Great Depression
A New Deal for the Arts, Click2History - The Great Depression, Documenting America, FDIC Learning Bank: The 1930s, Modern World History: The Wall Street Crash, New Deal Network, The American Experience: Riding the Rails, War, Prosperity and Depression, We Made Do - Recalling The Great Depression
Presidents
Adams, John, Adams, John Quincy, Arthur, Chester Alan, Buchanan, James, Bush, George Herbert Walker, Bush, George Walker, Carter, James Earl, Cleveland, Stephen Grover, Clinton, William Jefferson, Coolidge, John Calvin
September 11, 2001
Anniversary of 9/11, BBC Newsround: Attack on World Trade Center, Bioterrorism: Real or Imagined?, Building Big: World Trade Center, Chronology: The Day After, Click2Disasters - September 11: America Attacked, CNN.com: World Mourns Attack Victims, CNN.com: Aftermath: Prayer, Grief and Devastation, CNN.com: Attacks Hit U.S., CNN.com: Families of the Missing Clutch Photos --
Wars
Civil War, Revolutionary War, America at War, America-at-War.net, Korean War: Story Behind the Conflict, Vietnam Revisited: An Exploration of America'
A Biography of America
Includes key events, maps, video transcripts, and related links for each era in American history.
A Century in Review
Student-created site offers a graphical overview of each decade in the 20th century.
America's Library
Discover the stories of America's past. Meet amazing Americans from the past and present, explore the states, and read about everyday life.
America's Story
Presented by the Library of Congress, a site with information about American people, historical events, and each of the 50 states.
America's West
Explore information on the history and development of the American West.
American Experience
Includes features on a range of people and events in American history from Hawaii's last queen to Joe DiMaggio, from World War I to Vietnam. From PBS.
American Experience: Mount Rushmore
An interactive look at how this enormous monument was built and who built it.
American Indian Kids
History of Native Americans for kids, ages 6-10. Emphasizes Indian family and village lifestyles.
American Memory from the Library of Congress
Gateway to source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
American Slave Voices
Traces slavery in America from its earliest origins to post-Emancipation. Includes links to primary sources and personal slave accounts.
An Abridged History of The United States
A complete pre-history and history text for high school students.
AP U.S. History Decade Profiles
Contains detailed review guides for preparing for the Advanced Placement United States History Exam. Arranged by decades, and available in PDF and HTML formats.
Brain Quest: A Perfect Design
Explores the origins of the American flag.
California Historical
Articles on recent and past events, written by students at Washington Elementary. Links to other related sites.
Civil Rights Events, Strategies, and Forces
Captures several milestones, personalities, and influences that helped civil rights in America.
Colonial Kids
This celebration of life in the 1700s tells all about life in Colonial America. Includes interviews, games, video excerpts, photographs, and other activities.
Colonial Williamsburg
Experience Colonial Life by exploring the trades, politics, and other aspects of 18th-century living. Browse the Colonial Dateline highlighting events from 1750-1783.
Exploring Maryland's Roots
Explore the shores, build a plantation, and meet the people of early Maryland in this interactive website by Maryland Public Television.
Federal Writers' Project
Excerpts from interviews with about a dozen men and women who weathered the Great Depression and the difficult years of the 1930s.
Freedom: A History of US
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
Contains outlines related to American history and culture, primary source materials, essays, biographies and presidential information.
Great American Speeches
Great political speeches from the 20th century. For students of speech and American History.
History Haven
Provides an overview of American History from colonial times through the Reagan years. Some chapters include interactive quizzes.
Kid's History
Provides help with American history projects. Includes games, costume help, library, crafts, and links.
Liberty Bell Museum
Features virtual exhibit of a private collection of memorabilia, relics and souvenirs, gathered over a 20 year period. Includes gift shop.
Mom's Historical Costumes
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
Features historic documents from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
National Museum of American History
Click on letters of the alphabet to find related bits and pieces of historical trivia.
Nebraska Studies.org
Learn all about Nebraska's history and its geography.
New Perspectives on The West
Provides an illustrated introduction to the people, places, and events for which America's western frontier is known. From PBS.
Old Sturbridge Village
The museum re-creates the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town in authentic living history fashion.
Ongoing Tales Salute to America
Features lyrics of patriotic songs, the Pledge of Allegiance, and other important documents.
Pioneers
Information about pioneers, wagon trains, and life on the trail in the United States in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Puritanism
Study sheet about puritans and how they are related to the early colonial times in America.
Slavery in New England
Interactive site designed to help middle school students understand the condition of African slaves in New England.
SPNEA: Whiz Kids
Take fun history tests from 1600-1900's. Also includes recipes by the century.
Stand Up For Your Rights
Offers an overview of the struggles for religious freedom, women's rights, and desegregation. From PBS.
Studying about Immigration
Explores the push and pull factors of immigration. Includes a virtual tour of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. Also explains how immigration today differs from that of years gone by.
The African American Journey
A chronological look at the African American struggle for freedom.
The American Pageant Notes
Notes based on the US History text book, "The American Pageant."
The Encyclopædia Britannica Guide to Black History
Multimedia site includes a timeline, overview of the eras in black history, links to biographical sketches of dozens of well-known African-Americans, and historic audio and video clips.
The Jamestown Online Adventure
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 Old Northwest
http://www2.corvallis.k12.or.us/cheldelin/hefferj/Students_work/northwest%20territory/Westword%20exp
History of the westward expansion into the Ohio River Valley and the Old Northwest territory. With pictures and bibliography.
The Oregon-Trail
This web site is based on the award-winning documentary film from PBS. Read about the history of the trail and see the historic sites located along the trail.
The Population of Vermont
The history of the Indian tribes, early settlers, and more recent immigrants to Vermont. With a county map.
Time Travelers
Leads kids on a virtual tour of historical places throughout Ohio. From the Ohio Historical Society.
Today in History
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
Student-created timeline places 30 major events in historical context. Also includes essays and short profiles of Thomas Edison and Norman Rockwell.
USA Encyclopedia: 1840-1960
A look at the history of the United States from a British perspective.
We Proceeded On
WebQuest helps students explore the importance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Welcome to Fifth Grade, Mr. Remmer's Class
Features reports about explorers from students of Vinland School in Poulsbo, Washington.
Zoot Suit Riots
Learn about the controversy surrounding the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, 1942. From PBS.