History Links
American Journeys
http://www.americanjourneys.org/
Provides eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the Vikings in Canada (1000) to the diaries of mountain men (1800). Read the words of ship captains, fur traders, Indians, missionaries, & settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history. Highlights include Christopher Columbus stepping ashore (1492), Indians´ first resistance (1493), Pilgrims landing in Plymouth (1620), and more. Suggestions for research projects are included.
American Slave Narratives
http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/
While the narratives concern the personal experiences of African Americans during slavery and after emancipation, the project itself was a product of the 1930s, and should be understood in this light.
American Treasures at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/
Although the Library organizes its immense collections according to a system created at the end of the1800s, the treasures in this exhibition have been placed in the same categories that Jefferson would have used, had he been deciding where to put Alexander Graham Bell´s lab notebook or George Gershwin´s full orchestral score for "Porgy and Bess."
Ancient Egypt Actitivies
http://www.dia.org/education/egypt-teachers/index.html
A selection of cross-curricular lesson plans created by local teachers.
Ancient Near East
http://www.ancientneareast.net
From prehistory to the Muslim conquest of the 7th century CE, embracing the diverse and exotic lands at the meeting point of three continents, the Ancient Near East occupies a central position in archaeology and ancient history, art and religion.
Art History Newspaper Project
http://learningat.ke7.org.uk/ks4itkeyskills/Yr11/Art%20Activity.htm
The editor of a National Newspaper requires you, to write an illustrated article, featuring your opinions on a famous artist.
Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal created for history teachers, students, and general history enthusiasts.
Digging up History
http://www.courier-journal.com/education/lessonplans/970915dig.html
To find examples of the artifacts of present-day life, simply turn to the advertisements in today´s newspaper.
Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids
Explore the pyramids of ancient Egypt through diagrams, photos, and facts; plus get related links, kids content, news stories, and more.
Empires Series
http://www.pbs.org/empires/
EMPIRES is a collection of epic historical miniseries. Each tells a story of a great Empire -- its people and passions which changed the world.
Guide to World War I Materials
http://www.free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1871
includes photos, essays, primary documents, films, and sound recordings related to World War I. Read news accounts of thewar, including in The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper written by and for American soldiers at the war front. See brief features about the U.S. entering the war (April 6, 1917), American forces' first offensive (September 12, 1918), and the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919). (Library of Congress)
Historical Text Archive: Electronic History Resources
http://www.historicaltextarchive.com
The Historical Text Archive publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects.
Historical Treasure Chest Activity
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/
Provides a model for engaging students in an investigation of authentic materials from the past. The students will be provided with four primary sources and questions to guide their investigation.
History as Story
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/History/Story.html
History is a permanent written record of the past. More recently, history is also recorded on audio and video tape, and many of the activities lend themselves to this type of recording as well.
Hammurabi´s Code Activity
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/
Hammurabi (ca. 1792 - 1750 BC) united all of Mesopotamia under his forty-three year reign of Babylon. Although Hammurabi´s Code is not the first code of laws (the first records date four centuries earlier), it is the best preserved legal document reflecting the social structure of Babylon during Hammurabi´s rule.
Land Use History of North America
http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/
Examines how we have used land since the 1700s and how the land has changed. Topics include population settlement and farmland, urban sprawl and soil resources, flora species, urbanization in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, landcover changes in the Great Lakes region, vegetation along the upper Mississippi River, biodiversity in the Yellowstone ecosystem, and landscape changes in the Southwest.
Nationalatlas.gov
http://nationalatlas.gov/
A primary source of U.S. maps and geographic information. Zoom in on your state and make your own map by selecting features to display: cities and counties, roads and rivers, population and 109th congressional districts, crops and livestock, amphibians and butterflies, air and water quality, earthquakes and land cover, forest types, and more. Print a U.S. map (with or without names of states and capitals). Find an aerial photo of your neighborhood.
St. Augustine: America´s Ancient City
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/staugustine/intro.htm
Seventy three years after Columbus sailed to America, another Spanish admiral, Pedro Menéndez de Aviles, landed in Florida and established a colony among the Timucua Indians. He named it St. Augustine on September 8, 1565.
Social Studies
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=9
Links to social studies, by page view or topic.
The Tumulus of Celtic Deities and Heroes
http://www.ancuairt.org/tumulus/
It´s about the Irish and Celtic gods who made the heroes into the legends we have today.
Using Oral History Lesson Plan
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/oralhist/ohhome.html
This resource for teachers provides lesson plans in which students study social history topics through interviews that recount the lives of ordinary Americans - from the Learning Page, the Library of Congress.
Moving Here: 200 Years of Migration To England
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/
Database of digitised photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years.
Rulers of the World
http://rulers.org/
This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.
Silk Road Seattle
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/index.shtml
A rich collection of images, text and annotated resources on the cultures of the historic Silk Road across Eurasia.
Women in World History Curriculum
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/
Interactive site full of information and resources about women´s experiences in world history. For teachers, teenagers, parents, and history buffs. (www.womeninworldhistory.com)
National Women´s History Project
http://www.nwhp.org
Official web site of the National Women´s History Project: Originator of Women´s History Month.
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm
Visitors can search for photographs by neighborhoods, or through a list of subjects, which includes monuments, orphanages, parks, and stadiums.
Civil War Treasures from the New York Historical Society
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/treasures/
Site offers materials for teaching about the Civil War. It includes recruitment posters, sketches, photos, and letters Walt Whitman wrote to wounded servicemen. Special sections examine the 1860 election, secession, war, African Americans in the Civil War, recruitment and conscription.
Constitution Toolkit
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_wethepeople_kit.php
Site includes notes Washington and Jefferson wrote on drafts of the Constitution (1787-88), Jefferson´s chart of state votes (1788), Washington´s diaries (1786-89), Hamilton´s speech notes for proposing a plan of government, a Philadelphia map (1752), the "broadside" Bill of Rights (1791), and other artifacts.
Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Photogravures
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/rotog/index.html
Provides teaching materials for learning from newspaper images about the Great War. Features include a timeline, events and statistics, pictorial highlights, the Lusitania disaster, pictures as propaganda, chronological thinking, analyzing photos and captions, themes in literature, posters, and ads.
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman´s Party
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/
Presents 448 photos documenting the National Woman´s Party´s push for ratification of the 19th Amendment and passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Taken from 1875-1922, these photos include portraits of leaders and tactics used by the organization -- picketing, pageants, parades, demonstrations, and hunger strikes.
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