WINDOWS TO WORLD HISTORY
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  • The White Roses Defy the Nazis
  • Elias Lonnrot Compiles the Kalevala
  • Because You Were Here We Are Enriched
  • Provocative People
    • Stephane Hessel Wrote Indignez Vous
    • Writer Lafcadio Hearn Merged Greek and Japanese Cultures
    • Are Paul Redfern and the Port of New Brunswick Buried in the Amazon Jungle?
    • Hans Brinker, the Dutch Hero Who Isn't Really Dutch!
    • Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler Fled Auschwitz and Wrote a Report
    • Roman Emperor Caligula and His Legendary Lake Nemi Ships
    • Rabbi Robert Serebrenik Defies Adolf Eichmann to Save Luxembourg Jews
    • The Confederados Become Brazilian, but Honor Their Southern Roots
    • Pliny the Younger Wrote Letters about His Life in Ancient Rome
    • Hannes Hafstein, Iceland's Poet-Prime Minister, Works for a Cable
    • Mermen Are Important Players in Scandinavian Culture and History
    • William Tell, Mythical Hero, Mythical Historical Figure, or Both?
    • Fritz Thyssen Helped Finance the Nazi Party, but Later Changed His Mind
    • Leif Ericson and L'Anse Meadows
    • Sigrid and Eirikr Magnusson Contributed Much to Iceland's Culture
    • Clara and Henry Leffingwell - An English, Australian, and American Story
    • Per Jacobsen, Norwegian Ice Skater and Resistance Fighter
    • Poul La Cour Pioneered Wind Power in Denmark
    • Michel Linovich- an Italian in Napoleon's Grand Army
    • Solomon Linda, the Lion Sleeps Tonight
    • Sergei Rachmaninoff Composed Rhapsody at Senar, His Swiss Villa
  • Raoul Wallenberg, the Hero Who Never Returned to Sweden
  • Jean Baptiste Sipido Tries to Assassinate the Prince of Wales
  • The Legend of the Hermit of Cape Maleus in Greece Transcends Time
  • Happy Hands-On Historical New Year!
  • Christmas Around the World
    • A Christmas Tribute to Captain Henry Waskow
    • European Christmases in Centuries Past
    • Chasing and Capturing the Fugitive Spirit of Father Christmas
  • Women in World History
  • Madam Elisabeth Thible is the First Woman to Ride in a Free Floating Balloon
  • Nurse Edith Cavell Had The Courage to Die for Her Country
  • Gertrud Scholtz-Klink Followed Hitler Her Entire Life
  • Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo - Artists of Montmartre
  • SOE Agent Andree Borrel Lived Several Lifetimes in Her 24 Years
  • Queen Alexandra of Great Britain - Queen Victoria's Daughter-in-Law, Bertie's Patient Wife, and Her Own Person
  • Maria Gulovich Liu Joined the Czech Resistance, Won the Bronze Star and became an American Citizen
  • Francoise Marie Jacquelin, Lioness of Latour, Lioness of Acadia, Woman in her Own Right
  • Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg is a Symbol of Effective Rule
  • Clara Zetin Speaks Against Hitler in the German Reichstag
  • Madam Sophie Blanchard - Official Aeronaut of the Restoration
  • Queen Amelia Maria, the Last Queen of Portugal, Stood Her Ground
  • Places for Posterity
  • Haunted Church Bells Ring in Boscastle and Tintagel in Cornwall
  • Vienna Plague Defenses Included Plague Hospitals
  • The Plundering Plague and the Downfall of the Republic of Venice
  • Ostend Belgium
  • Centuries of History and Ghosts Haunt Denmark's Dragsholm Castle
  • Does Jacques LeRay Chaumont Still Haunt Chaumont Castle?
  • Soldier's Stories
  • Napoleon Bonaparte Ignores His Little Red Man of Destiny
    • The French Revolution Has More Phases than the Moon!
    • Napoleon Bonaparte Still Owes Innkeeper Hippolyte Baretta Sixty Francs!
    • Australian War Correspondent Alan Moorehead Returns to His Roots
    • General Christian Christensen is a Dual Citizen of Denmark and the United States
    • In 1919, Villagers and Soldiers Helped Rebuild Chateau-Thierry
    • The Dudman Family Lived the Meaning of Patriotism and Sacrifice During World War II
    • Five French Boys Canoe the English Channel
    • Stalin's Spin Doctors
    • Maurice Maeterlinck Encounters American Customs
    • Carl von Ossietzky Wins the Nobel Prize While in a Nazi Prison Camp
    • Flying Kites Through All Seasons, Countries, and Histories
  • World History 101
    • Pieces of World- History Puzzle
    • World History Puzzles - the Old World Meets the New World
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Welcome to Windows to World History!

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Hello and Welcome to Windows to World History!

I am Kathy Warnes, and all of my life I have believed that history is more about people than dates, presidents and wars. Things that I firmly believe about history include:


  • History is relevant. It needs to be studied to give people a sense of where their lives fit into historical context, to give them a sense of belonging and connection to the human family, and to visualize what their own lives can mean to history.

  • Many of us are as Michael Crichton puts it, “temporal provincials.” Some people think that our own time is the only important, relevant time, and this attitude limits our spiritual and intellectual growth. History can show us all that stripped of 21st century technological trappings and attitudes, human nature has been consistent throughout history.

I already have a history website on Weebly called History?  Because It's Here!, but I decided that World History deserves a website of its own. I believe that local, regional, American and World History all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, but putting them all on one website would create another world wide web, so I am trying to organize them in a way that is easy to navigate..

I want to welcome you and encourage you to explore my history websites and make return visits because I am constantly posting new material.  I also welcome your comments at:  kathywarnes@gmail.com
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Sincerely,

Kathy Warnes Ph.D. , historian, writer, and life-long student

(For detailed credentials check my writing website, Kathy Warnes Writer -

Kathy Warnes Writer

Please check out my history websites:

Local History:
Ecorse Along the Detroit River

Union City Pennsylvania's Past Lives

Regional History:
Definitely Downriver – About the Downriver Communities along the Detroit River

Meandering Michigan History

American History:
History Because It's Here!

Or  for a change of pace although with a little history, try  Written With the Wind, poems, stories, songs, and plays for children.

Written with the Wind 

Stories in Science - Science Fact and Science Fiction

Magic Masts and Sturdy Ships - Maritime History


Amazon Books
Here is the link for these books on my Amazon author page
Amy, Laura, and the Snowflake Bear
Don’t Fence Me In:  Memories of the Fort Ontario Refugees and Their Friends
Downriver Prohibition:  Its People and Perspectives
Ecorse, Michigan:  A Brief History
Ecorse Along the Detroit River
Four Pigs, Four Wolves, and the Treaty of Styville
Granny Godfroy Grows Up!
Mary Walker’s Lighthouse
Rachel, a Prism of History:  The Story of Rachel Jackson
Rhymes and Reasons for the Seasons
The Year the Teacher Lived with Jeb
 
 
Google Play Books
Abby the Good Soldier
Searching for Spring
Singing Bicycle Safety Songs and Rapping Bicycle Safety Rhythms
Ginger and Ollie’s GRRROUCHY Day
Sarah Smelly Boots
The Magic Canoe
The Wind is My True Friend
Henry the Gentle Giant and January the Mean
Solo Soldier’s Stories
Grouchy King Doom and the Land of Gloom
 
History Blogs:  Monroe Memories and More
Onward Ohio History
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Copyright Notice


All of the material on this website is copyrighted.  You are free to link to any of the articles and to download any of the PDF books to read and use as long as you credit me as the author. I fully hope and expect the classroom activities to be freely used.      kathywarnes@gmail.com
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  • Home
  • Bishop Walter Hawkins: Protected by the British Lion
  • World History Windows
  • The White Roses Defy the Nazis
  • Elias Lonnrot Compiles the Kalevala
  • Because You Were Here We Are Enriched
  • Provocative People
    • Stephane Hessel Wrote Indignez Vous
    • Writer Lafcadio Hearn Merged Greek and Japanese Cultures
    • Are Paul Redfern and the Port of New Brunswick Buried in the Amazon Jungle?
    • Hans Brinker, the Dutch Hero Who Isn't Really Dutch!
    • Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler Fled Auschwitz and Wrote a Report
    • Roman Emperor Caligula and His Legendary Lake Nemi Ships
    • Rabbi Robert Serebrenik Defies Adolf Eichmann to Save Luxembourg Jews
    • The Confederados Become Brazilian, but Honor Their Southern Roots
    • Pliny the Younger Wrote Letters about His Life in Ancient Rome
    • Hannes Hafstein, Iceland's Poet-Prime Minister, Works for a Cable
    • Mermen Are Important Players in Scandinavian Culture and History
    • William Tell, Mythical Hero, Mythical Historical Figure, or Both?
    • Fritz Thyssen Helped Finance the Nazi Party, but Later Changed His Mind
    • Leif Ericson and L'Anse Meadows
    • Sigrid and Eirikr Magnusson Contributed Much to Iceland's Culture
    • Clara and Henry Leffingwell - An English, Australian, and American Story
    • Per Jacobsen, Norwegian Ice Skater and Resistance Fighter
    • Poul La Cour Pioneered Wind Power in Denmark
    • Michel Linovich- an Italian in Napoleon's Grand Army
    • Solomon Linda, the Lion Sleeps Tonight
    • Sergei Rachmaninoff Composed Rhapsody at Senar, His Swiss Villa
  • Raoul Wallenberg, the Hero Who Never Returned to Sweden
  • Jean Baptiste Sipido Tries to Assassinate the Prince of Wales
  • The Legend of the Hermit of Cape Maleus in Greece Transcends Time
  • Happy Hands-On Historical New Year!
  • Christmas Around the World
    • A Christmas Tribute to Captain Henry Waskow
    • European Christmases in Centuries Past
    • Chasing and Capturing the Fugitive Spirit of Father Christmas
  • Women in World History
  • Madam Elisabeth Thible is the First Woman to Ride in a Free Floating Balloon
  • Nurse Edith Cavell Had The Courage to Die for Her Country
  • Gertrud Scholtz-Klink Followed Hitler Her Entire Life
  • Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo - Artists of Montmartre
  • SOE Agent Andree Borrel Lived Several Lifetimes in Her 24 Years
  • Queen Alexandra of Great Britain - Queen Victoria's Daughter-in-Law, Bertie's Patient Wife, and Her Own Person
  • Maria Gulovich Liu Joined the Czech Resistance, Won the Bronze Star and became an American Citizen
  • Francoise Marie Jacquelin, Lioness of Latour, Lioness of Acadia, Woman in her Own Right
  • Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg is a Symbol of Effective Rule
  • Clara Zetin Speaks Against Hitler in the German Reichstag
  • Madam Sophie Blanchard - Official Aeronaut of the Restoration
  • Queen Amelia Maria, the Last Queen of Portugal, Stood Her Ground
  • Places for Posterity
  • Haunted Church Bells Ring in Boscastle and Tintagel in Cornwall
  • Vienna Plague Defenses Included Plague Hospitals
  • The Plundering Plague and the Downfall of the Republic of Venice
  • Ostend Belgium
  • Centuries of History and Ghosts Haunt Denmark's Dragsholm Castle
  • Does Jacques LeRay Chaumont Still Haunt Chaumont Castle?
  • Soldier's Stories
  • Napoleon Bonaparte Ignores His Little Red Man of Destiny
    • The French Revolution Has More Phases than the Moon!
    • Napoleon Bonaparte Still Owes Innkeeper Hippolyte Baretta Sixty Francs!
    • Australian War Correspondent Alan Moorehead Returns to His Roots
    • General Christian Christensen is a Dual Citizen of Denmark and the United States
    • In 1919, Villagers and Soldiers Helped Rebuild Chateau-Thierry
    • The Dudman Family Lived the Meaning of Patriotism and Sacrifice During World War II
    • Five French Boys Canoe the English Channel
    • Stalin's Spin Doctors
    • Maurice Maeterlinck Encounters American Customs
    • Carl von Ossietzky Wins the Nobel Prize While in a Nazi Prison Camp
    • Flying Kites Through All Seasons, Countries, and Histories
  • World History 101
    • Pieces of World- History Puzzle
    • World History Puzzles - the Old World Meets the New World