Eye Witness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- 3–12
- Subjects
- social studies (United States history, world history)
- Provider
- Ibis Communications
- Special requirements
- RealPlayer is required for the audio portions of the site.
Legal
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“Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.”
This extensive site features eyewitness accounts of important moments in the world's history, audio clips of famous voices, and image galleries. The site can be browsed through the index or by chapter. It is divided into the ancient world, Middle Ages/Renaissance, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, the Civil War, the Old West, 20th Century, World War I, and World War II. It includes snapshots and a photo of the week.
Just a few of the interesting things you can find on this site include Englishman Howard Carter's reaction to discovering King Tut's Tomb, a feature on the Gibson Girl, what it was like inside a Nazi death camp, and the sinking of the Titanic. Some of the voices you will here on this site include Charles Lindbergh, Theodore Roosevelt, and Lord Haw Haw, the last German propagandist.
