Ducksters
Ducksters: India History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of India including early civilizations, religions, Gupta empire, Mughal Empire, British rule, independence, Gandhi, and current events.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: W. S. Blunt
Excerpts from the diaries of Wilfred Scawen Blunt, English writer who opposed British imperialism.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Tea Act and Tea Parties
Read the text of the Tea Act, passed by the British Parliament primarily as a way to rescue the failing British East India Company. Find out about the colonists' reactions to this tax, and read a first-hand account of the Boston Tea Party.
The British Museum
The British Museum: Ancient India Geography
With the help of an online glossary students can take a trip through ancient using maps, or take a virtual pilgrimage. One can also learn about about Indra and the cloud-cattle.
History Teacher
Historyteacher.net: Global Studies: The British Raj Quiz
Ten multiple choice question quiz is immediately scored and provides review of Indian history and the British goverment.
Curated OER
Etc: India After the Second Anglo Maratha War, 1804
A map of British India in 1804, at the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1804). The map is color-coded to show the British dominions, the subsidiary and protected states, the independent states at the time, and the Portuguese...
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Sites of Ancient Indian Temples, 1912
A map from 1912 of British India showing ancient Indian temples sites in the region. The map coverage extends from Kandahar (Afghanistan) and Kashmir in the west to Keng Tung and Rangoon (Myanmar) in the east, and from the Himalaya...
The British Museum
The British Museum: Indus Valley
This interactive site offers students an online glossary, as well as a game of matching pieces of pottery, spending the day with the maker's son, and exploring the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro.
PBS
Pbs: Commanding Heights the Battle for the World Economy
A huge site dedicated to an understanding of the current global economic system. Includes the history, forces, values and perceptions that have shaped the world's economy. A comprehensive resource that includes a detailed economic report...
Virtual Bangladesh
Virtual Bangladesh: War for Independence
Comprehensive site examining though pictures, news articles, and first person accounts, all aspects of the Bangladesh Declaration of Independence in 1971.
The British Museum
The British Museum: Ancient India: The Buddha
Richly illustrated life of the Buddha, told in a click-through storybook format with an embedded glossary. Includes an interactive tour of the stupa of Amaravati, an early Buddhist shrine, and a matching game designed to instruct players...
University of California
Ucla: Manas: Robert Clive
Read a brief biography of Robert Clive, a leader largely responsible for the conquest of India for the British East India Company.
BBC
Bbc: The British Presence in India in the 18th Century
At the start of the 18th century, the East India Company's presence in India was one of trade outposts. But by the end of the century, the Company was militarily dominant over South India and rapidly extending northward.
Curated OER
Map of India Showing the Areas Affected by Rebellion in 1857
A highly interesting account of the rebellion that occurred in 1857 when Indian troops staged a violent outbreak against their British masters. The author examines the causes, events and results of the mutiny.
Other
Boston History and Architecture: Boston Tea Party
Citing the Boston Tea Party has been a rallying cry. Find out what the real reasons were behind the actions of the Sons of Liberty on that night of December 16, 1773. What made the colonists so angry and the reactions of the British lay...
University of California
Ucla: Manas: Mahatma Gandhi
Article on the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. With links to related material.
PBS
Pbs: Queen Victoria's Empire
The companion website to a documentary on Queen Victoria and the British Empire.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Britain and the Scramble for Africa
Briefly describes Britain's motivations for imperializing African regions. Includes the text of a speech given by Lord Cruzon entitled, "The True Imperialism."
BBC
Bbc: Vasco Da Gama
A nice biography of the great explorer focusing on how da Gama's voyage and discoveries changed the makeup of the world. Archived.
Curated OER
Partition of India in 1947
The author describes how India and Pakistan were created as a result of a division of the British colony of India and what problems and issues developed as a result of their separation.
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Rudyard Kipling
The Victorian Web provides information from social and political history and a detailed biography to essays about characterization, themes and more, this site offers an excellent variety of resources related to Victorian author Rudyard...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The "Boston Tea Party"
This brief article hits the high points of the Boston Tea Party-the reason, those involved, and England's response.
PBS
Pbs Liberty!: The Boston Tea Party
This site provides brief information about the Boston Tea Party, and the Edenton Ladies Tea Party. Use this site to learn about these events and discover why they are infamous events in American history. A video clip is also included.
Curated OER
Portrait Showing Edmund Burke
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...