Directory of United States Resources

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This category lists sites that discuss the history of the United States of America.

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• Great Depression
• Presidents
• September 11, 2001
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Resources in This Category

• A Biography of America

  http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/
  Includes key events, maps, video transcripts, and related links for each era in American history.

• America's Library

  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/
  Discover the stories of America's past. Meet amazing Americans from the past and present, explore the states, and read about everyday life.

• American Experience: Mount Rushmore

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rushmore/
  An interactive look at how this enormous monument was built and who built it.

• American Indian Kids

  http://minnow.net/
  History of Native Americans for kids, ages 6-10. Emphasizes Indian family and village lifestyles.

• American Memory from the Library of Congress

  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
  Gateway to source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.

• Colonial Williamsburg

  http://www.history.org/history/
  Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living. Browse the Colonial Dateline highlighting events from 1750-1783.

• Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archives

  http://archive.vancouver.wsu.edu/crbeha/home.htm
  View photos, videos, and documents about the history of the different ethnic groups and cultures that have lived in the Northwest.

• Exploring Maryland's Roots

  http://mdroots.thinkport.org/
  Explore the shores, build a plantation, and meet the people of early Maryland in this interactive website by Maryland Public Television.

• Freedom: A History of US

  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/
  A PBS series with sixteen "webisodes" about freedom in the United States, and dangers to freedom in the nation's history.

• From Revolution to Reconstruction

  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/
  Contains outlines related to American history and culture, primary source materials, essays, biographies and presidential information.

• Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories

  http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
  An interactive online tour of exhibitions at the Oakland Museum of California.

• Jefferson's West

  http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/jeffwest/
  Interactive electronic field trip to re-live Lewis and Clark's journey across the American West. Explore, watch, listen, and keep a journal.

• Mom's Historical Costumes

  http://mommy.cosmicduckling.com/
  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.

• NARA Exhibit Hall

  http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/
  Features historic documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

• Nebraska Studies.org

  http://www.nebraskastudies.org/
  Learn all about Nebraska's history and its geography.

• New Perspectives on The West

  http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
  Provides an illustrated introduction to the people, places, and events for which America's western frontier is known. From PBS.

• Old Sturbridge Village

  http://www.osv.org/
  The museum re-creates the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town in authentic living history fashion.

• PBS - American Experience

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/
  Collection of features on a range of people and events in American history, from Hawaii's last queen to Joe DiMaggio. Companion to the PBS history series.

• Slave Voices

  http://www.awesomestories.com/history/slave-voices
  Traces slavery in America from its earliest origins to post-Emancipation. Includes links to primary sources and personal slave accounts.

• Slavery in New England

  http://sine_1.tripod.com/INDEX.htm
  Interactive site designed to help middle school students understand the condition of African slaves in New England.

• Southern Oral History Program

  http://www.sohp.org/
  Interviews of more than 4,000 men and women, from mill workers to civil rights leaders to future presidents of the United States, by the students and faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• The American Pageant Notes

  http://www.apnotes.net/
  Notes based on the US History text book, "The American Pageant."

• The Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives

  http://www.gjenvick.com/
  Provides information and documents about steamships including brochures, passenger lists, and immigration documents.

• The Jamestown Online Adventure

  http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
  A virtual history lesson where you find yourself landing in the New World and making all the decisions needed to found the Jamestown colony.

• The Population of Vermont

  http://academics.smcvt.edu/vtgeographic/textbook/population/population_of_vermont.htm
  The history of the Indian tribes, early settlers, and more recent immigrants to Vermont. With a county map.

• Time Travelers

  https://www.ohiohistory.org/join/time-travelers
  Leads kids on a virtual tour of historical places throughout Ohio. From the Ohio Historical Society.

• Today in History

  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
  Each day, an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.

• U.S. History from 1890 to 1950

  http://1890to1950.tripod.com/
  Student-created timeline places 30 major events in historical context. Also includes essays and short profiles of Thomas Edison and Norman Rockwell.

• Understanding Slavery

  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/
  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.

• US Trek

  http://www.ustrek.org/
  A virtual tour to historic places.

• USA Encyclopedia: 1840-1960

  http://spartacus-educational.com/USA.htm
  A look at the history of the United States from a British perspective.

• Virtual Archaeologist

  http://fishhook.ndsu.edu/
  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].

• Zoot Suit Riots

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/
  Learn about the controversy surrounding the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, 1942. From PBS.

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