Social Studies
http://www.crystalinks.com/chaldeans.html
Ancient History
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_about4siteindex.htm?PM=ss11_ancienthistory
Ancient Mesopotamia
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html
http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm
The Ancient Olympic Games
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic/
Ancient World Web Meta Index
Contains annotated links.
http://www.julen.net/aw/
Argos
http://Argos.evansville.edu/
Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and
legends.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/menu.html
Global History: Ancient World
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Horus: University of California, Riverside
This lists links by country and time period.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Myths and Legends
Lists links to myths and legends from around the
world. Not limited to ancient civilizations.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
Neandertal News
http://www.archaeology.org/9609/newsbriefs/neandertals.html
Perseus Project
Massive--Tufts University.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
World History Site for Research
http://www.weber.k12.ut.us/wciv/wcivwww.htm#amideast
The World Wide Web Virtual Library
http://www.w3.org/History/
Ancient China (back to top)
China the Beautiful
Contains classical Chinese art, calligraphy,
poetry, history, literature, painting and philosophy.
HTTP://www.chinapage.com/china.html
Historic Legends and Tales
http://www.sh.com/culture/legend/legend.htm
Dynasties
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/timeline.html
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/
http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC030238/The%20%20Chinese%20Dynasties.htm
Ancient Egypt (back to top)
http://www.guardians.net/egypt
Ancient Egypt
http://www.dayton.net/~bphillip/ancient.html
Egypt WWW Index
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/
Ancient History Links
Contains links to sites about ancient Egypt,
Greece and Rome.
http://www.kryo.com/dinek/histlink.htm
Egyptian Antiquity Information
Maintained by Egypt Tours and Travel Agency,
with information about the history of monuments, the rulers, a list of who was
who among the ancient Egyptians, myths, museums, and a glossary of terms.
http://www.touregypt.net/antiq.htm
Egypt Tourism Net
Go to the Cairo Cafe and translate your name
into hieroglyphics.
http://www.tourism.egnet.net/
Guardian's Egypt
http://guardians.net/egypt/
Hieroglyphics
http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord//nomhiero.html
The University of Memphis Egyptian Art and
Archeology
Includes photos of Egyptian artifacts and a
virtual tour of ancient Egyptian sites along the Nile River.
http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html
Pyramids: PBS/NOVA
Wander through chambers and passageways of the
Great Pyramid and learn about the pharaohs.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Rosetta Stone
Maintained by the Cleveland Museum of
Art--geared for kids.
http://www.clemusart.com/archive/pharaoh/rosetta/index.html
Geography (back to top)
Africa
This site includes African history, daily news stories
and links to related sites.
http://africana.com/
Altapedia Online
Physical and political maps including facts and
statistics on the countries of the world.
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
American States
http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
Asia Society's AsiaSource
A gateway to up-to-date, reliable and valuable
information and news on everything to do with Asia.
http://www.asiasource.org/
Background Notes: U.S. State Department
Information on geographical entities and
international organizations.
http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html
CIA World Fact Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of
Foreign Governments
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html
CityLink
Information of travel, tourism and relocation.
http://usacitylink.com/
City Maps
http://www.excite.com/travel/maps
Country and CityData Books
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/ccdb/
Country Studies (Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Currencies and Currency Exchange
Exhange rates for 23 major currencies.
http://www.wiso.gwdg.de/ifbg/currency.html
Earth and Moon Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html
Excite Travel Guides
http://www.excite.com/travel/
Fed Stats
http://www.fedstats.gov/
50 States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com/
Fodor's Travel Online
Good source of information about all countries
from a tourist's view.
http://www.fodors.com/
Gateway to Latin America
An on-line tour of Latin American language and
culture.
http://www2.localaccess.com/chappell/latin_america/gateway.htm
Geographia
http://www.geographia.com/
Geographic Learning Site
http://geography.state.gov/htmls/plugin.html
The Geography Project Construction Site
http://www.edenhance.com/
Geography Resources: Map Collection
Links to all the major map collections on the
web, from the University of Texas.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/resources/map_libs/map_libs.htm
Geography World
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
How Far Is It?
This service uses data from the U.S. Census and
a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and
longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them.
It also provides a map showing the two places using the Xerox PARC map server.
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Infonation: Comparing Nations
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
The Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Lonely Planet
Created for travelers, but there is a lot of
factual information about countries for students to use.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/
Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
PopNet
http://www.popnet.org/
Rulers
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1058/rulers.html
Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/3/98pubs/98statab/cc98stab.htm
3-D Atlas Online
http://www.3datlas.com/main_co.html
Tiger Mapping Service: U.S. Census Bureau
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl
United Nations Environmental Programme
Dedicated to preserving the environment for
future generations.
http://www.unep.org/
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau: Statistical Abstract of
the U.S.
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
U.S. Department of State Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/www/regions.html
U.S. Gazeteer
Identifies places to view with the Tiger Map
Server.
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
U.S. Government Information Resources
http://www.nttc.edu/gov_res.html
U.S. Postal Service: Zip Codes
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html
U.S. Postal Service: State Abbreviations
http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/
Virtual Tourist
http://www.vtourist.com/
The Web of Culture
http://www.webofculture.com/
World Encyclopedia: Geography (E-Conflict)
Dedicated to eradicating conflict by increasing
cultural awareness.
http://www.emulateme.com/
Xpeditions (National Geographic)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/main.html
Yahooligan: Around the World
http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/
Holidays (back to top)
Christmas Around the World
http://christmas.com/worldview/
Diversity Calendar
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/holidays/
Multi-Cultural Calendar
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
Worldwide Holiday and Festival Site
http://www.HolidayFestival.com/
U.S. History (back to top)
General History
American Studies Web: Reference and Research
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/archives.html
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
(Primary Sources)
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
University of Oklahoma, Law Center
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Civnet Resources: Primary Resources
http://civnet.org/resoures/greatdoc.htm
The Digital Classroom: Primary Sources
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/education/
Digital Libraries and Teacher Resources
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/cur/20c/turn/teach/resource.html
Eighteenth Century Resources
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/
EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From
Western Europe
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
Eyewitness
Short essays on historical events from personal
narratives.
http://www.ibiscom.com/
Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/
Great American Web Site
http://www.uncle-sam.com/
Historical Data
http://fisher.lib.Virginia.EDU/census/
Historical Text Archive
Documents from many countries.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/9061/index.html
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
The History Net
Internet magazine produced by the National
Historical Society including text, graphics and photos.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
The History Place
Includes articles, speeches, photos and
timelines.
http://www.historyplace.com/
Horus' Web Links to History Resources
University of California, Riverside, including
well-selected history links.
http://www.ucr.edu/h-gig/horuslinks.html
Hyper History Online
Offers a timeline that students can search for
specific people, periods and events.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Internet Archive of Texts and Documents
Organized by geographical area and chronological
period.
http://history.hanover.edu/texts.html
The Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
The Library of Congress: Local History and
Geneology Reading Room
Provides geneology information.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/
Lives, the Biography Resource
http://members.home.net/klanxner/lives/
Making of America
Cornell University
http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/moa-main_page.html
Making of America
University of Michigan
http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/index.html
Multnomah County
Library: http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/lib/homework/amhsthc.html
National Archives and Records Administration
Includes management of all federal records.
http://www.nara.gov/
National Museum of American History
A bureau of the Smithsonian Institution.
It provides for the collection, care and preservation of over 17 million
artifacts in the fields of science, technology and culture.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
Patterns of Our Lives: American History
http://metalab.unc.edu/cisco/tour2.html
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Presidents of the United States of America
http://www2.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/presidents.html
Reenactor Net
Dedicated to people who recreate history through
re-enacting events and lifestyles of eras gone by.
http://www.reenactor.net/
Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Salem Witchcraft Papers
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/
Score History and Social Studies Resources
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
The Star Spangled Banner: History of
the Flag
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/
This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
Today in History: Scope
Includes holidays, religious observances and a
thought for the day.
http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
U.S. Historical Documents Archive
http://w3.one.net/~mweiler/ushda/list.htm
Voice of the Shuttle: U.S. History Page
http://vos.ucsb.edu/
Welcome to the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
Women in America: 1820-1842
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/detoc/fem/home.htm
Women: The Shadow Story of the Millennium--Women
in the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m2/wolf-timeline.html
Yale University Library: Primary Resources
Research
http://www.library.yale.edu/ref/err/primsrcs.htm
The Age of Exploration (back to top)
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/index.htm
Explorers of the World
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/explore.htm
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
http://metalab.unc.edu/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html
The Colonial Period (back to top)
Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/
Colonial America: 1600-1776 (Carol Hurst)
http://www.carolhurst.com/newsletters/newsletters11f.html
Resources for Arts of Colonial America
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/colonyfinal.html
Jamestown (back to top)
Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.apva.org/
Jamestown Tour
http://www.wmbg.org/its/visit/jt/index.html
New England (back to top)
Mayflower Web Pages
http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
A Walking Tour of Plimouth Plantation
http://archnet.uconn.edu/topical/historic/plimoth/plimoth.html
American Revolution and Early Republic (back to top)
The American Revolution (Kent School
District)
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/DE/research/revolution/
Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/
The Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards
Freedom
http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/
Biographies (back to top)
Biographies from Revolution to Reconstruction
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm
Ben Franklin
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
http://earlyamerica.com/lives/franklin/index.html
Thomas Jefferson
The Home of Thomas Jefferson: Monticello
http://www.monticello.org/
Thomas Jefferson Online Resources
http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/
George Washington (back to top)
George Washington's Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org/
George Washington Papers: The Library of
Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
The Life of George Washington
http://earlyamerica.com/lives/gwlife/index.html
Westward Expansion (back to top)
The American West
http://www.americanwest.com/
The Kansas Collection
http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/
Lewis and Clark
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Museum of Wesward Expanion Tour
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
Oregon Trail: The Trail West
http://www.ukans.edu/kansas/seneca/oregon/mainpage.html
The Prairie Traveler
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/marcy/index.html
West Web
http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/
Slavery and the Underground Railroad (back to top)
The North Star: Underground Railroad
http://www.ugrr.org/
Resources for Harriet Tubman
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/student/harriet.html
The Civil War (back to top)
The American Civil War Home Page
Comprehensive links.
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
American Civil War: Resources on the Internet
Includes food, vocabulary, weapons, battles and
primary sources.
http://www.dsu.edu:80/~jankej/civilwar.html
American Memory
National Digital Library, the Library of
Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amhometxt.html
The Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
The Civil War Home Page
http://www.civil-war.net/
Civil War Maps
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/
Civil War Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Civil War: Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/history.html#us-civil-war
From Revolution to Reconstruction
Concise hypertext history.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html
Poetry and Music of the War Between the
States
http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
Selected Civil War Photographs
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html
The Valley of the Shadow: The Civil War
in Pennsylvania and Virginia
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow/vshadow.html
The Holocaust (back to top)
Auschwitz Alphabet
http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html
World War II
http://www3.zdnet.com/yil/content/growth/history/ww21.html
Washington State (back to top)
Washington State History
www.historylink.org
Access Washington
Washington State government and information
service.
http://access.wa.gov/
Find It Washington
Government information.
http://find-it.wa.gov/compass
King County Online
http://www.metrokc.gov/
Museum of History and Industry (Seattle,
Washington)
http://www.historymuse-nw.org/
Native American Navigator
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html
Northwest Census Data: Government Information
Sharing Project
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/
Resources for Washington State History:
Bethel School District
http://sjhweb.bethel.wednet.edu/stafdept/trepus/WAlinks/menu.htm
Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
http://www.mrsc.org/wac.htm
Virtual Washington
Washington State University
http://www.wsu.edu/NIS/VirtualWashington.html
Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
http://www.mrsc.org/wac.htm
Washington State Legislature
http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/default.htm
Washington State: Online Travel Information
http://www.tourism.wa.gov/
Seattle
http://www.seattle.net/
Washington Social Studies Site
http://www.learningspace.org/socialstudies/
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