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Its mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide.<br><br><br><br>The website offers thousands of free history articles, with a writing style aimed at students from middle school level and up. Articles are complemented by videos, timelines, 3D models, and interactive maps. The search function offers many filters, including the possibiliy to search for primary source texts.<br><br><br><br>Additionally, the organization published free teaching materials in its education section (https://www.worldhistory.org/edu/).</dd> </dl> <dl class="materials-details-first-part"> <dt>Subject:</dt> <dd> <span itemprop="about">History</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="about">Ancient History</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="about">World History</span> </dd> <dt>Level:</dt> <dd> Middle School<span class="tx">, </span>High School<span class="tx">, </span>Community College / Lower Division<span class="tx">, </span>College / Upper Division<span class="tx">, </span>Adult Education </dd> <dt>Grades:</dt> <dd> Grade 8<span class="tx">, </span>Grade 9<span class="tx">, </span>Grade 10<span class="tx">, </span>Grade 11<span class="tx">, </span>Grade 12 </dd> <dt>Material Type:</dt> <dd> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Diagram/Illustration</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Homework/Assignment</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Interactive</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Lesson</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Lesson Plan</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Primary Source</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="learningResourceType">Reading</span> </dd> <dt>Provider:</dt> <dd itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <a href="/browse?f.provider=ancient-history-encyclopedia"> <span itemprop="name">Ancient History Encyclopedia</span> </a> </dd> <dt>Date Added:</dt> <dd class="text">04/23/2013</dd> </dl> <div class="material-details-second-part"> <dl> <dt>License:</dt> <dd class="text"> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="license"> Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial </a> <img src="//i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial" class="material-license-img" /> </dd> <dt>Language:</dt> <dd> <span itemprop="inLanguage" content="en">English</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="inLanguage" content="fr">French</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="inLanguage" content="es">Spanish</span> </dd> <dt>Media Format:</dt> <dd> <span itemprop="genre">Interactive</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="genre">Mobile</span><span class="tx">, </span> <span itemprop="genre">Text/HTML</span> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <section class="comments"> <h1 class="section-title">Comments</h1> <div class="comment-list"> <div id="comment-4483" class="comment sheet" data-id="4483" data-tree-id="3071" data-edit-url="/comments/4483/edit/" data-delete-url="/comments/delete/" > <div class="user-image"> <a href="https://oercommons.org/profile/218565"> <img src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d465da22d9c59c15c418b6e239e23765.jpg?size=60&rating=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Foercommons.org%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png" width="60" height="60" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="https://oercommons.org/profile/218565" class="comment-author"> Michael Moore </a> <span class="comment-timestamp"> on Oct 28, 11:28am </span> <div class="buttons"> </div> <div class="text"> <p>Good resource for general knowledge. No lessons or assessments attached.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="comment-5178" class="reply sheet" data-id="5178" data-tree-id="3071" data-edit-url="/comments/5178/edit/" data-delete-url="/comments/delete/" data-parent="4483" > <div class="user-image"> <a href="https://oercommons.org/profile/36868"> <img src="https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/44a52b8ad7e9e86735d83f304bfb59a3.jpg?size=60&rating=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Foercommons.org%2Fstatic%2Fimages%2Fdefault-avatar.png" width="60" height="60" alt="" /> </a> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="https://oercommons.org/profile/36868" class="comment-author"> Jan van der Crabben </a> <a href="https://oercommons.org/profile/218565" class="parent-link"> @Michael Moore </a> <span class="comment-timestamp"> on Apr 21, 07:25am </span> <div class="buttons"> </div> <div class="text"> <p>You can find plenty of lessons here: https://www.worldhistory.org/edu/</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div 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