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History
-
Agents
of
Social
Change
The
Sophia
Smith
Collection
at Smith
College
provides
these
lesson
plans
and
primary
documents
for
teaching
about
six
individuals
and two
organizations---Constance
Baker
Motley,
Dorothy
Kenyon,
Mary
Kaufman,
Frances
Fox
Piven,
Jessie
Lloyd
O'Connor,
Gloria
Steinem,
the
Women's
Action
Alliance
and the
National
Congress
of
Neighborhood
Women---whose
impressive
achievements
distinguish
them as
"agents
of
social
change."
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Celebrate
the
Century
Teacher's
guides
and
electronic
magazines
for
students,
all for
teaching
about
the
decades
of the
twentieth
century,
are
available
at this
site,
sponsored
by
Microsoft
Encarta.
-
The
Concord
Review
This
quarterly
journal
is the
only one
in the
world to
publish
the
academic
work of
secondary
students.
Founded
in 1987
to
recognize
and
publish
exemplary
history
essays
by high
school
students
in the
English-speaking
world,
The
Concord
Review
has
published
hundreds
of
research
papers
(average
5,000
words)
by
authors
in
thirty-eight
states
and
twenty-five
other
countries.
-
DoHistory
This
site
invites
visitors
to
explore
the
process
of
piecing
together
the
lives of
ordinary
people
in the
past.
Through
exploring
this
experimental,
interactive
case
study
based on
the
research
that
went
into the
book and
film "A
Midwife's
Tale,"
both
based on
the
remarkable
200 year
old
diary of
midwife/healer
Martha
Ballard,
visitors
can
learn
basic
skills
and
techniques
for
interpreting
fragments
that
survive
from any
period
in
history.
Includes
"On Your
Own,"
featuring
essays
on
historical
research,
a
bibliography,
and
links to
useful
websites.
-
EyeWitness---History
Through
the Eyes
of Those
Who
Lived It
Using
personal
narratives,
photographs,
and
other
first-hand
sources,
this
site
chronicles
eras,
events,
and
experiences
of the
ancient
world,
middle
ages,
American
Civil
War, the
old
West,
World
War I,
World
War II,
and the
17th
through
20th
centuries.
Includes
bibliographic
references
and
links to
relevant
Internet
resources.
-
Historical
Text
Archive
This
collection
of
original
materials,
links to
other
sites,
and
electronic
reprints
of books
is
maintained
by Don
Mabry,
Professor
of
History
and
Associate
Dean of
the
College
of Arts
and
Sciences
at
Mississippi
State
University.
-
History
Lab
Presented
by the
Washington
State
Historical
Society,
this Web
site
features
activities,
curriculum,
and
information
on
professional
development
institutes
for
teachers.
-
The
History
Channel
Classroom
Here
find
tips and
materials
for
using
this
resource.
-
History
in Film
Plot
summaries,
outlines,
homework
sheets,
and
links
for
teaching
with
feature
films
that
deal
with
topics
in
history.
-
K-12
History
on the
Internet
Resource
Guide
This
guide is
based on
a paper
presented
at the
Computers
and
History
95
Conference,
"Information
Technologies
for
History
Education."
Divided
into the
following
sections:
"Tele-teaching
and
Tele-Learning",
"Doing
Research"
(libraries,
primary
document
collections,
reference
materials),
"Interpersonal
Exchange"
(electronic
mentoring,
Q&A
services,
global
classrooms),
"Environment
for
Education
Project",
"Information
Collection"
(databases,
electronic
publishing,
virtual
field
trips),
"Professional
Development"
(listservs,
newsgroups,
articles),
and
"General
Information
Resources."
-
Mr.
Donn's
World
History
Page
Lesson
plans,
activities,
and
resources
on
ancient
history,
the
Middle
Ages,
the
Renaissance,
the
Reformation,
the
Enlightenment,
pirates
and
exploration,
Industrial
Revolution,
political
change,
holidays,
the
contemporary
period
and
more.
-
Modern
World
History
Timeline
(From
BBC
Education)
Major
world
events
from
1915 to
1945.
-
National
History
Day
Information
about
the
National
History
Day
theme,
competition,
state
coordinators,
the full
text of
the
current
student
contest
guide,
and
more.
-
National
Women's
History
Project
Features
the NWHP
catalog,
ideas
for
teachers,
librarians,
parents,
students,
and
others
on
teaching
and
learning
about
women in
history,
a
history
quiz, a
directory
of
women's
organizations
and
museums,
an
events
calendar,
and
more.
-
OurTimeLines.com
Based on
genealogical
software
used to
create
the
Blish
family
genealogy
Web
site,
this
site
allows
visitors
to
easily
create
custom
timelines
spanning
up to
140
years,
from
A.D.
1000 to
the
present.
Many
events
listed
in the
timelines
generated
include
links to
further
information
about
those
events.
-
TeacherServe
A
project
of the
National
Humanities
Center,
this
on-line
curriculum
enrichment
service
provides
help for
high
school
history
and
literature
teachers
in
designing
courses
and
presenting
rigorous
subject
matter
to their
students.
Features
essays
by
leading
experts,
links to
related
on-line
sources,
and
teaching
suggestions.
-
A Walk
Through
Time
From the
Physics
Laboratory
of the
National
Institute
of
Standards
and
Technology,
this
site
describes
in
detail
the
evolution
of time
measurement
from
ancient
times to
the
present.
Includes
a
bibliography.
-
WideHorizon
Education
Resources
(WER)
Programs
for
World
History
This
site by
two
teacher
educators
offers
free
sample
lesson
plans;
ideas
and
resources
for
creative
lessons
for
middle
school/high
school;
links to
other
sites
for
support
material;
and a
free
monthly
newsletter.
Resources
on
Mesopotamia,
Egypt,
Israel,
Greece,
India,
China,
Rome,
pre-history,
and
more.
-
Women in
World
History
Curriculum
Lesson
plans, a
teaching
resources
catalog,
biographies,
quotations,
reviews
of
classroom
resources
which
feature
women in
world
history,
and
links to
other
resources.
-
Women's
Biographies:
Distinguished
Women of
Past and
Present
This
site
features
biographies
of women
who
contributed
to our
culture:
writers,
educators,
scientists,
heads of
state,
politicians,
civil
rights
crusaders,
artists,
entertainers,
and
others.
The
collection
can be
searched
by
either
subject
or name.
-
World
Wide Web
Virtual
Library:
History
Indexed
both
alphabetically
and by
historical
era.
Includes
CARRIE,
a
full-text
electronic
library,
listservs
and
listserv
archives,
and
heritage
history
sites.
-
Ancient
Egypt
Lesson
Plans
This
collection
of
cross-curricular
lesson
plans
from the
Detroit
Institute
of Arts
includes
materials
focusing
on art,
language
arts,
mathematics
and
science,
and
social
studies,
and
includes
assessments,
goals
and
objectives,
preparations
and
resources,
teacher
comments
about
the
lessons,
and
photos
of
students
at work
on the
lessons.
-
Exploring
Ancient
World
Cultures--An
Introduction
to World
Cultures
on the
World
Wide Web
This
on-line
course
supplement
for
students
and
teachers
of the
ancient
and
medieval
worlds
is
edited
by
Anthony
F.
Beavers,
an
associate
professor
of
religion
and
philosophy
at the
University
of
Evansville
in
Indiana.
Essays,
primary
texts,
and
links to
information
about
India,
the near
East,
Egypt,
China,
Greece,
Rome,
the
Islamic
world,
and
medieval
Europe.
-
Guardian's
Egypt
All
things
ancient
Egyptian.
Includes
a
special
section
for kids.
-
Mr.
Donn's
Ancient
History
Page
Units,
lesson
plans,
activities,
resources
Ancient
Mesopotamia,
Egypt,
Greece,
Rome,
China,
India,
Africa,
Incas,
Mayans,
Aztecs,
Vikings,
Celts,
Holidays,
Map Skills
and
more,
for
ancient
history
teachers
and
students.
-
Neferchichi's
Tomb
Lesson
plans
and
other
teaching
resources
on
ancient
Egypt,
including
a
virtual
lesson
on
mummification.
-
Elizabethan
England
Prepared
by high
school
English
students
at
Springfield
High
School
in
Springfield,
Illinois,
this
site
features
extensive
information
on the
historical
figures
and
events,
everyday
life,
and arts
and
architecture
of
Elizabethan-period
England,
including
William
Shakespeare
and his
theatre.
-
Renaissance
From The
Annenberg
Foundation
and the
Corporation
for
Public
Broadcasting,
this
site
provides
details
of the
Renaissance
period
in
Europe,
links to
other
sites on
the
topic,
and a
bibliography
on same.
-
The
Victorian
Web
Based on
a
resource
used in
Brown
University's
courses
in
Victorian
literature,
this Web
site
offers
information
on the
literature,
history,
culture,
philosophy,
technology,
religion,
science,
and
economics
of the
age of
Queen
Victoria,
who
reigned
over
Great
Britain
from
1837 to
1901.
-
1492: An
Ongoing
Voyage
Intended
to
accompany
a
Library
of
Congress
exhibit
on
Christopher
Columbus,
this
site
includes
information
on the
population
of the
American
continent
prior to
1492,
the
Mediterranean
region
of the
15th
century,
Christopher
Columbus,
and the
relationship
between
Europeans
emigrating
to the
American
continent
between
1492 and
1600 and
the
Native
Americans;
and a
list of
suggested
readings.
-
Columbus
and the
Age of
Discovery
This
site
presents
many
kinds of
sources
of
differing
perspectives
on
exploration
and
discovery.
-
Discoverers
Web
This
site is
a
collection
of links
to all
kinds of
information
on the
Internet
about
voyages
of
discovery
and
exploration
all
around
the
world,
through
the
ages.
-
Vistas:
Visual
Culture
in
Spanish
America,
1520-1820
This
site
offers
color
images,
primary
sources,
and
interpretive
essays
on
colonial
history
and
culture.
-
Lewis
and
Clark
Expedition
(1803-1806)
The
Ethnography
of Lewis
and
Clark
This Web
site
details
items
collected
by Lewis
and
Clark
and the
Corps of
Discovery
held by
the
Peabody
Museum
of
Archaeology
and
Ethnology
at
Harvard
University.
Provides
images
of the
items, a
map of
the
exploration
route,
and
links to
additional
resources.
Jefferson's
West:
Thomas
Jefferson
and the
Lewis
and
Clark
Expedition
Home
This
page of
the
Monticello
(Thomas
Jefferson's
home)
Web site
describes
Jefferson's
prompting
and
support
of the
expedition
and
other
information
about
Jefferson's
instrumental
role in
its
realization.
Lewis
and
Clark's
Expedition:
Curriculum
Ideas
and
Education
Resources
From the
Northwest
Regional
Educational
Laboratory
(NWREL),
this Web
page
features
teaching
resources
about
the
Lewis
and
Clark
Expedition.
Lewis &
Clark
National
Historic
Trail
Maintained
by the
National
Park
Service,
this
site
contains
information
and
resources
on the
route
that
Lewis &
Clark
and the
Corps of
Discovery
traveled.
Lewis
and
Clark in
North
Dakota
Maintained
by the
office
of U.S.
Senator
Byron
Dorgan,
North
Dakota,
this
site
presents
rare
maps,
original
letters,
colorful
illustrations,
and
other
documents
of the
Lewis
and
Clark
Expedition
through
North
Dakota,
many
found
only in
the
collections
of the
Library
of
Congress
and the
National
Archives.
Lewis &
Clark
Rediscovery
Project
According
to its
Web
site,
the
Lewis &
Clark
Rediscovery
Project
will
"use the
Lewis
and
Clark
expedition
as an
overall
theme to
provide
an
interdisciplinary
framework
for
teachers
and
students
to blaze
a new
trail
through
the use
of
cutting-edge
technology
for
teaching
and
learning."
The
5-year
project
is "a
professional
development
strategy
for
assisting
K-12
teachers
across
the
nation
in
infusing
technology
in
teaching
and
curriculum
development."
The
National
Lewis
and
Clark
Bicentennial
Council
Created
to
commemorate
the
journey
and
legacies
of the
Lewis
and
Clark
Expedition,
this
organization
aims to
"promote
educational
programs,
cultural
sensitivity
and
harmony,
and the
sustaining
stewardship
of
natural
and
historical
resources
along
the
route of
the
Expedition."
The Web
site
offers
information
on
educational
resources,
publications,
events,
and news
pertaining
to the
Lewis
and
Clark
Expedition
Bicentennial.
PBS
Online:
Lewis
and
Clark
This Web
site for
the Ken
Burns
film
"Lewis &
Clark:
The
Journey
of the
Corps of
Discovery
includes
not only
detailed
information
about
the
Corps,
but also
lesson
plans
and
activities
for
teaching
about
same.
-
The
African-American
Experience
in Ohio,
1850 to
1920
From the
Library
of
Congress
American
Memory
collection,
this
site
includes
manuscript
and
printed
text and
images
drawn
from the
collections
of the
Ohio
Historical
Society.
It
documents
the
African-American
experiences
of,
according
to the
Web site
introduction,
"slavery
and
freedom,
segregation
and
integration,
religion
and
politics,
migrations
and
restrictions,
harmony
and
discord,
and
struggles
and
successes."
-
The
African-American
Mosaic:
A
Library
of
Congress
Resource
Guide
for the
Study of
Black
History
and
Culture
This
site
features
information
from the
Library
of
Congress
collection
of
books,
periodicals,
prints,
photographs,
music,
film,
and
recorded
sound on
500
years of
the
African
American
experience
in the
Western
hemisphere,
including
colonization,
abolition,
migration,
and the
Works
Progress
Administration
(WPA).
-
African-American
Women:
On-line
Archival
Collections
Contains
the
letters
and
memoirs
of three
African-American
women in
the
nineteenth-century.
-
AMDOCS:
Documents
for the
Study of
American
History
Part of
CARRIE,
a full
text
electronic
library
from the
University
of
Kansas,
AMDOCS
contains
the full
text of
pertinent
American
documents
from the
fifteenth
century
to the
early
1990s.
-
American
Cultural
History:
The
Twentieth
Century
Prepared
by the
reference
librarians
of
Kingwood
College
Library,
the
purpose
of these
pages is
"to
present
a series
of web
guides
on the
decades
of the
twentieth
century."
Facts,
photographs,
and
information
about
the art
and
architecture;
books
and
literature;
fashions
and
fads;
music;
and
theater,
film,
and
radio of
the
decades
of the
twentieth
century
through
the
1970s.
-
American
Memory:
Historical
Collections
for the
National
Digital
Library
This
extensive
collection
from the
Library
of
Congress
includes
documents,
photos,
prints,
motion
pictures,
maps,
and
sound
recordings
of
events,
people,
places,
time
periods,
and
topics
in
American
history.
Also
features
an
"Educator's
Page"
with
lesson
ideas,
"Learning
Page,"
activities,
and a
"Today
in
History"
special
feature.
-
American
Social
History
Project
This
project
of the
Center
for
Media
and
Learning
at the
City
University
of New
York
produces
books,
videos,
and
other
resources
for
teaching
about
United
States
history
by
focusing
on
"ordinary"
Americans--working
men and
women.
-
American
Women's
History:
A
Research
Guide
Compiled
by Ken
Middleton,
a
librarian
at
Middle
Tennessee
State
University,
this
extensive
site
provides
general
reference
sources;
state
and
regional
history
sources;
resources
for
finding
books,
journal
articles,
and
theses;
and
primary
sources.
-
American
Writers
This Web
site is
a
companion
to the
2001
C-SPAN
series,
"American
Writers:
A
Journey
Through
History."
This
series
takes
viewers
around
the
country
to
historic
sites,
birthplaces
and
homes
associated
with the
lives
and
works of
nearly
50 great
American
writers
for a
new live
program
each
week.
Writers
featured
include
Thomas
Paine,
Benjamin
Franklin,
Sojourner
Truth,
Elizabeth
Cady
Stanton,
Nathaniel
Hawthorne,
Frederick
Douglass,
Mark
Twain,
Black
Elk,
Zora
Neale
Hurston,
F. Scott
Fitzgerald,
John
Steinbeck,
Ernie
Pyle,
Jack
Kerouac,
Betty
Friedan,
William
F.
Buckley,
and many
others.
The Web
site
provides
about
the
writers,
their
works,
and how
those
works
chronicled
and
played
part in
United
States
history.
Classroom
resources
are also
available
here.
-
America's
Story
from
America's
Library
The
Library
of
Congress
puts a
fun,
original
spin on
United
States
history
through
its
collection
of
books,
diaries,
records
and
tapes,
films,
sheet
music,
maps,
prints,
photographs
and
digital
materials.
Visitors
can
discover
what
Abraham
Lincoln
had in
his
pockets
on the
night he
was
assassinated.
Or learn
about
Buffalo
Bill
Cody and
his
"Wild
West"
show;
the
heroism
of
Harriet
Tubman,
who
helped
many
slaves
escape
bondage;
the
music of
jazz
great
Duke
Ellington;
or the
inventions
of
Thomas
Edison.
-
At Home
in the
Heartland
Online
This
project
of the
Illinois
State
Museum
"provides
a unique
educational
experience
based on
objects,
stories,
and
activities
relating
to the
people
who have
settled
in the
nation's
heartland
over the
last 300
years."
Provides
tips on
how to
incorporate
this
resource
into
curriculum.
-
Benjamin
Franklin
This Web
site is
a
companion
to the
November
2002 PBS
documentary
Benjamin
Franklin.
The Web
site
features
a
timeline
of
Benjamin
Franklin's
life; an
A-to-Z
list of
Franklin's
numerous
and
varied
roles,
interests,
and
achievements;
and a
teacher's
guide.
-
California
Mission
Studies
Association
CMSA is
devoted
to
expanding
knowledge
of early
California
history,
specifically
the era
of the
21
missions,
the
asistencias,
ranchos,
presidios,
and
adobes.
The site
includes
an
illustrated
glossary
of terms
relating
to
California
missions,
a
bibliography,
a
directory
of the
missions,
information
on
archaeological,
conservation,
and
preservation
projects
relating
to the
missions,
and
links to
related
resources
including
projects
for and
by
students.
-
Crossroads:
A K-12
American
History
Curriculum
Composed
of 36
elementary,
middle,
and high
school
units
chronologically
organized
into 12
historical
periods,
as well
as
course
syllabi
for
preservice
social
studies
educators
on the
subjects
of
American
history
and
history
education.
-
Creating
Online
Materials
for
Teaching
United
States
History
A
collection
of
digital
images
of
primary
documents
from
United
States
history.
The
documents
were
used by
participants
in a
seminar
to
create
U.S.
history
projects,
which
are also
available
here in
their
entirety.
From the
extensive
Electronic
Text
Center
of the
University
of
Virginia
Library.
-
Freedom
Timeline
(from
the
Whitehouse
Kids Web
site)
Stories
of
Americans
who have
contributed
to the
quest
for
freedom
throughout
United
States
history.
-
The
Gilder
Lehrman
Institute
of
American
History
-
History
Matters:
The U.S.
Survey
Course
of the
Web
Designed
for high
school
and
college
teachers
of U.S.
History
survey
courses,
this
site
links to
Web
resources
and
offers
unique
teaching
materials,
primary
documents,
and
discussions
on
teaching
U.S.
history.
-
History
in Music
Lyrics
and MIDI
files of
and
details
about
songs in
U.S.
history
from the
American
Revolution
to the
labor
movement
to the
Viet Nam
era.
-
Erie
Canal
OnLine
This
site
includes
a
history
and
timeline
of the
Canal, a
Real
Audio
version
of and
the text
of the
lyrics
to "Erie
Canal
Song,"
the
story of
a
14-year-old
girl's
journey
along
the Erie
Canal
during
the
pre-Civil
War era,
a
hyper-journal
of the
10-day
trek
down the
Erie
Canal by
a
newspaper
reporter
and a
graduate
student,
and
information
about
the Erie
Canal
Museum.
-
Lower
Eastside
[New
York
City]
Tenement
Museum
-
Making
of
America
This
digital
library
of
primary
sources
in
American
social
history
covers
the
antebellum
period
through
reconstruction.
The
collection
is
particularly
strong
in the
subject
areas of
education,
psychology,
American
history,
sociology,
religion,
and
science
and
technology.
-
Mr.
Donn's
United
States
History
Page
Extensive
collection
of
lesson
plans,
activities,
and
resources.
-
Mystic
Seaport:
The
Museum
of
America
and the
Sea
This
museum
aims to
preserve
the
remnants
of
America's
maritime
past.
The site
features
information
about
K-12
educational
resources
on
Mystic
Seaport
and
maritime
history
in
general.
-
National
Women's
Hall of
Fame
This Web
site
provides
biographies
of
dozens
of
American
women
who have
contributed
to the
arts,
athletics,
business,
education,
government,
the
humanities,
philanthropy
and
science.
The site
also
describes
the
National
Women's
Hall of
Fame
exhibits
and
offices
in
Seneca
Falls,
New
York.
-
OurDocuments.gov:
Milestone
Documents
Part of
President
George
W.
Bush's
National
Initiative
on
American
History,
Civics,
and
Service,
this
site
provides
100
documents
compiled
by the
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration
that
chronicle
United
States
history
from
1776 to
1965.
Also
includes
resources
for
teachers.
-
Salem
Witch
Trials
Documentary
Archive
and
Transcription
Project
Part of
the
University
of
Virginia
Library's
extensive
electronic
text
center,
this
site
offers
primary
sources,
including
court
records,
record
books,
and
personal
letters;
maps;
information
about
notable
persons
involved
in the
Salem
Witch
Trials;
a
bibliography
of
contemporary
works
about
the
topic;
and
links to
archival
collections
pertaining
to the
trials.
-
Teaching
With
Historic
Places (TwHP)
TwHP
uses
properties
listed
in the
National
Park
Service's
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
to
enliven
history,
social
studies,
geography,
civics,
and
other
subjects.
TwHP has
created
a
variety
of
products
and
activities
that
guide
teachers
through
this
process,
including
lesson
plans,
multifaceted
education
kits,
and
professional
development
materials
and
workshops.
-
Temperance
and
Prohibition
An
explanation
of why
prohibition
occurred
in the
United
States,
sections
on
Frances
E.
Willard,
leader
of the
Women's
Christian
Temperance
Union,
The
Women's
Crusade,
the
Anti-Saloon
League,
the
texts of
speeches
both
against
or in
favor of
prohibition,
links to
other
sites on
prohibition,
and
prohibition-related
photographs
and
cartoons.
-
U.S.
Army
Center
of
Military
History
-
U.S.
Women's
History
Workshop
Primary
resources,
"Teacher
Workshops,"
"
Electronic
Classrooms,"
teaching
tips,
and
other
resources
on women
in U.S.
history.
-
WestWeb:
Western
History
Resource
Collections
of
primary
and
secondary
documents,
biographical
and
bibliographical
resources,
lists of
links to
other
sites of
interest,
and
images
are
provided
on
topics
ranging
from
transportation,
to
gender
and
sexuality,
to
Asian-Americans,
to
military
history,
all in
the
context
of the
American
West.
Also
includes
a
section
on
teaching
about
the
American
West.
-
Women
and
Social
Movements
in the
United
States,
1830-1930
This
site
consists
of
editorial
projects
by
undergraduate
and
graduate
students
at State
University
of New
York at
Binghamton.
The
projects
are
organized
around
over 300
primary
documents
that
speak to
the
history
of women
in
reform
movements
in the
United
States.
-
Women's
History
Celebration
Provides
suggestions
for
acknowledging
and
celebrating
women's
roles
and
accomplishments;
a guide
to
women's
history
sites in
Washington,
D.C.;
and
links to
other
resources
on
women's
history.
United
States
Presidents
-
The Home
of
Thomas
Jefferson
-
Monticello
Features
detailed
information
about
the life
and
times of
Thomas
Jefferson,
bibliographies,
lesson
plans,
oral
histories
of
Monticello
slaves,
and
more.
-
Thomas
Jefferson
Online
Resources
at the
University
of
Virginia
This
collection
includes
texts by
Jefferson,
quotations,
bibliographies,
on-line
exhibitions,
Jefferson-related
organizations,
and the
Thomas
Jefferson
Papers
at the
University
of
Virginia.
-
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt's
Fireside
Chats
This
site
features
the full
text of
30
Fireside
Chats
from
1933 to
1944.
-
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Library
and
Digital
Archives
This
site
features
a "K-12
Learning
Center,"
lists of
manuscript
collections,
photos,
political
cartoons,
and
lists of
available
audio
and
video
recordings.
It also
offers
biographies
of FDR
and
Eleanor
Roosevelt,
fact
sheets
on the
New Deal
and
World
War II,
and
Roosevelt
family
genealogy.
-
George
Washington's
Mount
Vernon
Educational
resources,
a
virtual
tour of
Mount
Vernon,
and
information
about
archaeological
excavations
of Mount
Vernon
and the
library.
-
George
Washington
Papers
at the
Library
of
Congress
-
The
Papers
of
George
Washington
at
University
of
Virginia
-
The
White
House
Find
here a
virtual
tour of
the
White
House,
plus
biographical
information
on each
of the
Presidents,
their
spouses,
and
their
families.
Links to
"The
White
House
for
Kids."
First
Ladies
United
States
Colonial
Period
-
Archiving
Early
America
Full
text
historical
documents
including
newspapers
and
magazine,
maps,
portraits,
biographical
information
about
prominent
persons,
writings,
a
digital
library,
a
discussion
forum,
and
interactive
early
American
history
crossword
puzzles.
-
Plimoth-on-Web
This web
site of
Plimoth
Plantation,
a living
history
museum
of 17th
century
Plymouth,
features
educational
resources,
a kid's
page, an
interactive
diagram
of the
Plymouth
village,
a
diagram
of the
Mayflower,
a
Mayflower
passenger/crew
list,
and
bibliographies
on
topics
related
to
Plymouth.
-
Salem
Witch
Museum
The most
useful
features
of this
site to
educators
and
students
are the
brief
history
of the
Salem
Witch
Trials
and the
frequently-asked
question
(FAQ)
section.
-
Virtual
Jamestown
Excerpt
from the
site:
"Virtual
Jamestown
is a
digital
research-teaching-learning
project
to
explore
the
legacies
of the
Jamestown
settlement
and 'the
Virginia
experiment.'
As a
work in
progress,
Virtual
Jamestown
aims to
shape
the
national
dialogue
on the
occasion
of the
four
hundred-year
anniversary
celebration
in 2007
of the
founding
of the
Jamestown
colony."
The site
features
teaching
materials,
public
records,
maps,
images,
court
records,
first-hand
accounts
such as
letters,
court
and
labor
contracts,
a
timeline,
primary
and
secondary
source
bibliographies,
and
other
resources
useful
to
students,
teachers,
and
researchers.
-
William
Penn,
Visionary
Proprietor
This
site
provides
details
on the
life and
work of
the
founder
of
Pennsylvania,
including
Penn's
planning
of the
city of
Philadelphia,
Penn's
dealings
with
Native
Americans,
and a
bibliography
of
further
readings
on Penn.
Industrial
Revolution
-
The
Triangle
Factory
Fire---March
25, 1911
A
project
of the
Cornell
University
School
of
Industrial
Labor
and
Relations,
this
site
details
the
history
of the
Triangle
Shirtwaist
Company
factory
and the
fire
itself;
related
documents,
photographs,
illustrations,
and
audio;
tips for
student
projects,
a
bibliography,
a list
of
victims,
and
related
Web
sites.
United
States
Revolutionary
War
-
Revolutionary
War: A
Journey
Toward
Freedom
Virtual
tours of
Valley
Forge
and
Washington's
Crossing,
primary
documents,
brief
biographies
of key
revolution-era
figures,
details
on major
battles
of the
war,
colonial-era
recipes,
a
"Teacher's
Corner,"
and a
"Fun
Zone"
featuring
quizzes
and
activities
are just
a
sampling
of what
this
site
offers.
Slavery
in the
United
States
-
American
Slave
Narratives: An
Online
Anthology
From
1936 to
1938,
over
2,300
former
slaves
from
across
the
American
South
were
interviewed
by
writers
and
journalists
under
the
aegis of
the
Works
Progress
Administration.
These
former
slaves,
most
born in
the last
years of
the
slave
regime
or
during
the
Civil
War,
provided
first-hand
accounts
of their
experiences
on
plantations,
in
cities,
and on
small
farms. A
large
sampling
of these
first-hand
accounts
and some
photographs
taken at
the time
of the
interviews
are
available
on this
site.
(The
entire
collection
of
narratives
can be
found in
George
P.
Rawick,
ed.,
The
American
Slave: A
Composite
Autobiography.
Westport,
Conn.:
Greenwood
Press,
1972-79.)
-
Chronology
on the
History
of
Slavery,
1619 to
1789
-
Harriet
Tubman
and the
Underground
Railroad
This Web
site,
created
by a
second
grade
class in
Sleepy
Hollow,
New
York,
features
a time
line,
character
sketches,
poems,
crossword
puzzles,
a
bibliography,
classroom
activity
ideas,
photos
of
Tubman
and
Tubman's
home,
maps,
and
information
about
the
Drinking
Gourd.
-
The
Underground
Railroad
Developed
by two
education
students
at the
University
of
California
at
Davis,
this
site
includes
background
information
on
slavery,
abolition,
the
Fugitive
Slave
Bill,
and
other
topics
related
to the
Underground
Railroad.
Also
features
a
discussion
area;
personal
narratives;
songs,
hymns,
and
lyrics
of the
Underground
Railroad,
selections
from
literature,
bibliographies,
and
maps.
Note:
this
site is
still
available
but no
longer
maintained.
United
States Civil
War
-
The
American
Civil
War
Homepage
This
site
features
links to
Internet
resources
on the
U.S.
Civil
War,
including
bibliographies,
FAQs,
images,
rosters
and
regimental
histories,
state
and
local
histories,
reenactor
information,
documentary
records,
and
round
tables.
-
The
Civil
War for
Kids
Mrs.
Huber's
class at
Pocantico
Hills
School
in
Sleepy
Hollow,
New York
created
this
site,
which
includes
a
timeline,
maps,
graphs,
activities,
images,
drawings,
biographies,
and much
more,
all on
the U.S.
civil
war.
-
Civil
War
Women:
Primary
Sources
on the
Internet
This
collection
of
diaries,
letters,
personal
narratives,
photographs,
and
other
primary
sources
was
developed
by the
Special
Collections
Library
at Duke
University
to
accompany
the
bibliography.
-
Women
and the
Civil
War:
Manuscript
sources
in the
Special
Collections
Library
at Duke
University
-
Stratford
Hall
Plantation,
birthplace
of
Robert
E. Lee
-
United
States
Civil
War
Center
-
The
Valley
of the
Shadow:
Two
Communities
in the
American
Civil
War
From the
Web
site:
"[this]
project
takes
two
communities,
one
Northern
and one
Southern,
through
the
experience
of the
American
Civil
War. The
project
is a
hypermedia
archive
of
thousands
of
sources
for the
period
before,
during,
and
after
the
Civil
War for
Augusta
County,
Virginia,
and
Franklin
County,
Pennsylvania.
Those
sources
include
newspapers,
letters,
diaries,
photographs,
maps,
church
records,
population
census,
agricultural
census,
and
military
records."
Intended
for
educational
use.
Early
Westward
Movement in
the United
States
-
Education
First:
Donner
Online
This
Web-based
activity
allows
participants
to learn
about
the
Donner
Party by
collecting
information,
images,
and
insights
from the
Internet,
and then
"pasting"
them
into a
multimedia
Scrapbook
(a
HyperStudio
stack or
a Web
page) to
share
with
others.
-
The Gold
Rush
Produced
by the
creators
of
The Gold
Rush
(and
The
Oregon
Trail
), a
documentary
which
airs
nationally
on PBS
in
January
2000,
this
site
includes
extensive
historical
background
on the
Gold
Rush and
a
teacher's
guide.
-
The
Oregon
Trail
Produced
by the
creators
of
The
Oregon
Trail,
the
award-winning
documentary
which
aired
nationally
on PBS,
this
site
includes
a primer
on the
Oregon
Trail,
details
on
nearly
two-dozen
historic
Trail
sites,
interesting
facts
about
the
Trail,
and a
free
teacher's
guide.
Immigration
-
The
Virtual
Ellis
Island
Tour
Developed
by
Queensbury
Middle
School
students,
this
page
features
a
virtual
immigration
experience,
from
homeland
departure
through
the many
steps of
immigration,
as seen
through
the eyes
of four
immigrants
"portrayed"
by
students.
The site
also
includes
tips for
teachers
on
staging
a
simulated
immigration
experience
and
links to
other
Ellis
Island
and
immigration
Internet
sites.
Harlem
Renaissance
Depression
Era
-
The New
Deal
Network
Lesson
plans,
photos,
and
documents,
and
other
resources
on
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt
and the
Great
Depression.
Civil
Rights
Movement in
the United
States
-
The
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
Papers
Project
at
Stanford
University
Provides
both
secondary
documents
written
about
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr., as
well as
primary
documents
written
during
King's
life.
-
MLK
Online
This
site,
which
touts
itself
as "Your
'One
Stop
Source'
For MLK
on the
Net,"
features
biographical
information
about
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.; the
text of
his
speeches
and
quotes;
video
clips,
images,
and
sound
clips of
MLK;
information
about
books,
videos,
CDs and
software
pertaining
to MLK;
and the
history
of the
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr.
holiday.
-
Timeline
of the
American
Civil
Rights
Movement
This
site was
created
in honor
of
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr. by
students
in
Western
Michigan
University's
Department
of
Political
Science.
Describes
the
movement
from
Brown v.
Board of
Education
in 1954
through
the
march
from
Selma to
Montgomery
in March
1965.
Canadian
History
World
History
(20th
Century)
General
Russian
Revolution
World War
I
German
Holocaust
-
A
Teacher's
Guide to
the
Holocaust
From the
Florida
Center
for
Instructional
Technology
in the
College
of
Education
at the
University
of South
Florida,
this
guide
consists
of
student
activities,
teacher
resources,
a
Holocaust
timeline,
and
information
about
the
people
and the
music,
visual
art, and
literature
of and
about
the
Holocaust.
-
Cybrary
of the
Holocaust
Includes
"Holocaust
Education
... A
Legacy
Forum
for
Teachers"
and
"The
Holocaust
-- A
Guide
for
Teachers."
Also
photographs,
survivor
stories,
an
on-line
bookstore,
and
resources
for
researching
the
Holocaust.
-
Holocaust
Survivors
This
provides
Holocaust
survivor
stories
in the
forms of
text,
photos,
and
audio;
an
introduction
to
Holocaust
history;
an
encyclopedia
of the
Holocaust;
a
bibliography;
full
text
original
source
materials
and
scholarly
articles;
and a
discussion
group.
-
Holocaust
Teacher
Resource
Center
A
project
of the
Holocaust
Education
Foundation,
Inc. in
Newport
News,
Virginia,
this
site
offers
curriculum
guides,
lesson
plans,
essays,
and
information
about
conferences,
seminars,
and
courses.
The
Foundation
seeks
submissions
of these
items as
well as
annotated
bibliographies,
book
reviews,
and
other
resources
suitable
for
inclusion
on the
site.
-
United
States
Holocaust
Memorial
Museum
Features
a
catalog
of the
museum's
archives,
on-line
exhibitions,
"Guidelines
for
Teaching
About
the
Holocaust",
a
Holocaust
videography,
and
other
information
useful
for
classroom
teachers,
students,
and
researchers.
-
Voices
of the
Holocaust
This
site
features
an
archive
of
interviews
with
Holocaust
survivors
conducted
in 1946.
World War
II
-
Hiroshima
Archive
Extensive
gallery
of
postwar
photographs
of
monuments,
citizens,
and
articles
that
were
present
at the
atomic
explosion
in
Hiroshima
on
August
6, 1945.
The
directory
includes
links to
Internet
resources
and a
bibliography
of
printed
books,
articles,
and
other
research
materials
and
visual,
performing,
and
literary
arts
resources
pertaining
to the
bombing
of
Hiroshima.
-
Navajo
Code
Talkers:
World
War II
Fact
Sheet
This
website
of the
Naval
Historical
Center
of the
Department
of the
Navy
describes
the
contributions
of the
Navajo
to the
efforts
of the
U.S.
Marines
during
World
War II.
Includes
a
bibliography
and a
Navajo
code
talker
dictionary.
-
What Did
You Do
In the
War,
Grandma?
An oral
history
of Rhode
Island
women
during
World
War II
written
by
students
in the
Honors
English
Program
at South
Kingstown
High
School.
Cold War
-
Cuban
Missile
Crisis
This
site
contains
basic
historical
information
about
the
crisis,
a map of
missile
facilities
in Cuba
at the
time of
the
crisis,
and
links to
other
sites on
the Cold
War.
-
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
(NATO)
This
site
provides
a
history
of NATO,
lists of
member
countries,
the text
of the
North
Atlantic
Treaty,
current
issues
facing
the
organization,
and
other
pertinent
information.
Korean
War
-
Examining
the
Korean
War
Book
reviews,
oral
histories
from
soldiers,
maps,
and
links to
other
related
sites.
-
Korean
War 50th
Anniversary
Home
Page
This
official
Korean
War
Commemorative
site of
the
Department
of
Defense
provides
in-depth
information
about
the
Korean
War in
the
forms of
a "Hall
of
Honor"
listing
recipients
of the
Korean
War
Medal of
Honor, a
calendar
of
events
commemorating
the
Korean
War,
biographies,
a
bibliography,
a
chronology,
glossary,
maps,
fact
sheets,
and an
image
gallery.
The
"Just
for
Teachers"
section
includes
a Korean
War
word
search
and the
full
text of
"Peacebound
Trains,"
a
children's
book
written
by Haemi
Balgassi
and
illustrated
by Chris
K.
Soentpiet.
Vietnam
-
Resources
on the
Vietnam
Conflict
at Texas
Tech
University
Provides
information
about
the
Vietnam
Center's
symposium
and
conference
program
and the
Vietnam
Archive,
a
collection
of
manuscripts,
oral
histories,
personal
papers,
audio-visual
materials,
maps,
photographs,
and
published
materials
on
Vietnam,
Laos,
and
Cambodia.
-
The
Vietnam
War:
Past and
Present
This
resource
for high
school
history
teachers
includes
both
historical
background
on the
Vietnam
War and
ideas
for
teaching
about
it.
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