Daviess County Technology Academy

July 28-29, 2004

Free Internet Resources for Teachers

Compiled and presented by Mary Coomes, AHS Media Specialist

 

Social Studies websites

 

http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html

 

http://www.thehistorynet.com/

 

http://www.historian.org/frameshn.htm - has historical documents online

 

http://memory.loc.gov/ - the Library of Congress history website (features Today in History)

 

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ - a huge database from the Netherlands with biographies of U.S. historical figures, presidents, etc. 

 

http://thomas.loc.gov/ - Legislative information from the Library of Congress

 

http://www.bartleby.com – Great reference books online including The Encyclopedia of World History and The Columbia Gazetteer of North America as well as The World Factbook. 

 

http://www.house.gov/ - US House of Representatives website

http://www.senate.gov/ - US Senate website

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html - Library of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black History and Culture

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html - Six websites for Black History

http://www.nhptv.org/kn/vs/soclab.htm - A list of websites for social studies that have been reviewed by New Hampshire Public Television

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html - American Cultural History by decades

http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Ec030162/Common/Handouts/handouts.html - Famous Speeches and Documents

 

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html - online map collections

 

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ - eyewitness to history

 

http://home.comcast.net/~dboals1/boals.html - database of history links

 

http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/ - Holocaust resources

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html - Women’s history resources

 

http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/ - Britannica guide to black history