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• General History Resources (39)

• Biography (6)

• Digital Libraries (3)

• Facts and Figures (10)

• Museums (5)

• Sports and Entertainment History (7)

• U.S. History (10)

 

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General History Resources
Ancient History--This site has maps, links, tests, and games about ancient history.
Amber Alert History & Information
American Experience

American Memory from the Library of Congress--provides access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience and also has lesson plan ideas and activities for teachers to incorporate this information into a lesson
Best of History Web Sites
Calendars through the Ages--Explore the fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars
Daylight Saving Time--learn the history of daylight saving, from Benjamin Franklin to the present
Documenting America--images in the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection; among the most famous documentary photographs ever produced
EasternStudiesDatabase.com-- is an apolitical, non-profit, independent, educational resource which provides professionally researched course materials for educators and students within the areas of Asian and Mideastern Studies. We will also be providing a full range of English instruction from ESL thru college English. Additionally, there will be a complete United States History and Government Section, including a Regents prep course outline. Every major area of Global Studies as well as every major historical document in American History will be available in an easily downloadable PDF format. Our site contains thousands of researched and edited reference links to pertinent Social Studies sites. All materials are scalable from grammar school lessons to college sessions.
Exploratorium--This site is designed to help teachers introduce students to the field of archeoastronomy, the study of astronomy of ancient cultures.
Explorers of the Millennium
Gettysburg Address
Great Dates To Celebrate--offers "this day in history", music, literature, t.v., etc. type of listings

History and Politics Out Loud: a searchable archive of politically significant audio materials
History channel classroom study guides
History Matters--These online discussions focus on teaching strategies and resource suggestions. Moderators respond to questions and comments and participants respond to one another and often continue the discussion beyond the initial month
Independence Day on the Web--fireworks, facts about Independence Day, and much more
Index of Resources for History
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
K-12 History on the Internet Guide
Library of Congress
Myths and Legends--Links to Myths & Legends Around the World
Native Americans--On this site, students analyze basic elements of a selected Native American tribe in order to apply them to the creation of an original board game that can be played by children.
Net History--This site offers a directory of over 250 links to information about the history of the Internet, World Wide Web, Usenet, as well as related concepts such as email, browsers, online games and BBSs
PBS--Mount Rushmore; historic footage, timeline, ideas how to use this website in your classroom
People's Century--PBS insights into the turbulent events of the twentieth century
Photographs of Japanese-American Internment--taken by Ansel Adams
Pulitzer Prize Archive
Spy Letters of the American Revolution
Standards-aligned course models for elementary school history teachers--includes free resources and a staff development option, wherein teachers can share work and earn college credit and/or staff development hours

Talking History--this site's mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources
The Camelot Project--a web site devoted to Arthurian legend
The History Channel
The Napoleonic Guide--world history reference on Napoleon Bonaparte
Time 100: 1900 versus Now
Titanic: Her Passengers and Crew
Today in History--offers a brief summary of history for the day from the Library of Congress
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Virginia Department of Education K-12 History and Social Science Resources
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