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Adventure Learning Foundation

Photographs and travel journals from Southern Africa, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Baja California, Alaska and Yukon. Interested teachers may register their class to track the travelers on their next trip. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: QuestConnect.org

Afghanistan Unveiled

This site provides information and lesson plans to accompany the film Afghanistan Unveiled, which focuses on the experiences of women. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Independent Television Service

Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent

A searchable collection of African sounds including greetings and songs as well as images of cities, buildings, artisans, and other cultural and natural subjects. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries

The American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition

An online collection of photographs, field notes, anthropological objects, and many other multi-media resources that document and provide context to James Chapin and Herbert Lang's Congo expedition. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: American Museum of Natural History

Amnesty International

Uses news feature articles and video footage to raise awareness about human rights violations throughout the world and to encourage action against these contraventions. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Amnesty International

Ancient Egypt: Science and Technology

Interactive website about the science and technology of ancient Egypt. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Museum of Science, Boston

The Ancient Greek World

A virtual exhibit of artifacts from ancient Greece that depict the daily lives of the people from this civilization from the different types of coins they used for purchases to the grave-markers placed in their cemeteries. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Ancient India

An interactive website that examines Ancient India in six categories: The Buddha, Geography, Early Hinduism, Indus Valley, Time, and Writing. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: The British Museum

Ancient Scripts.com

Examines a wide variety of writing systems and their origins, phonetics, and historical linguists. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Lawrence K Lo

Ancient World Mapping Center

Free, downloable maps of the ancient world including ancient sites in and around the Aegean Sea, ancient Greece, ancient Italy, ancient Egypt, and Constantinople, as well as maps depicting the campaigns of such historical figures as Augustus, Caesar, Pompey,... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Anne Frank Guide

Comprehensive guide focused on Anne Frank, her family, and the Holocaust. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Anne Frank House

Art and Life in Africa Project

Provides information and images related to art and life throughout Africa. The site includes maps of Africa navigating even the most novice user to information regarding specific countries and peoples, complete with demographics and settlement histories. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: The School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa

The Art of Asia

Uses maps, video, and images to accentuate textual treatments about Asian art in China, Japan, and Tibet. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Minneapolis Institute of Arts

artNC

Images and background information on works of art, classroom activity ideas and lesson plans, and program listings. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: North Carolina Museum of Art

Asia for Educators

Features classroom materials and teaching guides on Asia for use by educators and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Columbia University

AsiaSource

Asia and its cultures, geography, political systems, arts, history, and business and economy. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Asia Society

AskAsia: A K-12 resource of the Asia Society

Provides students and teachers with learning and teaching resources about Asia including activities, images, timelines, and more. Topics incorporate features such as art, religion, and stereotypes in an effort to help students and teachers develop a mutual... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: AskAsia

The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record

A collection of images and descriptions from a variety of collections focusing on the slave trade and slavery in the Americas. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the Digital Media Lab at the University of Virginia Library

Atlapedia Online

Provides factual information as well as physical and political maps for countries around the world. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Latimer Clarke

¡del Corazón! Latino Voices in American Art

Find primary source materials featuring Latin American artists and their works at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Smithsonian American Art Museum