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• Geography
• Explorers
• Colonial Life
• Early Man
• Ancient Civilizations
• Mythology

• Museums, Libraries and Arhives
• Women's Studies
• Supreme Court Cases
• US History
• Economics

SITES

Geography

• Map Skills/Geographic Terms
  Text lessons.
• Topographic Map Skills
  Gives a list of World Wide Web sites that give reference to topographic map skills.
• Glossary of Geographic terms Definitions of geographic terms and concepts.
• Geographic Glossary
  An extensive glossary of geographic terms
• Erosion
  This is a site about Iguazu Falls and the erosion that the waterfall causes. It also has an activity dedicated to studying erosion. This is a slideshow about erosion from a class. There is some good basic information as well as higher level information.
• Water cycle
  Follow a drip through the water cycle.
• Latitude and Longitude
  Gives a clear explanation of these terms.
• Look up Longitude and Latitude
  Look-up Latitude and Longitude. We recommend that you search for Latitude and Longitude using the Astrodienst Atlas, but you may look up by country.
• View the Earth from space
  To view the Earth from space, looking down on a given point, enter the latitude, longitude, and altitude of the viewing point. You can enter degrees, minutes, and seconds as either 6°57'11" or 6d57m11s. You can also specify latitude and longitude by choosing from a list of cities.

Explorers

• Early American Explorers - Chronological Order
  Gives a chronological outline of Early American Explorers from the 15th through the 20th century.
• Early American Explorers - Alphabetical Order
  Gives an alphabetical listing of Early American Explorers from the 15th through the 20th century.
• Kids Info - Famous Explorers
  Resources for young students features links to biographies of famous explorers and to study guides focused on the history of the age of exploration and discovery.
• Global School Net Foundation online projects
  Global SchoolNet is the leader in collaborative learning. We continue to provide online opportunities for teachers to collaborate, communicate, and celebrate shared learning experiences.

Colonial Life

• The Viking Network Web
  Get to know the Vikings.
• Colonial America 1600-1775 (K12 Resources)
  Explore the Colonial Period of our history through the Internet. You'll find maps, lesson plans, bibliographies and curriculum content materials here.
• Colonial Williamsburg
  Explore and learn about Colonial Williamsburg; meet the people, see the places, experience the life, clothing, and more.
• Colonial America: 1492-1763
  Jump back in time and learn about the colonial period in American history.

• Early Man: Lucy and the First Family
  In 1974 Donald Johanson and associates discovered about 40% of a skeleton of a short (3-4 foot tall), small brained (380-450cc) creature. This find was named "Lucy" ...
  Early Man vocabulary
  Included are some "scientific sounding" names and terms used to identify pre-men fossils and what they really stand for.
  Australopithecine (southern apes)
  the first in a series of ape-like creatures that have become known as ape-men.

• Greek Mythology.com
  Description of gods and goddesses, myths, creatures, and places.
• Greek Mythology
  This site is dedicated to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology.
• Greek Myths
  This is an introduction to Ancient Greek Mythology. It combines information from a number of sources and attempts to be a comprehensive reference work.
• Greek Mythology Pictures
  A guide to the Ancient Greek Pantheon of Gods (Theoi), Spirits (Daimones) and Monsters (Theres). The individual entries of various divinities & monsters contain quotes sourced from a wide and growing variety of Classical Texts. Many are illustrated with pictures from C5th BC Greek Vase Painting. Family trees and maps are included.
• Field Museum Home Page
  See magnificent treasures from 3,000 years of ancient Egypt in Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum.
• Biographical Dictionary
  This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
• Costumes Throughout History
  Costumes from ancient times through the 20th century.

• National Archives
  Provides ready access to the essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of Federal officials, and the national experience.
• Smithsonian Institution
  Explore the rich treasures of the Smithsonian Institute.
• History Channel
  ccess the vast resources of the History Channel.
• National Parks
  The National Parks Service allows you to experience the American Parks, learn about their place in American history, learn about their natural resources, and more.
• American Studies
  A topical database of over 2,000 web-based resources in American Studies.
• History Net
  Online version of the magazine. Presents information about major political events throughout American history; Civil War, Wild West, W.W.I, W.W.II, Vietnam, and more.
• World History
  Navigates through 3 000 years of world history with links to important persons.
• Biographies
  A&E presents the Web's best Biographies.

• United States Supreme Court
  Link to the United States Supreme Court's webpage.
• Legal Information Institute
  Allows searching through historic and present day decisions made by the United Stated Supreme court.
• Findlaw Supreme Court Data Base
  Navigate through recent decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court and the opinion archives.

• Women's Studies
  A selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program.
• Encycloped ia of Women's History
  Major events and concepts in women's history, including links.

• Mayflower Site
  MayflowerHistory.com is the Internet's most complete, thoroughly researched and accurate web site dealing with the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and early Plymouth Colony.
• Jamestown Society/History
  Learn about the history and current excavation of Jamestown. Also includes a timeline and lists of Jamestown settlers and their occupations.
• History of Jamestown
  Presents historical, economical, and political information about Jamestown.
• Salem Witch Trials
  Provides transcripts, biographies, and other information about the Salem Witch Trials.
• Salem Witch Museum
  Explore the online version of the Salem Witch Museum located in Salem MA.
• National Geographic's Salem Witch Trial
  An interactive feature based upon historical records.
• French & Indian War
  Visit forts and other sites throughout New York state that played key roles in the pre-cursor to the Revolutionary War.
• The Alamo
  Brief history of the battle of Alamo including biographical information.
• Mexican War
  Search this site for information about the U.S.- Mexican War.
• Mexican-American War Memorial Homepage
  A memorial to the battles and soldiers that fought during this war.
• Oregon Trail
  Welcome to "The Oregon Trail" web site--the award-winning story of the great western journey. Enjoy the adventure!
• Underground Railroad
  The Underground Railroad was neither "underground" nor a "railroad," but was a loose network of aid and assistance to fugitives from bondage. Perhaps as many as one hundred thousand enslaved persons may have escaped in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
• Civil War Center
  Promoting the study of the Civil War from the perspectives of all professions, occupations, and academic disciplines.
• The American Civil War Homepage
  This webpage provides hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).
• Civil War
  Provides battle information, biographical information, as well as, information about medicine, strategies and tactics, and state information.
• U.S. Imperialism
  An online history of the United States during the Age of Imperialism.
• Big Bands
  An Archive, History, and Database of Big Bands of the World - Start page - From Jazz Age to Present.... SWING and the BIG BANDS.
• Scopes trial
  The Scopes trial came at a crossroads in history - as people were choosing to cling to the past or jump into the future. The trial itself was a series of conflicts, the obvious one being evolution vs. religion.
• Harlem Renaissance
  Johnson McKay Jones Hurston Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing! - from "Yet Do I Marvel" by Countee Cullen.
• ARTCYCLOPEDIA: Harlem Renaissance Art and Artist
  List of artists and an index of where their work is displayed.
• Harlem Renaissance: A Brief Introduction
  Harlem Number | Important Features | Personalities | An Assessment | A Chronology of Important Events | Novels of the Harlem Renaissance | Research and Study.
• Rosewood Massacre
  The Rosewood Massacre Rosewood, FL. ... It showed that a Rosewood Massacre did happen in 1923 and it let the people know that women do lie on black men.
• Remembering Rosewood - The Most Thorough Site
  Includes the history, survivors information, scholarships, tours, exhibits, organizations, and other research.
• Richard Wright
  This PBS site examines the life of author Richard Wright, and features a teachers' guide with activities for many disciplines.
• Women's Suffrage
  The Library of Congress presents selected documents from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times.
• New Deal
  The Library of Congress presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
  Explains how Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal changed the role of the government in the United States, and how it came to the aid of individuals.
• Atomic bomb
  Provides accurate information concerning the impact the first atomic bomb had on Hiroshima, Japan.
• A-bomb decision
  Documents on the decision to use the atomic bomb are reproduced here in full-text form.
• Holocaust Historical Summary
  The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
• Holocaust Timeline and Links
  Provides an historic timeline of the Holocaust and additional links.
• Children of the Internment Camps
  More than 120,000 Japanese Americans were interned behind barbed wire during World War II...over half were children.
• Japanese American Internment Camps
  From the Special Collections Department, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, and Private Collections.
• Civil rights movement
  Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement.
• CNN-Civil Rights Movement
  Explores the history of the civil rights movement in the United States.
• Martin Luther King
  Selected Reference Sources from Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Vietnam War
  Vasar College site that gives an overview, documents, and additional links about the Vietnam War.
• Watergate
  "Watergate" is a general term used to describe a complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974. The word specifically refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C.
• Illinois History and Government
  llinois History Resource Page provides links to all aspects of Illinois history, government, geography, and culture for both adults and children.
• The American Civil War Homepage
  A resource for Civil War information.
• Materials on Slavery
  An occasional publication featuring essays, documents, images, bibliographies and database information relevant to the history of slavery, abolition and more.
• Industrial Revolution 1880s -1920s
  Explains the political, economic, and social reform of industry that shaped America.
• Child Labor
  Explains the political, economic, and social reform of child labor laws that shaped America.
• Remembering the Depression
  Explains the ways people's lives affected by the Depression?
• The Library of Congress American Memory
  A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.

• U.S. Tax Code On-Line
  Access the Tax Code for the State of Illinois
  Labor Unions
• History of Trade and Labor Unions in the US and Canada
  History of the Labor Unions.
• The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of twelve Reserve Banks across the U.S. that together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., serve as our nation's central bank.
• Federal Reserve Act of 1913
  Information about the Frederal Reserve and the Act of 1913 that created the National Bank.
  Banking
• Early History of Banking
  History of the United States Banking system.
• United States Monetary Policy
  Monetary policy is a central bank's actions to influence the availability and cost of money and credit, as a means of helping to promote national economic goals.
• American Bank
  A daily online magazine for the financial services industry.
• U.S. Treasury Offices & Bureaus
  Homepage of the U.S. Treasury Department.
• U.S. Treasury Building
  US Treasury Building. Tours of the Treasury Building on Pennsylvania Avenue are available to the public on Saturdays by reservation only.
• Department of Treasury Kid's Page
  Department of Treasury's webpage.
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  Chicago Mercantile Exchange is an international marketplace that brings together buyers and sellers of derivatives products, which trade on our trading floors, on our GLOBEX® electronic trading system and through privately negotiated transactions.