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3D
Atlas Online
About.com
Guide to
Geography
Access
America for Students
. . . student gateway to
the U.S. government.
Akhet
Internet: The Horizon to the
Past . . . ancient
Egypt, including Art of the Afterlife, Grave Goods,
Mythology, and Monuments and Tombs; explore the Clickable
Mummy; learn more about day-to-day lives of the Egyptian
people.
AskAsia
Atlapedia
Online
(maps, facts,
statistics)
American
Civil War
Homepage
American
History Sources: Indigenous
Peoples
. . . from the Cybrary of
Middle School Resources.
American
Indians and the Natural
World , , , from the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History; an exploration of the
Tlingit, the Hopi, the Iroquois, and the Lakota; includes
the "belief systems, philosophies, and practical knowledge
that guide these peoples' interactions with the natural
world."
American
Revolution
Project
Ancient
City of Athens
. . . a photographic
archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of
ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a
resource for students of classical art & archaeology,
civilization, languages, and
history.
Ancient
World Web
Arc
Data Online
. . . allows you to browse
a world of geographic data to create live maps of specific
areas of interest. Maps can include a variety of
information, such as floodplains, earthquake zones, and
demographics. A great source of graphic representations of
detailed data.
Battlefield:
Vietnam
Another terrific site from
the folks at PBS. This one accompanies a show of the same
name ("Battlefield: Vietnam") that premiered on American
public television on April 30th, 1999. Read a brief history
of the conflict, follow a detailed timeline, or learn more
about the guerrilla tactics of the Vietcong. For further
reading, stop by the "Resources" page, a collection of links
to related material.
Black
History Hotlist
Black
History
Museum
Civil
War Project
CongressLink
. . . includes leaders,
members, public policy, the Constitution, your Congressional
district and rep, lesson plans, and related
sites.
Death
at School
. . . Why are kids killing
kids? How dangerous are our schools? Some statistics and
psychological speculation. From Why? files, U. Wisconsin at
Madison.
Discovering
China
. . . A ThinkQuest project;
composed of six sections - History, The Cultural Revolution,
Movers and Shakers, Cityscape, Contributions, and the
Interactive section (quizzes and
polls.)
The
Digital Atlas of USA
2000 . . . contains all
of the raw data from the USGS (over 500 MB of data).
Distinguished
Women of Past and
Present
EconoLink
Eighteenth-Century
Resources --
History
Ellis
Island
Embassy
Page
Exploring
Ancient World
Cultures
FedWorld
Flags
of the World
Fort
St. Louis Archaeological
Project . . . from the
Texas Historical Commission,
step-by-step.
Geography
354 . . . GIS resources
and geography lessons from Abilene Christian University.
GovSpot
. . . comprehensive government info site with suggestions
and activities for assignments, info in many categories
including excellent links to hot political
issues.
History
Channel
History
Net
History
Place: The Past into the
Future
History's
Best on PBS
Holocaust:
Witness
. . . The Knoxville Museum
of Art presents works about the Holocaust by 23 contemporary
American artists, among them survivors and children of
survivors. Resources gathered here include historical
timelines; artists' biographies in text and video; images of
paintings, sculpture, and installations; and essays that
examine the profound responses to an experience so deeply
terrible that some would attempt to ignore or deny
it.
Hometown
History Project
HyperHistory
Online
Korean
War Project
Liberty!:
The American
Revolution
Library
of Congress
Middle
Ages: Feudal
Life
Mysteries
of Lost
Civilizations
. . . resources and teacher
plans for the study of Mesopotamia and the Anasazi of the
Southwest.
The
National Atlas of the United States of
America
. . . from the U.S.
Geological Survey; designed to promote greater geographic
awareness through the development and delivery of products
that provide easy to use, map-like views of our natural and
socio-cultural landscapes; to be used as as an essential
reference; as a framework for information discovery; as an
instrument of education; as an aid in research; and as an
accurate and reliable source for scientific information.
National
Civil Rights
Museum
National
Museum of the American
Indian
National
Women's History
Project
Native
American Resources on the
Internet
NativeWeb
Nations Index
NetSerf:
for Medieval
Resources
Perry-Castaneda
Library Map
Collection
Political
Science Resources on the
Web
Red
Scare
Revolutionary
War
The
Role of American Women in World War
II
. . . In this WebQuest,
students examine the various roles of women in WWII,
research the Internet, interview a WWII survivor, then
create and publish an oral history.
SCORE
History/Social Science
. . . linking teachers
to social studies resources, this site offers
age-appropriate Web links categorized by grade level and
more.
Smithsonian
State
of Texas Government
Information
Texas
History Links
Texas
State Historical
Assn.
THOMAS:
Legislative
Information
Timeline
of the American Civil Rights
Movement
Travel
the World With National
Geographic! . . .
select from more than 100 journeys on everything from a trek
through the Congo to a trip through the Virtual Solar
System; detailed K-12 lesson plans for subject areas ranging
from world history to life science to geography; plus you
can easily search for educational material by subject, grade
level, or resource type; includes Maps and Charts section
with more than 600 printable
maps.
United
Nations Cartographic
Section
United
Nations Homepage
U.S.
Census Bureau
U.S.
Census Bureau American
FactFinder
U.S.
Historical Census Data
Browser
U.S.
History:19th
Century
U.S.
History:20th
Century
U.S.
Supreme Court Multimedia
Database
University
of Texas Map
Archive
Vietnam:
a Children's Guide . .
. created by 2nd grade students; includes information about
Vietnam, teacher resources, sources on the Web, professional
materials,Vietnam photo sites on the Web, and much
more.
Vietnam:
Yesterday and
Today
We
Shall Overcome; Historic Places of the Civil Rights
Movement
. . . lightly illustrated
article about the Civil Rights Movement; organized around
several national historic places; topics include the need
for change, players, strategy, cost, and the final prize;
from National Park Service.
What
Did You Do in the War,
Grandma? . . . This
oral history project of Rhode Island Women during World War
II was written by students in the Honors English Program at
South Kingstown High School and provides online articles and
resource links about oral history as well as the time
period; use the site for its interesting content, but also
show it to students as an excellent model. Like this site
and the Foxfire series from Appalachia, you can look to your
own communities to uncover the interesting stories behind
the lives of seemingly ordinary
people.
White
House
Women and Social
Movements in the United States,
1830-1930
. . . offers a collection
of online primary documents and supporting materials that
will enable "students to connect women's history with themes
they are encountering in their American history
courses."
Witness
History Through The Eyes of Those Who Lived
It . . . fascinating
interactive site with detailed, first-hand accounts of what
it was like in the Ancient World, Medieval times, the Civil
War, the Old West, and many other historical time
periods.
Women's
History
World
War I : Trenches on the
Web
World
War II: An American
Scrapbook . . .
Created by a team of fifth-graders at McRoberts Elementary
School in Texas, this ThinkQuest Jr. Web site features
students telling family stories about World War II. Learn
about Guadalcanal, rationing, what is was like on a
destroyer, and much more. Included are three lesson plans to
use with the stories and great links to other WWII
sites.
World
War II Propaganda
Posters
Worldwide
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