arabic script
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm

Marco Polo, The Glories of Kinsay (c.1300), Medieval Source Book:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/polo-kinsay.html

Houghton Mifflin Social Studies, Understanding Primary Sources, Marco Polo and China:
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi
?external=http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/7/unit/act4.1.html
&original=http://www.proteacher.com/090074.shtml&title=Marco%20Polo%20and%20China

Art History Resource on the Web, Asian Art, China: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks3.html#china

Chinese painting:
http://www.xiancity.net/cul_paint.htm

The Splendors of Imperial China:
http://www.asianart.com/splendors/

Metropolitan Museum, In the Footsteps of Marco Polo:
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Marco/index.html

Marco Polo and his Travels:
http://www.silk-road.com/artl/marcopolo.shtml

National Geographic, Marco Polo:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0105/feature1/

Genghis Khan:
http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/2532/page2.html

Electronic Passport, Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan:
http://www.mrdowling.com/613-khans.html

Eyewitness to History, Kublai Khan in Battle,1287:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/khan.htm

History of the Great Wall of China:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/history/index.htm

All About the Great Wall of China:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/greatwall/

Map of the Mongol Empire:
http://www.lacma.org/khan/map.htm

Maps of the Mongol Empire:
http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/2532/page4.html

Asia during the Middle Ages:
http://www.medieval-life.net/asia.htm

Genghis Khan: Terror and Conquest:
http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml
?id=72801&browseCategoryId=&location=&parentcatid=&subcatid=

Silk Road Project – Teacher Guide and Activities:
http://www.silkroadproject.org/teachers/index.html

Electronic Passport to the Silk Road:
http://www.mrdowling.com/613-silkroad.html

The Medieval Technology Timeline:
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Timeline.html#500

A Digital Archive of Architecture, Romanesque:
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/romanesque_arch.html

A Digital Archive of Architecture, Gothic:
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html 

Netserf, the Internet Connection for Medieval Resources:
http://www.netserf.org/

Art of the Book in the Middle Ages:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/book/hd_book.htm

China the Beautiful, Art of Chinese Calligraphy:
http://www.chinapage.com/callig1.html

Islamic Arts and Architecture, Arabic Calligraphy:
http://islamicart.com/members/index.html
(includes calligraphy, decorative designs from Islamic culture)

Vellum Gallery of Calligraphy, Illumination and Letter Arts:
http://catalog.com/gallery/index.html

The Great Building Collection:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html

Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, China:
http://www.chinapage.com/friend/goh/beijing/
imperial_palace/imperial_palace.html

Asian Historical Architecture, Forbidden City:
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/confucianindex.htm

Great Wall at Huang Hua (Ming Dynasty)
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/confucianindex.htm

Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia:
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/confucianindex.htm

The Islamic World to 1600, Architecture:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/learning/architecture.html

Great Buildings, Islamic Architecture:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html

Islamic Architecture:
http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/

Shalimar Islamic Architecture:
http://users.telerama.com/~jdehullu/islam/frames.htm

Medieval Architecture in France:
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html

Medieval Gothic cathedrals:
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/cathedrallinks.htm

Religion, Cathedrals:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/religion.html

La cité de Caracassone, France, The Walled Town of Caracassone, Guided tour:
http://www.carcassonne.culture.fr/

Life in a Medieval Castle:
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html

Castles of the Middles Ages:
http://www.medieval-castles.net/

Medieval Castles in France:
http://www.a-castle-for-rent.com/medieval/

Castles of Britain, Castle Learning Centre:
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm

Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales:  http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg073.htm
(examples of selected illustrations to accompany the text)

Anthology of Middle English Literature, Middle English Lyrics:
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medlyric.htm
(compare old English to modern excerpts from poems)

The Origin and History of the English Language: 
http://www.krysstal.com/english.html

About Medieval History, Guide Picks, Top Ten Realistic Medieval Films:
http://historymedren.about.com/library/product/aatprealmedfilms.htm

15th Century Dance Steps:
http://patriot.net/~nachtanz/KReed/15danstp.html

Peasants Revolt:
http://www.britannia.com/history/articles/peasantsrevolt.html

5th Century Dance Steps:
http://patriot.net/~nachtanz/KReed/15danstp.html

Anthology of Middle English Literature, Middle English Lyrics:
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medlyric.htm
(compare old English to modern excerpts from poems)

The Origin and History of the English Language: 
http://www.krysstal.com/english.html

The Great Building Collection:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html

Imperial Palace, Forbidden City, China:
http://www.chinapage.com/friend/goh/beijing/
imperial_palace/imperial_palace.html

Asian Historical Architecture, Forbidden City:
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/confucianindex.htm

Great Wall at Huang Hua (Ming Dynasty)
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/confucianindex.htm

Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia:
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/beijing/confucianindex.htm

The Islamic World to 1600, Architecture:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/learning/architecture.html

Great Buildings, Islamic Architecture:
http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/islamic.html

Islamic Architecture:
http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/

Shalimar Islamic Architecture:
http://users.telerama.com/~jdehullu/islam/frames.htm

Medieval Architecture in France:
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html

Medieval Gothic cathedrals:
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/cathedrallinks.htm

Religion, Cathedrals:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/religion.html

La cité de Caracassone, France, The Walled Town of Caracassone, Guided tour:
http://www.carcassonne.culture.fr/

Life in a Medieval Castle:
http://www.castlewales.com/life.html

Castles of the Middles Ages:
http://www.medieval-castles.net/

Medieval Castles in France:
http://www.a-castle-for-rent.com/medieval/

Castles of Britain, Castle Learning Centre:
http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm

A Medieval Feast:
http://mysticwomen.mcmaster.ca/scriptorium/recipes.html

Medieval Costumes, Basic Medieval Patterns:
http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~arnora/arnora/costumehdbk.htm

Metropolitan Museum, Late Middle Ages, Unicorn Tapestries: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/unicorn_inside.htm
(information on hunting, clothing, art, tapestry making)