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Textbook Links

World Civilizations - AP Edition: Go to this Student Resources section to review and test your knowledge of each chapter with summaries and interactive quizzes.

General History Resources

Schmoop: If you want to get into history, poetry or classic literature Shmoop provides an in-depth analysis of themes, characters, literary devices … and the list goes on. "This content is all provided by Ph.D. and masters' students, much more than can be said for sites like Wikipedia.org. Shmoop's content is all regulated and updated on the norm by a full-time staff. What some have said is the best part of Shmoop.com is that it provides multiple perspectives on the same topic, not the stereotypical one-sided argument."
Best of History Websites: Links and descriptions for many of the best sites available from prehistory through the twentieth century.
SCORE - History Social Science: Teacher resource for lessons, projects, standards, and more.
History Channel
This Day in History: Search by date or category to find out what happened in history.
900-999 History & Geography: From Teaneck Public Schools Cyberlibrary, this site is organized by subjects and arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers.
PBS History: "Nearly everything on this homepage from the rich collection of PBS history deserves a look."
The History Net: Commercial organization with several online magazines devoted to history, and in particular, past wars (WWI, WWI, Vietnam, etc.). Features eyewitness accounts!
History on the Net: "The aim of this site is to offer a wealth of historical information and resources for teachers, pupils, parents and anyone who wishes to further their historical knowledge. History on the Net believes that learning should be fun and provides a range of interactive activities." Coverage extends from the ancient world through the Civil Rights Movement. Use drop-down and side menus to navigate each page.
Spartacus Educational: This is an amazing collection of information on topics in both American and World History. The site covers the medieval world to the present. Each time period is broken down into information on key figures, events, issues, organizations, and frequently timelines.
Finding, Using, and Creating Primary Sources: A primary source is an eye-witness account or first-hand evidence from an event or topic. Examples of primary sources are: diaries, letters, newspapers, photographs, government documents, maps, artifacts, audio and video files. Click here for activities, and links to primary sources.
Center for History and New Media: This site "offers a wide range of free resources for history teachers and students." You may go directly to the following sections:; History Matters - an award-winning site that offers 1,000 primary documents in text, image, and audio; an annotated guide to 850 of the best U.S. History web sites; and guides to using various kinds of online primary sources.; World History Matters - resources to help world history teachers and students locate, analyze, and learn from primary sources and further their understanding of the complex nature of world history.; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - an accessible and lively introduction to the French Revolution, as well as an extraordinary archive of some of the most important documentary evidence.; Echo - the leading portal to the history of science, technology, and industry.; September 11 Digital Archive - premiere digital collection on the 9/11/01 attacks.; Web Scrapbook - a great tool for teachers and students that holds and annotates images, excerpts, and web pages you find while surfing.; H-Bot - an automated history fact finder.

United States History

American Decades

The Century: America's Timeline - "Explore the decades year-by-year to learn about the highlights of the 20th century. A lot of "timely" information brought to you by the History Channel!"

Digital History - This site was designed by professors at the University of Houston to support the teaching of American history. The site includes an online textbook, historical documents, online exhibitions, interactive modules, and much more.

American Memory at the Library of Congress: Collection Finder - Each link here retrieves a list of American Memory online collections. These collections are sets of digital information including books, documents, photographs, images, music, and films. From that list, you will be able to jump to an individual collection or search for items in those collections. You can also browse a list of Subject Headings that further describe the chief areas of content in the collections. Or you can use the timeline and "place line" at the bottom of the page to link to a specific area. Go to Finder Help for more information.

Decades of Prosperity - "The Twenties, Fifties and Eighties were "Decades of Prosperity" for America. Each had its own character. The links in this section try to offer a glimpse of what it was like during those times."

American Cultural History Timeline - presents a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century

In the 70s, 80s and the 1990s - each of these links will take you to pages on the music, movies, fads, fashions, and world events (check the timelines) of the decade.

Infoplease Almanac Timeline Year by Year 1900 to 2010

About.com - Decade by Decade

HyperHistory - people, history, events, maps

Doodles, Drafts, & Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian

A digital overview of a traveling exhibition presenting examples of industrial drawings from the Smithsonian collections; includes a bibliography of further sources to examine.

The African-American Mosaic Exhibition

"A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture"

African-American Odyssey

"This Special Presentation of the Library of Congress exhibition, The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the Library's incomparable African-American collections....include[s] a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings."

The History Place

"Dedicated to students, educators, and all who enjoy history." This site includes lots of information, photographs, speeches, and even historical sites to visit.

America's Story

" 'America's Story from America's Library' wants you to have fun with history while learning at the same time. We want to put the story back in history and show you some things that you've never heard or seen before. The stuff you see comes from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Library is the largest in the world and has millions of amazing things that will surprise you. You may think all those items are books, but in fact, most of them are not. They are letters, diaries, records and tapes, films, sheet music, maps, prints, photographs and digital materials. Much of what you see on America's Library will be those non-book items, and many of those materials are found only in the collections of the Library of Congress. Teachers refer to these types of materials as 'primary sources.' "

Columbus and the Age of Discovery

"Over 1,100 full-text articles and reports related to Columbus and the explorations from Europe to the "New World". A bit difficult to use due to its arrangement. Try starting with the Hypertext Index of Articles, then go into "For public use. (Reprint Permission Granted.)" Then explore the entries, arranged alphabetically. Has many articles in the Spanish language." (Peter Milbury, Chico High School Library)

1492 Exhibit

The story of Columbus and his voyages to the New World, made available from the Library of Congress.

Making of America

"Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology."

A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times

This well organized and easy to use site contains documents, essays, biographies, and information about the presidents (including speeches, documents, and writings).

The 17th and 18th Centuries

"Designed to help high school teachers of American history bring their students to a greater understanding of the role religion has played in the development of the United States." Nice collection of links to information resources.

Amistad Trials of 1839-1840

"The Amistad case energized the fledgling abolitionist movement and intensified conflict over slavery, prompted a former President to go before the Supreme Court and condemn the policies of a present Administration, soured diplomatic relations between the United States and Spain for a generation, and created a wave of interest in sending Christian missionaries to Africa."

HarpWeek

HarpWeek provides electronic access to Harper's Weekly, the 19th century "Journal of Civilization." This electronic database makes it possible for you to discover the lively editorials, news stories, illustrations, cartoons, and even advertisements that shaped and reflected public opinion in this era.

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

With "over 200 objects including early American books, manuscripts, letters, prints, paintings, artifacts, and music [the site] explores the role religion played in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping of early American life and politics, and in forming the American Republic

From Reconstruction to Revolution and What Happened Afterwards

Online texts in American History, with links to many primary sources. Very useful to see what was actually written or stated.

United States History Resources: From 1800 Through 1865 From the Chico High School Library

This carefully selected collection of links includes general resources, the Alamo, and the Civil War.

Civil War and Reconstruction

American Experience| Reconstruction: The Civil War - Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program that "tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans — Southern and Northern, white and black — as they struggle to shape new lives for themselves in a world turned upside down" following the Civil War. Features primary source materials, maps, a timeline, video clips, a teacher's guide, a bibliography, related links, and a program transcript.

The Freedman's Bureau Online-This site looks at the issues facing slaves after the Civil War and the creation and history of the Freedman's Bureau which supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine. Links to government records dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau as well as genealogy sites.

Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War-"The Valley Project details life in two American communities, one Northern and one Southern, from the time of John Brown's Raid through the era of Reconstruction." Contains photographs, maps, "thousands of original letters and diaries, newspapers and speeches, [and] census and church records, left by men and women in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania."

19th Century U.S. History > Reconstruction-This directory from Yahoo Search contains links to 16 excellent sites with primary source materials.

Industrial Revolution Resources from Chico High School Library

"Look here for links about the Industrial Revolution, the events, issues and people who were participants in this period of world history."

The Progressive Movement

"The dawn of the 20th century in Nebraska and across the nation signaled the birth of the Progressive Movement...." While this site focuses on the history of Nebraska, it has a great deal of good general information about the time period.

America in the 1930s

A well-done, content-rich, overview of this time in US history.

The Cold War

Librarian's Index to the Internet -Search for Cold Warto find links to more than two dozen excellent sites, many with great pictures.

Google - Deutschland- This is the German Google and it will take you to many cold war sites that do not immediately come up with the American version.

The Cold War Museum - The Cold War Museum founded to preserve Cold War history and honor Cold War Veterans contains online exhibits, stories, a timeline, a Spy Tour, and even a trivia game.

Cold War Hotlinks-This directory contains links to a number of cold war related sites.

Cold War Hot Links: Web Resources Relating to the Cold War- These links are to webpages which other people have created and like most things on the net, they run the entire spectrum of political thought and vary greatly in quality. Nonetheless, they do provide web- surfers with some interesting views and information on the Cold War and the National Security State.

Cold War Museum WebQuest Resources- still another nice collection of web resources.

Truman Presidential Library

Cold War International History Project @ the Woodrow Wilson International Center - a searchable virtual archive of primary source documents.

Digital History- be sure to look at Primary Sources, the Interactive Timeline, and images.

Civil Rights Documentation Project

Web-based presentation with links to digitized historical materials and other Internet-based resources about civil rights legislation created by museums, historical societies, and government agencies. The timeline identifies events in the social context, and by the legislative process.

American Vintage Blues: History of Fashion

...this site includes fashion information and photos for each decade from 1900-1990; bibliographic citations are included for the information.

50 States.com

A wealth of easy to find information about each of our states, territories and commonwealths.

APUSH Suggested Sites

The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Eleventh Edition: ACE practice tests from your textbook publisher.
DBQ Main Page: Links to DBQs created by students and teachers for AP US History exams. Use them for review.
US History Outlines and Charts: Select any of the resources listed here to view topical outlines and charts.
DocLinks: "DocLinks is a database of over 1000 annotated Web links to primary documents online for the study of U.S. history and Western Civilization. Providing instant, single-click access to the building blocks of the past, DocLinks includes speeches, legislation, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, essays, travelers' accounts, personal narratives and testimony, manifestos, visual artifacts, songs, poems, and more. "
WWW-VL HISTORY: UNITED STATES: Search the Virtual Library by historical topic or chronological period. This site will also link you to research tools such as bibliographies, databases, maps and timetables.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy: "The Avalon Project is dedicated to providing access via the World Wide Web to primary source materials in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government."
The Unfinished Nation: Self-test on Jacksonian America from from the McGraw Hill textbook Unfinished Nation.
Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia: Hear actual Supreme Court cases, take a virtual tour of the court, learn about the justices and more. You will need RealPlayer 8 and Quick Time to fully access all files available here.
Advanced Placement United States History Sample Test Questions 2001-2002: Created by teacher Terry Jordan this site offers exactly what its name implies. The Links for the Objective Questions and the Essay Questions will only be "active" two weeks prior to each Unit Examination!
HistoryLinks: "...a comprehensive collection of over 500 carefully selected and frequently updated annotated links to history-related Web sites, including topical sites, image galleries, maps, audio and video clips, and secondary literature."
A Student's Online Guide to History Reference Sources.: "Comprehensive lists guide you to some of the best tools available for the most common research areas, highlighting the most helpful databases, search engines, indexes and directories, gateway sites, online archives, specific sources, and electronic journals and discussion lists."
U.S. History on the Web: "... a chronological history of the United States followed by some special thematic history sites. These are all topics that are covered in a typical high school history class and make excellent starting points to do further research."
ElectionsCentral - A History of Presidential Elections: "...history of each Presidential election. We present both the popular and electoral votes in each election, as well as states won, issues in the election and turnout. We also provide a complete review of the 2000 election."
Famous Trials: This site, created by legal historian Douglas O. Linder, tells the stories of 12 famous trials by using a mix of transcripts, maps, pictures, audio clips, primary documents and essays.
History Matters: "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."
Advanced Placement Studies: United States History Study Guides

World History

HyperHistory Online: "HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps."
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: This "online course supplement" covers the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam and Medieval Europe. There is also an index of internet sites, divided into five sub-indices: a chronology, an essay index, an image index, an internet site index and an electronic text index.
Bulfinch's Mythology: Just browse, or search for stories of the gods and goddess's of ancient Greece and Rome.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Follow the links on this site and you will learn more about the ancient world, than just what the "seven wonders" were.
The Ancient Greek World: Text and artifacts tell the story of daily life in ancient Greece. Categories include land and time, daily life, economy, religion and death.
Worlds of Late Antiquity: "This is a home page for miscellaneous materials relating to the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (roughly 200-700 C.E.). Some of it is organized for the benefit of instruction and there will be from time to time links of interest principally to the students professor who prepares this page, but there are also substantial materials of general interest."
Mexico Online Precolumbian History: Provides information on the Aztecs, Maya, Mexica, Olmecs, Toltec, Zapotecs & other Pre-European cultures, as well as information on museums, archeology, language & education.
Castles On the Web: A large collection of links to information about castles, including images of many castles!
Women in World History: "An interactive site full of information and resources about women's experiences in world history. For teachers, teenagers, parents, and history buffs."
About: Who's Who in Medieval History and the Renaissance: A collection of biographies and links.
Renaissance: "...explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular."
Yahoo Links to the Renaissance: A directory of websites relating to the Renaissance.
Luminarium: This site offers a multimedia experience of the Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century periods. While intended for those studying literature, the illustrations and background information about the authors and artists and their works are very useful for history students.
Eighteenth Century Resources -- History: Another major collection of links to the most famous people of the Enlightenment.
Victorian Web Sites: A large collection of links to Victorian web sites as 19th century authors and English literature.
The Victorian Web: Organized into categories such as Political History, Social History, Authors, Religion, Science, and Visual Arts, this page contains links to a wealth of resources.
The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales: Information (interviews and data on working conditions) about women textile workers, miners, and seamstresses in England during the Industrial Revolution.
Industrial Revolution Resources From the Chico High School Library: "Look here for links about the Industrial Revolution, the events, issues and people who were participants in this period of world history."
World War I, THE GREAT WAR: Organized chronologically, with links to many other resources on World War I.
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century: This searchable site is from PBS. Included are highlights, interviews, an interactive timeline, and maps.
World War I Document Archive: This archive of primary documents from World War I is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.
World War II Links: Large, well-organized collection of links to information about World War II, and its causes.
World War II Web Ring: Collection of links to web sites dedicated to World War II. Many of them offer non-U.S. views of the war.
The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy: A Think Quest project created by high school students which provides a wide variety of resources related to understanding the Holocaust.
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students: "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students. Organized by theme, this site uses text, historical photographs, maps, images of artifacts, and audio clips to provide an overview of the Holocaust."
Chronology of Russian History: The Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods: Nice outline of the history of The Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods of Russia, with links to additional information about certain people and events.

California

Calisphere: "Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. "
Welcome to California: California is a beautiful site that is easy to navigate and offers a variety of online information and state services, such as the ability to make DMV appointments, obtain fishing licenses, or buy state park passes online.
California History Online: The story of California from the physical aspects to the historical in timeline format.
California History Collection from American Memory: "Stories and tales from early California state history and development."
California Heritage Collection: "The California Heritage Collection is an online archive of more than 30,000 images illustrating California's history and culture, from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley."
Online Archive of California: "A core component of the California Digital Library, the Online Archive of California (OAC) is a digital information resource that facilitates and provides access to materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California."
History and Social Sciences for Students: California History: This site covers everything from history to the environment, transportation, and demographics.
LearnCalifornia: "LearnCalifornia.org, [is an] electronic resource for students, teachers and everyone else interested in California history! This easy to use site combines the collections of the California State Archives with the power of the Internet to bring you reliable and entertaining information about the Golden State."
California History and Governmental Institution Resources From the Chico High School Library: This is an outstanding collection of resources covering California's Admission to Statehood, California Governmental Institutions and Resources, California Issues and Problems, and California Historic Photograph Collections.
Calisphere: Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of digitized primary sources. More than 150,000 original photographs, documents, art images, and other historic artifacts selected from UC's many libraries and museums reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history.

Social Studies Links from El Dorado High School Library

Social Studies Links
from El Dorado High School Library