900 - Geography, History
This Day in History
Today in History - LOC American Memory
Scope Systems Today in History - events, birthdays
Year by Year -
from Infoplease.com
dMarie Time Capsule
Library of
Congress flikr page of historic photos
Best of History Websites - ancient to modern
Decades History Timelines
EyeWitness to History - through the eyes of those who lived it
Historical Text Archive - electronic history resources
The History Place
HyperHistory Online - world history timelines
Humanities-Interactive - Texas Council for Humanities Resource Center
Internet History Sourcebooks Project - Paul Halsall, Fordham Univ
Intute Timelines - notable events from prehistoric times to the present
Smithsonian History &
Culture Exhibitions
BBC History - audio & video
Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport
909 - Medieval Era/Middle Ages/Renaissance
(see also links at 398-Folklore or 700s Art, Architecture)
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages - PBS Exhibits Collection
Camelot Project @ Univ of Rochester, NY
The Labyrinth @ Georgetown Univ, DC
Life in the Middle Ages
Medieval Arts &
Sciences
see also Atlantian
Arts & Sciences Links
Medieval History & Life
Medieval English Towns
Medieval Europe
Medieval Japan
GodeCookery.com - food & recipes of the Middle Ages
Medieval Scavenger Hunt
Medieval Science
Medieval Sourcebook: Economic Life
Medieval Studies
Resources @ Univ of Florida
Medieval Technology
Pages - @ NYU
Medieval
Timelines
Medieval Times
Middle Ages Newspapers
NetSERF for Medieval Resources
ORB: Online Ref Bk for Medieval Studies
SCA's Miscellaneous Online Material
Sir Clisto's Tome of Knowledge - Table of Contents
WWW-VirtualLib: Medieval Europe
Medieval/Middle/Renaissance Weblinks
Medieval/Renaissance Food
Medieval/Renaissance Music & Dance
Middle Ages & Renaissance Pathfinder - from Lakewood HS
The Renaissance Connection - from Allentown PA Art Museum
910 - Geography / Exploration / Travel
CIA World Factbook
Library of
Congress Global Gateway
Portals to the World
- LOC Gateway site
Country Studies - from
LOC; 101 countries
BBC News
Country Profiles
Country At A Glance
- from United Nations' Cyberschoolbus
Country Reports
Exploration of the Western Hemisphere
50 States.com
Geo-Globe - fun activities
about geography
Geographia - World Travel Destinations, Culture, History
GeoHIVE - geopolitical data, statistics
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
My Wonderful World - from
Nat Geog
National Geographic Online
Outline of American Geography @US Dept of State
Pictures of Places pictures & photos of the world
Test Your Geography Knowledge!
If I dig a deep
hole, where would I stop? - fun application of Google's maps
Explorers
Conquistadors
Cybersleuth: World Explorers links to information
Discoverers Web: Primary Sources
Explorers -
from Enchanted Learning
Top 10 Explorers of the Millenium:
1. Christopher Columbus
2. Captain James Cook
3. Neil Armstrong
4. Marco Polo
5. Roald Amundsen
6. Ferdinand Magellan
7. Jacques Cousteau
8. Sir Edmund Hillary
9. Meriwether Lewis/William Clark
Travel
Ms P's Weblinks
for 8g Dream Vacation
Expedia
Orbitz
Travelocity
U.S. Dept. of
State Internat'l Travel Warnings and other pertinent info
Geographia info on selected
travel destinations
Intl Student Travel
Confederation
Lonely Planet - Destinations
Travelon
Web Travel Guide
Yahoo Directory Travel & Transportation
For currency converters, see
332-Finance/banks
Virtual
Tours/Field Trips from The Teacher's Guide
912 - Maps, atlases, charts
Atlapedia Online
Countries of the World - maps, flags, codes & more
Historical/geographical maps/atlases of
Europe
Geohive Charts
GRID-Arendal Maps &
Graphics - a UN centre
Home Town Locator/Gazetteer - see aerial photo of your house!
InfoNation -
from United Nations; compare country data
Lib of Congress Map Collections copyright-free maps and atlases organized into seven major categories
MapsAsia.com
ML Infomap Digital Maps of India
Multi-Map
National Atlas.gov -
accurate, reliable maps about America's people, heritage, resources from 20+
Federal organizations ; includes printable maps and a MapMaker
National Geographic Map Machine Student Edition
National Geographic Map Machine
Outline Maps suitable for projects
Perry-Castenada Map Collection at Univ of Tx
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection -
also see article
Historical Maps Online
See Texas
- interactive travel map
SpaceImaging.com:
Image Gallery
Terra-Server - Satellite/aerial photos
United Nations Cartographic Section
UN Environmental Program: Maps & Graphics
USGS Learning Web: Geography from the US Geological Survey, hundreds of maps
and images for social studies & science
What Do
Maps Show? a 4-part lesson on reading maps from USGS
USGS Aerial
Photography & Satellite Images
929 - Genealogy, Names, Insignia, Flags
Genographic Project - from Natl Geographic: trace
humanity's migrations from beginning throughout world
see
also interactive
Atlas of the Human Journey
Ancestry.com and co-site Rootsweb
BehindtheName - history/etymology of
surnames
Glossary of
LAST Name Meanings & Origins
LAST Name Meanings Dictionary
NameSeekers - LAST name meanings
Popular Baby Names 1880-2004 -
FIRST names @ US Social Security Admin.
Baby Name Wizard
Flag Icons
More Flag Icons
Clipart of Flags of the Nations
Flags in shape of Country
World Flag Database
Awards:
Nobel Prize History
The Pulitzer Prizes -
the USA's most prestigious awards in journalism, letters, and music
930 - Ancient History
Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Internet Resources
Ancient Civilization
Perseus Digital Library
Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
Encyclopedia of the Celts
Eternal Egypt
World Cultures Ancient & Modern - U Penn Museum Virtual Exhibits
Ancient Greek World
Canaan &
Ancient Israel
Egypt: New Look at Ancient Culture
World History @ History101
940 through 990 - History of Modern World
940 - Europe
Hurstwic: Viking History - covers 900-1066 CE
940.53 - WWII and The Holocaust
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Holocaust Glossary
Holocaust Newspaper Archive
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah)
Enc Brit's Reflections on the
Holocaust
Shoah Foundation
Online Survivor Testimonies
Yad Vashem - Holocaust Remembrance Authority
Anne Frank Center
940.54 - WWII Military history
WWII
Historical Films
950 - Asia
Asian Countries
Web Resources from Univ of Kentucky
AsianInfo.org
AsiaSource: AsiaProfiles
Asia Travel Notes
Ask Asia - The Asia Society
Countries of
Asia from about.com
Geographia - Asia Homepage
MapsAsia.com
ML Infomap Digital Maps of India
Six Paths to China
- 6 Webquests about the country, people, treasures
China the Beautiful - Chinese Art & Literature
Fascinating Facts about China
Chinese Tangram
Kids Web Japan
Arab.net - comprehensive resources on the Arab world, esp. the Middle East and North Africa
LOC Middle East Photographs
Global Connections:
Middle East from PBS
Bibliography of
the Middle East - extensive collection of Maxwell AFB materials & Web
links
960 - Africa
Africa - From the Sahara to the Serengeti
Africa - One Continent, Many Worlds
African Wildlife Foundation
Cycles: African Life Through Art
North Africa - Holt
Rinehart Winston GeoTreks
The Africa Channel - 24/7 cable TV resource launching in September 2005
Kenya - National
Parks (Thinkquest)
Kenyan National Parks
- Kilimanjaro Adventure Travel
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970 - North America
970.004 - Native Americans
Cultures of North America
Encyclopedia of North American Indians
First Nations Compact
Histories
National Museum of American Indian: Online Exhibitions @ Smithsonian
Native American
Nations Homepages
Native
Americans.com
Native American Images photos of people, places
NativeWeb Resource Database
Oyate - Organization for honest portrayals of NAs
American Indian Resource Directory
Circle of Stories - Native American Storytelling
Marilee's Native
American Resources
First
Americans Dine, Muscogee, Tlingit, Lakota, Iroquois
Native Americans
of SW Desert
Indian Cultures of the
American Southwest
Looking
Both Ways Alutiiq of So. Alaska
Seminole
Nation, Indian Territory
972 - Meso-America
Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations - Aztec, Maya, Zapotec
Civilizations in America
click Contents -
Olmec, Toltec, Aztec, Maya, Inca
MesoWeb - exploration of MesoAmerican cultures
Ancient Aztec, Olmec, MesoAmerica
Aztec mythology - Quetzalcoatl
Aztec Tenochtitlan - Mexica Art & History
The Aztecs/Mexica
Aztec/Maya/Inca WebQuest Scavenger Hunt
Archaelogy of Ancient Mayans
Mayan Civilization
Mayan Kids Interactive
The Mayas
Olmec Civilization
Olmec World
Olmec
The Olmec
Toltec
Toltecs: Master Builders
Civilization of the Toltec
Zapotec pictures
973 - U.S. History
America's Story - from Lib of Congress
America's West - Development & History
- LOC site
American History
Explorer - from Smithsonian
Archiving Early America
Biography of America
- from Annenberg/CPB
Digital History - from Univ of Houston
50 States - capitals, flags, etc
From Revolution to Reconstruction
- extensive compilation of primary documents influencing U.S. politics and
history
Making of America @ UofM and
Making of America @ Cornell - primary
sources from antebellum through Reconstruction
An Outline of
American History - from US Dept of State
Portrait of the USA from US Dept of State
Reader's Companions from Houghton Mifflin -
American History, U.S. Women's History, Military History, North American Indians, Ships of the World, Civil War Battlefields, American History Fact-finder
US History Resources - numerous online resources
Discovery thru 1790
1800 - 1860
1860-1890
973.099 - American Presidents
Presidents of the U.S. from WhiteHouse.gov
American Presidency - from Encyclopedia Britannica
American
President - comprehensive non-partisan resource on history and
function of American presidency
American Presidents: Life
Portraits - from CSPAN
POTUS
Presidents - Revolution to Reconstruction
Presidents of the United States
The James Madison Papers - from Lib of Congress
973.04 - Special topics in American History
Jews in America - 1654 to Now
Raid on Deerfield MA in 1704
973.0496 - African American History
African-American Art &
History
African-American Migration
Experience - Natl Geog
African-American
Mosaic - LOC guide
Afro-American Almanac
Black Facts Online
Black History Activities - from the original WebQuest site!
BlackQuest - links to African-American resources, history
Biography.com - Black History
Civil Rights
Movement/Legacy of MLKJr
EB Guide to Black History
Encyclopedia
Smithsonian African-American History & Culture
Events & People in Black History - searchable database
The King Center - official memorial to Dr. MLK, Jr
Powerful Days in Black & White - Kodak site with photographs of Civil Rights Movement
Timeline of African American History - from Lib of Cong
also see 305.8 for Black History Month links
UNC-SHSC Library for Black
Culture & History
Slavery Links
Africans in America -
a PBS site
Slavery and the Making of America -
another PBS site
Been Here So Long - slave narratives
North American Slave Narratives @ Univ NC-CH
Voices from the Days of Slavery - Lib of Cong
Understanding Slavery - from Discovery School
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Olaudah Equiano, The Middle Passage, 1788
Interesting
Life of Oloudah Equiano
Alexander
Falconbridge, Account of Slave Trade on Coast of Africa, London 1788
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Escape to Freedom - grades 4-8 Underground RR interactive simulation
Pathways to Freedom - interactive simulation
FreedomQuest - Underground Railroad
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - interactive tour, resources
The Underground Railroad - from Natl Geographic
Underground Railroad - from Eduscapes
973.1 - Early History to 1607
Spain, the U.S., and the American Frontier - from LOC
973.2 - American Colonial Period
The 13 American Colonies - from Social Studies for Kids
13 Originals
13 Colonies - Links to other good sites
Chart of 13 original Colonies
Colonial America
Colonial Period - from USHistory.org
Outline of Amer. Hist - the Colonial Period -
choose Exploration & Settlement for each colony
Timelines From Colonies to Revolution - Link list
Tinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor - resources on European settlement from LOC American Memory collection
Colonial Williamsburg Links:
Colonial Dateline
Colonial Historic Sites & Buildings
A Day in the Life
Mapping Colonial America - use this link at school
Mapping Colonial America - use this link at home
973.3 - American Revolution
Founding Our Nation Weblinks
LOC American Revolution Prints & Drawings
Outline of American History
U.S. History.org - from Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Documents
from Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention - @ Lib of
Congress
The Lewis & Clark Expedition - 200yr anniversary
USGS Satellite Views of Lewis &
Clark Journey
Lewis & Clark from MIKIDS
War of 1812 (English/Canadian perspective)
973.7 - U.S. Civil War
CivilWar.com
Civil War for Kids
Civil War Camp Life
The Southern Homefront 1861-1865
Natl Geog Map
Machine: Civil War - interactive maps of 5,200+ battlefields/historic sites,
details of 384 major battlefields
African Americans in the Civil War
Band Music from the Civil War Era - from LOC American Memory
Hotchkiss Map
Collection - Confederate Army maps from Lib of Cong
Cybersoup's Wild West Native Americans & Cowboys/Cowgirls
Frontier Transportation - Stagecoach & Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad-Central Pacific
Pony Express Information
Pony Express Home Station
Steamboats.org
976.4 - Texas History
All links about Texas & Texas History are now on the
DeweyLinks-Texas page
977.47 - September 11, 2001
Television Archive Sept.
11 Collection
980 - South America
Rainforest Links
Whose Home Is This? scavenger hunt
Creepy Crawlies scavenger hunt
990 - Islands of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Arctic Studies Center - Museum Natural History
Arctic Maps &
Graphics - UN Environment Programme
Antarctica - from LOC Portals to the World
About Antarctica - British Antarctic Survey
Secrets of the Ice - Boston Museum of Science,
Natl Sci Fdn
Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
Welcome to the Ice! - adventures of Robert Holmes, currently stationed in Antarctica
Fabulous Australian Facts - Australian Govt
Australian Embassy, Washington D.C.
The LAD - Australia Search
PictureAustralia
Trails - image collections on various themes, searchable
Aboriginal Desert Art
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