Open Educational Resources by Discipline

Both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online texts, the goal of Fordham University's Sourcebook series is to provide and organize primary texts for use in classroom situations.

A project of the Yale Law School providing full-text access to documents from ancient history to today in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.

Free transcriptions, facsimiles, and translations of documents from prehistoric to post-Renaissance Europe curated by Brigham Young University.

An online textbook covering European history from ancient Sumer to the fall of Soviet-style communism in 1989. Includes extensive links to western civilization resources for historians on the Web.

Both a classroom resource and the largest collection of online texts, the goal of Fordham University's Sourcebook series is to provide and organize primary texts for use in classroom situations.

This collection includes images of primary materials from around the world and spanning a timeline of 8000BC to the present. The WDL was created by the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

"The Ancient World Mapping Center is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." Free maps are arranged geographically.

This Harvard University Project provides free GIS mapping and analysis of Ancient Rome and Medieval Europe.

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection from the University of Texas at Austin includes full-color historical maps from around the world.

This Khan Academy collection of video tutorials discusses the Ancient Near East, Ancient Greece, and Rome.

"Find out more about the history of Middle Ages, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more." From History.com.

"Find out more about the history of Italian Renaissance, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more." From History.com.

"This course will introduce you to the history of the European Middle Ages and Renaissance. You will learn about the major political, economic, and social changes that took place between the fourth century and 1500."

"This course covers the period from “early civilized man to the early Middle Ages of Europe, with emphasis on Greece, Rome, Egypt and other Mediterranean peoples."

"This course surveys the social, cultural, and political development of western Europe between 500 and 1350."

"This course examines the development of the western intellectual tradition from the fall of the Roman Empire through the High Middle Ages. Our basic premise will be that the triumph of Christianity in the west was not the inevitable outcome it might appear from hindsight."

"In this class, we will highlight the history of humanism, but we will also study religious reformations, high politics, the agrarian world, and European conquest and expansion abroad in the period."

This Annenberg/CPB sponsored site addresses the Middle Ages in Europe including the lives of lords and peasants, and highlight aspects of life including homes, clothing, the arts, and the role of religion.

A digital model of the Roman Forum as it appeared in late antiquity created by the UCLA Cultural Virtual Reality Laboratory (CVR Lab).

HyperHistory is an award-winning project that presents "3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps."

Build a pyramid for a pharaoh, loot a monastery with the Vikings, catch a killer in Rome, and more. Interactive educational games from the BBC.

This section includes 33 interactive history games, perfect for learners in third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, sixth grade, middle school, and even high school. These challenging and interactive games cover diverse topics including the American Civil War, Westward Expansion, the Revolutionary War, presidential history, 13 colonies, and much more.

"The American Historical Association (AHA) is the largest professional organization in the United States devoted to the study and promotion of history and historical thinking."

The Association of Ancient Historians offers a regular forum for scholarly interaction among historians of the Ancient Mediterranean, while emphasizing collegiality and social interaction.

"The Medieval Academy supports research, publication, and teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages."

"The Social Science History Association is an interdisciplinary group of scholars that shares interests in social life and theory; historiography, and historical and social-scientific methodologies."

The WHA supports teaching, research, and publication related to broader cross-cultural, comparative, and global approaches to history.