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Last updated 11:30 p.m. ET on 27 April 1999.
Links last checked 6 April 1999.
Subjects:
Geography and Maps
Government/Civics
Economics
Ancient History
Medieval History
U.S. History
General Resources
Maps Online.
Outline maps to print or download.
GeoNet Game.
Questions about US regions; interactive online game.
Kids Web Japan.
Interesting site on Japanese culture.
Electric Samurai.
The Asian Network -- China, Mongolia, the Samurai Castle. Virtual tours, information about the area.
Peace Corps Kids World.
Information about various countries where the Peace Corps has ongoing projects. Quizzes and games.
National Geographic for Kids.
Lots of activities and information; features change periodically. Recent features include the Underground Railroad (make choices as you try to escape slavery), Ghosts in the Castle (talk to castle residents about the castle's defenses), and Virtual Solar System.
National Geographic - Main Menu.
Features and articles, current expeditions. There are also virtual expeditions that you can explore online through the Xpedition Hall.
Geography Bee.
National contest; online quizzes.
Mega Maps.
Print maps large and small, from one page to almost seven feet across. US and world maps. You must download software (290K) to print the maps.
United States Senate.
How it works, contacting members, committees, links to senator's web sites, etc.
United States House of Representatives.
How it works, contacting members, committees, etc.
You can search for your representative and see what he or she is doing.
Welcome to the White House.
President and Vice-President, information about the federal government and access to federal services; recent and breaking news.
The Supreme Court Collection.
Historic and recent decisions; information about current and former Justices; rules and information on Court organization, authority, and jurisdiction.
The Oyez Project.
A multimedia database on Supreme Court cases and Justices, including a virtual tour.
Foundation for Economic Education.
Lesson plans for teachers and homeschooling parents. Fairly new, but interesting.
On Money.
An online newsletter and web site for students. Features include Money over Time, the Stock market, life on a budget.
Federal Reserve Bank.
Information on the Federal Reserve system and banking in general. Some lesson materials.
The Mint.
Aimed at middle and high-school students. Information and activities on saving and investing, government spending, spending vs. saving, budgeting, credit, and other general economic topics.
Classics at Carthage.
Maps of the Ancient World. Some links don't work, but Roman maps are available.
World History -- Egypt.
Overview and links.
Giza Plateau Computer Model.
Egyptian Kings - Early Dynastic Period.
List and links to known information on each ruler.
Egypt: A Learning Module.
History and peoples, culture, resources.
Ancient Mediterranean History.
History, timeline, maps, sources for Egypt, Rome, and Greece.
Guardian's Egypt - Main Gate.
Cyber-journey to Egypt. Historic and modern resources.
Ancient Egypt WebQuest.
Online "missions" to gather information about various aspects of daily life in ancient Egypt. Games, mummies, King Tut, hieroglyphics.
Collapse: Why do Civilizations Fall?
Looks at four extinct civilizations -- Mayan, Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, Mali and Songhai.
Humbul Gateway.
A site at Oxford University, recently totally reorganized. Links to a variety of medieval sites, mostly source texts, plus many more scholarly subjects.
Virtual Library for Medieval Studies.
The Labyrinth - A Disciplinary Server
for Medieval Studies from Georgetown University.
Medieval Sourcebook.
Maintained at Fordham University. Bibliography and lots
of source materials.
Medieval Art and Architecture.
Pictures.
Medieval European History.
Europe/Russia/Eastern Europe history sites.
Arthurian Links.
Maintained by the Oxford Arthurian Society.
Medieval History, etc. Home Page.
A graduate student's list of links (many of which are replicated
above). She has some other interesting interests as well.
Regia Anglorum.
A sort of UK-based Society for Creative Anachronism, concentrating on the period 950-1066 CE. Information on everyday life and other stuff.
Medieval Pavilion Resources.
Concentrates on tents, furniture, and food. Resources, tents/pavilions for sale, etc.
Crossroads: A K-16 American History Curriculum.
An Outline of American History.
Links to the Past.
From the National Park Service.
America: A Narrative History.
Timeline with links to selected topics. Includes a map of Columbus' voyages.
Plimoth Plantation.
A site about the living history museum in Plymouth, MA, which recreates Plimoth in 1627, Hobbamock's Wanpanoag Indian home; the Mayflower II; plus features on exhibits at the museum.
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution.
Covers the period 1765 through 1777.
Lewis and Clark Expedition.
PBS site to accompany Ken Burns' film about the Lewis & Clark expeditions of 1804-1806. Includes timeline, journals, and much more about both their exploration and the film.
Archiving Early America.
Historic documents from 18th century America, the Early America Review, source documents -- political and autobiographical. Lots of good stuff.
Old Sturbridge Village.
A site about the living history museum, which recreates an 1830's village, in Sturbridge, MA. Site includes an online tour; Ask Jack -- historian Jack Larkin answers questions about America's past; games and quizzes; and much more.
Jewish-American History on the Web.
Jews in the Civil War (1861-1865); many original source materials from both Confederate and Union perspectives.
Civil War Center at LSU.
Index of private and public data on the Civil War.
National Geographic site on Underground Railroad.
American Slave Narratives.
An oral history project conducted by the WPA from 1936-1938; interviews with former slaves.
Ulysses S. Grant.
Links.
Tenement Museum.
An interactive site from the Tenement Museum in New York City.
You can follow the history of one particular tenement building
on the Lower East Side and watch the flow of immigrants in and out over an 70-year period (1864-1935).
The History Place.
Child Labor in America 1908-1012; photographs by Lewis W. Hine.
Documenting the American South.
Primary sources from the colonial period to the 20th century (1920).
Ellis Island.
America's gateway from 1892-1954 -- historical overview, today, oral history project including sound clips, cookbook.
The Jesup Expedition
to the Pacific Northwest (1897-1902); exhibition of photos of daily life, expedition correspondence. Requires Java and frames.
US Historical Census Data Browser.
Census information from 1790 through 1970.
The American Presidency.
Biographies, bibliographies, quotes, trivia, source materials. Lots of interesting links.
Watergate (1972-1974).
A site that explores the politics and personalities of the Watergate scandal.
History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers.
HyperHistory Online.
3000 years of world history. (Uses frames and may be hard to use effectively with a small monitor screen.) People, history, events, maps with text files to support graphics.
All Through the Ages.
Experience History using literature rather than text books; a guide to over 3000 books.
Historical Text Archive.
Original material, links, electronic reprints of books. Organized by geography/nation and topic.
History Timeline.
How one family made a history timeline; includes pictures.
The History Channel's web site.
Chateau de Versailles.
In French or English -- places, people, life, masterpieces.
A Beginner's Guide to the Balkans.
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