Social Studies

 

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African Americans Colonial America/The Young Nation Political Cartoons
American Revolution Economics Technology in History
Anthropology/Archeology General Reference Texas History
Biographies Geography Texas Revolution
Civilizations/Cultures Government/US Law US Presidents
Civil Rights Hispanic Americans Westward Expansion
Civil War (United States) Native Americans Women in History
Civil War Roles for Women World History

 

African Americans

In the North Before the Civil War African-American World Freedom:  A History of the US
African-American Heritage -- Our Shared History African Americans in History History Channel - Black History Month
African-American History Through the Arts Biography.com:  Black History History of Jim Crow
The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship Black History Month Resources Fact, Fiction and the New World
Mosaic Exhibition by the Library of Congress Culture and Change:  Black History in America The Internet African American History Challenge
African-American Women On-line Archival Collections Encyclopaedia Brittanica Guide to Black History Martin Luther
African Voices   Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Nonviolence

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American Revolution

After the American Revolution:  Free African Americans in the North Battle of Lexington and Concord Boston Freedom Trail Foundation
The American Revolution Battle of Ticonderoga Boston Teaparty
Maps and Charts of the West Indies 1750 - 1789 Battle of Yorktown Choosing Revolution
American Revolution Timeline Betsy Ross Homepage CIA Kids Page:  Nathan Hale
An American Revolution Black Loyalists Deborah Sampson:  Soldier of the American Revolution
Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy Boston NHP - The Freedom Trail Declaration of Independence:  John Adams
Battle of Bunker Hill Boston Freedom Trail Historic Valley Forge

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Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress Patriots Day The Battle of Bunker Hill
Liberty! Story of Molly Pitcher Valley Forge
Liberty Bell MPS Museum Collection Valley Forge National Historical Park
Libertynet:  Philidelphia Rare Map Collection:  Revolutionary America National Park Service:  Valley Forge
Liberty!  The American Revolution Saratoga National Historic Park Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution
Minuteman National Historic Park Significant Scots:  John Paul Jones Users Guide to the Declaration of Independence
Nathan Hale:  American Revolution Patriot Spy Letters of the American Revolution Women Soldiers

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Anthropology/Archeology

Anthropology in the News History of Eating Utensils Remote Sensing in Archaeology
ArchNet Kids Dig Reed Texas Beyond History
Geology of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve   What is Underwater Archaeology

Biographies

100 of the Most Important People of the 20th Century Biography.com A Biography of America
Celebrating the Life and Times of William Grant Still   Biographical Dictionary

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Civilizations/Cultures

Alike and Different Country Information Pharaohs of the Sun
Ancient Civilizations Virtual Museum Cultures.com Secrets of Lost Empires
AncientMexico.com Global Gang Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Arctic Studies Center Global Gateway Tale of Three Cities
BBC:  Ancient History Greeks:  Crucible of Civilization Web Japan
Collapse:  Why Do Civilizations Fall? Margaret Mead:  Human Nature and the Power of Culture World Religions
  Mysterious Mummies of China  

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Civil Rights

Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement

 

Civil War (United States)

37th Texas Calvary Civil War At a Glance Gettysburg Address
African American Civil War Memorial Civil War-Era Newspapers Guide to Civil War Materials
American Civil War Homepage Civil War Home Page Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Antietam - The Lost Images Civil War:  John Brown's Holy War A House Divided, America in the Age of Lincoln
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Civil War Leaders Lincoln Biography
Buffalo Soldiers Civil War Museum of the Western Theater Panoramic Images from Civil War Battlefields
Buffalo Soldier (Female) - Cathay Williams Civil War Photographs Rare Map Collection - Reconstruction and Expansion
Buffalo Soldiers in Texas Civil War Preservation Trust Reconstruction and Its Aftermath
Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Staunton Spectator - Civil War-Era Newspaper
Camp Life:  Collections From Gettysburg Civil War Women Third Person, First Person - Slave Voices From the Special Collections Library
Civil War:  African American Odyssey Diary of William Fairfax Gray United States Civil War Center
Civil War Album.com Douglass:  Archives of American Public Addresses Underground Railroad
  Eye of the Storm  

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Civil War Roles for Women

Mary Elizabeth Bowser Hearts at Home:  Southern Women in the Civil War Women Were There:  Women in the Civil War
Belle Boyd Biography NARA:  Women in the Civil War Women of the American Civil War
Civil War Women Susie King Taylor Women of the Hall - Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix Biography   Women of the Hall - Julia Ward Howe

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Colonial America/The Young Nation

1755:  The French and Indian War Biographies of Those Who Fought at Bunker Hill Colonial Williamsburg History
American Centuries:  View From New England Charters of All the Colonies Early America.com
Archiving Early America:  Molly Pitcher Colonial Hall:  Biographies of America's Founding Fathers Early America Review:  The Enigma of Benedict Arnold
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Colonial Hall:  Biography of John Hancock The Electric Ben Franklin
Ben's Guide:  Benjamin Franklin Colonial Maps Energy Planet:  Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin Colonial Williamsburg Founding Fathers:  Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Biography of Thomas Paine   Benjamin Franklin:  Glimpses of the Man

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Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death John Paul Jones, Naval Hero The Electric Franklin
Jamestown Changes Paul Revere Biography Thomas Paine
Jamestown Online Adventure Historic Philadelphia Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Jamestown:  Interactive Exercises Plymouth Plantation Williamsburg Online
Jamestown Rediscovery Salem Witchcraft Trials Jamestown Online Adventure
Virtual Jamestown Samuel Slater - Father of the Industrial Revolution Jamestown Rediscovery
  Sybil Ludington - The Call to Arms  

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Economics

About the International Monetary Fund Economic Education Website Royal Canadian Mint
Americans for Common Cents Electric Money Savings Bonds for Kids
American Currency Exhibit Fed101 Secrets of Making Money
Banking on Our Future Fleet Kids Sense and Dollars
Bank of Canada:  Currency Museum Hot Shot Business The Mint
Class in America Junior Achievement United States Mint
Commanding Heights Mexican Mint US Mint - 50 State Quarters Program
Create Your Own Monopoly Money Central Station US Mint - Hip Pocket Change
Department of Treasury National Numismatic Collection US Bullion Depository - Ft. Knox
Department of Treasury Kids' Page National Priorities Project World of Money
EconEdLink Peanuts & Crackerjacks Zillions Online
  Practical Money Skills for Life  

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General Reference

Ad Access Any Day in History CIA World Factbook
Adventure Learning Foundation Around the World in 72 Days Cinco de Mayo History
All History is Local Art History Resources City of San Francisco Museum
America 1900 AskAsia Corbis Images
America's Story Avalon Project Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
American Folklore Benson Collection CyberBee
American History by the Letter Best of History Web Sites Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
American Life Histories Bureau of Engraving and Printing Death of the Dream:  Farmhouses in the Heartland
American Memory Collection:  Educator's Page Calendars Through the Ages Digital Classroom
American Memory Collection From the Library of Congress Calendars of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries Digital Classroom:  Teaching with Documents
American Treasures of the Library of Congress Census Data (US) Digital History
American Variety Stage 1870 - 1920 CensusScope Eyewitness to History
AmeriSpeak Center for History and New Media How Can My Community Reduce Waste?

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Hispanic Americans in Congress:  1822 - 1995 Great Seal of the United States Library of Congress Learning Page
Historic American Sheet Music Project History Place.com Life Magazine's Top 100 People
Historic Document Reproduction History and Politics Out Loud Lost in the Grand Canyon
Historical Text Archive History Buff's Interactive Magazine Making of America
History Channel.com History House.com Migrations in History
History Detectives History Matters Military History
History Mystery US Dept. of Education A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
History Net History Place.com:  The American Revolution MHN Instrument Encyclopedia
Hoover Museum - Just For Kids History Wired Monarchs of Britain
How Far Is It? KQED Education Network Mountain Voices Around the World
I Hear America Singing The Library of Congress Music for the Nation
Greatest Places.org The Library of Congress - Country Studies NARA Archival Research Catalog

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National Archives Pennsylvania State Museum BBC:  Walk Through Time
National Council for the Social Studies Reenactor.Net Today in History
National Geographic Magazine Region VIII Social Studies Downloads Trenches on the Web
National Historic Landmarks Program Revealing Things United Nations:  Cyber School Bus
National Parks Service The Story of American Public Education The Urban Landscape:  Digital Image Access Project
NetState.com Simon Wiesenthal Center Social Studies Lesson Plans
Official Mahatma Gandhi eArchive Smithsonian Education USA Today Education
Peace Corps Kids World Smithsonian National Museum of American Art US Patent and Trademark Office for Kids
Learning Adventures in Citizenship Smithsonian Not Just For Kids Voices of the Colorado Plateau
Pennsylvania Trail of History Social Studies for Kids Wayback:  US History for Kids
  A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust  

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Geography

Animated Atlas:  The Growth of a Nation Jump Back in Time Map Zone
Adventure Magazine Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude Online Map Creation
Atlapedia Online MapQuest.com Physical Map of the United States
AlternaTime Maps and Geography Peters Projection Map
Blank and Outline Maps Maps and Globes Round Earth, Flat Map
Color Landform Atlas of the US Maps and Map Skills Shocking Geography
Cultural Maps in American Studies Maps.com Games Terra-Server
David Rumsey Map Collection National Geographic Homework Help Timelines - AlternaTime
The Earth and the Heavens National Geographic Kids UN Atlas of the Oceans
Global Geographic Literacy Survey National Geographic Online United Nations Cartographic Section
Great Globe Gallery Nat'l Geo. Map Machine USA State Map/Quiz Printouts
Perry Castaneda Historic Map Collection   Xpeditions Atlas

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Government/US Law

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation Charters of Freedom:  The Constitution of the United States Democracy
About Federal Courts CIA For Kids Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
About the Judicial Branch CongressLink Exhibit Hall
Before and Beyond the Constitution:  The President Under the Articles of Confederation Congress For Kids Explore D.C.
Before and Beyond the Constitution:  Chief Executives Compared:  The Federalist Papers Constitution Community FBI for Kids:  Youth Educational Page
Before and Beyond the Constitution:  George Washington Constitution Center GovSpot
Before Brother Fought Brother:  Life in the South, 1847 - 1861 Constitution of the United States Government of the US
Before and Beyond the Constitution:  What Should a President Do? Constitution:  Table of Articles and Amendments Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids Core Documents of the US Democracy Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution

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Law Focused Education, Inc. TeenGov US Department of Defense
Law-4-Kids Time of the Lincolns:  Partisan Politics US Flag
League of Women Voters The President of the United States US National Debt Clock
Magna Carta The President's Cabinet US Pentagon
National Security Council The Vice President US State Department
Outline of the US Government United Nations Cyber School Bus USA Government
Senate Leadership United States Government The White House
Senators on the Web United States House of Representatives WhiteHouseKids.gov
Supreme Court of the United States United States Senate Young Democrats of America

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Hispanic Americans

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Hispanic American Soldiers PBS:  American Family
Ellen Ochoa Hispanic Culture of Santa Fe Sid Gutierrez
Dr. Mario Molina Hispanic Heritage Month Vaqueros
Che Guevara Mexico for Kids Vaqueros, 2
Hispanic Americans, A Diverse People Mexican Independence Women of the Hall, Antonia Novello

 

Native Americans

American Indian Nations Journeys of the First Americans Native American Documents Project
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Little Big Horn History Sipapu:  Chetro Ketl Great Kiva
Campfire Stories with George Catlin Mystery of the First Americans Sitting Bull's Biography
Cherokee Cultural Society Native American Arts and Crafts (Native Tech) Sport of Life and Death:  The MesoAmerican Ballgame

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Political Cartoons

Herblock's History

 

Technology in History

Emile Berliner, Inventor of the Gramophone Inventing Modern America The Telephone
Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation Inventor's Museum Wells Fargo and Company
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum Lowell National Historical Museum Wells Fargo History Pages

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Texas History

American Collection Concerning Texas Earth Trends:  The Environmental Information Portal Native American Texans 1
The American West Fact Finder:  Kid's Corner Native American Texans 2
Armadillo's WWW Server Famous Texans San Antonio Living History Association
Austin, Stephen F. Farmer's Branch Historical Park Save Texas History!
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Frontier Texas The Six Flags of Texas
Brazoria County Historical Museum Guide to Texas Outside Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Institute of Texan Cultures Spanish, Mexican, Tejanos
Chisholm Trail La Salle Shipwreck Project Star of the Republic
Conquistadors 1 Lone Star Junction State Bar of Texas Educational Opportunities
Conquistadors 2 Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site Tall Tales:  Davy Crockett and History
Documents of Early Texas   Texana Living History Association

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Texas Beyond History Texas Images Texas State Historical Association:  Student Guides
Texas Constitutions Digitization Project Texas Indians Texas State Parks and Historic Sites
Texas Escapes Texas - It is Big! Texas Tides
Texas General Land Office:  Archives and Records Texans:  One and All Texas Trails:  Comprehensive Guide to Texas
Texas Historic Sites Atlas Texas At Your Fingertips Texas Treasures
Texas Historical Commission Texas Parks & Wildlife Kids' Page Tejano Heroes
Texas History and Culture Texas Primer Texian Gazette
Texas History.com Texas Monthly Magazine Texian Heritage Society
Texas History:  People, Places, and Events From the Lone Star State Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum Travel Tex:  The Official Site of Texas Tourism
Texas History Primary Source Documents Texas State Cemetery Vaqueros:  The First Cowboys
Texas State Electronic Library

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Texas Revolution

5th Texas Partisan Rangers Battle of the Alamo Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Alamo De Parras:  The Untold Story of the Alamo's Early History Battle of San Jacinto Davy Crockett
The Alamo:  Five Hours That Changed History Battle of Saratoga Sam Houston - Biographical Perspectives
Alamo History Battle of Saratoga Reenactment Sam Houston Historic Schoolhouse
American Experience:  Remember the Alamo James Butler Bonham Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Austin, Stephen F. -- New Perspectives on the West James Bowie Sam Houston, "The Raven"

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Avalon Project -- Texas from Independence to Annexation Controversial Diary That Challenges the Alamo Legend Sam Houston & The West
Sam Houston - Texas State Library & Archives Collection San Jacinto Museum of History Texas Military Forces Museum 2
Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas, 1835 - 1345 Texas Army Color Guard Texas Navy
Rovers Texas Revolution Living History Texas Army Reenactment Group Texas, Texans, and the Alamo
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Texas Memorial Museum Texas Revolution
San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site Texas Military Forces Museum 1 Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site
San Jacinto Battle Reenactment, 2000   Washington-on-the-Brazos:  Texas Revolution Timeline

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US Presidents

John Adams James A. Garfield John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
John Quincy Adams Ulysses S. Grant Lincoln:  A Photobiography
Air Force One Grant's Farm Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
American Experience:  The Presidents William H. Harrison Lincoln:  The History Place
American President.org The Hermitage Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Chester A. Arthur Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
Before and Beyond the Constitution:  The President Under the Articles of Confederation Inside the White House Lincoln Online
James Buchanan Andrew Jackson Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
Echoes From the White House Thomas Jefferson Lincoln's Virtual Library
Millard Fillmore Thomas Jefferson, a film by Ken Burns Life & Legacy of Abraham Lincoln
  LBJ State Park and Historic Site  

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Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum PBS:  The American Presidents The Time of the Lincolns
Lincoln:  Sixteenth President Franklin Pierce John Tyler
James Madison James K. Polk Martin Van Buren
James Monroe Portraits of the Presidents George Washington
Monticello:  The Home of Thomas Jefferson The Presidency Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
Mount Rushmore The Precedent President The White House
Mt. Vernon The Presidents The White House for Kids
National First Ladies Library Presidents of the United States White House Historical Society
Objects From the Presidency Rediscovering George Washington Woodrow Wilson
The Papers of George Washington Spotty's Whitehouse Tour Who Is Your Favorite President?
  Zachary Taylor  

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Westward Expansion

1800s and How Kids Lived California Ranching History The Gold Rush
1850 Pioneer Farm Cowboys.com Gold Rush!  California's Untold Stories
1860s Living Crossing the Frontier:  Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present Gold Rush:  The Discovery of Gold in California by John Sutter
18th Century History Curtis Photo Company Photographs Gold Rush Sesquicentenniel
African-American Cowboys Diamond R Ranch Gold Rush - WayBack
Africans in America:  Westward Expansion Discovering Lewis & Clark Goodnight - Loving Trail
America on the Move Drawing the Western Frontier Go West:  Imagining the Oregon Trail
American Cowboys & Cowgirls Early Washington Maps:  A Digital Collection Great Projects - The Building of America
American Folklife Center Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier:  The Henry Reed Collection Heading West - Mapping the Territory
At Home in the Heartland Online The First American West:  The Ohio River Valley, 1750 - 1820 History of the American West:  1860 - 1920
Buckaroos in Paradise Frontier House, PBS Series King Ranch History
Buffalo Bill Historical Center Gathering Remnants - A Tribute to the Working Cowboy Lewis and Clark

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Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Lewis and Clark's Historic Trail Our Documents.gov
Lewis and Clark Community Center Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Lewis and Clark in North Dakota Little Bighorn History Railroad:  The Iron Road
Lewis and Clark in Idaho Mountain Men and the Fur Trade Surveyors of the American West:  Jackson and Stanton
Lewis and Clark in the Rockies National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Traveling on the Overland Trails, 1843 - 1860
Lewis and Clark Online Base Camp Online Archive of California Ultimate Adventure:  Retrace the Lewis and Clark Trail
Lewis and Clark:  Discovering Lewis and Clark Origins of the First American Cowboy, The Vaquero Unpacking on the Prairie:  Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest
Lewis and Clark:  Go West Across America With Lewis and Clark Oregon Trail Vaqueros
Lewis and Clark:  In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark Oregon Trail:  Across the Plains in '64 Washington State University - Digital Collections
Lewis and Clark:  Living History Oregon Trail:  End of the Oregon Trail The West
Lewis and Clark:  The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Oregon Trail:  National Oregon/California Trail Center Women's Suffrage in the Progressive Era
Lewis and Clark:  The Maps of Exploration, 1507 - 1814 Oregon Trail:  Marcus and Narcissa Whitman  
Lewis and Clark:  The National Bicentennial Exhibition Oregon Trail:  Prairie Schooners  

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Women in History

American Civil War Women:  Clara Barton Distinguished Women of Past and Present Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
American Treasures:  The Woman's Bible Dorothea Dix Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Women Explore the Women's Movement Traveling on the Overland Trails, 1843 - 1860
American Women:  A Guide to Their History First Ladies of the United States Trial of Susan B. Anthony
American Women's History History Channel:  Women's History Women's History Month Resources
Clara Barton:  Women of the Hall National Women's Hall of Fame Women in American History Resources
Belle Boyd:  Confederate Spy Not For Ourselves Alone:  The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Women in the Hall:  Dorothea Dix
  Reformers and Crusaders  

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World History

African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American Art Antique Roman Dishes Cave of the Warrior
Akhet Egyptology Aphrodite Cleopatra:  A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World
Alexander the Great Archimedes, Infinite Secrets Cleopatra:  From History to Myth
Alexandria, Egypt Art of the First Cities Cleopatra's Palace
Anasazi Heritage Center At The Tomb of Tutankhamen Cleopatra:  The Field Museum
Ancient City of Athens Aztec:  Teotihuacan, City of the Gods Daily Athenian:  A Greek Newspaper Project
Ancient Greece Aztec:  Our Trip to Teotihuacan Duke Papyrus Archive