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Social Studies -
American History
MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/
Geobytes http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm
Primary Sources and Images http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Bill of Rights
Webquest
http://questgarden.com/69/38/1/081201082523/
http://www.texaslre.org/downloads/bore.pdf
http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html Bill of Rights match game
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/documents/constitution/constitution.html
http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_for_Kids
http://www.quia.com/cc/142682.html A quia activity where they have to match the bill of rights (like he game memory or concentration)
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/billofrightsdef.htm
Political Parties
Political Parties in the United States (see Miss Garofalo for username/password) http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE53&NewItemID=True
http://www.wccusd.k12.ca.us/elcerrito/history/jeff&ham.htm Source: West Contra Costa Unified School District
http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.feddr.pdf Source: Assistant Head of School Polytechnic School http://www.cabrillo.edu/~jsindel/Comparison%20of%20Jefferson%20and%20Hamilton.pdf source: Julie Sindel U.S. History Instructor at Cabrillo College
http://www.suite101.com/content/federalists-and-republicandemocrats-compared-a164216 lots of advertising but the author seems to be a credited high school & college teacher/professor. http://www.virginiawestern.edu/faculty/vwhansd/HIS121/Lecture08.html
Federalist Party
http://www.school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9033902?query=federalists&ct=
Democratic Republican Party
http://www.school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9063241?query=democtaric-republican&ct=null
The Republican Party http://www.gop.com/
The Democratic Party http://www.democrats.org/
The Green Party http://www.gp.org/index.php
The Libertarian Party
http://www.lp.org/
The Alaskan Independence Party http://www.akip.org/
The Working Families Party http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/
USA
http://www.50states.com/
http://www.teacheroz.com/states.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
States Drag and Drop
- Click on USA States
US History Timeline
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/EXPLORE/timeline.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0902416.html
History of
American Political Cartoons WebQuest
Political Cartoons
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/
Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/election2004/cartoons/20030913/1.html
Contra Costa Times
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/special_packages/election2004/cartoons/
MarcoPolo http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Decades
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/alltime.html
http://timelines.ws/20thcent/TWENTIETHCENT.HTML
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/timeline4.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/00sportsmoments1.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2000/year/
History of Fashion 1940’s-1950’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history4.htm
History of Fashion 1950’s – 1960’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history5.htm
History of Fashion 1960’s – 1970’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history6a.htm
History of Fashion 1970’s-1980’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history7a.htm
History of Fashion 1980’s-1990’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history8.htm
Music played in the 1960’s – Links to Music through the decades http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60smusic.html American Culture History 1960-1969 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html
American Culture History 1970-1979 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade70.html
American Culture History 1980-1989 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade80.html
American Culture History 1990-2000 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade90.html
American Culture History 1940-1950 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html
American Culture History 1950-1960 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
World War II the Home Front http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/
World War II Home Front http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm
American Culture the 20th Century http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html
African Americans in World War II http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/aframerwar/
World War II pictures - archives http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/
Sports http://www.infoplease.com/sports.html
http://www.time.com/time/bestworst2001/sports.html
Cars from Yesterday http://www.carsfromyesterday.com/
Cars http://americanhistory.si.edu/ONTHEMOVE/themes/story_78_6.html
Colonial Period
Jamestown Online Adventure http://historyglobe.com/
SUPER! Colonial America 1600-1775: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
Colonial Williamsburg: http://www.history.org/
13 Colonies: http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Jamestown Fort: http://www.apva.org/ngex/index.html
Plimoth on the Web: http://www.plimoth.org/Library/pilgrim.htm
Early America: http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Colonial Hall - Biographies of the Founding Fathers:http://www.colonialhall.com/index.php
Colonial Life: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days:
http://www.getchwood.com/punishments/curious/
Colonial Currency: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html
Dances of Colonial America: http://www.colonialmusic.org/Resource/Resources.htm
Education in the Colonies: http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html
Crime and Punishment: http://www.lihistory.com/3/hs341a.htm
Comparison of Then and Now: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1990/5/90.05.04.x.html
Native
Americans
Native American Nations:
http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/nations.html
Curtis Collection:
http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribalindex.html
Native American Nations Homepages
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/nathom.htm
Native Americans
http://www.nativeamericans.com/
Geographic Overview of Tribes
http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html
National Museum of the Native American
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
American Revolution
History Central: http://www.multied.com/Revolt/index.html
PBS Liberty - The American Revolution: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution: http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html
Valley Forge: http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/index.html
Declaration of Independence: http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/declaration/decmain.html
Constitution: http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/constitution/conmain.html
The History Place American Revolution: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html
Spanish American War
History Central: http://www.multied.com/spanish/index.html
Spanish American War: http://www.pbs.org/crucible/
Spanish American War: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
Historical Museum of Florida: http://www.historical-museum.org/history/war/war.htm
American History 1890s: http://www.americaslibrary.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb
1890s: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/america.html
Women's Suffrage
Votes for Women: http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
Civil War
Civil War Battles: A WebQuest http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/civilwarwq.html
Civil War Battles
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bystate.htm
Women at the Battle of Gettysburg http://www.historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews111.shtml
Civil War Battles
http://www.multied.com/CivilWar/
Civil War Battles
http://www.nps.gov/frsp/npssite.htm
American Civil War
http://www.americancivilwar.com
Civil War Net
http://www.civil-war.net
History Central: http://www.multied.com/CivilWar/index.html
Civil War Homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
Civil War.com: http://www.civilwar.com/
Civil War Links http://www.civilwarhome.com/links8.htm
Underground Railroad: http://www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/contents.htm
Civil War Photographs: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Poetry and Music of the Civil War: http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
Civil War: http://www.civilwarhome.com/
The U.S. Civil War Center: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
Civil War Maps: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/
Women of the Civil War: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html
The History Place Civil War: http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
Northern and Southern Leaders http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/index.html
Jefferson Davis http://www.civilwarhome.com/jdavisbio.htm
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000113
http://americancivilwar.com/south/jeffdavi.html
Ulysses S. Grant http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/grant.html
http://www.empirenet.com/~ulysses/
Stonewall Jackson http://www.civilwarhome.com/jackbio.htm
http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=3747
http://americancivilwar.com/south/stonewall_jackson.html
Robert E. Lee http://www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm
http://americancivilwar.com/south/lee.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/relee/relee.htm
Harriet Beecher Stowe http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/stow-har.htm
Sherman’s March to the Sea http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=551
Sherman’s March to the Sea http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-641
Battle of Shiloh http://www.civilwarhome.com/shiloh.htm
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/shiloh/
Hospitals & Medicine http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWmedical.htm
http://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm Fort Sumter National Park Service
http://www.civilwarhome.com/ftsumter.htm The Battle of Fort Sumter
http://www.tulane.edu/~sumter/ Crisis at Fort Sumter
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-fort-sumter.htm Battle of Fort Sumter (Sons of the South)
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/battles/fortsumter.html Fort Sumter
Military Technology:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Civil-War-Weapons&id=1431218
http://historicalreplicaweapons.blogspot.com/2007/04/advances-in-civil-war-weaponry.html
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/smallarms/ig/Civil-War-Weapons-Gallery/
http://www.articlesbase.com/art-articles/civil-war-weapons-837597.html
http://www.museumofcthistory.org/colt.asp
http://www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm
http://www.teacheroz.com/Civil_War_Weapons.htm
http://www.portcolumbus.org/
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/prod0192.htm
Battle of Chancellorsville
http://www.civilwarhome.com/chancell.htm
http://www.civilwarhome.com/chancellorsvillebattledescrpt.htm
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/va/va032.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CRANE/chancellorsville/section2.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CRANE/chancellorsville/section2.html
Battle_of_Chancellorsville image
Pictures-Wounded Soldiers Being Tended in the Field After the Battle of Chancellorsville Near Fredericksburg
Map 24th Inf Chancellorsville
Historical
Clothing
U.S. History 19th Century Clothing and Uniforms: http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe.htm
Dressing the Victorian Lady from the 1850s: http://www.victoriana.com/shops/couture/fifty1.html
Costume of the California Gold Rush 1849-1859: http://www.directcon.net/wander/GR.htm
Clothing of the 1830s: http://www.connerprairie.org/historyonline/clothing.html
Clothing for Women of the 1800s: http://www.costumegallery.com/
Historical Pattern Company: http://www.pastpatterns.com/
History of U.S. Armies in Uniform: http://www.tekawiz.com/Introduction.html
Civil War Period Uniforms: http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/uniforms/uniforms.html
American Memory Collection: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
NYPL Picture Collection: http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
(Search American Clothing)
Minnesota Historical Society: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/
(Search clothing and dress)
The West
Lewis and Clark Web Quest links
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html
- Historical maps of the U.S.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html (See especially Early Indian
Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks)
- Union Pacific Railroad History
http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/index.shtml
- Central Pacific Railroad Photographic
History Museum
http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html
- The West, Places
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/
- The West, Resources
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/five/
- American Memory Project: Railroad Maps
1828-1900
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
- Library Of Congress American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
- National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html
- The Iron Road
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/
- The Evolution of the Conservation Movement
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
- Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
http://roxen.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html
- The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/oregontrail.html
- Indians of North America
http://www.csulb.edu/~gcampus/libarts/am-indian/index.html
- Native American Document Project
http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm
- Native American Studies Resources
http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/native/natgatew.htm
- Kansas Collection
http://www.kancoll.org/index.html
- Kansas Territory: Crucible of American
Experience
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Kansas/Kansas.html
- Center for Studies in Texas History
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/
- American Studies Web
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
- The American West
http://www.americanwest.com/
- California Heritage Collection
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/
- Gallery of the Open Frontier
http://gallery.unl.edu/
- Illustrating Traveler:
http://www.library.yale.edu:80/beinecke/illus.htm
- Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals/sioux.html
- Frontier in American History
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/turner/home.html
History of the American West
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html
Buffalo Soldiers and the Indian Wars
http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
New Perspectives on the West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Everyday Life Along the Overland Trail
http://www.over-land.com/trdailylife.html
WWW-VL American West http://www.ku.edu/kansas/west/index.html
Museum of the American West
http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/listing.php?status=archived
The Northern Great Plains
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
Timeline of Plains Indian History
http://www.hanksville.org/daniel/timeline2.html
The
American West: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85.20/
Robber Barons
Many links to info about people and events of this time period:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=429
Labor Unions
NBA http://www.nbpa.com/
United auto workers http://www.uaw.org/
Teamsters http://www.teamster.org/
NHL http://www.nhlpa.com/
NFL http://www.nflpa.org/main/main.asp
Unite http://www.uniteunion.org/
SEIU http://www.seiu.org/
Communication workers of
America
http://www.cwa-union.org/
Industrial workers of the world http://www.iww.org/
Hotel employee rest emp (here) http://www.hereunion.org/
United farm workers http://www.ufw.org/
MLB http://bigleaguers.yahoo.com/
American Federation of Musicians http://www.afm.org/public/home/index.php
American fed of labor - cio http://www.aflcio.org
NEA www.nea.org
American fed teach http://www.aft.org/
United brotherhood electrical workers http://www.ibew.org/
Afscme http://www.afscme.org/
Screen actors guild http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/index.jsp
NLRB (national labor ) http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/home/default.asp
World War I
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/somme.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/index.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbattles.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battles_of_world_war_one.htm
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/
World War II: The Holocaust: Resistance
Movements
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Rescue and
Resistance
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/rescue.htm
U.S. Holocaust Museum (Site Search -Resistance)
http://www.ushmm.org/
Father Jacques
http://www.ushmm.org/bunel/bunel.htm
Simon Wiesenthal Center Multimedia
Learning Center Online
http://motlc.wiesenthal.org/pages/rr.html
To Save a Life--Stories of Jewish
Rescue
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/
Anne Frank House House
http://www.annefrank.nl
Holocaust Personal Histories
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/
Auschwitz
Atomic
Bomb
Weapons
and Equipment
Concentration Camps
D-Day
Pearl
Harbor
Pacific
Battles
Hitler
Statistics
World War Two
Timeline and Pictures
Vietnam War
Weapons of the Vietnam War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/weapons.html
Vietnam Timeline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/time/index.html
Who's Who of the Vietnam War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/whos/index.html
Battlefield Vietnam http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/
Martin Luther King Jr.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Martin Luther King, Jr.@Yahoo
Civil Rights
Civil Rights@Yahoo
Civil Rights
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
http://www.crmvet.org/
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/129/80.html
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/gallery/gallery1.asp
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilrights/Civil_Rights_Movement.htm
Salem Witch Trials
"The Salem Witch Trials of 1692" http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/
"FAQs About the Salem Witch Trials" http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/faq.shtml
"Salem Witch Trials Overview" http://www.iath.virginia.edu/salem/further.html
"An Account of the Events in Salem " http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM
Washington DC
Washington DC virtual field trip http://hrhsdc.weebly.com/dc-web-quest---day-1.html
Virtual Map: http://dcpages.com/Tourism/Maps/Washington_DC_Map/
National Parks Map with Monuments, Museums, Federal Buildings, etc.: http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/upload/NACCmap1.pdf
Washington DC WebQuest http://www.pls.uni.edu/nielsen/nielsen/wdcintro.html
http://www.archives.gov/ - National Archives
http://www.ushmm.org/ - Holocaust Museum
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ - White House
http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/ - or
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa061401a.htm FDR
http://www.nps.gov/thje/ - Jefferson
http://www.aoc.gov/ - Capital Building
http://www.unionstationdc.com/ - Union Station
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ - American History
http://www.nps.gov/archive/wamo/home.htm - Washington
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ - WW II
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/usmc.htm - Iwo Jima
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/ - Arlington Cemetary
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ - Air and Space
http://thewall-usa.com/ - Vietnam Wall
http://www.nps.gov/linc/ - Lincoln
http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm - Korean War
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ - Supreme Court
http://www.nga.gov/ - National Gallery of Art
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ - National Zoo
http://www.loc.gov/index.html - Library of Congress
http://www.ustreas.gov/ - U.S. Dept of Treasury
http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/ - National Cathedral
Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Honoring Military Heroes
US Dept of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/
US Dept of Veterans Affairs Kids Page http://www.va.gov/kids/
Veterans of Foreign Wars http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.levelc&cid=1835
Veterans of Foreign Wars Connecticut http://www.vfwct.org/
Medals of Honor
http://www.history.army.mil/moh.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/heroes/medalInformation.html
http://www.cmohs.org/
Memorial Day
http://www.history.com/minisites/memorial
http://www.usmemorialday.org/
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9051942?query=memorial%20day&ct=null
http://www.remember.gov/MomentofRemembrance/MemorialDayRemembrance/tabid/69/Default.aspx
Veterans Day
http://www.history.com/content/veteransday
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9075201?query=veterans%20day&ct =
http://www.military.com/veteransday/History.htm
http://www.military.com/veterans-day/
http://www.history.army.mil/faq/vetsday/vetshist.htm timeline
gallery of Veterans Day posters http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/gallery.asp
Articles
Honoring Gallantry In the Chaos of Battle http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1861358761&Fmt=3&clientId=62105&RQT=309&VName=PQD CT happenings from 2007 http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1296530641&Fmt=3&clientId=62105&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Six ways to honor those who served http://tinyurl.com/yfmf9z8
Frankie's secret: the forgotten costs of war . http://tinyurl.com/yggtved
Remembering D-day: veterans take time to remember the past while living for today . http://tinyurl.com/yk6t5n4
Kids of ABC News' Bob Woodruff Issue Memorial Day Weekend Call-To-Action Web Video Urging Teens to Tweet, Facebook . http://tinyurl.com/yj3ffu5
United States
*Fifty States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
*Stately Knowledge
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html
US State Home Pages
http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
Yahoo! Regional: U.S. States
http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/
Your Nation http://www.your-nation.com/
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