| Social Studies Resources |
| General and World Geography links |
CIA World Factbook: Data compiled by the CIA
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The Fin,Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation: Uses humor and storytelling to help students learn geographical information.
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Fodor's Travel Guides: Geography information from a tourist point of view.
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Geographia: A good general geography site--destinations and features.
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Geography IQ: Online world atlas packed with geotraphic, economic, political, historical and cultural information.
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Library of Congress's Portals to the World: Good source for cultural information.
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Lonely Planet: Slideshows, maps and other travel information.
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National Geographic Society Xpeditions: A spectacular geography site to browse or test your knowledge.
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Nations of the World: Information on over 260 countries, including maps.
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| The World Bank Regions and Countries: Economic data and information for over 100 developing countries. |
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| United States Geography Links |
National Park Foundation: Brief Guides to America's national parks.
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National Park Service: More detailed guides to America's national parks.
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The 50 states of the United States: Information about capital cities and links to lots of state information.
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State Homepages: Links to official home pages of all 50 states.
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| Internet Public Library Stately Knowledge: Facts about the 50 states. |
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| Map Links |
Blank State Ourline Maps: High-quality, printable maps of the 50 states.
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Color Landform Atlas of the United States: State topographical maps form Johns Hopkins University. To use these maps in a project, obtain permission from Ray Sterner.
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Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: Online maps arranged by continene. Aslo contains a good selection of US historical maps, as well as a city map section.
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TopoZone - The Web's Topographic Map: The TopoZone is the Web's center for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts. Includes interactive maps of the United States.
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CIA World Factbook: Good reference maps section, as well as world, continent, and regional maps from the CIA.
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| Xpeditions Atlas: Customizable and printable maps form the National Geographic Society. |
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| General World History Links |
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The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Major historical documents dating back to the 12th century are presented in their entirety, with links to supporting documents glossaries and indexes for each one.
Eyewitness to History.com: your ringside seat to history through the eyes of those who lived it.
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K-12 History Resource Guide: An incredible overview of history, including links.
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The History of Costume: A reproduction of the plates in the book originally written by Braun & Schneider C. 1861-1880. Costumes pictured range in date from ancient times to the late 19th century.
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Hyperhistory: A timeline for 3000 years of world history.
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| The History Net: Contains articles on United States and world history, including personal profiles and eyewitness accounts. |
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| Ancient World History Links |
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Evolution of Modern Humans: A detailed tour of human evolution, both physical and cultural, from Homo erectus 600,000 years ago toHomo sapiens 100,000 years ago.
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| Lascaux Cave Paintings |
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Guardian's Egypt: Links to resources on ancient Egypt, including mummies, pharoahs, medicine, tours, heiroglyphics and all sorts of additional stuff.
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Mummies of Ancient Egypt: Describes whatmummies are, how they were made, who they were, and Egyptian beliefs about an afterlife. Includes information abour hieroglyphics and includes a dateline and glossary.
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| Ancient Egypt: British Museum's website on ancient Egypt |
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| Middle East Links |
| The Middle East History: Links to Middle East history from pre-Islamic times until the Arab-Israeli conflict compiled by the department of history at SUNY-Albany |
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| World Religion Links |
Finding God in Cyberspace: A Guide to Relicious Studies Resources on the Internet: An annotatead guide to print and electronic resources on religions and all aspects of religious studies.
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| Virtual Religion Index: Comprehensive set of links on all religions and traditions, as well as ethics and philosophy. |
The Unbound Bible: A collection of searchable editions of the Bible.
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| Voice of the Shuttle Religious Studies Page. |
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| Islam Links |
| Islamic Art, Music, and Architecture Around the World: Good description of and introduction to Islamic culture. |
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| Asia Links |
| The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Cullture in Western Asia 1256-1353. |
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| Ancient Greece Links |
Ancient Greece: Index of Ancient Greece sites from History for Kids
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Legal Status of Women: Original source documents collected by Women's Life in Greece and Rome.
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| Perseus Classical Collection: An impressive collection of mostly primary, with some secondary source documents dealing with ancient Greece and Rome. |
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| Ancient Rome Links |
Forum Romanum: A collection of information on Roman life and history.
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| Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World: An annotated photo album of Roman towns and monuments. Also includes English and Latin texts. |
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| The Roman Empire in the First Century: A PBS production with detailed information on emperors, poets, historians, philosophers, soldiers,enemies, daily life, and the social order. Also includes a timeline. |
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| Ancient South and Central America Links |
Conquistadors: Follows the paths of sixteenth century conquistadors Hernan Cortes in Aztecan Mexico, Francisco Pizarro in the Incan Empire of South America, Cabeza de Vaca in Texas, and Francisco de Orellana on the Amazon River.
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| Mesoweb: An exploration of Mesoamerican cultures, including the Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs, Toltecs, Mextecs, Zapotecs and others. |
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| Byzantium Links |
| Byzantium 1200: A project aimead at creating computer reconstructions of the Byzantine Monuments located in Istanbul, Turkey as of year 1200 AD. |
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| Medieval Europe Links |
Castle on the Web: Tours and images of individual castles, as well as general castle information.
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The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies: Sponsored by Georgetown University.
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| Medieval Architecture in France: A site by Alison Stones containing detailed pictorial information on French architecture. |
The Middle Ages: An interactive site focusing on aspects of daily life in the Middle Ages. Sponsored by the Annenberg/CPB Corporation
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Sir Clisto Seversword's Tome of Adventure and Knowledge: A source of links to all aspects of life in Medieval and Renaissance times, ranging from food to clothing to music to weaponry, etc.
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| Medieval Technology Pages: Accurate, referenced information on technological innovation and related subjects in western Europe during the Middle Ages. Includes both a subject index and a timeline. |
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| Renaissance Links |
| Virtual Renaissance: An exploration into life of the Renaissance, including life in a town, courthouse, the Globe theater, various cathedrals, and castles |
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| French Revolution Links |
| Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution: An introduction to the French Revolution as well as an archive of some of the most important documentary evidence from the Revolution. |
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| World War I Links |
Trenches on the Web: an Internet History of the Great War: A comprehensive collection of information on World War I. Includes timelines, exhibits, biographies, multimedia files, maps and more.
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| The World War I Document Archive: Primary sources from World War I. |
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| World War II Links |
German Propaganda Archive: The German Propaganda Archive includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists. The goal is to help people understand the two great totalitarian systems of the 20th Century by giving the
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HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web: Military and service histories of World War II.
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| Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art in World War II: Features National Archives propaganda posters and a sound file used by the United States Government to explain and promote the war effort in Europe and the Pacific. |
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| Holocaust Links |
Anne Frank: Her Life and Times
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Anne Frank House
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Cybrary of the Holocaust: Uses art, photos, discussion groups, poems, and "a wealth of facts" to preserve the memory of the Holocaust.
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The Holocaust History Project: A free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust denial.
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Holocaust Pictures Exhibition: Pictures of the concentration camps and the time directly before the war.
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Jewish Virtual Library: The Holocaust: Includes a glossary, timelines,photographs and other information about the Holocaust.
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Shamash The Jewish Internet Consortium Holocaust Home Page: Historical photographs, excerpts from testimonies, and additional Holocaust links.
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Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust: Impressive and comprehensive site on the Holocaust.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Includes an introduction, a holocaust encyclopedia in English, Spanish, and French and online and museum exhibitions.
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| Virtual Tour of Dachau and more: A visual tour of the concentration camp as well as articles, links and information about the camp. |
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| General Modern World History Links |
The Atomic Archive: This site explores the history surrounding the creation of the atomic bomb through biographies, timelines, documents, maps, and other data.
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Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century: Shows thematic trends in map form.
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| 20th Century History: About .com guide to 20th century history. |
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| General Government Links |
Dumb Laws: Collection of stupid laws from the United States and other countries.
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Federal Register: A compilation of governmnent information, including presidential documents, election information, and laws.
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Free Advice: The "leading legal site for consumers and businesses.
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USA.gov: Offers not only links into most of the nooks and crannies of the federal government, but also links to relevant resources from the rest of the world.
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GovSpot.com: A government information portal.
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Political Cartoons.com: Home to more than sixty top newspaper editorial cartoonists including eight Pulitzer Prize winners.
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| Executive Branch Links |
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden: The Smithsonian Institution presents background information on the presidency, the campaigns to achieve it, the men who have been president
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Presidents of the United States: This site bills itself as the most comprehensive site on the internet for presidential resources
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| The White House |
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| Judicial Branch Links |
Oyez,Oyez,Oyez: A multimedia database about the Supreme Court. Offers a searchable database of the cases, RealAudio versions of the oral arguments of meny important cases, as wellas a virtual tour of the Supreme Court, and information about all the justi
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Supreme Court Decisions: Searchable database from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.
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| Supreme Court of the U.S.: The official site of the US Supreme Court |
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| Legislative Branch Links |
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present: Brief biographical information of who was/is in congress
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A Century of Lawmaking: US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873. Part of the American Memory project
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Congress.org: Current congressional information
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Congress Link: Current congressional information, historical background, lesson plans, historical documents, etc. From the Dirksen Congressional Center
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THOMAS: Legislative Information: Full text access to current bills under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate
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U.S. Code: The most current database of all federal laws. Produced by Cornell Law School.
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The U.S. Senate
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| The U.S. House of Representatives |
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| Election Llinks |
Election Statietics: Compiled by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Shows a state by state breakdown on all federal elections from 1920-
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National Election Studies: Data on voting, public opinion, and political participation.
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Vote Smart Web
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| Rock the Vote |
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| General United States History Links |
American Memory: Documents, photographs, movies and recordings from the Llibrary of Congress that tell America's story.
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American Memory Timeline: A subset of the American Memory Site. This breaks down American history into time periods and provides information about the era and associated primary source documents.
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Biography of America: An Annenberg/CPB site to accompany a PBS series. It includes interactive features, overviews and links to primary and secondary sources.
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Charters of Freedom: Transcriptions and digitized images of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta. Sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
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| Cultural Maps: Includes a variety of historical maps of the United States |
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: American History Sites
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National Civil Rights Museum: Includes information from the early 1800's to the present day. The actual museum is located at the Lorraine Motel, the site of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination.
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| William Murray's Time Page: chronologically arranged links on eras in American History. |
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| Native American Links |
First Nations Histories
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Indian Country Today: United States leading Native American News Source.
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Native American Sites: A web "magazine" devoteada to images of Native American people, places, and land.
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| NativeWeb: An Internet Community: Contains an indexed and searchable database with hundreds of liks concerning native, Aboriginal, and indigenous peoples worldwide. |
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| 1600-1700 Links |
| Archiving Early America |
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1700-1800 links
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| A Century of Lawmaking: US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873. Part of the American Memory Project. |
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| 1800-1900 Links |
A Century of Lawmaking: US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1873. Part of the American Memory Project.
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Documenting the American South: Primary Resources for the Study of Southern History, Literature and Culture. Digitized primary source material presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Includes narratives on slavery, diaries/memoirs
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Secession Era Editorials Project: Newspaper editorials from this century.
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| The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures: This presentation features 68 motion pictures produced between 1898 and 1901 of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Phillipine Revolution. |
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| 1900-2000 Links |
| Newseum: War Storis: Includes video footage and firsthand stories by war correspondants. |
Voices of Civil Rights: Joint project of the AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) and The Library of Congress and includes a collection of personal civil rights stories and an historical timeline. |
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| Civil War Links |
The Gettysburg Address: An exhibition with drafts from the Library of Congress
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| Civil War Photographs: Over a thousand searchable photographs from the Library of Congress. |
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| The West Links |
The American West: A celebration of the human spirit: "A presentation of the history and development of the American West, from the frontier and pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West.
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| Conner Prarie: An open air living history museum in Indiana with a link to historical documents about Western history. |
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The Oregon Trail
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| Photograhs of the American West 1861-1912: From the National Archives and Records Administration. |
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| Great Depression Links |
| Surviving the Dust Bowl: This site provides information about the farming techniques, people, events, and organizations in the Dust Bowl. |
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| 1950s Links |
Fifties Web: Includes informatinon TV, music, fashion, slang, etc. from the 1950s and beyond.
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| The Literature and Culture of the American 1950s: An alphabetical listing of historical sites and literatur focusing on the 950s, the Cold War, the anticommunism movemnt, arts and other events of the time period. |
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| Cold War Links |
Cold War Hot Links: Extensive collection of links relating to the Cold War, including some cultural aspects. Collected by David Price.
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| Cold War Policies 1945-1991: Hot Links: Descriptions and outlines of major events and people concerned with the Cold War. Created by the History Department of the University of San Diego. |
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| 1960's Links |
| See also sites listed under 1900-2000 |
Battlefield: Vietnam: An overview of the Vietman War by PBS that provides a brief history of the conflict, a detailed timeline, and more.
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Psychedelic Sixties: Literary tradition and social change: a collection of artifacts from a University of Virginia exhibit.
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Radical Times: the Antiwar Movement of the 1960s: An overview of the Vietman War and the anti-war movement.
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| The Sixties Project: Primary documents, personal narratives, scholarly documents, links, and more. |
| The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975: Primary sources from the Vietnam War. |
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| African American Links |
African -American Odyssey: This special presentation from the Library of Congress' American Memory shwocases the Library's African American collections.
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American Slave Narratives: Former slaves tell the story. Interviews collected by the WPA.
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The HistoryMakers .com: African American history archive headquartered in Chicago.
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| Women's History Links |
| American Women's History: A Research Guide: Includes citations to print and Internet reference sources and includes many primary sources. |
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National Women's History Project: Provides information and educational materials and programs on women's history.
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| Women's History: Free resources on women's history from Thompson Gale. |
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| Virginia Government Links |
| Legislative Information System |
| Virginia State and Local Government: Library of Congress |
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