Updated on March 9, 2017
These websites help kids and high school students explore the countries, peoples, customs, culture, and history of Europe. Some include teaching resources.
From site: As the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the memory of the past and imparts its meaning for future generations. Established in 1953, as the world center for documentation, research, education and commemoration of…
NeoK12 offers a set of YouTube videos explaining and illustrating European History. Topics include the Byzantine Empire, the Dark Ages, the Mongol invasion of Europe, achievements of Leonardo da Vinci, the Protestant Reformation, the Inquisition, Napolean and Russia, fall of…
This is an interactive map of Europe that displays a country’s name and its capital when you when you point to it.
This site discusses Middle Ages in Europe, highlighting feudal life, religion, homes, clothing, health, arts and entertainment, and town life. Links give students the opportunity to engage in activities related to many of the topics. It concludes with links to other resources.
With these hands-on interactives, students explore Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. The stagnation of the Middle Ages gives way to the Renaissance and the rebirth of intellectual and economic changes. Topics include plague, exploration and trade, science,…