Education & Curriculum

Open-access courses, datasets, and teaching materials for students, educators, and digital humanities researchers exploring the origins of the web.

Learning Paths

Module 14 Lessons

Web Archaeology 101

Explore how early webpages were structured, how to navigate archived sites, and tools for reading legacy HTML.

BeginnerHTML HistoryNavigation
Module 23 Lessons

The Anatomy of 90s Design

Learn about table layouts, tiled backgrounds, marquee tags, visitor counters, and the cultural context behind them.

DesignCSS HistoryCultural Studies
Module 35 Lessons

Dial-Up to Broadband

A technical and social history of internet access, from BBS systems to the dot-com boom.

HistoryNetworksSocio-tech
Track A6 Lessons

Digital Preservation Principles

Understand bit-level preservation, format migration, emulation, and the W3C guidelines for archiving.

TechnicalStandardsW3C
Track B4 Lessons

Ethics of Archiving

Navigate consent, privacy, sensitive content removal, and the moral responsibilities of digital historians.

PolicyPrivacyConsent
Track C3 Lessons

Community-Led Preservation

How grassroots movements, fan archives, and indie web builders preserve culture outside institutional walls.

SocialGrassrootsIndie Web
ResearchDataset

Working with Memento & IIIF

Hands-on guide to querying the Memento API, parsing Wayback-style CDX files, and implementing IIIF manifests.

APIPythonIIIF
ResearchAnalysis

Network Graphs & Web Evolution

Visualize hyperlink structures, track domain lifespans, and map the topology of early web communities.

Data VizGraph TheoryArchival Science

Open Resources & Datasets

📄 1994-1999 HTML Sample Corpus

Curated collection of 2,500+ hand-selected pages from GeoCities, Angelfire, and early university sites.

ZIP • 1.2 GB • CC BY-NC 4.0
📊 Domain Lifespan Dataset

CSV records tracking registration, first archive capture, and final 404 for 850k early domains.

CSV • 340 MB • Public Domain
🖥️ Retro Browser Emulator Package

Pre-configured Docker images for Netscape 3.0, IE 4.0, and Mosaic with modern sandboxing.

Docker • 800 MB • MIT License
📚 Lesson Plan Pack: Middle & High School

12 ready-to-use worksheets, slide decks, and discussion prompts aligned with digital literacy standards.

PDF • 24 MB • CC BY 4.0

Academic Partnerships & Grants

We collaborate with universities, museums, and independent researchers to fund and publish web heritage studies.

Digital Humanities Fellowship

6-month stipend for graduate students researching early web cultures, archival methodologies, or retro computing.

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Classroom Adoption Program

Free institutional access to our advanced API, offline archive bundles, and educator support for public schools.

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Research Data Requests

Academics can apply for raw crawl logs, CDX dumps, and proprietary metadata for peer-reviewed projects.

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