Time Travelers
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] - Leads kids on a virtual tour of historical places throughout Ohio. From the Ohio Historical Society.
America's Library
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] - Discover the stories of America's past. Meet amazing Americans from the past and present, explore the states, and read about everyday life.
Federal Writers' Project
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] - Excerpts from interviews with about a dozen men and women who weathered the Great Depression and the difficult years of the 1930s.
New Perspectives on The West
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] - Provides an illustrated introduction to the people, places, and events for which America's western frontier is known. From PBS.
American Indian Kids
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] - History of Native Americans for kids, ages 6-10. Emphasizes Indian family and village lifestyles.
Zoot Suit Riots
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] - Learn about the controversy surrounding the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, 1942. From PBS.
Today in History
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] - Each day, an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.
American Experience
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] - Includes features on a range of people and events in American history from Hawaii's last queen to Joe DiMaggio, from World War I to Vietnam. From PBS.
America's Story
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] - Presented by the Library of Congress, a site with information about American people, historical events, and each of the 50 states.
A Biography of America
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] - Includes key events, maps, video transcripts, and related links for each era in American history.
The Jamestown Online Adventure
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] - A virtual history lesson where you find yourself landing in the New World and making all the decisions needed to found the Jamestown colony.
From Revolution to Reconstruction
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] - Contains outlines related to American history and culture, primary source materials, essays, biographies and presidential information.
Kid's History
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] - Provides help with American history projects. Includes games, costume help, library, crafts, and links.
A Century in Review
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] - Student-created site offers a graphical overview of each decade in the 20th century.
Slavery in New England
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] - Interactive site designed to help middle school students understand the condition of African slaves in New England.
Studying about Immigration
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] - Explores the push and pull factors of immigration. Includes a virtual tour of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Also explains how immigration today differs from that of years gone by.
U.S. History from 1890 to 1950
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] - Student-created timeline places 30 major events in historical context. Also includes essays and short profiles of Thomas Edison and Norman Rockwell.
Mom's Historical Costumes
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] - A theatrical middle-school social studies teacher models her over a dozen costumes relating to various periods of American history. Includes colonial garb, multicultural, and military dress.
American Slave Voices
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] - Traces slavery in America from its earliest origins to post-Emancipation. Includes links to primary sources and personal slave accounts.
Liberty Bell Museum
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] - Features virtual exhibit of a private collection of memorabilia, relics and souvenirs, gathered over a 20 year period. Includes gift shop.
Exploring Maryland's Roots
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] - Explore the shores, build a plantation, and meet the people of early Maryland in this interactive website by Maryland Public Television.
The Population of Vermont
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] - The history of the Indian tribes, early settlers, and more recent immigrants to Vermont. With a county map.
AP U.S. History Decade Profiles
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] - Contains detailed review guides for preparing for the Advanced Placement United States History Exam. Arranged by decades, and available in PDF and HTML formats.
Colonial Williamsburg
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] - Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living. Browse the Colonial Dateline highlighting events from 1750-1783.
Old Sturbridge Village
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] - The museum re-creates the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town in authentic living history fashion.
The Oregon-Trail
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] - This web site is based on the award-winning documentary film from PBS. Read about the history of the trail and see the historic sites located along the trail.
America's West
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] - Explore information on the history and development of the American West.
SPNEA: Whiz Kids
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] - Take fun history tests from 1600-1900's. Also includes recipes by the century.
Freedom: A History of US
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] - A PBS series with sixteen "webisodes" about freedom in the United States, and dangers to freedom in the nation's history.
Colonial Kids
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] - This celebration of life in the 1700s tells all about life in Colonial America. Includes interviews, games, video excerpts, photographs, and other activities.
History Haven
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] - Provides an overview of American History from colonial times through the Reagan years. Some chapters include interactive quizzes.
Pioneers
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] - Information about pioneers, wagon trains, and life on the trail in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
NARA Exhibit Hall
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] - Features historic documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Slave Ship Trouvadore
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] - Describes a shipwreck and the survival of crewmen and Africans, who were being transported to an area near the Bahamas to be used as slaves. Page includes past history, cultural influences, and mysteries about the incident.
The Dakota Experience: Deadwood Illustrated
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] - Imagine being a part of the old west in South Dakota. Click on the Native American, military man, and prospector to see what their concerns were. Includes photos from that time period.
U.S. History Timeline
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] - Travel through 15,000 years of history from hunters of wooly mammoths to the 21st Century in this picture-enhanced timeline.
Virtual Archaeologist
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] - Learn about Native American tribes, who lived in the Missouri river in the area that is now known as North and South Dakota. Features photos of original dig sites, people, and the earth lodge. Page also offers walk through tours [Requires Shockwave Plugin].
Jefferson's West
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] - Interactive electronic field trip to re-live Lewis and Clark's journey across the American West. Explore, watch, listen, and keep a journal.
Understanding Slavery
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] - Discover the roots of slavery, follow the life of a slave and witness a slave auction through the eyes of characters including a slave, auctioneer, buyer and seller.
Great American Speeches
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] - Great political speeches from 1645 to the present day. For students of speech and American History.
Colonial America
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] - Pictures of students dressed as famous colonists, a timeline of events, activities and quizzes. Provided by Mountain City Elementary School, Tennessee.
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