Computers are ubiquitous today. Step back in time and meet some of the early inventors of precursors to computers, and of the first computers.

World History learning module with comprehensive multi-media reources for student exploration of early African and Meso-American societies.

AP World History Learning module on the transformation of the West and the Rise of Russia (1450-1750) during the Early Modern Period.

Primary resource material focusses on predicaments in early American history. Students read primary source text to answer questions surrounding the nature of society following the American Revolution, learning about the hopes and fears...

This extensive lesson plan uses the painting 'A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning' as a starting point to learning in science. Students will use the work by Reubens to learn about a variety of animals and their habitats.

This interesting site shows many aspects of the Paleo culture. Learn about the ways the Paleo Indians hunted for food, the tools they used, and find a chart which organizes all the information.

Learn about the art of ancient and aarly medieval South Asia in this historical overview and image gallery of Asian art with detailed descriptions, from the collection of the British Museum.

AP World History learning module with interactive lessons and assignments on 20th Century events from 1914 to present.

U.S. History learning module on late 19th early 20th Century Imperialism, Progressivism, World War I.

AP U.S. History unit covers the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, including the first World War and the Progressive Era. Comprehensive lesson materials and interactive media.

Learn about the waterways in Virginia that colonists used to expand their way of life, especially for tobacco sales.

Biographical profile of Jubal Early covers all elements of his military career as a Confederate commander during the Civil War.

A collection of images of early Virginia Indians that includes information on interpreting the images and shows fanciful images that were not historically accurate.

Begin to understand the teen age group looking at its place on the growth sequence. Learn that adoelscence, being the last step before becoming an adult brings many changes and challenges.

This lesson is for cooperative learning groups. This lesson will take place in the classroom and the computer lab. Students will create PowerPoints on the early Americas civilizations of the Hohokam, Anasazi, Mississippians, Inuit,...

This instructional activity requires students to use the Internet to research the early life of Mark Twain and the influence of his childhood experiences on his writing. The instructional activity includes letter writing, reading, role...

This collection uses primary sources to explain the early exploration of the Americas.

An early astronaut's experiences teach students that Newton's third law of motion-for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction-applies both on Earth and in outer space.

In the early 1600s, most people believed that the Sun revolved around a stationary Earth. This video segment adapted from NOVA tells how Galileo proved that the Sun, not Earth, is at the center of our universe.

Early readers will love building their own story book with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, or Cookie Monster! A perfect tool for helping identify feelings and emotions, word and letter recognition, and letter sounds.

View a series of extracts from eighteenth-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people in England ate during this period of overseas expansion, urbanization, and early industrialization. Accompanying essays explain various...

View a series of extracts from English cookbooks written during the first half of the twentieth-century and learn what people in England ate during this period. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the time,...

Read a description of Homo sapiens as a species, learn about the variety of Homo sapiens fossils that have been found, and discover evidence of the culture of these early people.

This lesson will explain the processes involved in fertilization of a female egg. It is 5 of 5 in the series titled "Fertilization."