Social Studies


Abraham Lincoln Online (http://www.netins.net/showcase/creative/lincoln.html)
Our 16th president, in 1s and 0s. This one's definitive, folks. Do everything from view the full text of Lincoln's speeches to take a Lincoln quiz. 

American Civil War Homepage(http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/)
An extensive listing of Civil War resources, including letters and accounts of the war, graphic images, specific battle facts, regimental histories, re-enactment groups, it just goes on and on. 

American Memory (http://memory.loc.gov/)
From the Library of Congress, who wouldda thought history could be so much fun? View videos, listen to sound recordings, look at maps. 

American Studies Web (http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/)
The great American view of everything. Lots of links, particularly good on race and ethnicity. 

The Costume Page(http://members.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html)
A comprehensive index of costume and costuming-related links. Essential for those school decades reports. 

First Nations (Native American Tribes) (http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/natribes.html)
Organized by tribe. Offers detailed information on each including names, allied tribes, history, culture, and more. 

From Revolution to Reconstruction (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html)
A hypertext history of the America. 

Gale Celebrates Women's History Month (http://www.gale.com/freresrc/womenhst/index.htm) 
Choose from women's biographies, trials, and a timeline of events. 

H-GIG Women's History (http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/hist-topics/women.html)
Lots of women's history links from the University of California, Riverside. 

History Net (http://www.thehistorynet.com/)
Everything you wanted to know about history, but were...well, you get the picture. 

New Deal Network (http://newdeal.feri.org/)
Sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for school children. Search both a document and image library from the period. 

New York History Net (http://www.nyhistory.com/)
Great resource to New York (local) history. Lists books and documents, museums and antiques, and New York government sites. No slouch when it comes to general history either. 

The Oregon Trail(http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html)
Not so complete as they believe, this site is a good starting point for Oregon Trail research. Offers a primer, historic sites, and fantastic facts. 

POTUS: Presidents of the United States (http:www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/)
Lists of links for every one of our 42 presidents (Have there really been that many?). 

The Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom (http://library.advanced.org/10966/)
Offers good Revolutionary War links, an Infopedia, Teacher's Corner and a Fun Zone filled with educational games. 

The Seven Wonders of the World (http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos.wonders/)
Location, history, and descriptions of each of the seven wonders. Wonder-ful pictures. 

U.S. Historical Documents (http://memory.loc.gov/const/mdbquery.html)
By century, full text of the Magna Carta, Clinton's public addresses, many others. 

Universal Black Pages (http://www.ubp.com/)
A valuable resource on African-American history. 

Virtual Renaissance (http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Virtual Ren.html)
Perhaps more fun than fact, this site allows you to travel back in time, interacting with Renaissance-y folk and visting such famous sites as the Globe Theatre and the Cathedral of Santa Maria. A virtual Renaissance Faire on your computer. Good morrow! 

Yahoo Decades (http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/20th_ Century/)
Still can't find any information on the 1950s? Yahoo to the rescue! Yahoo offers you over 200 sites divided by century, as well as links to the interesting personalities who inhabited them. 



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