General Resources

Elementary School Resources http://www.lockhart.k12.tx.us/~elemresource/socialst/index.html

Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/

Newspaper Links http://www.newspaperlinks.com/home.cfm

American Picture Machine  http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

History Channel  http://www.historychannel.com

The History Place http://www.historyplace.com/

The Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/resources/inres/index.html

RefDesk.com   http://www.refdesk.com/

Social Studies.com  http://www.socialstudies.com/c/@7_qyaoVVupLfQ/Pages/activities.html

Social Studies Education Consortium  http://www.ssecinc.org/

Teaching with Historic Places  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/

Time for Kids  http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

UN CyberSchool Bus  http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/

UNICEF’s Voices of Youth  http://www.unicef.org/voy/

Virtual Fieldtrips  http://www.oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm

Web Quests  

Web Quest Resources http://www.lockhart.k12.tx.us/~elemresource/webquest.htmlwww.beritsbest.com/

Learning Games 

History of Games and Toys http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/index.html

News 

Foreign Newspapers http://www.lengua.com/zeitung.htm

INCORE http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html

WashingtonPost.com International http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/front.htm 

World News Mega Stories http://www.megastories.com

Yahoo Full Coverage World http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/World/ 

Yahoo Newspapers International http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Newspapers/By_Region/Countries/

Travel 

Destinations http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/dest.htm 

Excite Travel http://www.excite.com/travel/ 

Fodor’s Travel Guides http://www.fodors.com/sitemap/ 

Geographia http://www.geographia.com/ 

Microsoft’s Expedia http://expedia.msn.com/ 

Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html  

World Travel Guide (Lycos) http://travelguide.lycos.com/

Presidents  

American Presidency (Grolier Online) http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/preshome.html

American Experience – The Presidents http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/indexjs.html

Inaugural Addresses http://www.bartleby.com/124/index.html/

Inaugurations in American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/inaug/theatre.html

National Portrait Gallery  http://www.npg.si.edu/col/

Presidents of the United States  http://www.ipl.org:2000/ref/POTUS/

Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Papers of the Presidents of the United States http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/presiden.htm 

The Presidential Inauguration http://artsedge.kennedycenter.org/celeb/celeb.html 

Character Above All: Presidential Links http://www.pbs.org/newshour/character/links 

Executive Office of the President http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/html/principals.html 

Inaugurations in American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/inaug/inaug.html  

NARA: Tokens & Treasures: Presidential Gifts http://www.nara.gov/exhall/treasures/giftmain.html 

POTUS (Presidents of the United States) http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS

Presidency (Indiana University) http://www.indiana.edu/~libpoli/RR/pres.html 

Presidential Letters (US Postal Service) http://www.usps.gov/letters/volume2/pres-main.html 

Presidents Index http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/  

Presidential Libraries IDEA Network http://metalab.unc.edu/lia/president/  

Time & the Presidency http://www.pathfinder.com/offers/presidents/  

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents  http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html

Country Resources  

 Ask Asia  http://www.askasia.org/

Amnesty InternationalAnnual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ar98/index.html 

Atlapedia http://www.atlapedia.com/ 

CIA World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Country Profiles (Spire Project) http://cn.net.au/country.htm 

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia  http://www.emulateme.com/

Electronic Embassy http://www.embpage.org/  

Embassy Web http://www.embpage.org/

Encyclopedia of the Orient (Middle East & North Africa)  http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm 

Freedom House http://freedomhouse.org

Governments on the WWW http://www.gksoft.com/govt/ 

Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/hrw/worldreport99/index.html 

InfoNation http://www.un.org/Pubs/

Library of Congress County Studies  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html 

Microstate Network http://microstate.net/ 

National Geographic Index http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ 

Political Resources on the Net http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/ 

Regions & Countries (World Bank) http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm  

State Department Background Notes http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html 

United National CyberSchoolBus  http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

U.S. Energy Administration Country Analysis Briefs

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html 

World Heritage List http://www.unesco.org/whc/heritage.htm 

World Surfari (kids) http://www.supersurf.com/ 

Your Nation  http://www.your-nation.com/

Maps and Flags  

Compton’s 3D Atlas Online http://www.3datlas.com/main_co.html 

Flags of All Countries   http://www.theodora.com/flags.html

Flags of the World http://fotw.digibel.be/flags/ 

National Geographic Map Machine  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/

World Atlas http://geography.miningco.com/science/geography/library/maps/blindex.htm

World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

Map Machine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/ 

Mapit Zapit http://www.eplay.com/1999-06-19/mapit-zapit/ 

Mining Company World Atlas http://geography.miningco.com/library/maps/blindex.htm

Outline Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html

The States  

All Fifty American States Home Pages http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html   

American Factfinder (U.S. Census Bureau) http://factfinder.census.gov/java_prod/dads.ui.homePage.HomePage

American Memory Maps Collections Home Page http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html 

Color Landform Atlas of the United States http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html 

Economic Research Service: U.S. State Facts Sheets http://www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/other/usfact/

Excite Travel: Destinations: United States http://www.excite.com/travel/countries/united_states/  

Fifty States and Capitals http://www.50states.com/

Geobop's State & Provincial Symbols: North America http://www.geobop.com/World/NA/ 

GovSpot State Information http://www.govspot.com/categories/stategovernment.htm   

Graham Family 50 State Trip http://www.usatrip.org/  

Index to Homepages of All 50 States  http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html

Internet Public Library’s Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/ 

License Plates of the World http://danshiki.oit.gatech.edu/~iadt3mk/index.html 

National Atlas of the United States http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasvue.html 

National Parks http://www.nps.gov/ 

Phil’s Place Tourism Page: All Fifty States http://mav.net/phil/tourism.shtml 

Postcards From America http://www.postcardsfrom.com/ 

Quia: U.S. State Capitols http://www.quia.com/custom/4main.html 

Road Trip USA   http://www.moon.com/road_trip/

RoadTrip America http://www.roadtripamerica.com/places/places.htm 

State Capitals Games   http://www.quia.com/jg/4.html

State & Local Goverments Resource Page  http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html 

Statistical Abstracts of the United States http://www.census.gov/statab/www 

Travelocity http://www.travelocity.com 

U.S. Census State Data Centers http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/index.html   

United States Government Manual http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html  

United States Information Service http://www.usia.gov/usis.html 

United States of America Travel & Tourism http://www.travel-library.com/north_america/usa/ 

USA CityLink Project http://usacitylink.com/ 

Yahoo: States http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States

U.S. Government  

 Ben’s Guide to the United States Government (K-12) http://bensguide.gpo.gov

U.S. Constitution  

National Archives FAQ on the Constitution http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/constitution/conqa.html

A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/constitution/conhist.html

http://www.nara.gov

http://www.usconstitution.net

American Revolution  

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

http://www.trnty.edu/depts/education/TEACH/war/

http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/

http://www.dell.homestead.com/revwar/files/index.htm

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3803/

http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html

Virtual Tours 

 Learning Goals

• Become familiar with some of the monuments and historical buildings in Philadelphia

• Explore some of the places that help us remember the beginnings of America and the American Revolution

• Use Web sites to answer questions

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_indhall.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_carpen.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_library.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_tavern.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_fcourt.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_christc.htm

Related Current Day Issues

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues00/jul00/object_jul00.html

http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000626/hi_declaration.html

http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9903/16/wash.exhibit/index.html 

http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/photo/july4/

Civil Rights  

General

Civil Rights Library http://www.civilrights.org/library/

Civil Rights Era http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html

People

Representation of Women in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement http://nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/~rkarras/winters2.htm

Encyclopedia of USA History: The Struggle for Civil Rights  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilrights.htm

Events

http://www.virtualscholar.com/cr/cr1.htm

Photo Tour of the Civil Rights Movement

http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html

Civil War  

Battle of Gettysburg   (easy reading level) http://www.gettysburg.com/bog/bogstory/story1.htm

Brief History of Civil War http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001248.html

Biography of John Brown

http://www.comptons.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/0025/00288000_A.html

Interview w/ Professor on John Brown

http://www.nps.gov/hafe/jbrown/oates.htm Includes video clips.

Transcript of Interview with John Brown

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/seminar/unit4/brown1.html

Civil War – Compromises and Hot Issues

http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/compro.html Easy reading level.

Civil War Era Photos http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_browse1900.htm

Civil War Flags http://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/exhibits/flags/

Dred Scott

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html

http://www.nps.gov/jeff/ocv-dscottd.htm

http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/dred.htm

History Central – Election of 1860 http://www.ehow.com/eHow/eHow/0,1053,8106,00.html Includes popular and electoral vote breakdown.

The History Place: The Civil War http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

Lincoln’s Election http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/outlines/election.html

Includes electoral vote breakdown and pictures of newspaper articles. 

Lincoln Timeline http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html#kansas  Photos of Lincoln

Map of Southeast during Civil War http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/map1.html

Timeline of the Civil War http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/tl1861.html

Topographical Map of Gettysburg Region http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/map2.html

Extensive Civil War links http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html