NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS

4th Grade -- Native American Indians of New York State

7th & 8th Grade -- I: The Global Heritage of the American People Prior to 1500

Native American Indian Plenty Stuff:  Native American Resources copyrighted 1995, 1996, 1997 by Paula Giese.
University of North Texas Indigenous Studies: Latin American, North American and other Indigenous Peoples.
A history of the NW Coast by Bruce Hallman
IPL Pueblo Pottery Exhibit: Internet Public Library
Native American Nations: index of Native American Nations by Lisa Mitten.
Native American Indian : Art, History Education and Science
Ancient Native Americans: Rock Art from Four Corners Native American Tribes.
Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art.
Indians.org: American Indian Heritage Foundation.Web Page.
Native American Links: Aboriginal Links: Canada & U.S.
Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans: The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
Omaha Indian Music: LOC American Memory Collection.
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest: LOC American Memory Collection.
Huexotzinco Codex: LOC American Treasures, Mesoamerican document from 1531.
Sipapa Chetro Ketl - Great Kiva
American Indians and the Natural World
Native American and Pre-Colonial America: Best of History Web Sites
Native American Documents Project

 

 

EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION
4th Grade -- European encounter: Three worlds (Europe, Africa, and the Americas) meet in the Americas

7th & 8th Grade -- II: European Exploration and Colonization of the Americas

Columbus Reports on Discoveries of Island of India , Columbus's Three Voyages , Caribbean Map , Columbus's Book of Privileges , and The Life of Columbus: 4 documents in LOC American Treasures.
1492: An Ongoing Voyage: Online reference to a LOC Exhibit
Peter Schaghen Letter: New Netherlands Project, NYS Library
Venture to America- The First Three English Colonies: Lesson Plan
Jamestown: Official Site
Virtual Jamestown: Virginia Center for Digital History
Jamestown Rediscovery: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiques
Plymouth-on-Web: Plymouth Plantation Virtual Tour.
Pilgrim Clothing
The Salem Witch Trials, 1692: Ibis Company
Salem Witchcraft Hysteria: National Geographic
Plymouth Colony Archive Project: University of Virginia
First Blacks of Portsmouth: African Americans in the Colonies.
Colonial Hall.org: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
U.S. History from the Colonial Period to the 1970's: Feldmeth, Greg D. "U.S. History Resources"
From Colonies To Independence: Lesson Plans
American Portraits of the Late 1700s and Early 1800s: National Gallery of Art
Colonial Williamsburg: Official Site (Williamsburg Restored , A Williamsburg Perspective on Colonial Gardens, Colonial Home Remedies, Exercise of a Schoolboy)
America's First Homes: Suzanne Hale
Amusements in Colonial New England: Noah Webster Biography
Colonial Soap Making. Its History and Techniques: from a Soap Company Catalog
Passage To America, 1750: Ibis Company
French and Indian War
Fort Necessity National Battlefield: National Parks Service
The Fort at No. 4: Vermont
Colonial America: Best of History Web Sites

 

 

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
7th & 8th Grade -- III: A Nation is Created
Independence: Best of History Web Sites
Crispus Attucks
AP U.S. History - 1999 DBQ: On Pre-Revolutionary War Attitudes
The Execution of Nathan Hale, 1776: Ibis Company
Boston Tea Party
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Declaration of Independence: Exhibit at the LOC
Declaration of Independence: Text copy.
Declaration of Independence: LOC American Treasures. ( Rough Draft , Reflections )
Declaration of Independence: PBS from Ken Burns' Jefferson
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s): NARA, Digital Classroom
The Declaration of Independence: NARA
Declaration of Independence: Timetable Covers June 7, 1776 - August 2, 1776.
Interpreting the Declaration of Independence by Translation: Center for History and New Media.
BATTLES AND THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
Revolution: African Americans in the Revolution.
Washington's Commission as Commander-in-Chief , Washington Records the British Surrender at Yorktown , Encampment of the French Army, July 17, 1782: LOC American Treasures.
Meet Amazing Americans - George Washington: LOC, America's Story (for kids)
The Revolutionary War- A Journey Towards Freedom
ALI Unit Plans: Winning Independence , Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!- The American Revolution for Intermediate Students
Welcome to Archiving Early America: Documents from 18th Century America.
The American Revolution: Essays on the Revolution
Liberty: PBS, 1997 (The Road to Revolution - A Revolutionary Game)
Red, White, and Blue- Freedom for Me and You!: Lesson Plan
Yorktown: Official Site
The American Revolution Maps and Charts: LOC American Memory
Battles of the Revolution
Battle Road Clothing Resources Index
Colonies during the Revolutionary War: Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia University
Flags of the American Revolution
Fort Ticonderoga: Official Site
Important Dates in Loyalist History: Canadian Perspective
The Hessian Web Page: Matt Kriebel
Washington's Campaigns of 1776
War for American Independence: Alan L. Shields, American Colonies Web Ring
Historical Documents of the American Revolution

 

 

THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT
7th & 8th Grade -- IV: Experiments in Government

11th Grade -- 2, I: The Constitution: The Foundation of American Society

THE CONSTITUTION

THE GOVERNMENT 

THE CONVENTION, CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS
Articles of Confederation: Text, University of Kansas
U.S. Founding Documents: At Emory University
Founding Fathers: NARA
The State House in Philadelphia: LOC American Treasures. 
The Looking Glass for 1787.: LOC American Treasures. 
Searchable U.S. Constitution: At Emory University
The Constitution: NARA
Constitution: Best of History Web Sites
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution: Cornell
Creating a Bill of Rights: Lesson Plan
The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments 1-10-The Bill of Rights: NARA
Madison's Copy of the Proposed "Bill of Rights": LOC American Treasures. 
Bill of Rights Draft: LOC American Treasures. 
Report of the Committee of Detail: LOC American Treasures. 
The Federalist. No. X: LOC American Treasures. 
Federalist Papers: PBS 
Debate on Ratification: Web quest
The Federalist Papers:: University of Okalahoma Law Center
ConstitutionalAmendments 11-27: NARA
THE GOVERNMENT IN PRACTICE
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT: PBS episodes from The American Experience.
Portrait of the Presidents: National Portrait Gallery
IPL POTUS: Internet Public Library Presidents of the United States
The White House: Official Site of the President of the United States
Speeches of the U.S. Presidents
The American President: Warner Brother's Movie
US Presidential Elections: graphs on both Electoral votes and popular for all US Presidential Elections
The American Presidency: Smithsonian Collection
Biographical Directory of the US Congress
THOMAS: Legislative Information on from the LOC (The Congress of the United States Official Site)
Congress.Org: Capital Advantage Congressional Directory
FedNet: Coverage of Congressional Proceedings.
Legislative Histories: University of Michigan
Congressional Guide: New York Times
Supreme Court of the United States: Official Site
Milestone Cases in Supreme Court History
FindLaw- Supreme Court Opinions
A Vacancy on the Court
Guide to the Supreme Court: New York Times
Supreme Court- A Journey Through Time: Court TV
Virtual Supreme Court: University of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court Index: USA Today
Freedom Channel -- American Politics on Demand
The Great American Web Site
Welcome to electionSEARCH2000.org
FirstGov.gov: - Official website for searching the U.S. Government
Government: Best of History Web Sites

 

 

NATIONALISM, SECTIONALISM & THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
7th & 8th Grade -- V: Life in the New Nation

11th Grade -- 2, II: The Constitution Tested: Nationalism and Sectionalism

EARLY LEADERS WAR OF 1812 WESTWARD EXPANSION SLAVERY
EARLY LEADERS
The Early U.S. Republic: Biographies, documents, and articles relating to the early years of the U.S. Republic.
George Washington Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789: LOC American Treasures. 
George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens: Official Site
Papers of George Washington: University of Virginia
America's Father- An In-depth Look at George Washington
Colonial Hall- Biography of John Adams
The Thomas Jefferson Papers: LOC, American Memory
Monticello: Official Site, home of Thomas Jefferson and Monticello—The Home of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson's First Inauguration: LOC American Treasures. 
Thomas Jefferson Third President of the United States
Life of Thomas Jefferson: biography by by B. L. Rayner
Thomas Jefferson: PBS, Ken Burn's Jefferson.
Did Thomas Jefferson Father a Child With Sally Hemings: Slate Magazine
Dolley Madison
Montpelier - home of James and Dolley Madison
James Madison Museum
James Monroe: Internet Public Library
Hermitage: Official Site, home of President Andrew Jackson.
Andrew Jackson: Thinkquest
Andrew Jackson and the Tavern-Keeper's Daughter: The History Net
Andrew Jackson: Smithsonian Institute
Hamilton Project: American Studies at the University of Virginia
Alexander Hamilton: Berkley
The American Experience- The Duel: PBS, The American Experience
A Duel At Dawn, 1804: Ibis Company
Benjamin Franklin; Glimpses of the Man.
Benjamin Banneker- Mathematician, Astronomer: Princeton
How Can Businesses Make Money From Tariffs: Lesson Plan
Limiting Trade: Lesson Plan
Early U.S. Bank Notes: Smithsonian Institute
Old Sturbridge Village: Official Site
AP U.S. - 1998 DBQ: Jeffersonian Republicanism
Graphic History of the stars on the U.S. flag
Archiving Early America
WAR OF 1812
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison's Official Account
Road to the Battle of Washington - British Style
The Star-Spangled Banner: Smithsonian Institute
National Anthem: LOC
Fort McHenry: Virtual Tour
The War of 1812: Lesson Plan
Perry's prescription- 'Don't Give Up The Ship': Smithsonian Institute
Tecumseh: Smithsonian Institute
Old Fort Niagara (official site), War of 1812 Ft. Niagara Captured and Photographs from Ft Niagara
Fort Erie and The War of 1812: Reenactment 
Fort McHenry
A History of the War of 1812: Hamilton, Ontario
Re-living History. The War of 1812
War of 1812: Andrews University
War of 1812 Website
War of 1812-1814
WESTWARD EXPANSION
Louisiana Purchase: NARA ( Lewis and Clark Expedition: NARA Lesson Plan)
Lewis and Clark: PBS, Ken Burn's Lewis and Clark..
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
Louisiana Purchase - Route of Lewis and Clark
Louisiana Purchase Treaty - Original Text
National Geographic Lewis & Clark
Relive the Adventure of the Lewis and Clark Trail
TIME Magazine Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
The Louisiana Purchase: The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
Daniel Boone American Pioneer and Trailblazer
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861): Smithsonian Institute
Alamo Chronology
Stay East Young Man- California Gold Rush Letter Sheets
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark: National Geographic
Letter From President Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis: Background for a reenactment of the Expedition.
Lewis and Clark: Virginia Center for Digital History
The Orphan Trains: PBS, The American Experience
Orphan Trains
Orphan Trains of Kansas: University of Kansas
Crossing the Frontier- Photographs 1849 to the Present: California Council for the Humanities
Interactive Santa Fe Trail Homepage , Santa Fe Trail Cams , The Prairie Traveller, A Handbook of Overland Expeditions: University of Kansas
Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
Oregon Trail Adventure
Overland Trail
Spanish Missions of California
Pioneer and Frontier Life
Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California , Territorial Expansion of the U.S., 1775-1920, Francis Parkman- The Oregon Trail: Virginia Center for Digital History
Emigrant Road- An Oregon Trail Adventure
In Search of the Oregon Trail , The Oregon Trail: PBS
Welcome to the End of the Oregon Trail
The Erie Canal: Buffalo History Works
John Forster and the Conquest of California: The History Net
SLAVERY
Motherland Connextions: Buffalo Tour and Educational Program
Amistad - Portraits: Smithsonian Institute
The Amistad Affair- Problem Solving Applied Through Theater: Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute
Aboard a Slave Ship, 1829: Ibis Company
Slave Movement During the 18th and 19th Centuries: DPLS Data Archive
Seeds of Change Garden - Slave Ship Activity: Smithsonian Institute
Slave Voices: Duke University
Africans in America - America's Journey through Slavery: PBS
We Lived in Log Huts: University of Houston
African American Slavery at the LOC American Memory: African American Odyssey , Pamphlets
To Live Like a Slave
It's Not So Black and White
Anti-Slavery and Women's Rights 1830-1845
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad: National Geographic
Underground Railroad Thematic Resources
Sing Two Stanzas and Rebel in the Morning- The Role of Black Religious Music in the Struggle of Freedom: Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute
National Geographic- The Underground Railroad
The Black Heritage Trail Map: National Park Service
"My Bedstead Consisted of a Board Wide Enough to Sleep On"
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth: Electronic Text Center of Virginia
Vilet Lester Letter: Duke University
Escape From Slavery, 1838: Ibis Company
American Visionaries- Frederick Douglass: National Park Service
Excerpts from Slave Narratives: University of Huston
SCORE Cyber Guides To Be a Slave , Lyddie , Harriet Tubman , Nettie's Trip South , Freedom Train
Conflict of Abolition and Slavery: LOC
Confessions of Nat Turner: University of Puget Sound, Text
Nat Turner's Rebellion: PBS, Africans in America
Secession Era Editorials Project: John Brown's Raid , Dred Scott Case , Nebraska Bill: Furman University Department of History
John Brown's Holy War: PBS, The American Experience
African American History- Dred Scott: Lisa Cozzens
Dred Scott v. Sandford: Touro College, Text of the Decision
The Dred Scott Case: Washington University
South & Slavery: Best of History Web Sites

 

 

THE CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION
7th & 8th Grade -- VI: Division and Reunion

11th Grade -- 2, II: The Constitution Tested: Nationalism and Sectionalism

11th Grade -- 3, I: The Reconstructed Nation

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

THE CIVIL WAR

RECONSTRUCTION

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Lincoln and the Chicken Bone Case: The History Net
Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace , Ford's Theatre National Historic Site: National Parks Service
Abraham Lincoln Research Site, The Controversy over the Lincoln Penny, Mary Todd Lincoln: AOL Personal Site, Roger Norton 
The Emancipation Proclamation: NARA
Gettysburg Address: LOC
Abraham Lincoln: The History Place
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library , Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress: LOC American Memory
Lincoln Visits Buffalo: Buffalo History Works
Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
The Lincoln Legal Papers: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Abraham Lincoln Online
Meet Amazing Americans - Abraham Lincoln: LOC, America's Story (for kids)
THE CIVIL WAR
Civil War: Best of History Web Sites
Civil War.com: Private, Sponsored Site
The Civil War PBS
Timeline of the Civil War: LOC, American Memory
Not Just a Man's War- Women in the American Civil War 1861-65: SCORE, Lesson Plan
Letters, Telegrams and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the Civil War: NARA
The Valley of the Shadow: Virginia Center for Digital History
Role Playing the Civil War: Lesson Plan, Columbia Education Center
What Do You See: LOC American Memory Fellows, Internet Activity
United States Colored Troops in the Civil War: Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
Ulysses S. Grant Homepage: Marie Kelsey
Matthew Brady Civil War Photographs: LOC
Taps: Organization for families of veterans
The Papers of Jefferson Davis: Rice University
Stratford Hall Plantation: Official Site of the home of Robert E. Lee
Ft. Sumner: Secession Era Editorials Project
Where Push Came to Shove: The History Net, Primedia Company
Crisis at Fort Sumter: Tulane
National Parks Service: Antietam National Battlefield , Manassas National Battlefield Park
Battle of Antietam on the Web: Brian R. Downey
On Geocities: The Battle of Gettysburg , Gettysburg A Photographic Guide
Battlefield of Gettysburg Map
Three Days at Gettysburg: Rockingham County Public Schools
Fredericksburg: Virtual Tour
RECONSTRUCTION
Plessy v. Ferguson - Segregated Coach: North Carolina Transportation Museum
Plessy v. Ferguson: Civnet.org
Plessy v. Ferguson: The Court Decision
An analysis of Jim Crow Laws and their Effects on Race Relations: Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute
Race & Place- An African American Community the Jim Crow South: Virginia Center for Digital History
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: from Harper's Weekly
Andrew Johnson Impeachment Proceedings: The History Place
The Trial of Andrew Johnson, 1868: Ibis Company
Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Fremont, OH
The Election of 1876: C-Span
The History of Jim Crow: PBS Documentary
A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867: University of Maryland

 

 

INDUSTRIALIZATION & THE GILDED AGE

7th & 8th Grade -- VII: An Industrial Society

11th Grade -- 3, II. The Rise of American Business, Industry, and Labor, 1865 - 1920

11th Grade -- 3, III. Adjusting Society to Industrialism: American People and Places

INDUSTRIALIZATION

IMMIGRATION

POLITICS

WESTWARD DOMINATION

GILDED-AGE CULTURE

INDUSTRIALIZATION
Textiles from the Index of American Design: National Gallery of Art
Inside an American Factory- The Westinghouse Works, 1904: LOC American Memory
The Photographs of Lewis Hine- The Documentation of Child Labor: NARA, The Constitution Community Lesson Plan
Children At Work, 1908-1912: Ibis Company
Child Labor in America: The History Place
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Between a Rock and a Hard Place- A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present: Smithsonian Institute
Andrew Carnegie: PBS, The American Experience
Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum: Official Site, UK
U.S. Steel Gary Works Photograph Collection
The Unfolding Industrial Revolution , Cartoon of John D. Rockefeller: Ohio State
The Rockefellers: PBS, The American Experience
The Telephone: PBS, The American Experience
Papers of Alexander Graham Bell: LOC, American Memory
Edison's Miracle of Light: PBS, The American Experience
Thomas A. Edison Papers: Rutgers
The Edison Companies ~ Film and Sound Recordings: LOC, American Memory
Edison National Historic Site: National Parks Service
Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper
Big Dream, Small Screen (invention of TV): PBS, The American Experience
Accident At Kitty Hawk, 1908: Ibis Company
The Wright Stuff: PBS, The American Experience
The Iron Road (Story of the Transcontinentals): PBS, The American Experience
Railroad Maps: LOC, American Memory
The Railroad in Buffalo: Buffalo History Works
IMMIGRATION
Port of Entry- Immigration: LOC, American Memory
Ellis Island and American Immigrant Wall of Honor: Statue of Liberty--Ellis Island Foundation, Inc
Ellis Island- Through America's Gateway: International Channel
American Family Immigration History Center
History, Genealogy and Education: U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Immigration History Research Center: University of Minnesota 
Immigration at the Turn of the 20th century: Ohio State
Port of Entry- Immigration: LOC
Ethnic Food Sites: Escoffier Organization for Food Service Professionals
American Immigration Past and Present- A Simulation Activity: SCORE, Lesson Plan
Immigration Boom of 1892-1924: Lesson Plan
SCORE Cyber Guides: Long Way to a New Land , Watch The Stars Come Out
Crossing the Border- A Study of Immigration Though Literature: Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, Unit Plan
Lower East Side Tenement Museum: WNET (TV station)
Life in Lower Manhattan at the Turn of the Century: W. Crozier
Immigration: Best of History Web Sites
POLITICS
The Death of President Garfield, 1881: Ibis Company
William Jennings Bryan: Speer Memorial Library, Mission, TX
William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech, 1896: Text
The Era of William McKinley: Ohio State University
The Grange- A Historical Summary
Populist History
WESTWARD DOMINATION
Western History Collections- Photo Archives: University of Oklahoma Libraries
Chisholm Trail (1867-1997)
The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier: International Museum of the Horse
Texas Buffalo Soldiers: Austin Learning Academy
Prairie Settlement- Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1862-1912: LOC, American Memory
The U.S. Cavalry vs. The Indians, 1832-1898
Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer: U.S. Army Center of Military History
Timeline of Events Relevant to the Northern Plains Tribes
Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
The Donner Party: PBS, The American Experience
Glidden's Patent Application for Barbed Wire
Westward Expansion: Best of History Web Sites
GILDED AGE CULTURE
Gilded Age: Best of History Web Sites
The Life of a City- Early Films of New York, 1898-1906: LOC, American Memory
New York Underground and New York: A Documentary: PBS, The American Experience
The Pan-American Exposition: Buffalo History Works
Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901: LOC, American Memory
Panama California Exposition - San Diego - 1915-16: San Diego State University
World's Columbian Exposition: Virginia Center for Digital History
America in the Gilded Age: PBS
America in 1900: PBS, The American Experience
The American 1890s: Bowling Green State University
Sinking of the Titanic, 1912: Ibis Company
San Francisco Earthquake, 1906: Ibis Company
Early Adventures With The Automobile: Ibis Company
19th Century Medicine: University of Toledo
Music for the Nation- American Sheet Music, 1870-1885: LOC, American Memory
Godey's Lady's Book Online : Univ. of Rochester
Taking the Long View- Panoramic Photographs , Turn-of-the-Century America Photographs , Small Town Life, Mid-Atlantic - Stereoscopic Photographs  , Work and Leisure - Films ,   LOC, American Memory
Baseball Cards - 1887-1914: LOC, American Memory
Vaudeville - 1870-1920: LOC, American Memory
The Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive: Virginia Center for Digital History
Mark Twain: Syracuse University
Mark Twain in His Times: Electronic Text Center of Virginia
Medicine and Madison Avenue

 

 

THE PROGRESSIVE PERIOD 
7th & 8th Grade -- VII: An Industrial Society

11th Grade -- 4, I: Reform in America

MUCKRAKERS

PROGRESSIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS

LABOR UNIONS

SUFFRAGE

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Progressivism: Best of History Web Sites
MUCKRAKERS
Cartoons of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Ohio State University
Boondocksnet.com: Political Cartoons Archive
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890): hypertext edition, Yale University
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890): hypertext edition, tenant.net
Jane Addams- Mother of the World: Swarthmore College
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle: Berkley Digital Library, SunSITE
Ida Tarbell- Life and Works: Allegheny College
Ida Tarbell, The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904): University of Rochester
The Jack London Collection: Sunsite Berkeley Digital Library
Puck's Homepage: Virginia Center for Digital History
 
PROGRESSIVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS
African-American Pamphlets, 1880-1920: LOC
Marcus Garvey: LOC, American Memory
Booker T. Washington: National Parks Service
WEB Dubois
WEB Dubois Sociologist & African-American Protest Leader
George Washington Carver: By the National Inventors Hall of Fame, US Patent Office.
 
LABOR UNIONS
The Dramas of Haymarket: Chicago Historical Society
Illinois Labor History Society: Chicago-Kent College of Law (Samuel Gompers, Gene Debs and The American Railway Union, Mary E. McDowell)
Labor-Management Conflict in American History: Ohio State University
Mother Jones, the Miners' Angel: LOC, American Memory
I.W.W.: Arizona Board of Regents
Coal Mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Ohio State
The Pullman Strike: Graceland Cemetery
SUFFRAGE
"Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection: LOC, American Memory
Votes for Women: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Susan B. Anthony University Center: Univ. of Rochester
Women's Rights National Historical Park (Seneca Falls, NY): National Parks Service
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment: NARA
Suffragists Oral History Project: Univ. of Calif. Berkeley Library
Temperance and Prohibition: Ohio State University
Biography of Jane Addams: Noble Prize Official Page
AP U.S. History - 1997 DBQ: American Women
Women: Best of History Web Sites
 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt Papers and Theodore Roosevelt- His Life and Times on Film: LOC, American Memory
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (New York City):, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural (Buffalo, New York): National Park Service
Mapping the National Parks: LOC, American Memory
National Parks and Conservation Association
Cartoons of Theodore Roosevelt: Chapultepec, Inc., 1999-2002
T.R. : The Story of Teddy Roosevelt: PBS, The American Experience

 

 

IMPERIALISM & WORLD WAR I
7th & 8th Grade -- VIII: The United States as an Independent Nation in an Increasingly Interdependent World

11th Grade -- 4, II: The Rise of American Power

11th Grade -- 5, I: War and Prosperity

IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC

WORLD WAR I

IMPERIALISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC
Early Imperialism: Best of History Web Sites
The Age of Imperialism: Small Planet, Company
Hawaii's Last Queen: PBS, The American Experience
The Spanish-American War Centennial Website
"What Really Sank the Maine": Naval History magazine
The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures: LOC, American Memory
The U.S. Army in the War with Spain: U.S. Army Center of Military History
Spanish-American War: U.S. Naval Historical Center
Rough Riders: Turner Network Television
Yellow Fever and the Spanish-American War: University of Virginia Health System
1898- La Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age- Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives: LOC, American Memory
Philippine-American War Centennial Initiative
Engines of Our Ingenuity- Digging Through Panama: University of Houston
Panama Canal
Panama Canal History
Boondocksnet.com: Political Cartoons Archive
WORLD WAR I
WWI: Best of History Web Sites
First World War.com: A multimedia history of World War One
The Zimmermann Telegram, 1917.
Old Contemptible's Great War Website
Photos of the Great War: University of Kansas
Sassoon, Siegfried: Bartleby.com internet library
War Literature: Sparticus Educational, UK
World War I: BBC Online
World War I Document Archives: Brigham Young University
Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election: LOC, American Memory
The Battlefields: Hincingbrooke School, UK
Germany's Use of Chemical Warfare in the Great War
Great War and The Shaping of the 20th Century: PBS
Battle of Verdun 1916
The Lusitania
An Unfortunate Region

 

 

THE ROARING TWENTIES 
7th & 8th Grade -- IX: The United States Between the Wars

11th Grade -- 5, I: War and Prosperity

Roaring '20s: Best of History Web Sites
The Lawless Decade: by Paul Saan
The Silent Generation: California State University
Welcome To the 1920s and The Real Deal: University of Louisville
Outline of the Roaring Twenties and Links for the Roaring Twenties
American Temperance and Prohibition: Ohio State
Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. Sacco and Vanzetti: Transcripts and Evidence
Sacco and Vanzetti trial: Court TV
Prosperity and Thrift- The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy: LOC, American Memory
Valentine's Day Massacre : Mystery.net
A Brief History of the Mafia , Da Mob , Al Capone - Made in America and GangRule
Fashion in the Roaring 20s , 1920's Fassion: Kent State University and Women's Fashions in the 1920's
Lindbergh Flies the Atlantic, 1927: Ibis Company
Lindbergh: PBS, The American Experience
Amelia Earhart American Aviatrix
Langston Hughes
William P. Gottlieb- Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz: LOC, American Memory
JAZZ- A Film by Ken Burns: PBS
The Graystone Museum and the story of Detroit jazz: Internet Public Library
Cora Unashamed (Langston Hughes): PBS, Exxon-Mobil Masterpiece Theater
Harlem 1900-1940- An African-American Community: Smithsonian Institute
Rhapsodies in Black- Art of the Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance Research and Reference Guide: California State University
AP U.S. - Sample DBQ: Roaring 20's

 

 

THE GREAT DEPRESSION & THE NEW DEAL
7th & 8th Grade -- IX: The United States Between the Wars

11th Grade -- 5, II: The Great Depression

Great Depression: Best of History Web Sites
The Crash of 1929
Black Thursday, October 24, 1929: University of Kentucky
America's Great Depression: Bellevue School, Washington
Day of the Black Blizzard: The Discovery Channel
The Dust Bowl: Center for History and New Media
Surviving the Dust Bowl: PBS, The American Experience
Federal Cultural Policies of the 1930s: The Institute for Cultural Democracy
The Great Depression: Companion to PBS Documentary
The Great Depression: Thinkquest
FDR Political Cartoon Collection: Niskayuna Central Schools, NY
Discover New Deal History in Your Neighborhood: NEH, Lesson Plan
FDR: PBS, The American Experience
The Fireside Chats of FDR: Mid Hudson Information Center
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt , New Deal Timeline- 1933 , The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: New Deal Network
Eleanor Roosevelt
America from the Great Depression to World War II- Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945: LOC, American Memory
African Americans in the WPA: LOC, American Memory
The Hoover Dam: PBS, The American Experience
Where the Red Fern Grows: SCORE, Lesson Plans
Woody Guthrie and The Grapes of Wrath: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Riding the Rails (Depression Hobos): PBS, The American Experience
The 1930's on the Radio , The 1930's in Print , The 1930s on Film , The 1930's on Display: Virginia Center for Digital History
History of Superhero Comic Books
United States Boys Clothes- The 1940s: Christopher Wagner
Defining America- The 1940s: Morning Call Newspaper
Every Picture Tells A Story- Documentary Photography and the Great Depression
Lesson Plans for FDR and the Supreme Court

 

 

WORLD WAR II
7th & 8th Grade -- X: The United States Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities

11th Grade -- 6, I: Peace in Peril

THE HOME FRONT

THE HOLOCAUST

THE ATOMIC BOMB

World War II: Best of History Web Sites
The Simon Wiesenthal Center: Arsenal of Democracy , Spies and Secret codes , Roosevelt and Churchill , The Courage To Remember
Those Who Served During World War II , World War II Posters- Powers of Persuasion: NARA
World War II: Learning Network
World War II Decisions: U.S. Army Center of Military History
World War II Hypertext resources
World War II Timeline in Europe: The History Place
Eyewitness Accounts from World War II: Ibis Company
Ibis Company from 1944: Sunk By Submarine , Shot Down Over France , A GI's Trip to London
Air Battle Over London, 1940: Ibis Company
Invasion of Normandy: Ibis Company
D-day- The Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge and D-Day: PBS, The American Experience
World War Two in the Pacific: Thinkquest
World War II Stories: Historic Text Archive
Pearl Harbor Live: Real Video, WebCam
Attack At Pearl Harbor: Ibis Company
Pearl Harbor- The Dorn Report
Winston S. Churchill
"Day of Infamy " Speech: NARA
FDR: PBS, The American Experience
FDR Cartoon Collection Database
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan: LOC
Pearl Harbor Remembered main menu
 
THE HOME FRONT
WW2 Homefront: A private site with memorabilia and posters
WWII Links: Florida State University, Department of History
FDR Cartoon Collection Database
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum
Rosie the Riveter: National Historical Park
Vintage Rosie the Riveter Poster: Chicago Historical Society
Women Serving During World War II: by Captain Barbara A. Wilson, USAF (Ret)
Using Children's Literature to Understand Working Women and Children During World War II: Yale
SCORE Cyber Guides: Farewell to Manzanar
Conscience and the Constitution , Companion: PBS on Japanese Internment
Camp Harmony: University of Washington
Korematsu v. United States: Text of the Decision, Turo College
Rabbit in the Moon: PBS, Point of View
Manzanar National Historic Site: National Parks Service
Japanese American Voice
Internment of San Francisco Japanese: Museum of the City of San Francisco
Japanese Internment 1942 - Military Justification-
Japanese American Internment Memorial
African-Americans in WW II: The History Place
THE HOLOCAUST
Nizkor Your Holocaust Educational Resource
The Holocaust Resource Center Of Buffalo
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation: Organized by Steven Spielberg
Welcome to the Simon Wiesenthal Center Online
Never Again Always and Forever Holocaust Project
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Holocaust Pictures Exhibition: Belgian picture (Graphic) Archive
Fortunoff Video Archive: Yale
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Florida Center for Instructional Technology
Holocaust Memorial: Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
Holocaust (Shoah) Research Resources: David Dickerson
Holocaust and Genocide Studies: Webster University
Jewish Rescues - Stories of Rescues During World War II: Humboldt State University
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and (A Learning Site for Students)
Holocaust - Personal Histories
Children of the Holocaust: Anti-Defamation League
Cybrary of the Holocaust
Corrie ten Boom -'The Secret Room': SOON Educational Literature, UK
Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945 Teacher Workbook
America and The Holocaust: PBS, The American Experience
THE ATOMIC BOMB
A-Bomb WWW Museum: Japan
Albert Einstein - Life and Light: PBS, Nova
The History and Ethics behind the Manhattan Project: University of Texas at Austin, Mechanical Engineering
Trinity Atomic Bomb: Worldwide School, Library and Courses
History Channel Exhibits Trinity Bomb
Atomic Archive: Company
The Enola Gay: Brig Gen Paul Tibbets (USAF Ret)
Fifty Years from Trinity: The Seattle Times
The Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project, to develop an atomic bomb
The Nuclear Files: Nuclear Age Peace Files
Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes - Geography Lesson: Indiana State University
Hiroshima Lesson Plan: Indiana University
Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Folders: US Dept. of Ed. supported Truman Digital Archive 
Photographs of Damage due to the Atomic Bomb , Outline: City of Hiroshima Site

 

 

POST WWII AMERICA
7th & 8th Grade -- XI: The Changing Nature of the American People from World War II to the Present

11th Grade -- 6, II: Peace with Problems

11th Grade -- 7: World in Uncertain Times: 1950 - Present (I, II, III, IV)

THE COLD WAR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OTHER MOVEMENTS POST WAR AMERICAN CULTURE

Truman: PBS, The American Experience

Whistlestop.org: US Dept. of Ed. supported Truman Digital Archive 

Thoughts Of A President, 1945: Ibis Company, Truman's Diary

Eisenhower: PBS, The American Experience

John F. Kennedy - 4 Part Photo History: The History Place

Kennedy Assassination Home Page: Conspiracy Theory

JFK-Dallas, November 22, 1963: The Dallas News

LBJ: PBS, The American Experience

THE COLD WAR
Cold War Era: Best of History Web Sites
The National Archives Learning Curve Cold War
Cold War Museum WebQuest
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Group of Scientists
Race for the Superbomb: PBS, The American Experience
The Cold War and the Implications of the Arms Race: ALI, Unit Plan
CNN Interactive Special- The Cold War
Cold War International Historical Project: Smithsonian Institute
Our Time in Hell- The Korean War: The Discovery Channel
The Korean War: US Dept. of Ed. supported Truman Digital Archive 
1948- The Alger Hiss Spy Case: The History Net
Kennedy and the Cold War
The Rosenberg File- Case Closed
Library of Congress Soviet Archives Exhibit
President Kennedy and Berlin: NARA
Data Gathering - Vietnam: Columbia Education Center, Oregon
Vietnam: WebQuest
The Virtual Wall: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Vietnam War: Learning Network, Company
Vietnam Revisited and Empathy and the Vietnam War: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Vietnam: A Television History: PBS, The American Experience
Tet- Battle for Saigon: The History Net
SCORE Cyber Guides: Buck Private
The National Archives Learning Curve Cold War
Document Based Question Berlin Wall
 
THE SPACE PROGRAM
Sputnik History: NASA
A Brief History of Rocketry
Yuri Gagarin: Swedish Tribute to Kosmonauts
John F. Kennedy Address on the Space Effort: Rice University
NASA: Space History , Human Spaceflight , Space Science , JPL Space Calendar , Mars Exploration Program
Apollo 11 - The First Moon Landing: The History Place
Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration
Space Station Mir: Netherlands Company dedicated to privatizing Mir.
International Space Station: NASA
SpaceViews
 
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Civil Rights
Progress of a People Segregation and Violence: Library of Congress
I was a Negro in the South for 30 Days: Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Martin Luther King, Jr. Home Page: Stanford University
Eyes on the Prize Viewer's Guide(Companion) , Eyes on the Prize I and II: PBS
Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation and Justice Demands an End to Segregation, But it Does Not End: Yale-New Haven Teacher Institute, Unit Plans
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.
Civil Rights Timeline: Western Michigan University
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Radio Programing
Dr. Martin Luther King's "I have a dream.." speech: Teachers First, Education Company
Ida B. Wells: University of Maryland
Selma -- 1965: MSNBC
SCORE Cyber Guides: Roll of Thunder , The Giver
Rosa Parks Interview
Keep on Pushing- Popular Music and the Civil Rights Movement: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Brown vs. Board of Education - 1954: UCLA
African American Culture & History
Black Panther Party
A Brief History of the Black Panther Party: Oberlin
Freedom Hero- Rosa Parks
Little Rock Central High
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights Museum Virtual Tour
Voices of Civil Rights: Webcorp Company, History Audio Achieves
National Voting Rights Museum
The Official Web Site of Malcolm X
Malcolm X A Research Site
African American: Best of History Web Sites
OTHER MOVEMENTS
Viva Cesar Chavez!: Chesar Chavez Institute for Public Policy,  San Francisco State University
Chronology of Cesar Chavez's Life: Regents of the University of California, Chicano/Latino Network
Bilingual Education and Latino Civil Rights
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
Latino Oral History
The Modern Women's Movement: The Worldbook
Equal Rights Amendment
ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)
Equal Rights Amendment: Prentice Hall Documents Library
 
POST WAR AMERICAN CULTURE 
Golden Music Memories of Yesteryear
The Best of Ansel Adams
At Home in a House Subdivided- 1950-Present and Voices and Choices- 1950's: Illinois State Museum
The American 1950s: University of Pennsylvania
American History - 1950-1959: Kingwood Community College
1960 – 1969 World History: Learning Network
1968- The Year that Shaped a Generation: PBS
The Whole World Was Watching- an oral history of 1968: Brown University, Scholarly Technology Group
The Sixties- Notes of Discord: Yale, New Haven Teacher Institute, Unit Plans
The 1960s Ladies' Style Site: Private Site
Bethel Woodstock Museum , Yasgur Road: Locations of the '69 concert.
Making Sense of the Sixties: PBS

 

 

RECENT U.S. HISTORY
7th & 8th Grade -- XI: The Changing Nature of the American People from World War II to the Present

11th Grade -- 7, V. The Trend Toward Conservatism, 1972 - 1985
11th Grade -- 7, VI. Approaching the Next Century, 1986 - 1999

Post Cold War: Best of History Web Sites
Almanac of the 1970's: Private Site on Pop Culture
American History - 1970-1979: Kingwood Community College
Hit Shows of the 1970's: TV Party web site
Deep Disco , Disco Fresh , Bernie's Disco Music Page
1970-1979 World History: Learning Network

Nixon and Nixon's China Game: PBS, The American Experience

Payoff to the Vice President, 1971: Ibis Company
Richard Nixon Impeachment Proceedings: The History Place
The Richard Nixon Audio Archive: Webcorp Company, History Audio Achieves
Post-WWII - 1970s - Hostage Crisis: Muskingum College
Attempted Rescue of the Iran Hostages
Iran hostage crisis: Learning Network
US-Iranian relations and the Hostage Crisis: Hofstra University
Iran Hostage Anniversary: CBS Special
Chronology of World Oil Market Events 1970 - 2000: Dept. of Energy
Energy Matters- The Mideast Oil Crisis: Thinkquest
Iran Contra Strips , Sleaze on Parade: Doonesbury Eletronic Town Hall
Trouble for the United States in the Middle East: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Persian Gulf War: Learning Network
Troublesome Creek (80's farm crisis): PBS, The American Experience
Reagan: PBS, The American Experience
Nancy Reagan
Clarence Thomas: Cornell
Sandra Day O'Connor Associate Justice United States Supreme Court
1980 World History: Learning Network
1990 World History: Learning Network
Bill Clinton Impeachment Proceedings: The History Place
Recent Historic Audio Archive: Webcorp Company, History Audio Achieves
Gift of Speech - Women's Speeches: Sweet Briar College, Audio Archive of Recent Speeches
Chinese Americans perspective on Asian Civil Rights
Clinton's Race Initiative: PBS
Issues of Illigal Immigrant Rights: California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Colin Powell: Gale Group