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Goteborg University: The Rise of Neolithic Agriculture [Pdf]
The Rise of Neolithic Agriculture examines reasons why the Neolithic converted to an agricultural people and why agriculture, though initially increasing the welfare of people's lives, deteriorated the quality of living.
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Wired.com: The Age of Paine
An article from Wired Magazine describing Paine's use of the media to support the Revolution and comparing it to use of modern media such as TV, radio and the Internet.
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Victorian Age Topics in Literature
This resource discusses four controversies that concerned the Victorians: evolution, industrialism, what the Victorians called "The Woman Question," and Great Britain's identity as an imperial power. Includes multiple-choice quiz and...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Politics and Religion
The Civil Wars and the Restoration of the monarchy, the Enlightenment or 'Age of Reason', and British colonialism: investigate the political and religious contexts of Restoration and 18th-century literature.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
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Learning activity in which students study the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. Lesson includes individual, group and whole class activity in which students write, discuss and debate the role...
Khan Academy
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Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
A&E Television
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Take a look at Barbie's cultural revolution through the decades. Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959 -- the day she was officially introduced to the world. Handler always saw Barbie as a reflection of the times, with the first...
Khan Academy
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Discusses the urbanization that took place at the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. Includes questions for students at end.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Teaching the Middle East: Origins of Civilization
Learing module on the origins of civilization explains the chronology and environmental context of the so-called Neolithic revolution, the period when early civilizations in the Middle East arose and began to domesticate plants and animals.
Library of Congress
Loc: America at the Turn of the Century
A short report on America by 1900: "..the American nation had established itself as a world power. The West was Won. The frontier -- the great fact of 300 years of American history -- was no more."
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Melani: Romanticism: Introduction to Romanticism
This is an article discribing Romanticism and the Romantic Period from 1798-1832 including its beginning with the publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Characteristics include heightened imagination, nature...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Era of Expansion and Reform
This resource, a speech by Woodrow Wilson to Congress on April 8, 1913, gives a great review of how the United States transformed from from a rural country to an urban one. It includes a review of industrialization, new inventions,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Global Industrialization
Europe and America were far from alone in the quest for industrialization. This unit explores just how far the age of industry impacted the world.
Independence Hall Association
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The Napoleon Series
This site is dedicated to research and scholarship on the age of Napoleon Bonaparte and provides links to articles on the military history of that time.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook
A rich Fordham University site of primary source material that include full-text, and multimedia sites. There are additional study and research guides such as Modern History in the Movies.
Oswego City School District
Regents Prep: Global History: Neolithic Revolution : Economic System
A concise overview of the economic system created during the Neolithic Revolution.
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H2 G2: Neolithic Revolution: How Farming Changed the World
Peruse this article featuring the ways discoveries and establishments of agriculture, government, social class, etc. during the Neolithic Revolution altered the future for all civilization.
Oswego City School District
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Independence Hall Association
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A look at the French Revolution and how it was interpreted by members of the ruling members in the new United States. What occurred in France tempered the way politic opposites viewed each other in America.
BBC
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A helpful summation of the key features of the agriculture revolution of the Neolithic Age: population growth, specialization, trade, security, government, and disease.
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International World History: Agriculture and the Origins of Civilization
Read here about the Neolithic Revolution and the development of early Stone Age humans into an Agrarian society. Causes of the agrarian transformation are addressed as well as the domestication of plants and animals. The spread of the...
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Child Mine Labor During the Industrial Revolution
Website informing readers on the daily life of children working in the mines during the Industrial Age. Site provides an overview with photos about the hours, types of jobs and working conditions.
Britain Express
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A history of the Chartist Movement in England from its origins in 1838 with the "People's Charter," to its demise in 1848.