African American
This is a grand repository of primary source materials which document and celebrate the contributions of African-Americans.
A wide variety of Internet activities and links are offered, with more than a dozen learning activities related to Black History and Culture.
The man & the movement with a timeline, a photo archive and notes from noted authors.
Links covering the life and words of Martin Luther King.
Harlem's early days as the culture capital of African Americans are represented here by graphic and photographic images. Some of the subjects include political movements, education, sports, social organizations, relition, the Harlem Hospital, theater. business, and music.
American History (General)
Federalist Papers online
A chronology and copies of U.S. historical documents.
The U.S. Constitution page features facsimiles, a transcription, and scholarly articles about the U.S. Constitution and the delegates who wrote it.
Two separate themes are linked: Three Decades of Prosperity (20's, 50's and 80's), and 20th Century Conflicts.
Under the patronage of UNESCO, the great museums of Europe are holding a joint exhibit.
One hundred years of photography from the National Archives.
Newspaper coverage of events in American history.
Rich in visual images, including photograph, paintings, prints, maps and other visuals from the 19th and 20th centuries.
An award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more throughout its pages.
American History -- Civil War
Describes the course of the Civil War and its effects on the American people
Includes articles about people and events, and interesting statistics from the American Civil War
American History -- Great Depression
FDR's early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs and legacy.
Focuses on the experience of the more than 250,000 teenagers who were homeless during the height of the Great Depression.
Tells the story of the thousands of settlers who moved to the southwest in search of fertile land during the depression.
Kingwood College Library
Part of a larger exhibit on the twentieth century, contains photographs chronicling different aspects of American life during the Great Depression.
Document library, photo gallery, lesson plans, etc.
Overview of the Great Depression: Political, Historical, Economic, Social Impact, New Deal, and personal accounts.
Contains material on Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the New Deal.
related Websites - Center for New Deal Studies
History of TVA created by Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal and brought electricity to much of rural America.
American History -- Industrial Revolution
American History -- Revolutionary War
Biography
If you need information on people's lives, this is the place to look!
Country Resources (General)
Physical & political maps as well as key facts & statistics on countries of the world.
Information about countries, their geography, people, politics, travel and tourism, and lots more! A special section is included on Current Wars and Conflicts.
How many ways can you see a country? This page offers many maps and related resources!
Library of Congress offers this series of online books which provide extensive information on all aspects of the country, its society, natural resources, econony, history, and international relationships.
An online travel guide, with information about most countries, from a tourist's point of view.
Information on the countries of the world, from the famous spy center, The Central Intelligence Agency
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If you want to know who the top government officials are in any country of the world, please look at this page. It is offered by the CIA!
Country Resources -- Africa
Links to the events, people and information related to the countries of Africa. This page was created to support the research of Ms. Travers' class project: Helping Hands.
Country Resources -- China
Beginners history of China.
Economics & Stock Market
Thousands of domestic and international company profile reports, including description, history, financial news, published articles, and links to home pages and industry reports.
One-stop collection of business news sources for busy executives.
Profiles, research reports, links to information on hundreds of thousands of public, private, foreign, and domestic companies.
Free, unlimited access to indexed SEC EDGAR filings including quarterly and annual (10K) reports.
Network Data bank of annual reports, shareholder information and company links.
Investment information, company reports, and stock screening tools.
Elections
Provides impartial information and guidelines on choosing candidates to vote for. Includes name and contact information for U.S. and California State elected officials; Political Parties Links are very thorough, and connect directly to government offices, officials, and agencies.
Watch a debate, judge and pick a candidate, and more.
Impartial site that features sections with candidate biographies, campaign finances, issue positions, special interest groups, voting records for California and other states
Devoted to exploring the relationship of money to elections and their results. Allows one to look up the donors in their local areas and elsewhere, including out of state donors to California campaigns.
This organization looks into the sources of money for political campaigns, and how it affects the winners and losers.
Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004
Fashion / Costume History
Over 1000 web pages and 2,500 images of fashion and costume.
Over 2000 links to costume web sites.
Probably the best costume site on the web.
Ancient costume guide. Scroll down to the graphic or text index links.
Flags
Government
The White House, The U.S. Senate, The U.S. House of Representatives, plus lots of other information related to these and similar organizations.
Clearing house for information on the judicial branch of the U.S. Govt.
Legal Reference
Search by title, date, subject to get legal information
Legal information from Cornell University -- Links to the US Supreme Court, Other Federal Courts, NY State courts and other state courts
Search 631 historic Supreme Court cases using this site
Maps -- Historical
Library of Congress presents maps of U.S. and Canadian cities and towns viewed from above.
Maps & Atlases
Digital views of natural and sociocultural U. S. landscapes to illustrate complex relationships between environments, places, and people. Multimedia maps show active volcanoes and more. Users also can create their own multilayered maps with an interactive map browser.
National Geographic provides a complete atlas with physical, political, and historic maps, as well as flags and facts about countries. Tools let users zoom in and move around within maps, and print them out.
National Geographic and Marco Polo Project provides an atlas with hundreds of printable one-page maps, Xpedition Hall with interactive geography activities, the National Geography standards with teaching ideas, and a teachers' discussion forum.
Offers digitized maps from the LC collection, organized under themes such as Cities and Towns, Discovery and Exploration, and so on.
Johns Hopkins University provides detailed topographical maps of every state.
Presents a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at the moment, the Earth from the Sun, the Moon from the Earth, and many other views.
Mexican American War
Political Cartoons
Political cartoons from the noted children's writer Theodore Seuss Geisel.
Politics -- American
Links to election and political parties, their campaigns, candidates, political cartoons and related issues.
Presidents
Religions
This is a tool for reading scripture online. Additionally, it provides advanced searching capabilities, allowing readers to find particular passages in scripture, based on keywords. Many translation versions are available, in different languages
An excellent gateway to numerous resources relating to Buddhism, created by a professor at S.F. State University. Includes many links to important texts from various branches of Buddhism.
Full text of the well known writing of the Christian Religion.
Library of informational, devotional, and promotional literature on Islam, including the Koran searchable in five languages. Links to other sites on Islam and Islamic countries, including news organizations.
Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.
Speeches & Documents
Women's Speeches from Around the World
Timelines
Two separate themes are linked: Three Decades of Prosperity (20's, 50's and 80's), and 20th Century Conflicts
Browse the Past and some Futures . . . a collection of Timelines on the Web -- History & Cultures, Science & Technology, Arts & Literature, Popular Culture, Science Fiction
You can type in an exact date and get historical info.
Timelines -- Days in History, History of the World, The 20th Century 1900-2000, The 21st Century 2001-2003, States of the U.S., Cities of the U.S., World Countries, assorted subjects
United Nations
Women's History
Information about women's roles in world history, lesson plans, etc.
A very extensive, excellent collection of background and biographical information about famous and distinguished women.
A Website dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by influential women from around the world. Has a nice timeline of the speeches, which lists the speaker's name and the full text of the speech.
Includes print and audiovisual bibliographies, online books, book reviews, and links to multimedia exhibits on the Internet.
Consists of a collection of more than 600 primary documents. Provides many very well-written introductions and overviews of issues for various time periods written by experts in the field.
World History (General)
An award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts. BOHWS contains annotated links to over 1000 history web sites as well links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more throughout its pages.
Mayan Studies, The Ancient World of Rome and Greece, plus Asia and the other major cultures.
The Industrial Revolution, Historical Atlases (maps), Castles, and general places to start a study of World History.
Covers many periods of world history.
A treasure trove of World Wide Web links, coordinated with the California K-12 History-Social Studies Framework. Just click on your area or unit of study (at your grade level) and the links to related Web Pages will be displayed.
The New York Times has as "On This Day" feature for any day in history.
"HyperHistory presents 3'000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps."
World History -- French Revolution
World History -- Industrial Revolution
World History -- Medieval / Middle Ages
Provides Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information.
Arthurian lore.
Focuses on daily life
World History -- Scientific Revolution
World History -- World War II & Holocaust
A collection of over 3,800 videotaped interviews with witnesses and survivors of the holocaust..
Encyclopedic information about World War II, the concentration camps, and famous names from the war.
The remarkable story of Chiune & Yukiko Sugihara and the rescue of thousands of Jews.
The confrontation of life and death in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Images of Polish Jews
