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- Allexperts History
Q&A- Historians answer all your one-on-one questions about European,
US, Latin American, Middle Eastern, Asian, and Military History, and
much more.
- American President: Presidential
History Resources- Includes lesson plans, web resources, essays,
historical documents, and a glossary.
- Anatomy of a Murder-
A trip through our nation's Justice System.
- Biography.com- The Biography.com
database puts over 20,000 of the greatest lives,past and present, at
your fingertips.
- Castles of the World-
The most comprehensive reference for castles, including: architecture,
descriptions, photographs, castle tours, building your own castle, real
state, castle hotels, books, site of the week, links, armor and weapons,
and a children section.
- Choose
Your Own Adventure Through History- This site offers adventure/
role-playing activities for use in the social studies classroom, homeschool,
or as an educational family activity. Ideal for gifted, regular, and
special education.
- Christine's Black History
Pages- Web directory of Black History on the Internet.
- Civil War in Miniature- A Civil
War compendium designed for students and educators. Site has short tests
for trivia, civil war facts and history. It also contains detailed chapters
for Civil War study.
- Columbus Navigation Homepage-
This award-winning website explores the history, navigation, and landfall
of Christopher Columbus. Links to many other resources, including lesson
plans.
- Gloryworks Experience- Teaching
African-American history through the medium of art. View life-size sculptures
of key figures from African-American history and hear their exciting
stories as told by the artist. Find out how to bring this exciting program
to your organization.
- Handbook
of Texas Online- a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history,
geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people,
places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other
topic categories.
- History Buff's Home Page-
Devoted to press coverage of events in American history. It includes
an extensive, searchable, library with the categories Civil War, Baseball,
Engravings, Journalism Hoaxes, Old West including Billy the Kid, Jesse
James, Crime figures such as Bonnie & Clyde, Lizzie Borden and over
a dozen other categories.
- History Channel- At
The History Channel you will find historical information ranging from
Great Speeches (in audio) to facts about This Day in History. The History
Channel is your guide through time. Step back into history with The
History Channel.
- History Channel --this
day and month in the past- What happened on your birthdate?What
happened on today's date during the Civil War? and more...
- History Place- Great online
exhibits: World War 2, Lincoln, Kennedy, plus more!
- History Quest- Unusual
and little known facts on American History History Timelines on the
Web.
- History/Social Studies
Web Site for K-12 Teachers- The major purpose of this home page
is to encourage the use of the World Wide Web as a tool for learning
and teaching and to provide some help for K-12 classroom teachers in
locating and using the resources of the Internet in the classroom.
- Ice Mummies-
NOVA Online presents Ice Mummies;Follow the daily progress of an archaeological
expedition in search of frozen sacrifices on the summit of Sara Sara
in Peru;Explore the complex and conflicting issues that arise when a
mummy is found -- from who owns it, to how to study it, to whether it
should be put on display.
- Kids @ nationalgeographic.com
- Legends- Exploring
Legends in History, Folklore, Literature, Fiction, and the Arts.
- Mr.Horwitz's U.S.History
Class- A list of 1300 historical links in chronological order, historical
indexes,outlines and directories, lesson plans, webdesign links, webquests
for teachers. This site was designed to help U.S. History students with
their research.
- NOVA Online: Mysteries
of the Nile- a team from the PBS program NOVA are in Egypt on their
second attempt (the first was in 1995) to raise an obelisk using only
materials and techniques that the ancient Egyptians might have used.
At this site, users can follow the team's progress with dispatches from
the field, learn about the history and physics of obelisks, and tour
a modest but attractive collection of QTVR and standard images of temples,tombs,
and other monuments. Additional features at the site include classroom
resources, a map and timeline, and a collection of annotated links.
- The Nuclear Files- Your
ultimate research and reference site on nuclear matters.
- Uncle
Sam for Kids- Provides government information and documents in a
graphic and fun way for kids.
- Saint
Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc)- Site dealing with Saint Joan of Arc
(Jehanne Darc) and the Hundred Years War, with summary of her life,
scanned photos of her letters, other original manuscripts and similar
items of interest.
- Social Security for the Young-
This is an official web site of the social security administration with
information on Social Security for kids, teenagers, parents and teachers.
- Staple Online- A child-safe,non-commercial
site about the tiny Kentish village of Staple (England). A 'snapshot'
of a typical English village.
- Step
back in time . . . - Join us as we step back in time to the days
of imposing castles high on the bluffs, knights in armor defending the
kingdom, and noblemen ruling over the serfs. This was life in the Middle
Ages.
- The Carpathian Connection- Provides
"historical education and genealogical research related to those
individuals who were from the former Carpathian territories and were
of Carpatho-Rusyn heritage."
- Trivia About History-
Trivia About History. Unusual historical facts.
- What Is The Capital
Of...?- Lists of capital cities per continent. Several multiple
choice tests per continent.
- What Really Happened-
Review of popular historical events. Common sense or skeptical explanations
that settle age old arguments.
- The Whole World
Was Watching- An oral history of 1968 is a joint project between
South Kingstown High School and Brown University's Scholarly Technology
Group. The resource contains transcripts, audio recordings, and edited
stories of a series of interviews conducted in the spring of 1998 stories,
which include references to the Vietnam War, the struggle for Civil
Rights, the Assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy
as well as many more personal memories are a living history of one of
the most tumultuous years in United States history.
- You The People- You The
People is a school based and a community based participatory, interactive
civics and citizenship study program. The program seeks to promote an
active citizenry who participate in our democracy, no matter what their
political views, in a civil and skilled manner.
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