This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By pointing to excellent examples and collecting materials developed to communicate the idea, all of us experimenting with WebQuests will be able
This site recognizes and honors the lives of those persons who create the songs heard and enjoyed on recordings, in concerts, in movies and on radio, television and the Internet, in our country and around the world.
Folk and Traditional Music and Popular Songs, with Lyrics, Midi, Tune Information and History behind the folksongs and ballads. Irish, British and American Folk Music
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mo
Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band is America’s oldest professional musical organization. Today, “The President’s Own” is celebrated for its role at the White House and its dynamic public p
This website aims at providing a service for music educators and researchers interested in information about music education in various nations. Users can click on a world region above to see the links. Some links require a font in a language other than E
Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. ibiblio.org is a collabora
The Food Timeline: food history reference & research service
Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Thomas Jefferson made his ice cream? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? Welcome to the Food Timeline. Food history
Decades.com is a private venture, dedicated to the following goals: make history easily accessible; enrich history by filling the vaccuum in which it is typically found; and make history more person.
From the 1920's to 2000's we list all of the craziest fads that have come and gone. Go back a few decades and read about the silly to serious fads that helped change our society and create a pop-culture. Want to know which fads your parents experienced? W
Welcome to the Center for Black Music Research (CBMR), a research unit of Columbia College Chicago devoted to research, preservation, and dissemination of information about the history of black music on a global scale.
AllMusic : Music Search, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews
AllMusic is a comprehensive and in-depth resource for finding out more about the albums, bands, musicians and songs you love. On AllMusic you'll find: (a) Reviews of upcoming and classic albums, (b) In-Depth Information about your favorite albums, musicians and songs, (c) Ratings and Picks of the recommended albums and songs within an artist's discography or tracks on an album, (d) Editors' Picks of the albums our staff are listening to, and (e) Sound Samples to hear 30-second clips of music.
The Links On This Page Are To Sites That Contain Information On More Than One Historical Period,Or They Pertain To A Single Instrument's History and/or Literature.
Digital Scores - Loeb Music Library - Harvard College Library
The Loeb Music Library, using the systems and services for image digitization developed by the Harvard University Library's (HUL) Library Digital Initiative, is creating an expansible resource of scanned images of rare and unique musical scores that will
San Francisco Symphony | Keeping Score: Revolutions in Music
The San Francisco Symphony's "Keeping Score" program, which aims to foster greater appreciation of classical music, can be viewed on many PBS outlets. Among the features of the companion web site are multimedia presentations on Beethoven’s Eroica, Stra
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
Website for MENC. Includes information on national standards, discusion boards, information onf the association, publications, and many other resources.