The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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Ratios and Proportions  (time: 3:50)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xLo9jR81M

History

This is one of the best all around sites that I have found. It is titled "The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive."
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

This is an award-winning site that links to all sorts of mathematics information.
http://archives.math.utk.edu/

Reference Topics

This site gives some practice with ratios.
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/ratio.htm

This site gives some practice with proportions. Scroll down to the bottom and check out the next several pages as well.
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/ratio2.htm

This site gives some examples of working with proportions.
http://www.mathleague.com/help/ratio/ratio.htm