Smarthistory

The award-winning Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook. The content incorporates podcasts and screencasts

Nova : Evolution

PBS creates some excellent web sites to support their programming and Nova's Evolution is perhaps the best yet. It harnesses the most powerful features of the modern web, providing multiple media types, interactive displays and a multitude of links.

Holocaust Encyclopedia

This outstanding web site is part of Washington DC's United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Photographs, videos, timelines and survivor memoirs are included.

A Wiki for Media

If you are looking for copyright-free images, video, music, (in fact almost any media type) for a project where copyright could be an issue, Wikimedia Commons is the place to go. Over five million media files are available for download and use.

43Marks

43Marks is a web site that is really a page of "Favourites", made up of links to some of the most popular sites on the Web. Sites are arranged in categories such as Social, Photo, Music, Games etc. There are also 6 popular RSS feeds. The power of the site lies in the fact that you can personalize it by editing, configuring and adding to the links and feeds.

Apocalypse Now

Armageddon, the end of days, is a popular theme in fiction and film. But the real thing is only 300 km west of Guelph down highway 401. See this startling photo collection of the ruins of the once great city of Detroit. For more background you may be interested in following a year-long project by Time Inc. which will document the struggles of that city.

Encyclopedia of Life

Encyclopedia of Life is a wiki-based biological encyclopedia that intends to publish data on all 1.8 million species on earth. Many international institutions are cooperating in the accumulation of information. It is estimated that the project will take 10 years to complete.

Photos from LIFE Magazine

For more than two generations of North Americans LIFE Magazine was a major source of images about important events around the world. Now you can search and view tens of thousands of   seminal photographs about the 20th century.

ArtBabble : Art Videos

ArtBabble is a new website from the Indianapolis Museum of Art featuring High Definition streaming videos about artists, works, and many other aspects of fine art. Videos from various institutions are available and the plan is to position the site as a "clearing house" of art-related videos.
Read a news feature about the site from the N.Y. Times.

National Geographic's Online Jigsaw Puzzles

Need a break from studying? Try one of National Geographic's online jigsaw puzzles. The puzzles work in "drag and drop" fashion and are based on the gorgeous National Geographic photographs.

Do Girls Matter?

Read about the powerful social and economic changes that are brought about when girls are educated and have the opportunity to participate in their society.

East African Music

Vanderbilt University has started a World Music Archive featuring 1,550 recordings recently collected in Africa. All the songs are playable and give an excellent overview of traditional Ugandan music.

ScienceDaily : Science News Aggregator

ScienceDaily collects a huge amount of the latest science news and sorts it into 8 different categories. Each category is then subdivided into News, Articles, Videos, Images and Book Reviews. All the science news that's fit to print.

What's Happening in Drafur?

Darfur is this young century's version of Rwanda and Bosnia.; In the last 4 years 200,000 have been killed and 2.5 million expelled from their home villages. Many of us don't even know where Darfur is, never mind the geo-politics that are behind the tragedy. Get an overview form this Amnesty International website.

Digital Dating Harassment

This U.S. based website addresses itself to teenagers who are experiencing problems with unwanted digital contact. The site contains advice, videos, and "callout cards" that can be sent as a responses to annoying digital contacts. The accompanying links are American but similar resources can be found at www.cyberbullying.ca