General
Resources
Colonial
America through the Revolution
Civil War
Westward
Expansion
Entering
the 20th Century
General
Resources
- Library
of Congress Learning Page
- This is the Learning Page for the National Digital Library Program
historical collections. Includes info on primary sources, lesson plans,
finding historical info, plus many links to ed sites. You can also email
their reference librarian.
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
- Columbia
University: Bartleby Library
- Project Bartleby provides free access to educators of original works
of literature and historical materials with a particular focus on American
authors. Materials include the inaugural addresses of the US presidents,
W.E.DuBois, Sandburg and more.
- http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/
- NativeWeb
Home Page
- Welcome to NativeWeb, a project of many people. Our vision touches
ancient teachings and modern technology. Our purpose: to provide a cyber-place
for Earth's indigenous peoples. Wide range of site organization tools.
- http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/
- Scouting
History and Traditions
- Just like it states, a wonderful set of links regarding worldwide scouting,
its American founders and current activities.
- http://members.aol.com/randywoo/bsahis/index.htm
- African
American History
- Extensive and dverse set of links related to the Black and African
experience in the US and the Americas, from past to present. Sites include
the underground railroad, Black pioneers, Black History month, Martin Luther
King, music and more.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Afro-Amer/afro.html
- The
Flag of the U.S.A.
- This page is dedicated to the Flag of the United States and American
patriotism: beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance, it discusses everything
that you can think of connected to the flag of our country. Also, excellent
links to related pages.
- http://www.elk-grove.k12.il.us/usflag/
- From
Revolution to Reconstruction
- American history, from the colonial period until World War I; well
linked, with excellent subdivisions. Good text info. You (or your students)
can contribute to this page.
- http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
- The
U.S. Historical Text Archives
- A subsection of the Historical Text Archive (see Soc. Sci-general),
it has a wonderfully laid out US History section, with excellent linkages.
Its layout is clear and well grouped, from the Colonial period to WWI &
II to the Gulf War. A must see site.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/usa.html
- FedWorld
Information Network Home Page
- The national technical information service's [Fedworld] goal is to
provide a one-stop location for the public to locate, order and have delivered,
US government information
- http://www.fedworld.gov/
- Black
Studies: global
- Selections from the African-American MosiacÐa Library of Congress
resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture. This exhibition
covers 500 years of the Black experience in the western hemisphere.
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/African.American/intro.html
- US
Political Documents and resources
- A primary link page to many of our US historical documents, as well
as modern political documents and resources. Worth a quick glance to file
for when needed.
- http://www.cs.indiana.edu/inds/politics.html
- The
U.S. Historical Text Archives
- A subsection of the Historical Text Archive (see Soc. Sci-general),
it has a wonderfully laid out US History section, with excellent linkages.
Its layout is clear and well grouped, from the Colonial period to WWI &
II to the Gulf War. A must see site.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/usa.html
Colonial
America through the Revolution
- The
World of Benjamin Franklin
- This portion of the Franklin Institute Science Museum provides a comprehensive
exhibit of the man, the statesman, the inventor and the scientist. A broad
range of links, including a quicktime movie, and a strong search menu.
- http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
- The
Federalist Papers Online
- The Federalist Papers were written and published from 1787 to 1788
in several NY State newspapers. The primary authors were Alexander Hamilton
and James Madison with help from John Jay. Contains 85 essays outlining
how the new govt. would operate & why.
- http://www.mcs.net/~knautzr/fed/fedpaper.html
- Hispanics
in the American Revolution
- Govenor Galvez of Spanish Louisiana fought the Bristish in several
major battles, relieving pressure on Washington. This page explains his
role in history. Some very good links and graphics.
- http://www.clark.net/pub/jgbustam/galvez/galvez.html
- Colonial
Lexington
- An excellent example of a school creation and contribution to the net.
Basically an elementary school level set of materials
- http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/WebPages/Colonial/Colonial.html
- Declaration
of Independence
- In addition to the full text of the Declaration of Independence, some
good background, plus the full set of signers to (by State).
- http://www.cs.indiana.edu/statecraft/decl.html
- Thomas
Jefferson's First Inaugural Address
- "É All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that
though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to
be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possesses their equal
rights, which equal law must protect"
- http://www.cs.indiana.edu/statecraft/jeff.inaug.html
- Arlington
House
- Excellent example of an elementary/middle school home page
- http://www.co.arlington.va.us/arlhous.htm
- Freedom
Trail
- The freedom trail takes you through almost three centuries of Boston's
colonial and revolutionary history. Meant to acompany a Boston walking
tour, this site gives brief anedotal information regarding a number of
Boston's early historic sites.
- http://www.std.com/homepages/std/freedom.trail.html
- African
American History
- Extensive and dverse set of links related to the Black and African
experience in the US and the Americas, from past to present. Sites include
the underground railroad, Black pioneers, Black History month, Martin Luther
King, music and more.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Afro-Amer/afro.html
- Black
Studies: global
- Selections from the African-American MosiacÐa Library of Congress
resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture. This exhibition
covers 500 years of the Black experience in the western hemisphere.
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/African.American/intro.html
- The
Flag of the U.S.A.
- This page is dedicated to the Flag of the United States and American
patriotism: beginning with the Pledge of Allegiance, it discusses everything
that you can think of connected to the flag of our country. Also, excellent
links to related pages.
- http://www.elk-grove.k12.il.us/usflag/
- From
Revolution to Reconstruction
- American history, from the colonial period until World War I; well
linked, with excellent subdivisions. Good text info. You (or your students)
can contribute to this page.
- http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
- The
U.S. Historical Text Archives
- A subsection of the Historical Text Archive (see Soc. Sci-general),
it has a wonderfully laid out US History section, with excellent linkages.
Its layout is clear and well grouped, from the Colonial period to WWI &
II to the Gulf War. A must see site.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/usa.html
Civil
War
- Civil
War Documents and Books
- Very good resource for links related to the Civil War. Includes links
to several primary sources (letters and diaries), several related novels
from Project Guttenberg, reading lists, tour books
- http://www.access.digex.net/~bdboyle/docs.html
- Sources
of Civil War Information
- Brief listing of links to civil war photographs, newsgroups and Bryan
Boyle's Civil war Index
- http://www.ucsc.edu/civil-war-letters/civil_war_sources.html
- African
American History
- Extensive and dverse set of links related to the Black and African
experience in the US and the Americas, from past to present. Sites include
the underground railroad, Black pioneers, Black History month, Martin Luther
King, music and more.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Afro-Amer/afro.html
- Black
Studies: global
- Selections from the African-American MosiacÐa Library of Congress
resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture. This exhibition
covers 500 years of the Black experience in the western hemisphere.
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/African.American/intro.html
- Gettysburg
Address (gr 8, 11)
- Includes original copies of the both the Hayes and the Nicholas versions,
as well as the only known photo of Lincoln at Gettysburg
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/G.Address/ga.html
- Letters
Home from a Soldier in the U. S. Civil War
- Letters from a union soldier, Newton Robert Scott; rich detail of life,
living conditions in theis oral history; from UC Santa Cruz.
- http://www.ucsc.edu/civil-war-letters/home.html
- Civil
War Letters of a Jewish Soldier
- Primary source materials: letters from a jewish Civil War soldier
- http://www.access.digex.net/~bdboyle/jewish.html
- From
Revolution to Reconstruction
- American history, from the colonial period until World War I; well
linked, with excellent subdivisions. Good text info. You (or your students)
can contribute to this page.
- http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
- The
U.S. Historical Text Archives
- A subsection of the Historical Text Archive (see Soc. Sci-general),
it has a wonderfully laid out US History section, with excellent linkages.
Its layout is clear and well grouped, from the Colonial period to WWI &
II to the Gulf War. A must see site.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/usa.html
Westward
Expansion
- California
Gold Rush
- Three year diary of Eugene Rings journey to California's Gold Rush,
via sea, and South America. Detailed and orgainized oral history. [also
a few links to other interesting history sites.
- http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~sring/
- Black
Studies: global
- Selections from the African-American MosiacÐa Library of Congress
resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture. This exhibition
covers 500 years of the Black experience in the western hemisphere. http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/African.American/intro.html
- African
American History
- Extensive and dverse set of links related to the Black and African
experience in the US and the Americas, from past to present. Sites include
the underground railroad, Black pioneers, Black History month, Martin Luther
King, music and more.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Afro-Amer/afro.html
- From
Revolution to Reconstruction
- American history, from the colonial period until World War I; well
linked, with excellent subdivisions. Good text info. You (or your students)
can contribute to this page.
- http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
- The
U.S. Historical Text Archives
- A subsection of the Historical Text Archive (see Soc. Sci-general),
it has a wonderfully laid out US History section, with excellent linkages.
Its layout is clear and well grouped, from the Colonial period to WWI &
II to the Gulf War. A must see site.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/usa.html
- NativeWeb
Home Page
- Welcome to NativeWeb, a project of many people. Our vision touches
ancient teachings and modern technology. Our purpose: to provide a cyber-place
for Earth's indigenous peoples. Wide range of site organization tools.
- http://web.maxwell.syr.edu/nativeweb/
Entering
the 20th Century
- Mark
Twain & the Philippine/American War
- Our bloodiest and cruelest war during the US imperialist period at
the turn of the 19th century. Mark Twain was a passionate anti-imperialist.
This page contains Twain's stories, essays and cartoons about the period
and this ugly war of aggression.
- http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/twain_ph.html
- Images
from the Philippine-United States War
- From Mississippi State's historical archives, includes original photos,
artwork and political cartoons
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/filipino/filipino.html
- The
U.S. Historical Text Archives
- A subsection of the Historical Text Archive (see Soc. Sci-general),
it has a wonderfully laid out US History section, with excellent linkages.
Its layout is clear and well grouped, from the Colonial period to WWI &
II to the Gulf War. A must see site.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/usa.html
- From
Revolution to Reconstruction
- American history, from the colonial period until World War I; well
linked, with excellent subdivisions. Good text info. You (or your students)
can contribute to this page.
- http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
- Black
Studies: global
- Selections from the African-American MosiacÐa Library of Congress
resource guide for the study of Black History and Culture. This exhibition
covers 500 years of the Black experience in the western hemisphere.
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/African.American/intro.html
- African
American History
- Extensive and dverse set of links related to the Black and African
experience in the US and the Americas, from past to present. Sites include
the underground railroad, Black pioneers, Black History month, Martin Luther
King, music and more.
- http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/USA/Afro-Amer/afro.html
- Europe/Mediterranean/North
Africa
- The
Americas
- Asia
(China and Japan)
- WebMuseum
- Check the Medieval art section for glimpses of life of the times. This
is just a place to start for a truly fabulous on line collection of art
work.
- http://watt.emf.net/wm/
- African
American Index html
- The African Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. It includes
a direct feeds from Africa, KÐ12 Africa Guides, country specific pages,
Black African net resources and a keyword search feature.
- http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html
- Arch
Net (gr 4 to 12)
- Archnet provides access to Archeological resources available on the
Internet. Information is categorized by geographic region and subject.
- http://spirit.lib.uconn.edu:80/archnet/
- Welcome
to Coqui!
- Great links for educators, especially Spanish teachers, Spanish students
or Spanish speakers. The Spanish links includes links to magazines, newspapers,
countries and regions, education, food/recipes, music/art & personal
pages.
- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4444/
- The
Leonardo da Vinci Museum (grades 6-12 )
- View the original "Renaissance man," including samples of
his paintings, engineering and futuristic designs and drawings, as well
as a well developed biography.
- http://cellini.leonardo.net/museum/gallery.html#1start
- The
Multimedia Galileo Home Page (grades 6-12)
- Everything that you wanted to know, with an exceptional range of links.
This set of pages from the Museum of Florence, Italy is available in both
English and Italian.
- http://galileo.imiss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html
- Descendants
of Charlemagne (gr 7,9,10)
- A simple listing of Charlemagne's ancestors and progeny, from Clovis
(420 CE) to Charles Martel (676 CE) to Charles the Great (742 CE) and on
- http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/html/
- Order
of the Knights Templar (gr 7,9)
- A nice summary of the order, as well as speculation regarding the mystery
of where their wealth may have been hidden after they were purged from
Medieval France
- http://www.Treasure.com/tr6.htm
- Treasures
of the Czars (exh.) (gr 7-12)
- Presented through the courtesy of the St. Petersburg Express (Florida),
in a time line format, here is some very good info from the Romanoff Dynasty
(1613 CE) through the Bolshevik Revolution (1918 CE).
- http://www.times.st-pete.fl.us/Treasures/Default.html
- Egypt:
Past and Future (gr 6,7)
- This page mixes both the ancient and the modern. The focus [at present]
is on pictures from the past, music and language. Nice links to other Egypt
related resources, such as: the University of Michigan's Papyrus Collections.
- http://www.mordor.com/hany/egypt/egypt.html
- French
Cultural Ministry html (gr 9,10)
- This page (and its links) are available in both English or French.
At present, limited, but changing offerings. Currently includes photos
and text on the recent prehistoric cave paintings and a nice focus on the
Enlightenment.
- http://dmf.culture.fr/lumiere/documents/files/imaginary_exhibition.html
- World
of Vikings Homepage (gr 7, 9, 10)
- Coordinated by the Nat'l Museum of Denmark and the N.Y. Archeological
Trust; home page links to Viking History, with a particular focus on the
years 800Ð1100 CE; includes brief text histories, rune FTP's, photos
and Viking MUD's. http://www.demon.co.uk/history/index.html
- Vatican
Exhibit Main Hall (grs 7 to 12)
- This Library of Congress exhibit has it allÑmanuscripts, art,
history, from Rome to China and back. From the collections and journals
of pilgrims, priest and scholars through the ages.
- http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/Main_Hall.html
- Plague
and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
- Focus is the Italian Plague of 1348 ("Black Death")
- http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
- Mrs.
Bassi's Middle Ages to Rebirth Page
- Nice overview of sites related to the middle ages. Put together by
a secondary school. Links to King Arthur, Black Plague, Rennaissance, Hundred
Year War, Joan of ark and more. Great Middle School World History site.
- http://westy.jtwn.k12.pa.us/~mjb/Middle.html
- Sistine
Chapel
- Contains 325 images from the Sistine Chapel, 250+ from Vatican City.
Well orgainized. Also includes links tot he Vatican and Pope and Catholic
churches around the world. Art is an excellent way to provide a snapshot
into lifetimes of the past.
- http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/0-Tour.html
- WebMuseum:
Leonardo da Vinci
- A brief history and many examples of his artistry, including the Mona
Lisa.
- http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/vinci/
- WebMuseum:
La Renaissance
- Excellent textual explanations of the period, the key players and their
art. This page covers the Renaassaance in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany
and France.
- http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/glo/renaissance/
- The
Viking Network Web
- These pages are primarily aimed at pupils, teachers and librarians
in primary & secondary schools who want to more about The Vikings or
interested in taking part in Viking projects.
- http://odin.nls.no/viking/vnethome.htm
- Mayaquest
- Exquisite graphics and Maps of Mayan ruins, hieroglyphs, etc. plus
newsletter, on-line interactive dialogue, CNN broadcast support
- http://mayaquest.mecc.com/
- Pre-Columbian
Culture
- From the University of Guadalahara, excellent materials on the Aztecs,
Mayas and Olmecs
- http://udgftp.cencar.udg.mx/cgi-bin/imagemap/web2?400,196
- Things
Latino at Egoweb
- A Latin Homepage with an attitude. Particularly nice materials to support
Maya, Inca and Aztec related units. Many articles in both English and Spanish;
connections to interesting, although very leftist oriented, alt. newsgroups
in Peru.
- http://edb518ea.edb.utexas.edu/html/latinos.html
- 1492:
An Ongoing Voyage
- This exhibit focuses on the cultures of the Early Americas, the Mediterranean
World of the 15th & 16th centuries, Christopher Columbus: man and myth,
and the European claims in the western hemisphere.
- http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
- The
Abacus
- History, how to use and one to practice with.
- http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/abacus/
- 7
Days on the Silk Road (pictorial)
- Beautiful photo journey of the entire Silk Road Route, although there
is only minimal text support. These photos recreate the Silk Road as it
must have looked 1500 years ago. If you contact this web author, you may
gain access to his pictures to assist you in developing your own classroom
web activities.
- http://weber.u.washington.edu/~nastaliq/
- The Silk Road
- An cellent and extensive history of the Silk Road, with pictures.
- http://www.atm.ch.cam.ac.uk/~oliver/silk.html
- Genghis
Khan Exhibit
- Primarily promotes the Royal British Columbia Museum's exhibition of
"Empires beyond the Wall: Genghis Khan." Includes some very nice
graphics, as well as some brief introductory material regarding Genghis
Khan; may disappear in Sept. 1995
- http://pinc.com/khan/index.html
- Kite
Flier's Site
- Kites: histories, events and detailed instructions-a very comprehensive
set of kite related links.
- http://www.kfs.org/kites/