Links that are used by our history, art and humanitites teachers
Separate Is Not Equal
Brown vs Board of Education
Smithsonian
http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/int_broadcast.htm
The World Fact book
Great site to find out all kinds of information and data about
countries from around the world. Includes maps and graphs.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The World Bank Group
This company is one of the world's largest sources of development
assistance.
http://www.worldbank.org/data/countrydata/countrydata.html
50 States.com
Is a great site to get the scoop on every state, including flags,
birds and songs.
http://www.50states.com/
PBS site includes numerous Indian Tribes and the travels of Lewis
and Clark.
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/index.html
Native American History
Great site includes pre-contact era, post-contact
era,wars,policies and much more.
http://cobalt.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/~krkvls/history.html
DECLARATION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=rbpe&fileName=rbpe15/rbpe153/15302500/rbpe15302500.db&recNum=0&itemLink=D?rbpebib:1:./temp/~ammem_LgGT::@@@mdb=manz,eaa,aap,aaeo,rbaapcbib,aasm,ftvbib,aaodyssey,hh,gottscho,mharendt,bbpix,bbcards,magbell,berl,lb
Slavery and the Making of America; companion website to the PBS
series. Has comprehensive resources, geared toward social studies
and English teachers, that illuminate the human stories behind
slavery.
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/whats_new.htm
VIRTUAL JAMESTOWN
Presently, this site has eleven major sections. Others may be
added later. Some, such as the anniversary celebrations and court
records, have yet to be developed
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/siteindex.html
Life Interrupted: the Japanese American Experience in WWII
Arkansas. This site will educate students about the internment
camps of Arkansas,where more than 16,000 Japanese Americans were
held.
http://www.lifeinterrupted.org/html/
Country Studies
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously
published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the
Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook
Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986
and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and
analysis of the country or region's historical setting,
geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy.
http://countrystudies.us/
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
This site has a vast wealth of resources from lesson plans, to
the American Memory collection to the Veterans History Project.
There are international resources with country studies, places in
the news and portals to the world.
Most of the databases are searchable and contain tons of primary
sources.
Use it often.
http://www.loc.gov/
United States Naval Observatory Library
It offers three basic ways to navigate � via links in a vertical
navigational window on the left, via text links at the bottom of
the page, or via links surrounding the attractive image of the
Greek muse Urania. The library is in the process of scanning its
historical photo collection. More than 800 of the 5,000+ photos
and glass plates have been scanned so far. Use the box provided
to search the collection
http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/index.html
Oyez
U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
Visit this site to find out about the Justices, cases, court
cases, and what is on the docket for the Supreme Court.
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage
Abraham Lincoln: Discovering the man...the president
Excellant site on Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln.
http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
Excellent site for student researchers, young and old, as well as
history teachers.
http://www.history.org/
2002 Congressional Pictorial Directory - Grades 4-12 - The
Government Printing Office's on-line Congressional "face
book" offers images and short biographies of senators,
representatives, and other government officials. Use
them in reports, profiles, or for other research purposes.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/107_pictorial/index.html
EAA's Countdown to Kitty Hawk
The Experimental Aircraft Association, along with Ford Motor
Company, are the official sponsors of the official re-enactment
flight to take place at The Wright Brothers National Memorial at
Kitty Hawk, NC this December 17 � 100 years to the day that the
Wrights first flew. The site offers a look at the 1903 machine as
well as the 2003 recreation, making it an interesting place for
students to do some investigating and speculating.
http://www.countdowntokittyhawk.com/flyer/index.html
Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company
Although this busy site has no specific educator's segment, your
students involved in research papers might find it a useful
resource for information on the Wrights and their achievements.
The many links provide solid information, timelines, drawings,
and photographs. There's even a link to Wright Trivia; where one
can learn about Old Mom,the Wright youngsters' pet cat. Other
links allow students to hear music of the era, such as the 1903
hit St. Louis Rag. The site, although a bit cluttered-seeming,
offers a one-stop portal to all things Wright
http://www.first-to-fly.com/
The Wright Stuff
Part of the Public Broadcasting System's American Experience
series, the program focused on the events leading up to the
Wright's historic flight it as well as events following (it
wasn't until 1908 that the magnitude of their accomplishment
became widely appreciated). The site offers a full transcript
of the program, which could serve as the basis for a student
project. There are speaking parts for various historians and
museum curators. Older students might enjoy the challenge of re-
creating the broadcast and perhaps enhancing their presentation
with photos and other materials available at some of the other
Web sites mentioned in this tour
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wright/
The Wright Brothers
Henry Ford acquired and had moved to his museum's Greenfield
Village both the Wright's cycle shop and their Dayton home. The
museum's Web site offers a simple but informative page on the
Wrights and a link to a page listing Wright-related Books for
Children, Books for Adults, and Places to Visit. Educators might
also want to visit the museum homepage, click on Explore &
Learn and then under Smart Fun click on Your Place in Time to
access a fascinating timeline of 20th Century events. Although it
is not specific to the Wright Brothers, it will help students
place the Wrights in a historical perspective. There are also
some excellent lesson activities dealing with life in America not
only in that first decade of the century but in succeeding
decades. Teachers of history may find this a valuable resource
http://www.hfmgv.org/exhibits/wright/default.asp
To Fly is Everything, a virtual museum covering the invention of
the airplane Don't miss the Digital Library which offers reprints
of period thinking, such as the 1901 Is the Air Ship Coming
article which suggested that before man could fly he would have
to first "discover the nature of luminiferous ether and the
cause of gravitation." There's also a gallery of period film
footage and still photographs, including one of the Philips
1904 Multiplane an unsuccessful design that resembles a venetian
blind with wheels and propeller. Lots of resources here for the
innovative/creative student
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/air_main.shtml
First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and
Responsibility, co-sponsored by the Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center,
is a national initiative designed to transform how schools model
and teach the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that
frame civic life in our democracy. Curious about how well your
school lives up to the First Amendment? Interested in learning
more about how to model and apply First Amendment rights and
responsibilities throughout your school community? There are a
number of first steps you can take to strengthen the civic
mission of education.
http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/
WORLD HISTORY
Excellant site for World history topics, currently covers
Prehistory, Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Aztec, Mayan and more.
http://www.historylink101.com/
Discovery, Exploration, Colonies & Revolution
Great site to find maps timelines and other links for teachers
and students of American History.
http://www.teacheroz.com/colonies.htm
American Rhetoric
Multimeda resource of American Speeches.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
WAR OF 1812
http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/
KEY EVENTS OF war 1812
http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.1812.html
WAR OF 1812
http://gatewayno.com/history/War1812.html
WAR of 1812
http://www.warof1812.net/
PBS VIETNAM WAR
Searchable site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/
Vietnam War
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietnam.html
Vietnam War Pictorial
http://www.vietnampix.com/
Vietnam War Bibliography Bibliography lists more than 4,000
items, with direct links to the texts of several hundred articles
and books that are available online.
http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/FacultyPages/EdMoise/bibliography.html
VIETNAM WAR
America's Longest war
http://www.vietnamwar.com/
Vietnam War stories
More than 500 original war stories from Vietnam Vets
http://www.war-stories.com/
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall USA website is dedicated to
honoring those who died in the Vietnam War. Since it first went
on line in 1996 it has evolved into something more. It is now
also a place of healing for those affected by one of the most
divisive wars in our nation's history.
http://thewall-usa.com/
Vietnam War History, major battles and statistics, Collectables
and Vietnam War Picture galleries
http://www.vietnam-war.0catch.com/
POW HOME
This database contains 141,212 records.
Last Update: October 2004
This database has been established to assist researchers
interested in investigating the U.S. Government documents
pertaining to U.S. military personnel listed as unaccounted for
as of December 1991.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html
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
WORLD HISTORY
This history resource is perfect for teachers. Create your own
timelines based on a variety of historical events and
civilizations. All topics are organized in themes and can be
mixed and matched.
http://www.historyworld.net/
Welcome to the �Summaries of legislation� website! Here you will
find clear and concise summaries of EU legislation in all policy
areas. Simply click on the subject of your choice and access user-
friendly explanations of legislation concerning that subject!
http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/scad_en.htm
The DRINKING GOURD
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/gourd1.html
NASA THE DRINKING GOURD
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/special/mlk/gourd2.html
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
National geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Table of contents page UC Davis
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/contents.htm
William Still Underground Railroad
http://www.undergroundrr.com/
Railroad Maps Collection 1828-1900
American Memory Collection Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
LEONARDO DA VINCI'S NOTEBOOKS
Search and analyze the Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebooks. Da Vinci's
Notebooks contain thoughts, ideas, and tips from this amazing
thinker. The Notebooks are over 1,500 pages filled with all sorts
of information. It's not a page-turning novel, but a fascinating
glimpse into the mind of one of history's great figures. The text
is extremely useful in a searchable format
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/Davinci/
EARTH MYSTERIES:STONHENGE
Great aerial photos, history of the Druids etc.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehenge.html
EARTH MYSTERIES
The term Earth Mysteries,coined in the early 1970s, is today used
to describe a multi-disciplined or 'holistic' approach to the
study of ancient sites and landscapes.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMIntro.html
CITY AND TOWN INFO
CityTownInfo.com is the easy way to find info on thousands of US
cities and towns
http://www.citytowninfo.com/
The UNITED NATIONS IS 60
University Michigans website houses the United nations Documents.
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/un60/un60.html
Constitution of the United States: Browse, 2002 Edition &
Supplements
The 2002 Edition & 2004 Supplement of The Constitution of the
United States of America, Analysis & Interpretation are now
available in PDF format on GPO Access. Prepared by the Library of
Congress, this document contains an annotated Constitution and
analysis of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United
States.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/browse2002.html
U.S.HISTORY
Created and hosted by the Independance Hall Asso. of
Philadelphia. Great site for biographies and historic materials
and data.
http://www.ushistory.org/
Great Books Index.
Aristotle's works.
http://books.mirror.org/gb.aristotle.html
Conquistadors-PBS
This look at sixteenth-century Spanish explorers and the Native
American empires they encountered and ultimately destroyed
features Pizarro, Cabeza de Vaca, Orellana, and Cortes.
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/index.html
BEN FRANKLIN PORTAL
This new tool is a comprehensive one-stop site for searching
Franklin's own writings and a selectively curated collection of
tens of thousands of Web pages related solely to him. Befitting
Franklin's leadership in establishing the country's first public
library, the site is free and accessible to anyone with an
internet connection.
http://ben.clusty.com/
Government Guide
Enter your zip code and Write Your Reps!
Contact Federal, State or Local Officials and tell them what's on
your mind
http://government.aol.com/mygov/home/
Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is one of
the great memoirs of former slave
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JACOBS/hjhome.htm
Companion website to the upcoming PBS series about the history,
character, drama of our nation's highest court. Includes essays,
images, interactive exercises and more.
http://www.historyofsupremecourt.org/
American Women through time
This site offers two approaches for the study of specific time
periods in American women's history." First, a timeline and
second, a collection of research resources.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html
Worldmapper
Great visual site.
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html
SPACEIMAGING
Gallery of downloadable images from space of numerous ancient
sites.
http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/ancientObservatories/default.htm
Making of American
Cornell University's Journal collection, great primary sources.
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/
Egypt A-Z
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/index.html
GOOD JOBS FIRST
Good Jobs First is a national policy resource center for
grassroots groups and public officials, promoting corporate and
government accountability in economic development and smart
growth for working families. We provide timely, accurate
information on best practices in state and local job
subsidies, and on the many ties between smart growth and good
jobs. Good Jobs First works with a very broad spectrum of
organizations, providing research, training, communications and
consulting assistance.
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/
THE ART ZONE
National Art Gallery
Great resource for all teachers with lessons and online
interactive games etc.
http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/
JOURNEY WEST
The Library of Congress asks students to look at the motivations
of communities who traveled west during the 19th-century, as well
as the obstacles they encountered, the dangers between settlers
and natives, and the regulations of the U.S. government. Students
are given the opportunity interpret first-person narratives and
select a role for in-depth study; examples include: a gold miner,
fur trader, pioneer family, Native American, or explorer.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/west/index.html
INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS
The Library of Congress offers the young a chance to discover the
forced acculturation of Native Americans through government-run
boarding schools. In the late 19th-century, countless Native
American kids were shipped off to live in these schools with the
mission of changing their traditions and customs. The site asks
students to closely question such efforts through the use photos,
letters, reports, interviews, and other primary documents
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/indian/index.html
A treasury of World's Fairs Art and Architecture.
Digital library.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/digital/worldsfairs/
MY WONDERFULL WORLD by the National Geographic Socity where
students can go to learn more about the globe.
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/
DOMESDAY BOOK
Searchable, from the national archives in England
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/?CRID=nullCRnull&OFFID=news20061220hh
JIM CROW History
takes the viewer on a tour of the struggles of a people to
transcend oppression.
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/resources.htm
Global Gateway
Produced by the Library of Congress
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html
GlobalEDGE
Resources with more of a business focus, start browsing at
globalEDGE, from the Center for International Business Education
and Research at Michigan State University. The Country Insights
section offers �(c)urrent information on the business climate,
news, history, political structure, economic landscape, and
relevant statistical data are provided in a region and country-
specific format, covering 197 countries.�
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
From Revolution to reconstruction and what happened afterwards
Biographies from American history.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm
The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide
variety of material related to World War I, including
photographs, documents, newspapers, films, sheet music, and sound
recordings. This guide compiles links to World War I resources
throughout the Library of Congress Web site. In addition, this
guide provides links to external Web sites focusing on World War
I and a bibliography containing selections for both general and
younger readers.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/wwi/wwi.html
African-American expressions of writing, music, and art during
the 1920s and 1930s are well represented in the vast collections
of the Library of Congress. This guide presents the Library's
resources as well as links to external Web sites on the Harlem
Renaissance and a bibliography.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html
The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated
manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American
photographs.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/
Mus�e du Louvre
Explore the works on display, taking a thematic or cross-
departmental
approach
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/alaune.jsp
A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery
Features 66 paintings of Americans, including works by some of
the most important portrait painters the nation has produced
http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/brush/index.htm
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Collections
Explore its renowned collections, acclaimed special exhibitions,
and enriching programs.
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/galleries.html
Maps made for printing by National geographic
Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html
WORLD WAR II
This digital library is a project of Southern Methodist
University's (SMU) Central University Libraries. The organization
of the site encourages browsing; you can browse all documents via
an alphabetical title list, or jump right to a special collection
of (fascinating) Pocket Guides to foreign nations prepared during
the war for U.S. servicemen. Note that the icons on the home page
are derived from a manual issued by the United States Office of
Civilian Defense in 1941.
http://worldwar2.smu.edu/
The New 7 wonders of the world!
Take a look
http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=633
FORA-TV:
The brilliant ideas network, bringing you video discourse,
discussion and debate on politics, technology, business and
culture.
http://fora.tv/
British Library online gallery of great books
Each book or manuscript on the Turning the Pages site is
accompanied by a short scholarly essay that explains the work's
significance and elaborates on its history. There is a virtual
magnifier, which resembles one made of conventional glass, that
you can slide over the pages to get a closer look at details,
and, in some cases, an audio component is also included.
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
Discovering American Women's History online
This database provides access to digital collections of primary
sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document
the history of women in the United States. These diverse
collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to Katrina
Thomas's photographs of ethnic weddings from the late 20th
century.
http://library.mtsu.edu/digitalprojects/womenshistory.php
Other Resources