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Social
Studies - American History
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Great
Web Sites
- Today
in History
From the American Library of Congress.
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html)
- America's
Story
Biography, politics, culture, sports, trivia - if it relates
to American history, you'll find it here.
(http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi)
- The
American Experience
Here you'll be able to search an archive of PBS broadcasts
about American history and culture through the ages. Download
them to your computer and listen to history.
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/)
- 1492
An Ongoing Voyage
The continuing discovery of America.
(http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html)
- Famous
American Trials
An interesting and informative link from the University
of Missouri-Kansas City Law School.
(http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm)
- U.S.
Presidents
This is the Internet Public Library's guide to presidents
of the United States.
(http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/ )
- The
Civil War
This site features a useful timeline of events surrounding
the Civil War.
(http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html)
- The
American Revolution
Information about the American Revolution can be found here,
along with a listing of other topics from The History Place.
(http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html)
- Outline
of American History
Here you'll find a very useful outline of American History,
along with outlines on geography, government, literature
and economics.
(http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/)
- Chronology
of US Historical Documents
This is a helpful site from the University of Oklahoma College
of law. It contains a timeline of notable American documents
with links to the texts of many of them.
(http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/)
- The
Underground Railroad
An attractive and informative site from National Geographic
Online.
(http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/)
- Colonial
America
This is a terrific site with lots of information about the
Colonial Period of American History.
(http://www.seanet.com/users/pamur/colo.html)
- Immigration
History, timelines and commentary about American immigration
are to be found on this page.
(http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/)
- Conducting
research using the Internet
This informative site from SUNY Empire State College professor
Wayne Willis contains information about how to use the Internet
for scholarly research, including how to cite sources. You'll
also find an extensive list of links to primary documents
and Web sites dealing with American history from the 1600s
to the 60s.
(http://sln1.esc.edu/personal/ww/lns9ww.nsf/web?openview)
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
- Need
help?
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