Elementary Education Resources-Social Studies-History: U.S. History
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General U.S. History Resources
4th of July --this site celebrates
America from fireworks to the Gettysburg Address
American Currency Exhibit --Learn how our country's rich history is closely tied with our currency
American History Timeline
American Memory home page
American Memory --today in history
American Photography
America Remembers--group and individual memorials for the victims of the September 11 national tragedy
American Studies Hypertexts at the University of Virginia
A White House History --virtual tour of white house
Band of Brothers
Chicago Historical Society's History Files
The
Civil Rights Documentation Project
CWSAC --Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields; Battle summaries
Cycles of US History
Discovery Channel School --lesson plans
Documenting America --images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection; among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced
Encyberpedia: History
Eye Witness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
Flyers of Fortune: American Airmen in the Spanish Civil War
HistoryChannel.com
History of Long Island
History of Thanksgiving
History Timelines
Hyper History Online
Learn about Holidays in general, and Thanksgiving in particular
Jim Janke's OLD WEST --the legend and reality of 19th Century America west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers and anything and anybody associated with it, past and present
Lincoln, Abraham --research site
National Archives and Records Administration Exhibit Hall
National/Historical American Flags--Image displays of The Stars and Stripes; Other Federal Flags; Flags of the Revolution; and Flags of the Confederate States of America...along with links to state and territory flags and more
Offices in the United States--This is a great site for United States History and offers a wide variety of offices. You can search for office members in the present as well as in the past.
Old News --archive of vintage newspaper articles
PBS --Mount Rushmore; historic footage, timeline, ideas how to use this website in your classroom
Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
Presidential database --excellent resource for general information about all the US Presidents
President Portraits Collection
Press Coverage of Events in American History
September 11 digital archive--This site uses electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
State of
the Union - Free Searchable Version
Teaching with Historic Places --from the National Registry of Historic Places
The Duel--A bitter rivalry between two of the Founding Fathers -- Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
The History Place
The Library of Congress: American Memory
The National Records and Archives Administration
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page --dedicated to honoring those who died in the Vietnam War and to providing a place for healing. Site contains a searchable database of over 58,000 names
Today in History --list of events for every day in history
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Famous Americans
A Day in the Life from The Daily Diary of President Gerald R. Ford
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Ben Franklin Centre
Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
Betsy Ross Homepage
Interpreting Thomas Jefferson
Lincoln, Abraham --research site
Presidential database --excellent resource for general information about all the US Presidents
President Portraits Collection
The Papers of George Washington
The White House on Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Online
Thomas Paine
World Almanac for Kids--Presidents of the US
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Lesson Plans
AskERIC
Awesome Library: K-12 History Lesson Plans
Crossroads: A K-16 American History Curriculum
Discovery Channel School --lesson plans
Ed History/Social Studies Lesson Plans
Mr Donn's Ancient History Page
US History and Children's Literature
Using Oral History: A Model Lesson
Women in World History Curriculum
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U.S. History Pre-1865
13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies
1492 Exhibit
Account of a Declaration --over thirty historical documents, sixty-seven biographical sketches,
and some twenty-five essays about the causes and circumstances of the American Revolution
A Journey Towards Freedom --Online reference tool around the time of the Revolution (1763-1810) Take the tour of Valley Forge and Washington's Crossing in the Infopedia to get a feel for how it might have felt to be a soldier at the time of the Revolution
American Revolution: Timeline
Archiving Early America
A Revolutionary Webquest --American Revolution
Colonial Williamsburg
Cycles of US History - Colonial Cycle
Documents From Our Nation's Early Years
Early America
Flags of the American Revolution
History at Valley Forge
History of the American Flag
Lincoln, Abraham --research site
Loyal American Regiment --Learn more about a group of colonists who chose to fight on the side of England and who were "shunned by former friends and neighbors and forced from their homes".
Mayflower Web
Paul Revere's House
Plymouth: Its History and People
Plymouth Colony Archive Project
Plymouth Colony in encyclopedia.com
Presidential database --excellent resource for general information about all the US Presidents
President Portraits Collection
Revolutionary War --causes of war, battles and main events, biographies of participants, and teacher's guide
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
The Amazing Magnificent Colossal Cruise Through Time and History --Great site offering Paul Revere's Ride and a timeline of the major battles of the American Revolution
The Birth of a Nation
The Philadelphia Campaign of 1777 --Revolutionary War Battles
Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government
Virtual Tour of Plymouth (Plimoth) Plantation
Visit Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson
World Almanac for Kids--Presidents of the US
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U.S. History 1865-Present
America's West - Development & History
Civil War virtual web exhibit from the smithosonain
Discovery: Gold Rush
Documenting America --images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection; among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced
Ellis Island Museum --Explore Ellis Island, the Immigration Museum and the Statue of Liberty State Park. Offers research facilities to trace family heritage
Ellis Island Passenger Lists --Now you can research passenger records from ships that brought the immigrants, even see the original manifests with passengers' names
Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Gold Rush
National Archives and Records Administration--Kennedy (1963) and Reagan (1987) at the Berlin Wall
Natural History --Read the personal accounts of five immigrants to the United States
New Perspectives on THE WEST
Presidential database --excellent resource for general information about all the US Presidents
President Portraits Collection
The Benjamin Marston Diaries Project --a searchable and browseable diary of a Revolutionary War loyalist
The CIA
The Civil War--features maps, biographies and historical documents, a couple of really neat interactive features including the ability to examine telling details of important historical photos and create your own Civil War mini- documentary, plus a comprehensive teacher's guide
The Gold Rush - California's Untold Stories
Another site on The Gold Rush --courtesy PBS
World Almanac for Kids--Presidents of the US
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Presidents
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: the years in Illinois
A Brief Biography of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln, Abraham --research site
National Archives and Records Administration--Kennedy (1963) and Reagan (1987) at the Berlin Wall
Presidential database --excellent resource for general information about all the US Presidents
President Portraits Collection
Timeline of Abe Lincoln
White House History --virtual tour of white house
White House on Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
White House on Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
White House on Andrew Johnson (1808-1875)
White House on Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
White House on Calvin Coolridge (1872-1933)
White House on Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886)
White House on George Bush (1924-)
White House on George Washington (1732-1799)
White House on Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
White House on Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
White House on Franklin Pierce (1804-1869)
White House on Gerald R. Ford (1913-)
White House on Grover Cleveland (1837-1908)
White House on Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)
White House on Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
White House on James A. Garfield (1831-1881)
White House on James Buchanan (1791-1868)
White House on James K. Polk (1795-1849)
White House on James Madison (1751-1836)
White House on James Monroe (1758-1831)
White House on Jimmy Carter (1924-)
White House on John Adams
(1735-1826)
White House on John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
White House on John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
White House on John Tyler (1790-1862)
White House on Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)
White House on Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)
White House on Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)
White House on Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893)
White House on Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
White House on Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826)
White House on Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
White House on Warren G. Harding (1865-1923)
White House on William Henry Harrison (1773-1841)
White House on William Howard Taft (1857-1930)
White House on William J. Clinton (1946-)
White House on William McKinley (1843-1901)
White House on Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)
White House on Zachary Truman (1884-1972)
World Almanac for Kids--Presidents of the US
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