Constitution and Federalist Papers
Cold War and End of the Cold War Links
History By the Decade From the 1840s to the 1940s
History By the Decade From the 1950s to 1990s
September
11, 2001 and the War on Terrorism
General
U.S. History Links
SCORE History-Social Science Web Site-American
History
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/grade11/index.html
Web site organized by the 20th
Century American History standards.
History Wired
http://historywired.si.edu/index.html
An online tour of the American History collection at the Smithsonian.
Picturing the Century
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/picturing_the_century/galleries/galleries.html
An exhibit of 20th century photographs organized by event from the
National Archives.
AP U. S. History
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/history/
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History courses.
This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers useful materials
for teaching U.S. history.
Michigan State University-Vincent Voice Library
http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/
Digitized speeches and recordings.
History in Song from the American Revolution to
the present
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/history.html
Music is listed by topic-railroad
music, McCarthyism, etc. and you can listen to Real Audio versions. Music
can also be downloaded for presentations.
Picturing the Century
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/picturing_the_century/home.html
Pictures from the last century
from the National Archieves.
Professional Cartoonists Index
http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
This is an archive of political
cartoons with activities for teachers.
Lyrics World
http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/main_index/
You can search song lyrics on
this web site by the year, title, or artist.
History in Song
http://fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/history.html
This site provides over 300 songs
about American history, many with social commentary.
20th Century U.S.A
http://www.geocities.com:80/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/twenty/twenty.html
Posters American Style
http://www.nmaa.si.edu/posters/
From the National Museum of American
Art, posters linked to historical events in American History. Poster images
can be captured for use in class presentations (PowerPoint or HyperStudio),
but may not be posted online without permission.
Folk Song Database
http://www.mudcat.org/threads.cfm
American Studies Web from Georgetown University.
http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
American History 102-Civil War to the Present
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/
This is a web page for a televised
college history class with great material including links to the web, biographies,
and a photo gallery.
American Memory-Historical Collections for the
National Library
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
The Library of Congress’ searchable
web site for digitized collections.
National Archives
http://www.nara.gov/
The web site for the National
Archives. They are digitizing and putting new resources online daily.
Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
Presidential Records from Theodore Roosevelt to
Clinton
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/nf/record/record.html
The People’s Century
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/
Web site for the PBS series.
Excellent background material including interviews, primary source documents,
and photographs.
The Century
http://abcnews.go.com/century/
Web site for the ABC series (video
tapes are in the library). Background information includes lessons, documents,
video, and other resources.
Jim Crow Oral History Project
http://school.discovery.com/learningcomm/promisedland/showcase/mdoralhist/jimcrow.2brown.html
A high school oral history project
that documents segregation.
The New York Times at 150
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/150/index.html
Black History-The African American Journey
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/aajourny/html/
Lincoln's World
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/
A PBS companion web site for an American
Experience episode. The web site includes information on political,
social, and cultural events of the time.
Biography of America
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
An award winning web site from the
Annenburg Foundation.
Black History-Exploring African American Issues
on the Web
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
These sites include "hotlists"
of web sites and two Web Quest activities integration and the treatment
of African Americans.
Texts and Documents-The United States
http://history.hanover.edu/usa.htm
An archive of primary resource
documents, treaties, position papers, letters, journals, speeches, etc.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place-The History of
American Sweatshops
http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/nmah/ve/sweatshops/
The U.S.A- 1860-1960
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA.htm
A look at U.S. History from the
British point of view.
Harlem Renaissance
http://harlem.eb.com
Harlem Renaissance
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/harlem
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
Historical Speeches
http://www.webcorp.com/sounds
Red Scare 1918-1921
http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/digital/redscare/
Angel Island
http://www.angel-island.com/
An oral history of Chinese immigrants
and detainees.
Chinese Immigration
http://www.sandiego-online.com/forums/chinese/htmls/angel.htm
Angel Island Association
http://www.angelisland.org/
National Museum of American Jewish History
http://nmajh.org/
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org/
A New Deal for the Arts
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/newdeal/
Voices from the Dust Bowl
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
By the People, For the People-Posters from the
WPA
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html
"The By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
collection consists of 907 boldly colored and graphically diverse original
posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
New Deal. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's
collection of more than 900 is the largest. These striking silkscreen,
lithograph, and woodcut posters were designed to publicize health and safety
programs; cultural programs including art exhibitions, theatrical, and
musical performances; travel and tourism; educational programs; and community
activities in seventeen states and the District of Columbia. The posters
were made possible by one of the first U.S. Government programs to support
the arts and were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s."
Watergate
http://vcepolitics.com/wgate/intro.htm
There are lots of web sites on
Watergate on the Internet. This web site was selected for its comprehensive
information and because it was created for educators. It was endorsed by
the California Digital Archive.
JFK-Dallas November 22, 1963
http://www.dallasnews.com/jfk/
A complete information source from the Dallas News, including news
articles, a virtual visit to the grassy knoll, TV and radio files, interviews,
etc.
U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines
http://www.boondocksnet.com/
Political cartoons, stereoscopic images
of the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion, links, etc.
September 11, 2001 and the War on Terrorism
September 11th Archive
http://september11.archive.org/
September 11th Memorial
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/
War Against Terror
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/