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World University and School {in a virtual world}

Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course

Add or take a free, open History course.

History

Add free, open History subjects below.

Courses

Add free, open History subjects	Web Site	Organization (if any)	Degree / Non-degree	Instructor's Name	Location	Other Info	Language	Tags
American Classics	http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-105Spring-2006/CourseHome/	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Pauline Maier	Browser	Start anytime	English	Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877	http://oyc.yale.edu/history/civil-war-and-reconstruction/content/sessions.html	Yale University	non-degree	Professor David Blight	Browser	The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral. Four broad themes are closely examined: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction	English
European Civilization, 1648-1945	http://oyc.yale.edu/history/european-civilization-1648-1945/	Yale	non-degree	Professor John Merriman	Browser	Start anytime	English
France Since 1871	http://oyc.yale.edu/history/france-since-1871/content/sessions.html	Yale University	non-degree	Professor John Merriman	Browser	emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization, and of the dislocation wrought by two world wars; and the political response of the Left and the Right to changing French society	English
History	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/	MIT	non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English	undergraduate, graduate
Metropolis: History of New York City	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English
Nature, Environment, and Empire	http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-968j-nature-environment-and-empire-spring-2010/index.htm	MIT	non-degree	Prof. Harriet Ritvo	Browser	Start anytime	English	Graduate
Course's Name	http://		non-degree		Browser	Start anytime	English

WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources

Ideas

Select Bibliographies

Select Blogs

Select Book Reviews

Select Books

Select Databases

Select Journals, Serials, etc.

Select Libraries

(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select Maps

Select Museums

Select Photos

Select Programs, Applications, Software

Select References

Zinn, Howard. People's History of the American People.

Select Simulations, Applets and Visualizations

Select Slideshows

Select Societies, Associations, etc.

Select Study Guides

Select Syllabi

Select Teachers with Email Addresses/Contact Information

Select Tests, Exams, etc.

Select Textbooks

Select Video and Audio

Zinn, Howard. 2009. Holy Wars. DemocracyNow.org

Select Websites

Select Wikis

World University and School Links

World University & School's Historical Societies Open Teaching and Learning Resources

Social Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Social_Science

WUaS Navigation

Access to Live or Email University Technical Expertise

Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)

Join the World University and School Google Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.

Careers

Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love

WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting

Counseling

Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling

Digital To Do

Broadcast to radio frequency

Create EMail group for page

Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)

Print

Recommend

Send to phone

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / Credit

In Google Earth

Google Earth.

In Virtual World

Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life: