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- A Biography of America - Includes key events, maps, video transcripts, and related links for each era in American history.
www.learner.org/biographyofamerica
- A Century in Review - Student-created site offers a graphical overview of each decade in the 20th century.
www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/decade.htm
- America's Library - Discover the stories of America's past. Meet amazing Americans from the past and present, explore the states, and read about everyday life.
www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
- America's Story - Presented by the Library of Congress, a site with information about American people, historical events, and each of the 50 states.
www.americaslibrary.gov
- American Experience - Includes features on a range of people and events in American history from Hawaii's last queen to Joe DiMaggio, from World War I to Vietnam. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex
- American Experience: Mount Rushmore - An interactive look at how this enormous monument was built and who built it.
www.pbs.org/amex/rushmore
- American Indian Kids - History of Native Americans for kids, ages 6-10. Emphasizes Indian family and village lifestyles.
minnow.net
- American Slave Voices - Traces slavery in America from its earliest origins to post-Emancipation. Includes links to primary sources and personal slave accounts.
www.click2history.com/slave_voices/slave_voices_ch1.htm
- An Abridged History of The United States - A complete pre-history and history text for high school students.
www.us-history.info/home.html
- AP American History - Site for future Advanced Placement (AP) US History students. Covers course and exam topics. Created by Upper Dublin High School, Pennsylvania.
mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~udhsweb/aphistory/apushist.html
- Brain Quest: A Perfect Design - Explores the origins of the American flag.
www.brainquest.com/database/featurepagemaker.cgi?1011219888
- California Historical - Articles on recent and past events, written by students at Washington Elementary. Links to other related sites.
www.sjusd.k12.ca.us/sites/elem/Washington/California-Historical-Site/calif.hist.index.html
- Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces - Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America.
www.africanaonline.com
- Colonial Kids - This celebration of life in the 1700s tells all about life in Colonial America. Includes interviews, games, video excerpts, photographs, and other activities.
library.thinkquest.org/J002611F
- Federal Writers' Project - Excerpts from interviews with about a dozen men and women who weathered the Great Depression and the difficult years of the 1930s.
lcweb2.loc.gov/wpaintro/exinterv.html
- From Revolution to Reconstruction - Contains outlines related to American history and culture, primary source materials, essays, biographies and presidential information.
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa
- Great American Speeches - Great political speeches from the 20th century. For students of speech and American History.
www.pbs.org/greatspeeches
- History Haven - Provides an overview of American History from colonial times through the Reagan years. Some chapters include interactive quizzes.
library.thinkquest.org/17126
- HistoryTimeline.com - History timelines of America in the 20th century. Has many pictures, events, and summaries for each decade in the twentieth century.
www.historytimeline.com
- Kid's History - Provides help with American history projects. Includes games, costume help, library, crafts, and links.
KidsHistory.tripod.com
- Mom's Historical Costumes - A theatrical middle-school social studies teacher models her over a dozen costumes relating to various periods of American history. Includes colonial garb, multicultural, and military dress.
mommy.cosmicduckling.com
- My History Is America's History - Invites you to post your family stories and photos. Offers tips and resources for discovering, preserving, and sharing family history as part of America's heritage.
www.myhistory.org
- National Museum of American History - Click on letters of the alphabet to find related bits and pieces of historical trivia.
americanhistory.si.edu/notkid/nmabc.htm
- Nebraska Studies . org - Learn all about Nebraska's history and its geography.
www.nebraskastudies.org
- New Perspectives on The West - Provides an illustrated introduction to the people, places, and events for which America's western frontier is known. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
- Puritanism - Study sheet about puritans and how they are related to the early colonial times in america.
www.geocities.com/lrampey/2131/puritan.htm
- Slavery in New England - Interactive site designed to help middle school students understand the condition of African slaves in New England.
sine_1.tripod.com/INDEX.htm
- Spindletop Kids - History and information about the first oil gusher in Texas. Test your knowledge by taking the Spindletop quiz. Also includes games and trivia.
www.homestead.com/spindletopkids
- Stand Up For Your Rights - OFfers an overview of the struggles for religious freedom, women's rights, and desegregation. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/civilrights
- Studying about Immigration - Explores the push and pull factors of immigration. Includes a virtual tour of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Also explains how immigration today differs from that of years gone by.
www.geocities.com/lothropimmigration
- The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History - Multimedia site includes a timeline, overview of the eras in black history, links to biographical sketches of dozens of well-known African-Americans, and historic audio and video clips.
blackhistory.eb.com
- The Jamestown Online Adventure - A virtual history lesson where you find yourself landing in the New World and making all the decisions needed to found the Jamestown colony.
www.historyglobe.com/jamestown
- Time Travelers - Leads kids on a virtual tour of historical places throughout Ohio. From the Ohio Historical Society.
www.ohiokids.org
- Today in History - Each day, an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
- U.S. History from 1890 to 1950 - Student-created timeline places 30 major events in historical context. Also includes essays and short profiles of Thomas Edison and Norman Rockwell.
1890to1950.tripod.com
- United States History with Mr. Burnett - Provides tests, maps, jeopardy and other tidbits to help American history students.
www.americanhistory.nu
- US History - Teaches Unites States history and government through an interactive timeline, online games, and dictionary of terms.
www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=3
- USA Encyclopedia: 1840-1960 - A look at the history of the United States from a British perspective.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA.htm
- WayBack - American history for kids. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/index.html
- Zoot Suit Riots - Learn about the controversy surrounding the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, 1942. From PBS.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot
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