| American History & Government |
Abraham Lincoln: "The Lincoln Institute celebrates the life of America's
16th President, concentrating on providing support and assistance to scholars and groups involved in the study of Abraham Lincoln
and the impact he had on the preservation of the Union, the emancipation of black slaves, and the development of democratic
principles which have found worldwide application."
http://www.abrahamlincoln.org |
Africans in America: primary sources from the PBS series.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html |
AMDOCS Documents for the Study of
American History: Primary sources in chronological order from 1000 -
2006. "Index to American and US History resources developed by Lynn H.
Nelson as part of Carrie: the first full-text document web site and
maintained by the Kansas Heritage Group for the availability of primary
American history documents to the public".
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs |
American Civil War: a wealth of
information.
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html |
American
FactFinder: information from the U.S. Census Bureau.
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet |
American Journeys: "Eyewitness
Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement".
http://www.americanjourneys.org |
American Memory: "primary source
materials relating to the history and culture of the United States".
http://memory.loc.gov |
The American
Presidency: A Glorious Burden: information about presidents, the
presidency, and presidential political campaigns".
http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html |
American President: From the
Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, this is "the
most comprehensive non-partisan resource available on the history and function of the American
presidency. American President.org offers two perspectives on the presidency: the Presidency in History, and the
Presidency in Action".
http://www.americanpresident.org |
American Presidents: Life Portraits: from
the C-SPAN series.
http://www.americanpresidents.org |
American Rhetoric: audio clips
of historic speeches.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com |
America's Library: "The
Library of Congress presents "America's Story".
http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi |
America's Story: "Take a trip to an era in American history" with the Library of Congress.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb |
Ben's Guide to the U. S. Government for Kids: information about our country.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov |
Biographical Directory of
the United States Congress, 1774 - Present:
Search by name, state, position, party, date or Congress.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp |
A Biography of America: From Annenberg Media, "A Biography of America is a telecourse and video series that presents American history as a living narrative. This series web site lets you delve further
into the topics of the 26 video programs".
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica |
Civil War Home Page: includes
documents, records, images, photographs, statistics.
http://www.civil-war.net |
Colonial America 1600
- 1775, K-12 Resources: includes primary sources, timelines, history,
maps, crafts.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm |
Colonial Williamsburg... Where
History Lives: "Explore and Learn" about the people, places, life in
early America.
http://www.history.org/history |
Congress for Kids: "access to
interactive, fun-filled experiences designed to help you learn about the
foundation of our federal government and how its actions affect you".
http://www.congressforkids.net |
The Constitution for
Kids (4th-7th Grade): "The U.S. Constitution Online".
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html |
The Democracy Project: "Welcome
to The Democracy Project, where visitors can take a kids tour of government,
follow the President for a day, and decide which election issues are most
important to kids. The activities on the The Democracy Project address
national civics, math, and language arts curriculum standards for grades3-6
and include teacher resources and lesson plans."
http://pbskids.org/democracy |
Digital History: "enhances
history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook,
extensive reference resources, and interactive materials".
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu |
Discovering Lewis and Clark: maps, journal
selections, photographs celebrate the bicentennial of their expedition.
http://www.lewis-clark.org |
Fed Stats: "The gateway to statistics
from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies".
http://www.fedstats.gov |
FirstGov for Kids: "U.S. government
interagency Kids' Portal".
http://www.kids.gov/k_history.htm |
Flag of the United States: history, images, other
information.
http://www.usemb.se/usflag |
Freedom a History of US: information, images, and "This
Week in History".
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus |
Gardner's
Photographic Sketch Book of the War: Thirty images of the Civil War "are
accompanied by Gardner’s original captions".
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/7milVol/index.html |
George Tyler
WWI Poster Exhibit: "selections from a collection of over 1,500 World
War I posters currently housed in Temple University Libraries' Special
Collections".
http://exhibitions.library.temple.edu/ww1/index.jsp |
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: "exceeding 40,000 items,
documents the political and social history of
the United States".
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/index.html |
The Great
American Landmarks Adventure: "see 43 National Historic Landmarks
and learn about more than 3,000 years of our country's past".
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/pad/adventure/tripintro.htm |
Historic Jamestowne: "the
site of the first permanent English settlement in America".
http://www.historicjamestowne.org |
History and Politics Out Loud: a searchable
archive of politically significant audio materials: "HPOL is a component
of "Historical Voices' funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
in partnership with Michigan State University".
http://www.hpol.org |
History Buff: history as covered in the
newspapers.
http://www.historybuff.com |
Internet Modern History
Sourcebook: primary sources on
the early days of our country.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html |
Justice Learning: "Civics Education in the Real World: JusticeLearning.org,
brought to you by The New York Times Learning Network and NPR’s Justice Talking, offers students and teachers a multimedia
introduction to headline issues and events related to law and justice – complete with free easy-to-use curricula and classroom
resources".
http://www.justicelearning.org |
Kids in the House: "learn about the
legislative process".
http://clerkkids.house.gov |
Landmark Supreme Court Cases:
"This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources
and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students
explore the key issues of each case".
http://www.landmarkcases.org |
LIBERTY! - The American Revolution
| PBS: "LIBERTY! Online is the official online companion to the PBS
series LIBERTY! The American Revolution. It features a wealth of interactive
information on the American Revolution, a game challenging your Revolution
knowledge, video clips from the series and much more."
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty |
Making of America: primary sources covering the
antebellum period through reconstruction.
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu |
MayflowerHistory.com: passengers, history, primary sources.
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com |
Mr. President - Smithsonian Education IdeaLabs: "In the Smithsonian’s
Mr. President IdeaLab, students learn the facts about each of our nation’s
presidents. The site also features presidential quotes and portraits from
the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. A perfect place for browsing,
research, or homework help!"
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/idealabs/mr_president.html |
National Archives: Primary source material including America's historical
documents and World War II photos. Click on " Students" for "the Digital Classroom, the National Archives' gateway for
resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students".
http://www.archives.gov |
National Archives Access to Archival Databases: "allows the public to search
for free through 85 million documents in 475 files amassed by more than 30 federal agencies".
http://aad.archives.gov/aad |
National Archives
Exhibit Hall: information and images including our "Charters of
Freedom".
educators
and http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/index.html |
National Constitution Center: The Annenberg Center for Education and Outreach provides and interactive way
to "explore the Constitution".
http://www.constitutioncenter.org |
Our Documents: 100 milestone U.S.
documents.
http://www.ourdocuments.gov |
Our Story in
History: activities from the National Museum of American History.
http://americanhistory2.si.edu/ourstoryinhistory |
The PBS Kids Democracy Project: learn about the government, the Office of the President, and voting.
http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids |
Picturing Modern America: These
"historical thinking exercises for middle and high school students" use
"primary documents from the Library of Congress' American Memory archives".
Using these photos, viewers are able to "build your skill at 'reading'
photos as you look for clues", "interact with visual sources" and "build
your own historical exhibition".
http://www.edc.org/CCT/PMA |
The Plymouth Colony Archive
Project: "a collection of fully searchable texts".
http://etext.virginia.edu/users/deetz |
Presidential Speeches: "The Scripps Library, through cooperation with
various presidential libraries has been collecting some of the more
important presidential speeches of the past 60 years. These speeches are
available in their entirety in full audio. When possible, we have also
provided transcripts of the speeches. Recently we have expanded our
collection to include the full text of some of the more important
presidential speeches from the 18th and 19th centuries".
http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/index.php/scripps/digitalarchive/speeches/speechArchive |
The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century: "An interactive timeline
of Presidential history, presenting materials drawn from the Presidential Libraries." Information and artifacts from the libraries of
Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton are
featured.
http://presidentialtimeline.org |
The Price of
Freedom: Americans at War: online exhibit from the Smithsonian "examines
how wars have shaped the nation's history and transformed American society".
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory |
Selected Civil
War Photographs Home Page: "The Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861 -
1865, collection contains 1,100 Civil War encampments, battlefields, and
portraits as captured by Mathew Brady and other photographers."
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html |
Smithsonian Museum
Of American History: "Try these fun activities to turn your computer
into the Museum's newest interactive exhibit".
http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/athome.cfm |
Smithsonian
National Museum of American History: "History Explorer: a timeline of
stories from our exhibits, collections, and
programs."
http://americanhistory.si.edu/explorer/index.cfm |
Spy Letters of the American
Revolution: "from the Sir Henry Clinton Collection at the Clements
Library, University of Michigan".
http://www.si.umich.edu/spies |
Star-Spangled Banner: information on "The Flag that Inspired the National Anthem".
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb |
State and Local Government on the Net: "A directory of official state and local government websites".
http://www.statelocalgov.net |
Supreme Court Historical
Society: history of the Court, cases, justices.
http://www.supremecourthistory.org |
THOMAS (Library of Congress): "The
Library of Congress THOMAS site is the source for federal legislative
information. THOMAS provides several options for finding bills, resolutions,
and legislative histories from 1973 to the present. Legislative information
can be searched across multiple Congresses. THOMAS is also the source for
presidential nominations, treaties, committee reports, legislative resources
for researchers and teachers. THOMAS draws on the resources of the Library
of Congress to provide users with valuable and historical information
related to the legislative process."
http://thomas.loc.gov |
Today in History: information from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html |
U.S. Historical Documents: primary sources from
pre-Colonial times to the 2002 State of the Union address.
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist |
U.S. History: "Created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in
Philadelphia", this site provides information on the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Benjamin Franklin, Betsy Ross, Valley Forge, George
Washington and other historic people and events associated with Philadelphia.
http://www.ushistory.org |
Veteran's History Project: "see and hear veteran's stories" from World War I to the Persian Gulf.
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets |
Virtual Jamestown: "a digital
research, teaching and learning project that explores the legacies of the
Jamestown settlement and 'the Virginia experiment'".
http://www.virtualjamestown.org |
Voices of Civil Rights:
"AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of
Congress have teamed up to collect and preserve personal accounts of
America's struggle to fulfill the promise of equality for all".
http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org |
White House for Kids: learn about White House
history,
people, and pets.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids |
The White House Historical
Association: a wealth of information for students and teachers.
http://www.whitehousehistory.org |
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| Ancient History & Mythology |
ABC Arts Online: Winged Sandals: "explores the magical world of Classical Greek mythology".
http://www.wingedsandals.com |
American Folklore: Famous American
folktales, tall tales, myths and legends, ghost stories, and more: "This
folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall
tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 United States. You can read about all sorts of famous
characters like Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Daniel Boone, and many more".
http://www.americanfolklore.net |
Ancient Egypt: information from the
British Museum on all aspects of life and culture.
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html |
Ancient Egypt Science &
Technology: information from the Boston Museum of Science.
http://www.mos.org/quest/index.php |
Ancient Greece - The British Museum:
Information on the Acropolis, Athens, daily life, festivals & games,
geography, gods & goddesses, knowledge & learning, Sparta, time, and war.
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk |
The Ancient
Greek World: from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology
and Anthropology.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/index2.html |
Ancient History: "Explore
ancient history through feature articles, 3-d virtual tours, games and
animations".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient |
Ancient Mexico: "the art, culture, and
history of ancient mesoamerica" (Mexico, Peru, Chile).
http://www.ancientmexico.com |
Ancient Mesopotamia: This
History, Our History: "Chosen from the Mesopotamian collection of
the Oriental Institute Museum of the University of Chicago, this website
tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia now present-day Iraq — a story shared
by all humans. Learn more about Life in Mesopotamia".
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu |
Ancient
Olympics Guide: "catch up on the ancient Olympics with Archaeology.org".
http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/olympics |
Animals, Myths, and
Legends: stories about animal legends.
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm |
Annenberg
Media Exhibits - Collapse: "Explore the fall of civilizations through
four examples: the ancient Maya, Mesopotamia, the Anasazi, and the medieval
African empires of Mali and Songhai. Learn about important concepts in
archeology such as interpreting evidence and dating artifacts. In a
web-based activity, search for clues to what happened at the Maya center of
Copan."
http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/index.html |
Brooklyn Expedition | Latin America: Learn about ancient civilizations,
cultures, beliefs, rituals, celebrations, and tales. "The
Brooklyn Expedition is an educational website jointly created by the
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art and Brooklyn Public Library".
http://www.brooklynexpedition.org/latin/gateway2.html |
Classics Unveiled: Greek
mythology, Roman history, life in ancient Rome.
http://www.classicsunveiled.com |
Department of
Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum: "comprehensive
collections of antiquities from the Classical world".
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/gr/grhome.html |
Egypt Secrets of an
Ancient World: from National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids |
Egypt's Golden Empire: a
timeline and other information from the PBS series.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt |
Egyptian
Artifacts Exhibit: from Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology at the
Department of Art of The University of Memphis.
http://academics.memphis.edu/egypt/artifact.html |
Egyptomania:
facts and activities about Ancient Egypt from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/index.html |
Encyclopedia Mythica: browse by culture
to find information
on mythology, folklore, legend.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html |
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: information and images of Greek mythological figures.
http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html |
Folklore and Mythology
Electronic Texts: arranged by theme, from the University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html |
Forum Romanum: information on life
in ancient Rome and on Roman mythology.
http://www.forumromanum.org |
Introduction to Egyptology: Ancient Egypt with a
particular emphasis on the gods and goddesses.
http://www.sk4p.net/egypt |
Life in
Ancient Egypt: Information from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
on the natural world, daily life, gods & religion, and funerary customs;
includes resources for teachers.
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/index.htm |
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt: pyramids, kings,
queens, hieroglyphs.
http://www.eyelid.co.uk |
Medieval Britain: Information on
history, people, places, timelines from 800 - 1499.
http://www.timeref.org |
Mesopotamia: from the British
Museum on all aspects of life and culture.
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk |
MythWeb: "devoted to the heroes, gods and
monsters of Greek mythology".
http://www.mythweb.com |
Myths about the Sky,
Constellations, and Stars: "Overview of Mythological Connections to the
Stars".
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def /mythology /stars.html |
Myths and Fables
from around the World: illustrated adaptations of stories from
several cultures.
http://www.afro.com/children/myths/myths.html |
A New Look at Ancient Egypt: from the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archeology and Anthropology.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/online_exhibits/egypt/egyptintro.shtml |
The Nile File:
Nakht-Amun is your guide in "the world of ancient Egypt". Follow him to
learn about life at school and at home on this site from the Liverpool
Museum in England.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/nilefile |
Nova Online, the Pyramids: information from the PBS series.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid |
Odyssey
Online: use objects from three museums to "explore the ancient Near
East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa".
http://www.carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html |
Pompeii: Stories From an Eruption: This interactive online exhibit from
Chicago's Field Museum focuses on the volcanic eruption and the archaeological digs in the area. An interactive timeline allows
users to follow the events of that day, to learn about the progression of the volcanic activity and the reaction by local residents in
each of the cities affected by the eruption.
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii |
The
Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games: from the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/olympicintro.shtml |
The Romans: from the BBC, covers all
aspects of Roman life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans |
Talking
about Mexico: myths and stories
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/about/html/myths/home.html |
The Vikings:
resources from the BBC including "useful facts, illustrations, interactive
quizzes, activities".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/vikings |
World Myths & Legends in Art: from the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.
http://www.artsmia.org/world-myths |
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| Countries & Cultures |
Africa for Kids - PBS: "A site for
kids based on the AFRICA series, with African tales, music, masks and
African students' photo albums".
http://pbskids.org/africa |
Country Reports:
"Country information from around the
world", includes flags and national anthems.
http://www.countryreports.org |
Department of State | Background Notes: "facts about the land, people,
history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of
special sovereignty. The Notes are updated/revised by the Office of Electronic Information and Publications of the Bureau of Public
Affairs as they are received from the Department's regional bureaus and are added to the database of the Department of State website you
are now using".
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn |
Earth Calendar: celebration of holidays and cultures.
http://www.earthcalendar.net |
Fashion-era: "contains 270
content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History,
Clothing, Fashions and Social History".
http://fashion-era.com |
The Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of
Investigation: “Site uses humor and storytelling to help kids ages
8-13 learn about places and cultures around the world".
http://www.fffbi.com |
Flags of the World: "the
Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags)".
http://atlasgeo.span.ch/fotw/flags/index.html |
The Food Timeline: "created by
Lynne Olver, reference librarian and IACP member, in response to students,
parents and teachers who frequently asked for help locating food history and
period recipes".
http://www.foodtimeline.org |
Geographia - World Travel Destinations,
Culture and History Guide: "In-depth travel destination guides to over
75 countries, culture, history, travel stories, and more".
http://www.geographia.com |
Mexico for Kids: information, activities, games.
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html |
National
Geographic Kids Magazine: articles and fun.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/index.html |
Our World: information on
countries.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek1/world.htm |
Planet Tolerance:
"Fight hate and promote tolerance" with these multicultural stories and
activities from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
http://www.tolerance.org/pt/index.html |
Portals to the World from the Library of Congress: "Portals to the World
contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world. They are
arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories. The links were selected by Area Specialists
and other Library staff using Library of Congress selection criteria."
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html |
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: "The United Nations Cyberschoolbus is a
website about global issues and the UN, for students ages 5-18 and their teachers."
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org |
Walk Through Time: from the BBC, "Colourful games, print offs, animations and activities to help 7 to 9 year olds with history" of
Britain from the First Century to the present.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/index.shtml |
World Fact
Book: information on countries.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
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| Current Events |
CNN Student News:
"CNN Student News is a daily on-air and online commercial-free, ten-minute
broadcast of the day's news geared for middle and high school students. To
access the show and free related curriculum materials, including Learning
Activities, Discussion Questions, Newsquizzes and Extras!, go to the Watch
and Learn box".
http://www.cnn.com/EDUCATION |
Kidsnewsroom.org: providing children
with a safe, kid-friendly Internet site: "Kidsnewsroom.org:
loaded with stories, pictures, games, contests and opportunities for learning. Each
week, a new issue is added to the site with the latest news in sports, music and entertainment, health, history, local events and happenings around the world, all designed with kids in mind!"
http://www.kidsnewsroom.com |
New York Times Learning Network: "connections for students (grades 3-12), teachers and parents".
http://www.nytimes.com/learning |
News Flash Five | PBS
KIDS GO!: Each Wednesday, new stories are features in the areas of
national and world news, sports, science, and arts and technology. The site
also includes lesson plans a "News & Current Affairs Primer" with activities
and ideas for parents. There are writing tips for students who can submit a
news article.
http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/index.html |
News Hour Extra: "A News Hour with
Jim Lehrer special for students".
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra |
Newseum |
Today's Front Pages: View over 500 front pages of newspapers in over 50
countries. Also view archived "international front pages that chronicle
events of historical significance".
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp |
Student News.net: current events and
"today in history".
http://www.studentnewsnet.com |
Time for Kids: kids version of the news magazine.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK |
Weekly Reader: online version of the student
newspaper.
http://www.weeklyreader.com |
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| General Social Studies |
BBC History for Kids:
games, timelines, facts about ancient civilizations up through World War II.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids |
Best History Websites: arranged by topic.
http://www.besthistorysites.net |
eHistory.com: "the Web site for
history enthusiasts, students and educators (with) over 130,000 pages of
historical content".
http://www.ehistory.com |
Eyewitness to History: "History through
the eyes of those who lived it."
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com |
History and Politics Out Loud: audio of historic
speeches, many with transcripts.
http://www.hpol.org |
History Detectives: "devoted to solving historical mysteries, searching out the true facts".
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives |
History for Kids: "Europe, Asia,
and Africa before 1500 AD".
http://www.historyforkids.org |
History World: articles and
timelines "helping to make history make sense".
http://www.historyworld.net |
HistoryWiz: "For students, teachers,
and lovers of history". Search by time, region, subject, or by multimedia
exhibit.
http://www.historywiz.com |
Hyperhistory Online: "over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world
history".
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html |
Nationmaster.com: graphically
compare nations using information from the 2002 CIA World Fact Book.
http://www.nationmaster.com |
Resource listing for World War II:
"Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding all
aspects of the war".
http://www.ibiblio.org/pha |
Rulers: "lists of heads of state and heads
of government".
http://rulers.org |
Smithsonian: information
on history and culture.
http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture |
Smithsonian Education History & Culture: "Explore, Discover,
Learn (about) New & Cool, Games & Activities, and Favorites"
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/history_culture.html |
Smithsonian Education People & Places: "Explore, Discover, Learn (about)
New & Cool, Games & Activities, and Favorites"
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/people_places.html |
This Day in History: choose a date and
find out what happened; from the History Channel.
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday |
Today in History:
information from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html |
Walk Through Time: games and activities teach about significant periods in history.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/index.shtml |
World History
Compass: links arranged by topic to world history web sites.
http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/whlindex.htm |
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| Geography |
50 States: state information and links.
http://50states.com |
All the World's Maps: "A
Compilation of Each Nation's Maps."
http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/maps.html |
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection:
"focuses primarily on cartography of the Americas from the 18th and 19th
centuries, but also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and
Oceania. The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books,
maritime charts, and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall,
children's and manuscript".
http://www.davidrumsey.com |
FactFinder Kids' Corner -- Fun State Facts: "Click on the map to learn
fun state facts." Click on the American flag to learn "fun facts about the
United States".
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/funfacts.html |
GeoNet Game: From Houghton
Mifflin social studies, "a challenging geography game for children in grades
4 and above."
http://www.eduplace.com/geonet |
Historic Cities: "maps, literature, documents, books".
http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html |
Historical Maps
Online: "images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical
development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory".
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps |
Map Machine: "National Geographic's redesigned online atlas".
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine |
National Atlas: "the single
best Federal source for national maps and geographic information on the
Web".
http://nationalatlas.gov |
Netstate.com: "State Symbols,
Flags, Seals, Geography, and People of the United States of America".
http://www.netstate.com/states |
State Animals.com: find each
state’s official animal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or insect. Click on
the State Emblems icon and get the list of state mottoes, emblems, flowers,
songs, etc.
http://www.stateanimals.com |
Stats about all US cities: "profiles
of thousands of U.S. cities (including) maps, race, income, photos,
education, crime, weather, houses."
http://www.city-data.com |
Student State Facts: "Grab
your state data & go! Use the list or click on a state in the map" to find
state facts and statistics.
http://www.census.gov/schools/facts |
Test Your Geography
Knowledge: "Click on an area of the
map to select a quiz".
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz |
United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program: "Celebrate our 50 states
with the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program. Thanks to this innovative ten-year program, every 10 weeks you will
see a new state's quarter - released in the order states were admitted into the Union".
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/index.cfm?action=50_state_quarters_program |
Zoom into Maps: from the American Memory Project of the Library of
Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/maps/introduction.html |
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| Illinois |
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project: "Lincoln/Net presents
historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years(1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other
materials illuminating antebellum Illinois".
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu |
Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Museum: information about Abraham Lincoln's life and
about the new museum.
http://www.alplm.org/museum/museum.html |
Chicago Fire: information from the
Chicago Historical Society.
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/intro |
Chicago
Historical Society - My Chicago: "Discover Chicago and connect the
city’s past to life today".
http://www.chicagohistory.org/mychicago/index.html |
Chicago History Museum: Great
Chicago Stories: "Discover history in an exciting new way. Read
Chicago's powerful and compelling stories. Meet people who made a
difference. Explore the city. Connect to the past".
http://www.greatchicagostories.com |
Chicago
Image Base: maps, images, information from UIC.
http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/index.html |
City of Chicago: includes
information on tourism, events, government, and business.
http://egov.cityofchicago.org |
Encyclopedia of Chicago:
articles, photographs, maps, and more from the Chicago Historical Society,
the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University.
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |
GovEngine.com: information on Illinois constitution, government, resources.
http://www.govengine.com/stategov/illinois.html |
Historical Maps
Online: "images of maps charting the last 400 years of historical
development in Illinois and the Northwest Territory".
http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps |
Illinois Alive!: 19th Century
Illinois.
http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/index.cfm |
Illinois Facts: "a vast amount of
reference information on Illinois".
http://www.illinois.gov/facts |
Illinois Government: information
"about Illinois Government
and its elected officials".
http://www.illinois.gov/government |
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency - Lincoln Herndon Law Office: take a virtual
tour of the Lincoln Law Offices in Springfield, Illinois.
http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/lincoln_herndon.htm |
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency - Lincoln Tomb: learn about Abraham Lincoln's
funeral and burial and take a virtual walk through Lincoln's tomb in
Springfield's historic Oak Ridge Cemetery.
http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/lincoln_tomb.htm |
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency - Old State Capitol: take a virtual tour of
the building which "served as the Illinois statehouse from 1839 to 1876".
http://www.illinoishistory.gov/hs/old_capitol.htm |
Illinois in the Civil War: a
wealth of information including regiments, sites, flags,
proclamations, Medal of Honor recipients.
http://www.illinoiscivilwar.org |
Illinois Quick
Facts: statistical information from the U.S. Census Bureau.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17000.html |
Illinois State
Museum: online exhibits including: "At Home in the Heartland",
"Geology Online"," Harvesting the River", "Lewis and Clark in Illinois",
"Forests of Illinois" (including an Illinois Tree Guide), and
"Prairies in the Prairie State".
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/index.html |
Illinois Statehood:
Learn about Daniel Pope Cook and the process that took place before
"Illinois actually became the 21st state on December 3, 1818".
http://www.rockfordillinois.com/state2.htm |
Kid Zone - Discover Illinois:
Learn about Illinois capitals, flags, government, seals, symbols, nature,
the environment, and fire and bike safety.
http://www.state.il.us/kids |
Lincoln Home National Historic
Site: take a virtual tour of the home in Springfield, IL where
Abraham Lincoln and his family lived for seventeen years.
http://www.nps.gov/liho/index.htm |
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic
Site: "see an orientation film about New Salem and Abraham
Lincoln" and take an online virtual tour "back in time 150 years and see
Lincoln's New Salem the way it looked when Abraham Lincoln was a young
adult".
http://www.lincolnsnewsalem.com |
Photographs from the Chicago
Daily News, 1902 -1933: from the American Memory Project.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdnhome.html |
State Symbols: information and pictures from the Illinois State Museum.
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/symbols |
World's Columbian Exposition
of 1893: from the Paul V. Galvin Library Digital History Collection at
Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://columbus.gl.iit.edu/index.html |
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| Native Americans |
American Indians and the Natural World:
" Through exploration of four different visions of living in and with the
natural world--those of the Tlingit of the Northwest Coast, the Hopi of the
Southwest, the Iroquois of the Northeast, and the Lakota of the
Plains--North, South, East, West: American Indians and the Natural World
examines the belief systems, philosophies, and practical knowledge that
guide Indian peoples' interactions with the natural world."
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/index.html |
First Americans: learn about the Navajo, Creek, Tlingit, Sioux and Iroquois.
http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School |
First Nations: history and description of life and language.
http://www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html |
Illiniwek: learn about these early settlers of Illinois.
http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/NativeAmericanInfluence.htm |
The Illinois: information about the Illinois (Illiniwek) from the Illinois State Museum.
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/post/htmls/il.html |
Lakota Winter Counts: This online exhibit features "Smithsonian photographs
and artifacts, a documentary about Sioux history & culture, video interviews with Lakota people, and Teachers' Guide."
http://wintercounts.si.edu |
MuseumLink Illinois - Native Americans: "In this MuseumLink module, you
can explore Native American life in Illinois. To the best of our knowledge,
Native Americans first arrived in Illinois more than 12,000 years ago".
http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/nat_amer/index.html |
Native American Shelters: pictures and detailed explanation.
http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/settlements |
Native American Sites: many links on Native American culture and issues.
http://www.nativeculturelinks.com/indians.html |
Native American Voices: digital history "ordered by chronology and topic".
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/native_voices/native_voices.cfm |
Native Americans-Internet Resources: links to documents, authors, history, general sites.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm |
Southwest Native Americans: created by an Indiana 2nd grade; easy to read for younger children.
http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/swest.htm |
Spotlight Biography: American Indians: Portraits of Pocahontas, Black Hawk,
and Geronimo from the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery, information, and links.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/spotlight/nativeam.html |
WildWest.org: "society, legends, aces, wisdom, places, art, religion" of "the Apache, Blackfoot, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pueblo tribes".
http://www.thewildwest.org/native_american |
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