History: Web Resources and OERs

A Free and Online, Collaboratively Built American History Textbook

An open educational resource covering ancient civilizations beginning from prehistoric times and civilizations from many countries and continents.

This textbook examines U.S. History from before European Contact through Reconstruction, while focusing on the people and their history.

Thousands of ebooks free for download including fiction and nonfiction.

Sage American History is designed for use by undergraduate college, community college and high school teachers and students. These open educational resources may be used without charge by any academic institution or individual as long as copyrights are respected.

The course World War and Society in the Twentieth Century: World War II is a thematic exploration of the war and its time through feature films, primary sources, and scholarly interpretations.

DCCCD Open Education Resource(OER). A collection of resources provided by Dallas TeleLearning, a part of the Dallas County Community College District.

Get 1,300 free online courses from the world's leading universities -- Stanford, Yale, MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Oxford and more. You can download these audio & video courses (often from iTunes, YouTube, or university web sites) straight to your computer or mp3 player.

A collection of history documentaries that are available and free to watch online.

DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions.

Free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.

Recordings, transcripts, and videos of presidential speeches throughout history.

An online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.

Free online courses from the best universities in the world. Here you will find 4,881 free online courses from universities such as Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Columbia and other top schools.