Social Studies 

 

General Resources

    The Printed Ephemera Collection, Library of Congress

This rich repository of Americana allows you to search by author, title, genre and geographical location of printing. The collection comprises 28,000 primary source items from the 17th century to the present.

    http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html

 

Colonial History

    America 1650-1700

 

America’s Library

Go to: Jump Back in Time…Colonial America

    http://www.americaslibrary.gov

 

Outline of American History- Colonial Period

    http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/ch2.htm

 

American Memories, Library of Congress

Search for America 1700…you will find copies of maps, documents and more

    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html

 

Encyclopedia Britannica

    http://women.eb.com/

 

13 Colonies

    http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

 

The American Colonist’s Library

    http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

 

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, Library of Congress

    http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/

 

Colonial America

    http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/

 

    Salem Witch Trials

 

An Outline of American History from Rutgers University

    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap2.htm

 

Encyclopedia Britannica

    http://women.eb.com/

 

The American Colonist’s Library

    http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

 

Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project

    http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/transcripts.html

 

The Salem Witch Trials by Doug Linder, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School

    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

 

Salem Witch Trials

    http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/life/

 

 

    England 1650-1700

 

Mercantilism

    http://rims.k12.ca.us/market_to_market/pages/mercantilism_imports_and_e.htm

 

The American Colonist’s Library

    http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/

 

English Bill of Rights 1689

    http://www.constitution.org/eng/eng_bor.htm

 

Navigation Acts

    http://www.bartleby.com/65/na/NavigatA.html

 

 

    Puritans and Quakers

 

The Life of William Penn from 20-20

    http://www.2020site.org/penn/

 

English Civil War

    http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0817372.html

 

The History Channel  Search for Quakers and/or Puritans

    http://www.historychannel.com/

 

General Resources

American and British History Resources on the Net

Rutgers links to maps, statistics, treaties, electronic journals and more

http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/reference.shtml#ejournals

 

Any Day in History

Extensive information on births, deaths and events on any given day in history

http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/

 

America’s Story from America’s Library

    This fun site will provide interesting info on many different topics related to the United States, check it out! Sponsored by the Library of Congress.

     http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

 

BBC News:  The Great War: 80 Years On (WWI)

This site offers a comprehensive overview of the conflict that took 10 million lives.  The story is told through archived radio interviews, images, and newsreels, letters sent from the front; and analyses of events.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/

 

British History 1700-1950: The First World War

Incredibly detailed overview of WWI from Britain.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

 

Cartouche Creator

        http://www.virtual-egypt.com

 

Costumes

Make your own costumes

http://www.costumes.org

 

Discover's Web

Information on explorers from ancient and modern times

http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/

 

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Provided by the Smithsonian Institute

 http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm

 

Lewis & Clark 
 
   http://www.lewisandclarkeducationcenter.com/
 
 
Lewis & Clark 
 
   http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/LINKS/Explorers.html
 
 
Lewis & Clark 
 
   Links to addresses of many places related to Lewis and Clark.
	
   www.nps.gov/lecl/sites.htm
 
 
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
 
   Interactive maps, pictures, and articles about the expedition.
 
    www.lewisandclark.org  
 

National Council for Social Studies Links 

    Topics like culture,  people, civics and ideals, science and technology, power and  authority and more. 

    http://www.socialstudies.org/links/

 

PBS Life on the Internet Timeline

    http://www.pbs.org/internet/timeline/

 

Great War Series at the War Time Journal

   http://www.wtj.com/wars/greatwar/

 

History Channel Timeline of Toys and Games

    http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/

 

Historical Photographs online from the University of California

    http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-art/photo.html

 

Horus’ Web Links to History Resources

    This site features histories of specific countries, times and places from the University of California

     http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/

 

HyperHistory 2000

    Files covering 3000 years of world history

     http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

 

Library of Congress America’s Library

     http://www.americaslibrary.gov

 

Smithsonian National Museum of American History

     http://americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/

 

The Aerodrome:  Aces and Aircraft of World War I

     http://www.theaerodrome.com

 

Timeline Collection 

    George Emery is a librarian at Canisius College and has been collecting timelines on the Internet since 1993 

     http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

 

The History Channel

      http://www.historychannel.com/

 

The History Net

    This site features American history, world history, today in history and pictures

     http://www.thehistorynet.com/

 

Smithsonian National Museum for American History

      http://americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/

 

The Holocaust

 

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum- Check the Learning Site for Students, topics include Nazi Rule, Jews in Prewar Germany, The Final Solution, Nazi Camp System, Rescue and Resistance

http://ushmm.org

 

Holocaust History Project- an archive of documents, photos, recordings and essays

http://www.holocaust-history.org

 

ThinkQuest: The Holocaust a Tragic Legacy- This is an award winning website created by students that features a timeline, survivor stories, links and more information

http://library.thinkquest.org  Search for the site by the title as listed above.

 

Remember.org  This site features a “cybrary” sharing art, photos, poems and factual information.  Witnesses- Survivor interviews, letters and information relating to victims, liberators, resistance, rescuers, perpetrators and bystanders.

http://remember.org

 

Middle East

 

US Department of State

    http://www.state.gov/

 

PBS: Frontline: The Gulf War

    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

 

NATO and the scourge of terrorism

    http://www.nato.int/terrorism/index.htm

 

Middle East Historical and Peace Process Documents

    http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm

 

New York Times provides more than fifty years of material online in this special in-depth report on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

    http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/mideast-peace-index.html

 

OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

    http://www.opec.org

 

United Nations

    http://www.un.org

 

United Nations CyberSchoolBus information for students

    http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html

 

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) contributes to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication.

    http://www.unesco.org

 

UNICEF the United Nations Children's Fund

    http://www.unicef.org

 

World Health Organization

    http://www.who.int/home-page

 

Native Americans
 
Arctic Circle provides resources on the indigenous people of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia, and Siberia.
    
    http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/
 
 
The First Americans Basic facts provide an intro to Native American cultures.
   
    http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/intro.html

 

First Nations Histories covers the location, culture, history, population and language of many North American tribes.

    http://www.dickshovel.com/Compacts.html

 

History of the Cherokee

    http://www.cherokeehistory.com

 

National Historic Trail:  The Cherokee Trail of Tears: 1838-1839 features maps, timeline, diaries, poetry and links.

    http://rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht.html

 

National Museum of the American Indian virtual tour of the Smithsonian Institute exhibits

    http://www.nmai.si.edu/

 

The Native American Nations of the Black Mesa Region covers major tribes of the Southwest including Hopi, Navajo, and Anasazi tribes.

    http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1942/

 

Native American Sites by a librarian at the University of Pittsburgh provides a gateway to many worthwhile sites.

    http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html

 

NativeCulture.com is another gateway to many worthwhile sites.

    http://www.nativeculture.com/

   

World Religions

Shi’ism and Shi’ites

Sponsored by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project

    http://www.al-islam.org/

 

Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism

    http://www.ualberta.ca/~slis/guides/religion/chinjap.htm

 

Judaism

    http://www.jewfaq.org/

 

Catholicism

    http://www.newadvent.org/

 

World War I

 

Photos of the Great War

     http://www.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/photos/greatwar.htm#TOP

 

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

Features text of interviews with a number of historians, an interactive timeline, and an interactive presentation of maps and images that track the progress of the war.

 http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

 

World War I

Commentary, eyewitness accounts, and diary entries presented in four sections.

 http://www.ibiscom.com/w1frm.htm

 

World War I Document Archive

Assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military. This is a collection of primary documents related to the war.

 http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

 

World War I: Trenches on the Web

World War I Document Archives, a media room, biographies, a map room, a war atlas, trivia, artwork and more.

 http://www.worldwar1.com/

 

 

 

 

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