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Abraham
Lincoln Research Site
...a compendium of facts and snippets about the life
of Abraham Lincoln
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Academic
Info: US History Home Page & Index
...a well-chosen list of links to support the teaching
of American history; arranged by time period
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Africans
in America
...an online documentary of "America's journey through
slavery" including teaching resources
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America
in the 1930's
...a content-rich site that looks at the 1930's through
films, radio, and many other forms of cultural expressions
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American
Civil War Home Page
...an impressive number of links to Civil War information
found on the Internet
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American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
...a fact-filled look at the culture of the 20th century with links to support the research process
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American
Experience: The Presidents
...a companion to the PBS series with extensive information
about the 20th century Presidents
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American Memory
from the Library of Congress
...site which includes primary source material relating
to American culture and history; includeseducator's
sectionon how to use the resources
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American
Studies: The 1930's in Print
...a well-done, content-rich site for secondary students
to support the study of this decade in American history
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American
Studies Web
...an extensive listing of sites in many areas of American
studies; appropriate for teachers and high school students
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American Women Home Page
...a great collection of material about researching and finding material within the Library of Congress' holdings dealing with American women's history
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At
Home in the Heartland Online
...an exemplary example of a content-rich site; based
on a museum exhibit covering the history of Illinois from
1700 to the present
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Beyond Black History Month
...a list of links dealing with African American studies for grades 6-12 including Web sites, resources, professional development, and much more
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Biographical
Dictionary of the United States Congress
...brief biographical information on every member of
Congress from 1774 to the present; bibliography included
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Black
History Month Lessons
...a wonderful series of lessons set up in the Hotlist,
Scrapbook, and WebQuests formats of Bernie Dodge/Tom March
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Black History Month Resources: K-5and6-12
...two easy-to-use matrices of links to topics of interest dealing with Black history are found on this school district curriculum support site
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Census
Data (US) 1790-1860
...a wealth of information that is searchable by easy-to-use
forms
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Children
of the Camps: Resources
...a list of links dealing with the Japanese-American
experience during World War II
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Civil
War History
...a narrative and electronic archive to this project
which examines both sides of the Civil War
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Civil War Home Page
...an extensive series of links to battles, letters,
photos, and much more dealing with the Civil War
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Constitution
Community
...American history lesson plans that utilize the National
Archives collection
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Constitutional Convention
...a comprehensive look at the Constitutional Convention including a day-by-day overview of the events and supporting material, an interactive map of historic Philadelphia, and extensive background information on each of the participants
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Crossroads:
A K-16 American History Curriculum
...an extensive American history curriculum with essays,
lessons, and resources for the classroom teacher
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Cultural
Maps
...a set of maps that illustrate America's historical
geography; also includes links to other map sites
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Digital History
......a Web site created by professors at the University of Houston designed to support the teaching of American history for K-12 students; the site includes an online textbook, annotated historical documents, and over 70 inquiry-based interactive modules, and much more
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Discovery
Channel School : U.S. History Lesson Plans
...curriculum tie-ins with the programs, vocabulary,
and great activities to support this subject in the classroom, including immigration, the Revolution, immigration, American leaders, and much more
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Douglass :
Archives of American Public Address
...an extensive list of full-text speeches from American
orators; contains hard-to-find speeches and an great reference
page of other related sources
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FDR Cartoon
Collection
...a digitized collection of political cartoons dealing
with Franklin Roosevelt from 1932-1943; this is a wonderful
ongoing high school project
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50 U.S. States and
Capitals
...a great reference site for finding out all those
state facts
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Gateway to
African-American History
...a well-chosen and well-presented list of links dealing
with African-American history
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George
Washington Papers
...a large number of George Washington's manuscripts,
digitized by the Library of Congress
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Great Chicago
Fire and Web of Memories
...a stupendous web site which includes narrative,
eyewitness accounts, and pictures all dealing with the
devastating Chicago fire of 1871
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: For Teachers and Students
...this site includes lessons, information, resources, primary source documents, and online exhibitions in support of the teaching of American History
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Immigration
and Naturalization Service: Teacher Resources
...links and content-rich information to help support
teachers with the historical and current study of immigration
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Internet Moving Picture Archive
...a project which is digitizing ephemeral educational, advertising, and industry videos produced from 1927 to 1987, and providing access to over 1200 of them via the Web; teachers will want to preview first
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Lewis and
Clark
...a companion to the Ken Burns film, this site provides
extensive information, maps, and resources dealing with
the journey of Lewis and Clark
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Liberty!
The American Revolution
...an online companion to a PBS series, this site contains
wonderful, documented information on the Revolution
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Links to the Past: Explore America's Past
...a site with links to information and resources about America's cultural past, including buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts
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Living Room Candidate
...videostreamed Presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2004; great collection of primary source documents
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Lower East Side
Tenement Museum
...designated a national historic site, this museum
provides a social history of 1870 through 1915 in New
York City
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Living Room Candidate
...videostreamed Presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2004; great collection of primary source documents |
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Making of America
...a digital library of primary sources in American
social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction
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Martin Luther
King (Seattle Times)
...an excellent site which includes background and
references dealing with the man, the civil rights movement,
and the holiday
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Mayflower
on the Web
...information about the Mayflower passengers, the
trip, and many other facts
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Mountain
Men and the Fur Trade
...a virtual library and research center for western
fur trade history with a main focus on Mountain Men in
the United States Rocky Mountain region from 1800-50
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Multnomah
Country Library Homework Center : American History Sites
...a selection of resourcs divided by eras and historical
events
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National Archives Digital Classroom: Teaching With Documents
...a wonderful set of lesson plans, arranged by historical era, which include reproducible copies of many primary documents held by the US National Archives and Records Administration
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Native
American Information
...an excellent guide to Native American information
including cultural, art, educational, museum, and government
resources
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National Women's History
Project
...a site which provides links, promotional materials,
and informational services dealing with women's history
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New Deal Network
...a wonderful educational site which documents the
social and cultural legacy of the New Deal era during
the administration of FDR
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Nifty Fifty States
...a hotlist of sites with information, maps, and much more about the 50 US states
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Old Magazine Articles
...a primary source site with PDF versions of magazine articles published from 1860-1922 covering topics including the American Civil War, World War I, Prohibition, fashion history, art history, immigration history, the sinking of the Titanic and much more, including World War II articles from Yank magazine
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Our Documents
...links to 100+ important US documents in their original, hand-written form; the site also includes tips for teachers and library media specialists for use of these items in the curriculum and links to more information about the history and contents of the documents
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Oyez : A Supreme Court
WWW Resource
...a site which provides information about major constitutional
cases heard and decided by the Supreme Court of the United
States; includes RealAudio recordings
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Popular
Songs in American History
...music files, lyrics, and historical information
of songs to support the history curriculum arranged chronologically
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Presidential
History Resources
...a companion site to a PBS series, this page dealing
with the US presidency includes biographies, lesson plans,
resources, essays, and much more
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Presidents
of the United States
...pictures and brief biographies of all of the US
presidents
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Primary Source Learning
...this site, created by practicing educators, "assists teachers and students in using Library of Congress primary source materials" and includes lessons that target the best instructional practices
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Recommended
US Latino Web Sites
...a portal site to many sites dealing with diversity
and ethnic studies of US Latino cultures
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Selected
Civil War Photographs
...this site contains over 1000 photographs that can
be searched for by keyword or browsed
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Smithsonian
Museums
...information and exhibits from each of the Smithsonian
Institution's museums
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Sociological
Tour Through Cyberspace
...links to many quality sociology sites on the Internet;
useful for high school age and older
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Stamps On
Black History
...a wonderful, well-arranged, student-produced project
that highlights famous black Americans appearing on postage
stamps and includes biographical information
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Supreme
Court Decisions 1937-1975
...full text of almost 40 years of US Supreme Court
decisions
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Supreme
Court Decisions from Findlaw
...a large database of opinions with a usable interface
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Timeline
of the American Civil Rights Movement
...a nicely constructed page with information on the
events of the Civil Rights movement
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Today
in History from the Library of Congress
...a site designed to present daily historical facts
highlighted by materials from the American Memory collections
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Triangle Factory Fire
...a content-rich site including primary and secondary source material dealing with the Triangle Waist Co. fire of 1911
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TV News Archive
...a searchable site from Vanderbilt that includes
abstracts from over 30,000 nightly news broadcasts since
August of 1968
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Underground
Railroad
...a nice site about the Underground Railroad; even
includes a map of the routes
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Universal Black
Pages : History
...the Black experience in America, past and present
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Valley
of the Shadow
...a content-rich, well-researched site with digitized
primary source information on two communities leading
up to and during the Civil War
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Women
and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
...a series of editorial questions dealing with women's
history supported by the inclusion of primary source material
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