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American Memory from the Library of Congress contains more the 7 million digital images, many primary sources http://memory.loc.gov/ |
Hyper History online 3000 years of History shown in timelines http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/ History_n2/a.html |
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| Eyewitness to History covers the Ancient World to the 20th century http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ |
National Geographic Society The online offering of National Geographic. |
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| The History net covers Civil War, America history, Aviation, and World War II http://www.thehistorynet.com/ |
Teaching and Learning with Historical Documents http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ pages/listsocialsca.html |
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| History Online Ancient Greece, Rome, Medieval Times and the American Revolution http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects /jimperry/history.html |
Way Back- US History for kids from PBS http://pbskids.org/wayback/index.html |
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| American History |
History of the American Flag Grades 3-5 Am. His. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875838.html |
First Americans Grades 2-8 Multicul. http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School |
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| U.S. Cities Grades 3-6 WH & G http://www.quia.com/ig/297.html |
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| Ancient Civilizations | Mrs. Donn's Ancient Civilizations Ancient Greece section includes:Art & Architecture,Geography,History,Mythology, Olympics, People, Wars http://www.ancientgreece.com Ancient Civilizations Webquests created by Seneca Valley Teachers in PA on Early Humans, Archeology, Greece, Rome, and Egypt, http://www.seneca.k12.pa.us/~msteam4 |
History for Kids Ancient Rome includes history timelines, people, food, sports, art and architecture http://www.historyforkids.org/ Quest for Immortality |
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| Current Events | USA Today online magazine http://www.usatoday.com/ |
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| DBQ | Minding their DBQs. Tips for helping your students master Document-Based Questions http://nysut.org/standards/201-teachers-dbq.html |
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| Long Island | Long Island Our Story complied by Newsday http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ |
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| Geography |
Cartographic Images Illustrating Maps of the Early Medieval Period |
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| Geography World links to geography sites include maps, quizes, continents, and earth's lands http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.htm |
World Factbook Country Maps Maps http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/f actbook/indexgeo.html |
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| Outline Maps Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_ collection/Map_collection.html |
World Factbook Reference Maps Maps http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/ factbook/docs/ref.html Xpeditions Atlas Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com /xpeditions/atlas |
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| Industrial Revolution | Life of the Industrial Worker Find contemporary articles and reports as to the conditions endured by the typical working during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. 65.107.211.206/victorian/history/workers2.html |
The Industrial Revolution of the Eighteenth Century Examines how agricultural policy changes, innovations in technology, and changing social conditions helped incubate the movement in England. www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/INDUSTRY.HTM |
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| Middle Ages | Cartographic Images Illustrating Maps of the Early Medieval Period 400-1300 A.D. http://gate.henry-davis.com/MAPS/EMwebpages/EM1.html Sir Clisto's Tomb of Knowledge- comprehensive site on Middle Ages http://www.sirclisto.com/ |
Gander's Academy Medieval Times Theme Page has many topics and student activity pages http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/medieval_times.htm Netsurf-The internet connection for Medieval Resources |
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| New York State | New York History Net http://www.nyhistory.com/featured.htm |
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| Primary Sources | NARA- National Archives and Records Administration- Digital Classroom http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom /index.html |
NARA- National Archives and Records Administration guide and handouts for teaching with documents Document Analysis worksheet for written document, photographs, cartoon, poster, map, artifact, sound recording and motion picture http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/ analysis_worksheets/worksheets.html |
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| World History | Anne Frank, the Writer: An Unfinished Story Anne's diary is their first encounter with the history of Nazi Germany's attempt to murder all the Jews of Europe during World War II. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite |
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| World Wars | First World War.com - The BattlesDetails all of the major, and many of the lesser known, battles of World War One. Includes pictures and biographical information of important figures. www.firstworldwar.com/battles WWI Document Archive-Eclectic mix of documents including press releases, official documents, biographies, maps, commentary articles, treaties and reminiscences. www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi |
World War II- EHistory.com The Second World War raged from 1939 to 1945 and involved almost the entire world. Visit our sections below. Don't miss our Interactive History of the war as well as original Pearl Harbor film footage. War War II- EyeWitness to World War II Eyewitness accounts of important events in World War II, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, invasion of Norhttp://www.wtj.com/wars/wwtwo/mandy, and the bombing of Hiroshima. |
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| Women | Women in World History http://womeninworldhistory.com/ |
History of Women’s Suffrage Grades 6 Up Am. His. http://www.rochester.edu/SBA/history.html |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl Grades 3-8 Fiction http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irbyl/laura/top.html |
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