American History Homework
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American
History
http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa
Covers the colonial period to Modern Times.
American
History Sites from Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educator's
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html
A very big list of web sites that are all about American History.
American
Memory
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Historical collections from the Library of Congress.
American
Presidency
http://www.grolier.com/presidents
Encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia Americana and New Book of Knowledge
give their entries here for the U.S. Presidents.
America's
Story
http://www.americaslibrary.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi
The Library of Congress has designed this site specifically for kids.
It contains many PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS!
Includes information on famous americans, the states and inventions. Click
on "Jump back in time" for info on a specific
historical period.
Black
History Month 1999
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/blackhistory/
From CNN Interactive and World African Network, this site provides a black
history
timeline, stories, and more.
Civil
War Index Page
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Links to many different sites about various aspects of the war: Battles,
Generals, Medicine, Photographs, and much more.
Declaring
Independence: Drafting the Documents
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
This site from the Library of Congress includes a chronology of events
from June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777,
and a preview of unique documents from the collections of the Library
of Congress that are now included in a
permanent exhibition, "Treasures of the Library of Congress."
A
Deeper Shade of History
http://www.ai.mit.edu/~isbell/HFh/black/bhist.html
Check out "This Week in Black History" or search the Black History
Database.
Discoverers
Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html
Part of a huge explorers and discoverers site, this section is an alphabetical
listing of explorers. For more information, click on
their home page.
Distinguished
Women of Past and Present
http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/
This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many
different ways. Searchable by name, field of activity,
and date. Provides links to other sites.
Early
America
http://earlyamerica.com
Our main focus is primary source material from 18th Century America--
all displayed digitally. A unique array of original
newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they
appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago.
Encarta
Schoolhouse: Harlem Renaissance
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/harlem/harlem.asp
Musicians, writers, and noteworthy people of the Harlem Renaissance.
The
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html
This site is broken down by scientific field and also maintains an index
for African
American women scientists.
The
50 United States: Capital Cities and Information Links
http://www.50states.com/
Brief facts about the states.
From
Jim Crow to Linda Brown
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/crow/crowhome.html
A retrospective of the African American Experience from 1897 to 1953.
The
History Channel
http://www.HistoryChannel.com
Website of the popular cable channel.
The
History Place
http://www.historyplace.com
Well organized site covering the American Revolution, Civil War, Vietnam
War, WWII, 20th Century Topics & Presidents. Lots
of information for your report & fun to browse.
Juneteenth
http://www.juneteenth.com/
"Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery."
K-12
Electronic Guide for African Resources on the Internet
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
Information on the countries and cultures of Africa for students.
Lest
We Forget: African-American History, Culture and Current Events
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/default.htm
Many sites on past and present African American issues.
Liberty!
The American Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/index.html
LIBERTY! is the story of the American Revolution---two and a half
decades of debate and rebellion, war and peace. It begins in the aftermath
of
the French and Indian War and ends with the creation of the Constitution.
The Road to Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/game/
Test your knowledge of the American Revolution with this fun game from
PBS' Liberty Online.
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/index.htm
The King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and provide
historical information concerning Martin Luther King,
Jr. and the social movements in which he participated.
Mayflower
Web Page
http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
A comprehensice site on the subject.
National
Parks and Historic Sites
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/bhm-sites.htm
Discover historic sites around the US significant to African American
history.
The
United States Colored Troops in the Civil War
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/data.htm
Review the history of regiments and the African American men who fought
in the
Civil War.
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