American
History
1492
Exhibit (From the Library of Congress)
50 States & Capitols
A Chronology of U.S.
Historical Documents (University of Oklahoma Law Center)
A
Hypertext on American History (Colonial to Modern
Times)
A
Presidential Exploration
ACT Assessment
Sample Test Questions
American
& British History Resources (From Rutgers University)
American Centuries...View
from New England (K-12) (Memorial Hall Museum)
American Revolution(Virtual
Marching Tour of the American Revolution)
America's
Story (From America's Library, Library of Congress)
Appalachian Power(Middle
& H.S.)
Archiving Early America (K-12,
College) (18th Century, Early 19th Century)
(Movies, Talk at the Town Crier, Early American
Review)
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
for Kids (K-2, K3-5, K6-8, K9-12, Parents & Teachers)
Best of History Web Sites(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
Black History & Current Information
Black
Literature & History
Born in Slavery(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
(Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project,
1936-1938, Library of Congress)
Civil War (American)
CongressLink (2001)
(Middle, H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Constitution
of the United States of America
C-SPAN'S New History Series
(American Writers) (H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Discovering
Lewis and Clark (K-12, College, Adult/Professional)
Exhibit
Hall (Important Documents/Papers
from the National Archives and Records Administration)
Eye Witness to History
(Middle, H.S., College) (Ancient World, Middle Ages/Renaissance, 17th Century,
18th Century, 19th Century, Civil War, Old West,
20th Century, WWI, WWII, Photos, Voices)
French and Indian
War (1755)
Geography
World (Early Childhood, K-12) (Created by Brad Bowerman,
a teacher from
Jermyn, Pennsylvania; Also Look for Maps &
Globs, and the Geography Quizzes Area)
Great
American Speeches(80 Years of Political Oratory) (Elementary,
Middle, H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Happy Birthday America(K-12,
College, Adult Professional)
High School Hub (Homework,
Test Preparation, & General Research)
(World, Geography, U.S., Government, Economics)
History
Channel
History's Happening
History/Social
Studies Lesson Plans
History
of the Renaissance & Reformation
History
of the United States
Jamestown Online
Adventure (The) (K-12, College) (A Simulation)
Jamestown Rediscovery (History
of Jamestown Settlement; Historical Documents including
Laws, Census Data, Contracts, State Papers, Maps,
Writings, & Art)
Lewis
and Clark (Discovering) (K-12, College, Adult/Professional)
Liberty Online
Lists
of U.S. Presidents
Multicultural
American West (H.S. & College)
Native American
Resource
Oregon Trail(K-12)
Politics1
(1) Presidents
of the United States (White
House)
(2) Presidents of the United
States (K-12, College, Adult/Professional)
Presidential
Inaugural Addresses (Since Washington)
Social Studies
Sources
Star Spangled Banner(Source
& History) (Elementary, Middle, H.S., College)
The Age of
Imperialism (18th & 19th Century)
The American
Presidency by Grolier's Online
The History of
Jim Crow (Middle, H.S., College) (Designed by Teachers;
Presents New Historical
Resources & Teaching Ideas for the Jim Crow
Years) (Historical Essays, Personal Narratives & Lesson
Plans; Contains an Image Gallery, American Literature
Book, Interactive Encyclopedia) (Funded by
New York Life) (Teachers are Paid for Contributions)
Underground Railroad(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional) (Slavery in the Past)
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. House
of Representatives
U.S. Presidents
U.S. Senate
Vietnam War
Within These
Walls (K-12) (Smithsonian Looks at a House in Massachusetts
over Time - 1757-1945)
World War I - History - Trenches
on the Web
World War
II (From Grolier's Online)
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Ancient
Civilizations, Daily Life in (5 Ancient Cultures - Egypt,
Greece, Rome, India, & China)
Ancient Egypt (Akhet
Internet - The Horizon to the Past)
Ancient Egypt
- British Museum (Elementary, Middle, H.S., College)
Ancient Greek
(Hellenic) Sites on the WWW
Ancient History Lesson
Plans
Ancient World (Elementry,
Middle, H.S., College)
Best of History Web Sites(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
Byzantine
and Medieval Studies
Eye Witness To History
(Middle, H.S., College) (Ancient World, Middle
Ages/Renaissance, 17th Century,
18th Century, 19th Century, Civil War, Old West,
20th Century, WWI, WWII, Photos, Voices)
History's Happening
History
of the Renaissance & Reformation
Illustrated History of The
Roman Empire
Labyrinth (Medieval
Studies from Georgetown University)
Medieval
Technology Pages (K-12,
College)
Mesoamerican
Ballgame
(K-12) (8 Major Cultures from 1500BC-1519AD, Mexico & El Salvador)
Rivendell
Educational Archive (Botany, Ancient
History, Drama, Literature, Math, Philosophy,
Environmental Science, Museum
Arts)
Seven
Wonders of the Ancient World
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A Chronology of U.S.
Historical Documents (University of Oklahoma Law Center)
Bioterror - PBS-NOVA(Middle,
H.S., College)
Constitution
of the United States
Court TV (Good for Case Studies)
Death
Penalty Info(General/Students)
(H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Death Penalty
Info (For Teachers) (H.S.,
College, Adult/Professional)
Decisions
of the Supreme Court
Dirksen Congressional Center
Communicator (Middle, H.S., College)
Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
(Kindergarten - 5th Grades;
6th - 12th Grades; Parents & Teachers -- Scroll Down Toward Bottom
Left of Home Page)
International
Affairs Resources (H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Law
Supreme
Court of the United States - Decisions (Cornell
Legal Information Institute)
Recent Supreme Court decisions (1990 - present),
distributed on the day of the decision and searchable
by keywords or by browsing an index of topics.
Concurring and dissenting opinions included.
Selected major pre-1990 decisions also included.
The History of
Jim Crow (Middle, H.S., College) (Designed by Teachers;
Presents New Historical
Resources & Teaching Ideas for the Jim Crow
Years) (Historical Essays, Personal Narratives & Lesson
Plans; Contains an Image Gallery, American Literature
Book, Interactive Encyclopedia) (Funded by
New York Life) (Teachers are Paid for Contributions)
Thomas Legislative Info
U.S. Code
Washburn University School of
Law
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American Centuries...View
from New England (K-12) (Memorial Hall Museum)
Aviation & Aerospace Museums
California
Academy of Sciences (Anthropology On-Line Exhibits
Archive) (K-12, College, Adult/Professional)
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Museums
Hotlist
Paul
Revere Virtual Museum (K-12)
Smithsonian Institute
The Field Museum
University
of California Museum of Paleontology
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An
Animated History of Books (K-12) (BBC Online &
Education)
Arctic
- theme page (Middle,
H.S., College) (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NOAA)
Best of History Web Sites(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
British
History
Calendar Zone(1)
Calendar Zone (2)
Canadian
West (K-12, College)
Countries A to Z Atlapedia(Info,
Statistics, World Maps)
Be World Wise (K-12)
(Travel Seas in Tall Ship with 2 Teachers Aboard - Track Progress)
(Teachers' Resources;
Look at Related Links then Curriculum & Books; Environment & Conservation;
Animals, Oceanography, Geography,
Science, Social
Studies)
Documenting
a Democracy: Australia's Story (Growing from a Colony
of Great Britain
to the Commonwealth of Australia) (H.S. & College)
Encyclopedia of the Orient(for
North Africa & the Middle East)
Eye Witness To History
(Middle, H.S., College) (Ancient World, Middle Ages/Renaissance, 17th Century,
18th Century, 19th Century, Civil War, Old West,
20th Century, WWI, WWII, Photos, Voices)
Famous Rulers...Present and Past(Heads
of State - Many Countries)
Geography
World (Early Childhood, K-12) (Created by Brad Bowerman,
a teacher from
Jermyn, Pennsylvania; Also Look for Maps &
Globs, and the Geography Quizzes Area)
Global
Connections-The Middle East (H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
(Putting World Events in Context)
(Timeline Since 1900; Explore
a Theme; Connections Questions; Educator Resources)
High School Hub (Homework,
Test Preparation, & General Research)
(World, Geography, U.S., Government, Economics)
Hiroshima:Survivors(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
History
Channel
History's Happening
History/Social
Studies Lesson Plans
History
of the Renaissance 16th Century
(University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO)
Holocaust, A Teacher's
Guide to the
Lonely Planet
(Text Express)
Mountain Voices (K-12,College,
Adult/Professional) (Mexico, Peru, Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia,
Poland, Pakistan, India,
Nepal, China)
Portals
of the World (Library of Congress) (K-12, College,
Adult/Professional)
(Electronic Resources Within Foreign Countries
Around the World)
Return
to Midway
Rosetta
Stone WebQuest (K-12, College, Adult/Professional)
Rulers(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional) (Heads of State & Heads of Govt as well
as De facto Leaders not
Occupying Either of those
Formal Positions, of most Countries & Territories, starting about 1700
in Most
Cases, Lists by Month of
the Comings & Goings in National Governments from 1996 to Present)
Social Studies
Sources
The
World News Network
Vietnam War
World History Chart
World War
I
World War
II (From Grolier's Online)
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Social
Studies/History (General)
An
Animated History of Books (K-12) (BBC Online &
Education)
Anthropology
Department Collection Database (K-12, College) (California
Academy of Science)
Appalachian Power(Middle
& H.S.)
Arctic
- theme page (Middle,
H.S., College) (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NOAA)
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Best of History Web Sites(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
Biography.com
(Searchable database of over 15,000 names, past
and present)
Calendar Zone(1)
Calendar Zone (2)
California,
Welcome To (K-12, College)
(Online Services & History, both Governmental & Non-Governmental)
Canadian
West (K-12, College)
CIA
World Factbook
Codes & Ciphers
in the Second World War (K-12, College) (Social Studies/History,
Math, Engineering)
Congressional
Actions
Constitution
of the United States
Crown of
Africa - Unlocking the Secrets of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Middle,
H.S., College)
C-SPAN'S New History Series
(American Writers) (H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Current Events, from 1stHeadlines
- News (Can Select by Area)
Cyberbee(K-12)
(Language Arts, Math, Science, Science Fair, Social
Studies) (Curriculum Ideas,
Research, How Tos, Treasure
Hunts, Web Links, Articles)
Dirksen Congressional CenterCommunicator
(Middle,
H.S., College)
Economics
Encyclopedia Britannica
Eye Witness To History
(Middle, H.S., College) (Ancient World, Middle Ages/Renaissance, 17th Century,
18th Century, 19th Century, Civil War, Old West,
20th Century, WWI, WWII, Photos, Voices)
Fact Monster (Used
to be "Information Please - Kids Almanac") (Life, People, Science,
Social, Sports, World;
Homework, Word of Day, Today in History, Today's
Birthday)
Famous Birthdays
Federal Resources for Educational
Excellence
Geography
World (Early Childhood, K-12) (Created by Brad Bowerman,
a teacher from
Jermyn, Pennsylvania; Also Look for Maps &
Globs, and the Geography Quizzes Area)
Hidden America
(Annual Festivals & Events Around the Country)
Hiroshima:Survivors(K-12,
College, Adult/Professional)
Historic Events & Birthdates
History
Channel
History Expansions NatEdTeleNetwork
History & Historiography(Carnegie-Mellon
University)
History
Net
History
of the Renaissance & Reformation
History/Social
Studies Lesson Plans
History's Happening
History
Through Deaf Eyes (K-12,
College, Adult/Professional) (Social Studies/History)
(Special Ed)
How
Stuff Works (Election
Campaigns, etc.)
HyperHistory
Online (Covers
3,000 years of History; Also see "World History Chart" below)
Index Resource for
Historians
International
Affairs Resources (H.S., College, Adult/Professional)
Introduction
to Nautical Archaeology (Shipwrecks)
Knowledge
Network Explorer (SBC)
Lesson Plans
(K-12) (Columbia Education Center) (Language Arts, Math, Science, Social
Studies, Misc.)
Lessons
for K-12 Educators
Library of Congress
Lists
of U.S. Presidents
Lonely Planet
(Text Express)
*Martindale's
* The Reference Desk* (Most Any Subject - Lots of
Information Here)
Monticello, The Home of Thomas
Jefferson
Mount Rushmore(K-12)
(Carving a Mountain, Contest, Footage)
Mr. Dowling's Virtual Classroom
Multicultural
American West (H.S. & College)
Political
& Philosophy Theory
Rivendell
Educational Archive (Botany, Ancient History, Drama,
Literature, Math, Philosophy,
Environmental Science, Museum
Arts)
Score (Calif. Schools)(Click
on Resources & Lessons by Grade Level)
Social Studies
Lesson Plans and Resources
Social Studies
Sources
The History of
Jim Crow (Middle, H.S., College) (Designed by Teachers;
Presents New Historical
Resources & Teaching Ideas for the Jim Crow
Years) (Historical Essays, Personal Narratives & Lesson
Plans; Contains an Image Gallery, American Literature
Book, Interactive Encyclopedia) (Funded by
New York Life) (Teachers are Paid for Contributions)
The PBS Kids Democracy
Project (Elementary & Middle) (Provides an understanding
of how the government plays a part in our daily
lives; what the President of the U.S. does during the day)
The Port Chicago
Disaster (Events of 1944, when a major explosion rocked
Port Chicago, CA.)
(How far does duty go for a soldier during wartime;
was there racism involved in the decision to
court martial African-American soldiers who refused
to continue to load munitions under unsafe
circumstances)
This Day in History(by
the History Channel)
Those
Were The Days (This day, and the next, in history)
Today's Calendar and
Clock Page
Reference Desk - History
Web Sites of Interest
to Historians
World
Almanac for Kids (K-12) (Also see
"Farmers' Almanac (1 & 2)"
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