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http://www.historian.org/frameshn.htm - has historical documents online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