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High School World History

High School World History: Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents

Studying world history provides important perspectives on the past and offers direction for the future. Our High School World History Web Guide connects you to the best online content for study guides and links to original documents, educational activities and much more. Bring history alive in the classroom and at home with our High School World History Web Guide.

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Student Resources for High School World History

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Teaching Resources for High School World History

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Resources for High School World History Parents

As a parent, it can be a challenge to keep up with what your teens are studying in school. We’ve found Web sites that can give you a better idea of what your kids are learning and provide useful, age-appropriate resources you can use to help them further their studies at home.

Dulcinea's Insight

  • There are many ways that parents can integrate world history into their children’s lives outside school. Taking trips to museums (real or virtual), discussing current events, encouraging curiosity—these all benefit your teen’s development into an adult.
  • A museum doesn’t have to be about history to be a good source of history lessons. For example, the Web site of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a “Timeline of Art History” linked to art resources from around the world for various time periods. Its “Explore and Learn” section has interesting activities for students such as dancing with Edgar Degas and the museum’s many other collections.
  • One of the best ways to help your teenager is to ask her history teacher what the class is studying and supplement those subjects at home. The other sections of this Web guide will be of particular interest to many parents and can provide inspiration for ways to get your child interested in world history.
  • If you’re homeschooling your children, you might spend some time browsing the “Teaching Resources for High School World History” section of this Web guide. For many more Web sites that can help you with homeschooling in a variety of ways, see our findingDulcinea Homeschooling Web Guide.

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For world history educational standards …
SCORE (Schools of California Online Resources for Education) provides the best overview of the key concepts your high schooler should be learning. This is a great place to start organizing your thoughts about how you want to supplement and enhance your child’s world history education. Note, however, that if you browse the rest of the SCORE site you may find the surfing somewhat difficult.
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FunBrain’s “Standards Finder” tells you what students in a particular subject and grade level should be learning. Although this might not line up exactly with what your child is learning in school, it can provide some ideas for at-home material that might be helpful to your child.
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For enrichment activities and history resources you can use at home …
World History Archives links you to history documents covering all areas of the globe, differentiating itself from the many Europe-focused history Web sites. The links are categorized by region, making navigation easy, or you can search using keywords. The documents you find here can help broaden your teen’s perspective on important world issues.
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Learning Curve is hosted by The National Archives of the U.K. and provides loads of European history resources including original documents and educational games. First-time users may want to start with “How to use this site” for instructions, while veterans can jump straight to the Index of topics or choose from a list of “Quick links” on the homepage.
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Kennesaw State University’s Educational Technology Center maintains several great links to world history resources covering all areas of the globe. All the links take you to external sites that include “WebQuests,” original documents and “hotlists” of other great material.
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