Incredible History and Social Studies Sites

This section includes social studies, American History 

General, Revolutionary War Period, Civil War, American West, WW I, WW II, Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement, The Women's Movement and Women in History), Misc. History Sites and Geography and Maps.

 Social Studies:
Social Studies  Many links for social studies, history and countries.
History and Social Studies Web site for K-12  All sorts of information and links for the teacher.
Country Reports
American Studies Web- This site is always a work in progress. There is a huge index to search. Look at this one when you have some time.

American History Sites
General:
American Memory This is a primary source page full of archival information. It includes movies, pictures, sound and text. It links to many other sites. A good starting place for research.
Archiving Early America  Good start for researching the subject.
American Studies Web  A guide to American studies resources on the Internet. Indexed by subject.
History Place  A beautiful US History site.
The 50 State of the United States  This site has information links for all 50 states. This is a perfect site to begin research on a particular state.
Anatomy of a Murder  This site was developed by students as part of a ThinkQuest project. It  uses simulation to help your students learn about the American judicial system. Includes landmark Supreme Court decisions, a glossary of terms, various steps of a trial and more.
The Whitehouse  This site is maintained by the Bush administration and is good for students in grades 1-4.
The United States Senate
Revolutionary War Period:
Betsy Ross Home Page
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine
World of Benjamin Franklin  Very good site. Includes a QuickTime movie. Good resource for a person working on biographical information.
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution
Valley Forge
Civil War:
Abraham Lincoln Online  Accessible, good links. Has an area which tells what Lincoln did during the week that you are in when you go to the site. Pictures of the various Lincoln homes are included as well as text from his speeches.
American Civil War Resources Page  Provides links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War and is a comprehensive collection of information, images, and resources about the Civil War.
Civil War Photograph Collection  Sponsored by the Library of Congress there are 1,000 online images.
History of African Americans in the Civil War  Good site.
    American West:
America's West  Students can join the Lewis and Clark Expedition, follow the route of the Pony Express and end up in the modern west of shopping malls and Silicon Valley.
World War I:
World War I: Trenches on the Web  This is probably the definitive site for WWI on the Web.
World War II:
Holocaust  This is a story of Jewish rescue. The stories are true.
Vietnam War:
Vietnam  Tells the effect of Vietnam on people's lives.
A Pictorial History of the Vietnam War
War Stories from Vietnam Veterans  Use caution with this site. The teacher should read through stories and poems to find those to share with a class.
Civil Rights Movement:
National Civil Rights Museum  Site dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement.
Seattle Times' Martin Luther King online Edition  This site deals with the history of the man and the movement with a special focus on the Pacific Northwest. It establishes a dialogue between students in Birmingham and Seattle.
The Women's Movement and Women in History:.
Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement
Guide to Women's History
Women of NASA  Archive of biographies of NASA's diverse scientific and technical women, and online and offline resources for teachers who are trying to deal with the issue of gender equity in their teaching.
Women in History  Biographies of great women in the online Women's Hall of Fame.
National Museum of Women in the Arts

Misc. History Sites:
Ancient World Web Great links for teaching about the ancient world.
CyberSchoolBus  Global information sponsored by the United Nations.
HyperHistory Online  Incredible site which covers 3,000 years of human history.
History Channel  The online site for this popular TV channel.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World  A site designed to give the user an understanding of the Seven Wonders. A great place to give students historical perspective.
Ian's Land of Castles  A student produced page with easy to read information about castles and their inhabitants.
Medieval Art and Architecture  Clear, gorgeously detailed photographs of many cathedrals and some castles in England and France, accessed through a clickable map.
The Age of Charles V  Glorious artwork from France's treasures serves to illustrate many aspects of the Middle Ages.

Geography and Maps:
How Far Is It?  This service uses the University of Michigan's Geographic Name Server and a supplementary database of world cities to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them in a straight line. It also provides a map showing the two places.
The World Globe Gallery  188 links to various types of globes and maps.
Mapmaker, Mapmaker, Make Me a Map  Wonderful site explaining the difference between all sorts of maps; political, physical, etc. Shows ancient maps as well as modern satellite maps.

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