A History of US

Links

Web links

• Follow the National Park Service Links to the Past to explore America"s history and use their web-based tools to learn about our cultural resources.
  
• Countless links to the peoples and cultures of the Southwest will lead you through time from pre-history to the 19th century.
  
• Enter the Gates of the Arctic with Bill and Helen Thayer at the Global Online Adventure Learning Site to learn about natives of the arctic.
  
• Travel to Chaco Canyon National Historic Park from your classroom for all kinds of information on the cultural and natural history of the region.
  
• Browse over 30 categories from art to video in an extensive index of Native American Resouces available on the internet.
  
• With the Age of Exploration at your fingertips, you"ll set sail from your classroom with Christopher Columbus and Prince Henry the Navigator.
  
• Allow PBS to take you on a four part educational journey through slavery with their Africans in Ameica website.

A History of US: Reconstruction and Reform 1865 - 1896

• A Presentation of the history and development of the American Westfrom the frontier and pioneer days of the Wild West to the present.
  
• The West brings our nation's frontier heritage into contact with the technological frontier of today with profiles, documents and images.
  
• The California State Railroad Museum is a complex of historic facilities and attractions considered one of America"s best railroad museums.
  
• Santa Claus as we know him today first appeared in an 1862 wood engraving by Thomas Nast who also did political cartoons.
  
• Read about the history and tradition of P. T. Barnum, J. A. Bailey, the five Ringling brothers, and their world-famous circus.
  
• Contained here are texts, manuscripts, images, contemporary reviews and articles, and a variety of interactive exhibits On Mark Twain.
  
• Six stories of Americans from different backgrounds researching immigrant ancestry and a timeline of immigration history.
  
• A history of the immigrant station on Angel Island (the largest island in San Francisco Bay) known as the "Ellis Island of the West."
  
• Primary sources, activities, and links to related websites for educators and students desiring to learn about women"s suffrage.
  
• An online exhibit offers a detailed look at Edison"s childhood, his patents and inventions, and the Menlo Park Labratory in New Jersey.
  
• The Booker T. Washington National Monument home page places all sorts of activities and research opportunities at your fingertips.
  

• Read short biographiesof the most important and influential members of the Rockefeller family at the Rockefeller Archive Center.
  
• Familiarize yourself with the life of this founder of libraries, captain of industry who was for a time the world"s richest man.
  
• Learn about the construction of the Statue of Liberty in the National Park System Historical handbook on the subject.
  
• Find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and links to biographies and historical documents for each president.
  
• Discover the life and legacy of John Muir: naturalist, writer, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club.
  
• Preserving the memory of Theodore Roosevelt; Rough Rider, Conservationist, Naturalist, Badlands Rancher, and youngest President of the US.
  
• Dedicated to the Model T Ford automobile, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company of Detroit, MI from 1909 until 1927.
  
• The Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Pioneer Aviation a virtual museum dynamically documenting the history of the airplane.
  
• Information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history"The Great War.

• A useful sourcefor those seeking to trace the evolution of the temperance & prohibition movement in the US.
  
• Created by the Library of Congress to assist educators as they use the American Memory web site to teach US history and culture.
  
• President"s Hall provides excellent biographies of all 43 presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush.

• One of ten Presidential libraries nationwide,each of which contains a museum and provides an active series of public programs.
  
• Links to materials on the Marshall Plan were developed by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (the National Library of the Netherlands).
  
• Brown v. Board Of Education National Historic Site, consisting of the Monroe Elementary School, and the adjacent grounds in Topeka, Kansas.
  
• A timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1965 created in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  
• LBJ Library and Museum, another repository for preserving and the papers, records, and other historical materials of U.S. Presidents
  
• A digital, interactive legacy memorializing the men and women who gave their lives in Vietnam.
  
• Expansive site documenting the conflict that changed a generation"examines the costs and consequences of this controversial war.
  
• A fairly comprehensive site outlining the various contributions made by women to the Vietnam War effor as civilians and in service.
  
• Oral history: a extremely personal window into the past completed by South Kingstown High School and Brown University.
  
• Teach the Civil Rights movement through music by incorporating activist folk songs (here by Bob Dylan) into your lesson plans.
  
• Numerous links on the history of United Farm Workers, the organization founded by Cesar Chavez in 1962 with the help of Dolores Huerta.
  
• A research effort to disseminate historical data concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated.
  
• Here you will find text and sound samples from the famous "I Have a Dream" speech along with other resources concerning this leader"s life.
  
• Lisa Law's photo exhibit provides glimpses into the folk and rock music scenes, and California's blossoming counterculture from 1965-1971.
  
• History and Politics Out Loud is a searchable archive of over 100 politically significant audio materials for scholars, students and teachers.
  
• A special report by the Washington Post on the 25th anniversary of Watergate with many firsthand accounts.
  
• An exploration of presidential leadership from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George Bush, in the words of leading historians and journalists.
  
• Founded to preserve Cold War history and honor Cold War Veterans, The Cold War Museum online follows 50 timeline from the end of WWII.
  
• A personalized three-piece tour of the fall of the Berlin Wall containing selected photos and links to newspaper articles.
  
• A coalition of advocates and organizations providing a resource for information, support, and referrals for those concerned with Persian Gulf War issues.
  
• A short history of impeachment, a procedure where civil officers convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors are removed from office.
  
• People's Century looks back at the turbulent events of the last 100 years through the personal testimony of the people who were there.
  
• Initiated by the National Academy of Engineering, the goal of the project is to celebrate a remarkable century of technological achievement.