Social Studies Internet Resources
Miami Senior High School 2007-2008
American History Resource Links
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Pre-Colonial
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Vikings The North Atlantic Saga
http://www.mnh.si.edu/
vikings
/
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Civilizations in America
http://www.wsu.edu/~
dee
/
CIVAMRCA
/
CIVAMRCA.HTM
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Cultures in America
http://www.wsu.edu/~
dee
/
CULAMRCA
/
CULAMRCA.HTM
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Age of Exploration (1492-1600)
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1492: An Ongoing Voyage: Exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/
Intro.html
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Passages:A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/passages/
index-e.html
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American Indians and the Natural World
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
index.html
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Colonial Period
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Colonial America 1600-1775: K12 Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~
ramseyil
/
colonial.htm
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Plimoth
Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/
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Salem Witch Museum
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/
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William Penn
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/
pnhome.html
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The Lost Colony Roanoke Island, North Carolina's Outer Banks
http://www.thelostcolony.org/
educators.html
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American Revolution (1775-1783)
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Revolutionary War Sites - Battlefield Sites
http://www.nps.gov/archive/
thst
/
battle.htm
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Cowpens National Battlefield
http://www.nps.gov/
cowp
/
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The Revolutionary War: A Journey Towards Freedom
http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/
index.html
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Revolutionary War Timeline
http://www.nps.gov/archive/
cowp
/
Timeline.htm
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New Nation (1789-1824)
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Independence National Historical Park
http://www.nps.gov/archive/
inde
/
visit.html
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George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
http://www.mountvernon.org/
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Lewis and Clark PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
lewisandclark
/
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Thomas Jefferson's
Monticello
http://www.monticello.org/
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War of 1812
http://www.multied.com/1812/
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The Constitution
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Constitution of the United States of America
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/
constitution.html
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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
http://memory.loc.gov/
ammem
/collections/continental/
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CongressLink
[Congress The Basics - Lawmaking] Resources The Constitution of the United States
http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_
histmats
_constitution_
contents.htm
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Manifest Destiny, Expansion, and Slavery (1824-1861)
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The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~
trinmich
/
Oregontrail.html
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John L. O'Sullivan on Manifest Destiny, 1839
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/
acad
/
intrel
/
osulliva.htm
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The Underground Railroad
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/
STC
/lesson/
socstud
/railroad/
contents.htm
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Civil War and Reconstruction
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The Civil War Archive
http://www.civilwararchive.com/
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Civil War Medicine
http://www.powerweb.net/
bbock
/war/
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Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet
http://library.duke.edu/
specialcollections
/
bingham
/guides/
cwdocs.html
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Lesson Plan The Civil War
http://www.smplanet.com/
civilwar
/
civilwar.html
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From Revolution to Reconstruction Outlines American History (1990) Chapter Five Opposing views on Reconstruction (11-12)
http://
odur.let.rug.nl
/~
usa
/H/1990/ch5_p11.
htm
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
wnet
/
jimcrow
/
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The American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
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Emerging World Power
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Theodore Roosevelt-Related Web Links Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
http://www.nps.gov/archive/
sahi
/
trwired
/
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The World of 1898 The Spanish-American War Home Page
http://www.loc.gov/
rr
/
hispanic
/1898/
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Ellis Island - FREE Port of New York Passenger Records Search
http://www.ellisisland.org/
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Industrial America and Early 1900's
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How we made the first flight- Wright Brothers
http://www.aero-web.org/history/wright/
wright.htm
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Internet Modern History Sourcebook Industrial Revolution
http://www.fordham.edu/
halsall
/mod/modsbook14.html
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Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/inventor/ag2.
htm
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World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (1914-1919)
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The World War I Document Archive
http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/
wwi
/
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First World War
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
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Roaring Twenties
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The Roaring Twenties
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/roaring_
twenties.htm
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PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns Jazz in Time - Roaring Twenties
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_
roaring.htm
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Women's History Resources
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/
WomensStudies
/
hist.htm
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Teaching With Documents: The
Volstead
Act and Related Prohibition Documents
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
volstead-act
/
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Welcome to
BabeRuthcom
http://www.baberuth.com/
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The Impact of Technology on 1920s Life
http://www.angelfire.com/co/
pscst
/
tech.html
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Women's History
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Important Women Through History
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/
notable.htm
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100 Important Women in History
http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/100import/
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Great Depression and the New Deal (1929-1939)
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Franklin D_ Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
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Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.mhrcc.org/
fdr
/
fdr.html
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World War II (1939-1945) and Post War
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Hiroshima Archive
http://www.lclark.edu/~history/HIROSHIMA/
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What did you do in the war, Grandma?
http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/
tocCS.html
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World War II Commemoration
http://www.grolier.com/
wwii
/
wwii
_
mainpage.html
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The Cold War (1945-1991)
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The Cold War Museum
http://www.coldwar.org/
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Cold War
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/
soviet.exhibit
/
coldwar.html
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Lecture 14 The Origins of the Cold War
http://www.historyguide.org/
europe
/lecture14.html
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 A Political Perspective After 40 Years
http://www.gwu.edu/~
nsarchiv
/
nsa
/
cuba
_mis_
cri
/
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The Sixties, Civil Rights, and Vietnam (1960-1973)
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Home
http://www.teachvietnam.org/
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The Martin Luther King, Jr_, Research and Education Institute
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
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Viet
Nam
Links
http://vietnam.vassar.edu/
vietnamlinks.html
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - The Virtual Wall
http://www.vvmf.org/
index.cfm
?
SectionID
=2
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Civil Rights Movement Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
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Vietnam War Bibliography
http://www.clemson.edu/
caah
/history/
FacultyPages
/
EdMoise
/
bibliography.html
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Sputnik and The Dawn of the Space Age
http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
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Space-Age Living Building the International Space Station
http://school.discovery.com/
schooladventures
/
spacestation
/
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The Late 1970s and the 1980s (1974-1989)
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Camp David Accords -- Framework for Peace
http://www.ibiblio.org/
sullivan
/
CampDavid-Accords-homepage.html
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American Cultural History 1970's
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade70.html
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The Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, 1986
http://www.jlhs.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Classes/Social_Science/
Challenger.html
/
Challenger.html
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In the 70s - Timeline of the 1970s, Major Events of the Seventies
http://www.inthe70s.com/
timeline.shtml
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In The 80s - Timeline Of The Eighties
http://www.inthe80s.com/
timeline.shtml
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Watergate Info - The Scandal That Destroyed President Richard Nixon
http://watergate.info/
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80's Events
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111064/80events.htm
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America in the 1990s (1990-Present)
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American Cultural History - Decade 1991-1999
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade90.html
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John Glenn's Two
Spaceflights
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/
pao
/History/
glenn.htm
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Frontline the Gulf War -PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
wgbh
/pages/frontline/gulf/
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21st Century
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The September 11 Digital Archive
http://www.911digitalarchive.org/
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TIME September 11 — A Nation Remembers
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/
index.html
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CNN War In Iraq Information
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/
iraq
/
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History of Miami
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History of Miami-Dade County
http://www.miamidade.gov/info/
history.asp
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Miami Indian Tribe History
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/
miami
/
miamihist.htm
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History of Miami Beach
http://www.miamibeachfl.gov/visitor/asp/
history.asp
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History of Miami, Florida Information from Answers_com
http://www.answers.com/topic/
history-of-miami-florida
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Important People throughout History
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The Top 100 The most influential figures in American history.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/
influentials
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Important People In United States History and Government
http://www.nyise.org/
homsy
/
ushistory
/
importantpeople.htm
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Religious Affiliation of History's 100 Most Influential People
http://www.adherents.com/
adh
_
influ.html
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BIOGRAPHIES for KIDS Famous Leaders for Young Readers
http://gardenofpraise.com/
leaders.htm
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Famous People/Biographies-World Leaders
http://www.kcls.org/
hh
/
worldleaders.cfm
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Biography, Videos and Interviews - Biography_com
http://www.biography.com/
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World History
HyperHistory
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/
a.html
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BBC - History - Historic Figures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/
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Meet Amazing Americans
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
cgi-bin
/
page.cgi
/
aa
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SoJust
_net Social Justice and Civil Rights Speeches
http://www.sojust.net/
speeches.html
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Famous, Celebrity and Historical Biographies
http://www.famouspeople.com/famous_
biographies.htm
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Who's Who in American History
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/
bios.html
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Research and References
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The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
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The Learning Page at the Library of Congress has excellent educator resources.
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/
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The Smithsonian Museum sites are a must see on the web as well.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/
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The Internet Public Library is one of the greatest spots on the web for both teachers and students.
http://www.ipl.org
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The Librarians' Index to the Internet is another fine spot on the web for both teachers and students.
http://www.lii.org
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National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/
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PBS
http://www.pbs.org
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Library of Congress presents America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
cgi-bin
/
page.cgi
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Memorial Hall Museum Online American Centuries
http://memorialhall.mass.edu/
home.html
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Historic Jamestown- The site of the first permanent English settlement in America.
http://historicjamestowne.org/
index.php
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History Central:
Amercan
History and World History
http://www.historycentral.com/
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HistoryNet
http://www.historynet.com/
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