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Internet History Source Book Project

Atlases and Maps   Top

Atlapedia Online - Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Internet Public Library Ready Reference Collection: Maps & Atlases

Historical Maps of the United States - Collection of historical Maps

Library of Congress: General Maps and Atlases Homepage - Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress

MapMachine @ nationalgeographic.com - a wonderful collection from the world famous National Geographic Society.

Quick Maps of the World - Flags, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics.

USGS - National Mapping Information

US Census Map Server - Us Map engine

World Atlas.com - The world atlas online

World Fact Book - The CIA's Educational Website

World Facts and Figures - Tons of information

Anthropology and Archeology   Top

Arch Net - Virtual Library of Archeology

Archeology's DIG - a magazine for kids

Digging up the facts about Archeology - All you want to learn about Archeology

Human Origins@nationalgeographic.com - Where did we originate?

Egyptian Archeology (Yahooligans)

Mayan Archeology (Yahooligans)

Perseus Project - Ancient History

Prehistory (Yahooligans)

Pompeii Forum Project - The Pompeii Forum Project is an interdisciplinary collaborative research venture 

WWWorld of Archeology - Archeology links

America's Historical Documents (and the World's)   Top

http://supreme.findlaw.com. - Search engine for legal professionals 

American Memory Page - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library 

American Historical Documents (Yahooligans)

Articles of Confederation, 1781 - All articles in online text

Archiving Early America - a unique array of primary source material from 18th Century America

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

The Creation of the US Constitution - Learn about the history and see a real copy

Chronology of US Historical Documents - History by date

Constitution of the United States of America - The constitution in full text

Declaration of Independence - All information on the Declaration of Independence

Documents of Freedom - All the early articles

Karpeles Manuscript Library - Look up any Manuscript you can think of

Treaty of Paris - The articles of the Treaty of Paris

US Army Historical Documents - Army's History

US Founding Documents - The Documents that founded our Country

US History Texts - This area is an index on the primary sources and transcripts this project contains and provides

Valley of the Shadow - Two Communities in the American Civil War

Economics   Top

American Financial History Museum - nation's only independent public museum dedicated to celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship and the democratic free market tradition

History of American Money - How money originated

History of Money - A History of money from ancient times to the present day

Kids Money - Looking for other Kids' Money books, games, banks and activities? You'll find a great selection at Kids' Money Store®.

Making Cents of Money - Everything you could want to know about Money

Flags   Top

Flags and Maps of the World - Flags and maps for every country in the world

World Flag Data Base - Database of countries and their flags

Geography   Top

State Department Geographic Learning Site - fun and informative learning site

Government   Top

State Government Sites

• Arizona Department of Education - Everything you need to know from the Arizona Department of Education

Federal Government Sites

• Director of Central Intelligence's Web Sites (including the CIA)
• FedWorld - lots of links to government resources
• Library Of Congress - Everything Congress uses
• NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress
• University of Michigan Document Center - links to government documents currently in the news, like pending legislation & departmental press releases.
• U.S. Department of Education - Official Website
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - offers activities and search
• The White House Home Page - Official Website
• The U.S. House of Representatives - Official Website
• The U.S. Senate - Official Website

Government Sites From T.H.E Journal

 

http://www.cbo.gov/ The mission of the Congressional Budget Office is to provide the Congress with objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions.

http://www.acq.osd.mil/ddre/edugate/ To promote science and engineering, the Department of Defense sponsors a variety of student mentoring and teacher enhancement activities for all grade levels.

http://www.fedstats.gov/ The Federal Interagency Council maintains the full range of statistics produced by more than 70 agencies.

http://www.fedworld.gov/ Perform keyword searches from here to locate resources within almost every agency of the U.S. government.

http://www.nwbuildnet.com/nwbn/govbot.html GovBot enables fast, accurate and timely searches of U.S. government Web pages, documents, statistics, agencies, departments and resources.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/harvest/query-lc.html Start here to search the catalogs of the Library of Congress.

http://www.nara.gov/ The National Archives and Records Administration offers reproducible primary documents for use in the classroom.

http://www.peacecorps.gov/ Everything you need to know about becoming a Peace Corps volunteer.

http://www.uscourts.gov/ The Federal Judiciary Home Page answers questions about the organization and operation of the federal courts.

http://www.vcilp.org/Fed-Agency/fedwebloc.html The Federal Web Locator is updated regularly by staff at the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy.

History   Top

EyeWitness History - History through the eyes of thoes who lived it

Gold Rush - California's Untold Stories, Oakland Museum

Harcourt Brace Social Studies - Learning resources for social studies programs from Harcourt Brace School Publishers
History Channel Classroom - Your link to the History Channel

History Homework Help - Help with your history homework

History and Social Studies - Resources for K-12 Teachers

History Net - Where History Lives on the Web

The HistoryChannel - Everything the History Channel has to offer

The HistoryPlace - The past to the future

Internet Medieval Sourcebook - Everything Medieval

Renaissance - Join us as we explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth.

Time Travellers - Ohio Historical Society

Today in American History - It overwhelms you with its fury and its phantom splendor.

Wars (Yahooligans )

Women's History - Links to a lot of Women's History site

Yahooligan's History Guide - many links

World History   Top

Ancient Civilizations Museum on the Web - Virtual Muesuem

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Country information from around the world

HyperHistory - 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.

Odyssey Online a journey to explore Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and sub-Saharan African cultures.

World War I Primary Document Archive- This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L).

Yahooligans - Ancient Civilizations

US History   Top

America's Library - America's Story

American Civil War - the site for history fans and enthusiasts

African American Odyssey: The Civil War (Part 1)

American Memories - Part of the Library of Congress Collection

Amistad - Exploring Amistad, This Discovery Section introduces the story of the Amistad Revolt and its historical setting.

Betsy Ross Homepage - History of our flag

Crisis at Fort Sumter - What happened

Avalon Project at Yale Law School American History: a Documentary Record 1492-1973

Colonial Hall - Biographies of America's Founding Fathers

Electric Ben Franklin - Ben Franklin's diary and more

Lewis and Clark - Journals of the Corps of Discovery

Library of Congress - All the information that Congress uses

The Louisiana Purchase - Full original text

Manifest Destiny - 1841-1848

National Trust Website for Kids - search engine

National Museum of American History - Virtual Expeditions

New Perspective on the West - the American West "is a place that has to be seen to be believed, and it may have to be believed in order to be seen."

A New Western History - A Complex Frontier

Project Whistlestop - Truman Digital Library

The Oregon Trail - Western Expansion in the United States.

Outline of American History - Many links to choose from

The Papers of George Washington - University of Virginia

Real US History - History becomes real to us when those people who actually experienced it tell us their stories

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Treaty in full text

The Smithsonian - Official Website

Star Spangled Banner Preservation Project - saving an American treasure--the flag that inspired our national anthem

Thomas Paine - These are the times that try men's souls

US Diplomatic History Timeline - Archived timeline

US History.org - A MUST SEE! Learn about the US and her history through this extensive website.

Valley Forge - The history of Valley Forge

Virtual Jamestown - Jamestown and the Virginia Experiment

Web de Anza - An Interactive Study Environment on Spanish Exploration and Colonization of "Alta California" 1774-1776. Documentary resources on the expedition that led to the founding of San Francisco. (University of Oregon)

Laws

lawforkids.com - because ignorance of the excuses no one

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