GENERAL AMERICAN HISTORY LINKS & TIMELINES
TIMELINES:
This Day in History
http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/framed.cgi
From The History Channel, this page allows you to type in any date and find out what was happening in the United States and the world on that day.
http://features.yahoo.com/history/
Find out what happened on this day and any day in history. Go to the bottom of the page to type in the date you are interested in.
http://lii.org/search?m=p&query=history+timelines&searchtype=keywords
History timeline websites, compiled by The Librarians' Index to the Internet.GENERAL LINKS:
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
A great site to locate information on Social Studies and History topics.
http://socialstudies.com/online.html
A useful list of webpage links on Social Studies and History topics.
EXPLORERS
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/explorhc.html#age
Links to some general sites about explorers, followed by a convenient alphabetical list of explorers. This site has been compiled by Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/
An overview of European exploration and colonization around the world.
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/educate/explorer.htm
Biographies of various explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/
Discover the dangers that faced explorers of the past, how they survived, where the went, and why.
COLONIAL PERIOD AND
AMERICAN REVOLUTION LINKS
http://www.westga.edu/~cscott/history/colonial.html
Web page about Colonial history, written by Carole E. Scott Professor of Economics
Richards College of Business State University of West Georgia.
http://http://earlyamerica.com
Try this site for general facts about Early American History, including the Revolution.
http://www.coins.nd.edu/title.html This Web site, devoted to the currency and coins of colonial America, is maintained by the department of special collections at the University of Notre Dame Libraries. Features discussions, descriptions, and images of coins, tokens, and paper currency.
http://www.history.org/life/life.htm
Guide to the Colonial Williamsburg restoration, with visitors' information and extensive materials on its 18th-century background. Colonial events time line, teachers' resources, bibliographies, online journal, and historical glossary.
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/amhsthc.html#colohst
Webster about the colonial period compiled by the Multnomah County Public Library Homework Center.
United States History > History by Chronology > (1607-1763) Colonial Period
This site provides links to colonial history sites suitable for grades 4-8.
United States History > History by Chronology > (1607-1763) Colonial Period
This site provides links to colonial history sites suitable for grades 7-12.
http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html - Try this site for general facts about American History, including the Revolution.
http://www.libertynet.org/iha/valleyforge/index.htm - Includes biographic information on George Washington
Revolutionary People
NATIVE AMERICAN LINKS
Library Resources
Research Assignment
General Links
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/ natamhc.html - List of useful links to Native American Web Sites, compiled by the Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/ natamhc.html#itribes - List of useful links to individual Native American tribes, compiled by the Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/ natamhc.html#nwtribes - List of useful links to Native American tribes of the Northwest, compiled by the Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.ganondagan.org/
The official website of Ganondagan (ga·NON·da·gan), the site of a Native American community that was a flourishing, vibrant center for the Seneca people.
Native American Science Links
A list of useful links to Native American Websites that provide information on science and Native Americans.
Modern Native American Affairs
http://www.narf.org/ The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) is the non-profit legal organization devoted to defending and promoting the legal rights of the Indian people.
Native American Legends
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
More Native American stories online.
http://bigfoot.library.pitt.edu/nietz/
What was education like in the 19th Century? Check out this site for page images and searchable text from thirty schoolbooks. The site comes from the Digital Research Library, University of Pittsburgh.
http://www.californiacentralcoast.com/ commun/map/civil/statepic/ - Battles of the American Civil War from 1861-1865. U.S. National Park Service & the U.S. Library of Congress.
Civil War Photography
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html Photographs and information from the Library of Congress.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/ Timeline and photographs of the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
http://scholar2.lib.vt.edu/spec/cwlove/ cwlove.html - Letters written during the Civil War and compiled by Liz Ackermann, Special Collections Department, University Libraries, Virginia Tech.
Shet music, including lyrics, brought to you by the American Memory Project - Library of Congress.
General American West Information
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/ amhsthc.html#west" - Links to information about the Old West, compiled by Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.americanwest.com/ A presentation of the History and Development of the American West, from the Frontier and Pioneer days of the Wild West, to today's Modern West. Information on cowboys, outlaws, Native Americans and much more.
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/biohc.html#trap - Links compiled by Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/ Topically-organized website about the study of the American West created and maintained by Catherine Lavender, Depart. of History, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York.
http://www.ponyexpress.org/museum_history.htm
"Ranked among the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West, the Pony Express was in service from April 1860 to November 1861."
Pictures, maps and information about the most famous battle of the Old West.
Examples of Obituaries:
http://www.libraryspot.com/askobit.htm?news
http://www.peoplespot.com/records/obituaries.htm?newslib
Progressive Era Links:
Research Databases
Excellent Sources of Biographical Information.
Passwords may be needed - ask at the desk.
GALE RESEARCH DATABASES
http://www.westirondequoit.org/ihs/library/prog2.htm
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade00.html
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade10.html
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#sweat
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/blackhist/0208.html
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#indrev
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/womenofthecentury/phenomenalwomen/index.html
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress
http://www.westirondequoit.org/ihs/library/prog2.htm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/
http://www.westirondequoit.org/ihs/library/prog2.htm
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/
http://bss.sfsu.edu/cherny/gapesites.htm
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/prog.htm
Immigration
THE ROARING TWENTIES
http://go.grolier.com/
The 3 encyclopedias available on this site are perfect sources for biographic information..
http://www.biography.com/
A good source of biographical information from the A&E Channel.
Other Roaring Twenties Web Sites
http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html
A comprehensive site about the 1920s by Kevin Rayburn, currently the editor of Et Ultra the research and scholarship magazine at the University of Louisville (Ky.)
http://www.wpl.lib.oh.us/AntiSaloon/
"The Anti-Saloon League from 1893 to 1933 was a major force in American politics. Influencing the United States through the printed word and lobbying, they turned a moral crusade into a Constitutional amendment. The League left a legacy of printed material at a site bequeathed to the Westerville Public Library which houses the Anti-Saloon League Museum. The Westerville Public Library in an effort to preserve and share the League's story has established this Web site with financial help from a grant provided by the State Library of Ohio. Beth Weinhardt, Local History Coordinator, selected and organized the documents, images, and publications and wrote the supporting text. Judi Behr, Computer Services, digitized the materials and wrote the HTML code for Web publication.
http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_roaring13.html
An economic history of the United States during the 1920s, written by J. Bradford DeLong of the University of California at Berkeley.
http://www.retroactive.com/jan97/1920s.html
An article on fashions of the twenties written by Malvina deVries for Retro Magazine
http://www.pandorasbox.com/flapper.html
"The flapper --- was the heroine of the Jazz Age. With short hair and a short skirt, with turned-down hose and powdered knees - the flapper must have seemed to her mother (the gentle Gibson girl of an earlier generation) like a rebel." This site about the Flapper culture & Rochester's most famous flapper has been written by the Louise Brooks Society.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rbotti/
A collection of links to Roaring Twenties sites, compiled by The Discover Channel's School Website.
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html
Chapter 9 of "Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide".
http://www.redhotjazz.com/
A history of jazz before 1925, by Scott Hamilton. Information based on an extensive bibliography of jazz resources.
http://www.homeworkcentral.com/knowledge/vsl_sections.asp?sectionid=15595&tg=HIST&flt=GA
General information about the "Roaring Twenties", compiled by Homework Central for Teens.
http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/hoover/gallery/gallery03.html
A good general site on the Twenties.
http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/hpolscrv/roar1.htm
"THE ROARING 20s is a collaborative effort by faculty and students in history at Montgomery College to investigate, create and share their knowledge of one of the most colorful decades in American history."
http://www.authentichistory.com/audio/1920SM.html
Listen to music of the era from Authentichistory.com
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/inherit/1925home.html
Information on the Scopes trial from the American Studies internet site at The University of Virginia.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/valmassacre1.html
Information about the St. Valentines's Day Massacre, compiled by InfoPlease.com.
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/prohibition/contents.htm
A survey of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition from The Ohio State University Department of History.
This page created 03/30/99 - updated on 06/21/06
