The HyperHistory Project attempts to present world history as a flowing, illustrated timeline. In ten-year increments, major figures and events are presented with clickable biographies and descriptions. The project is still under construction.

Index of Resources for United States History
http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/index.html

This Web page from the University of Kansas offers links to over 1,200 sites of interest to students of United States history.

A book-style outline produced by the U.S. Information Agency.

Our Documents

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

Website devoted to one hundred of our nations greatest historical documants. Visitors can vote for those documents they deem the most important there online.

 

Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS

This resource contains background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.

Jamestown Field School

www.apva.org

Declaring Independence
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html

Full account of the preparation of the US Declaration of Independence. This US Library of Congress site lists all the drafts and highlights the individuals behind the writing of this famous document.

Gettysburg Address
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/

Full text of the historic speech given by Abraham Lincoln on 19 November 1863. This US Library of Congress site also has extensive information concerning the various drafts of the speech prepared by Lincoln. The speech is translated into no less than 29 languages.

Lewis and Clark

www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org

Excellent site devoted to the Missouri Historical Society exhibit open to the public in January 2004.

www.lewisandclarkpictures.com

Present-day pictures are featured here from all the states Lews and Clark would have passed through on their way west. Also features pictures taken of the animal and plant species discovered during their historic journey.

www.pbs.org/lewisandclark

Companion site for the PBS documentary based on the adventures of the Corps of Discovery. Numerous resources available.

The American Civil War
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm

Created by Jim Janke of Dakota State University, this site is an excellent place to begin a search for American Civil War materials. The page is extremely well organized into a wide variety of categories and subcategories that are frequently
updated.

This site contains links to a wide variety of Civil War–related materials such as books, documents, orders of battle, reenactment groups and other historic preservation groups, and e-text versions of Lincoln’s First and Second Inaugural Addresses.

The American Civil War Home Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/

The American Civil War Home Page is another excellent place to begin research. It contains links to photographic collections, regimental histories, reenactors, and a host of other materials.

The United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

The United States Civil War Center, located at Louisiana State University, is dedicated to promoting the study of the Civil War. It has assembled an impressive collection of over 2,400 links to Civil War sites. In addition, the page contains online documents, tips for tracing one’s Civil War ancestors, and links to reenactors and vendors.

Great Depression and the Arts Web Activity

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/new_deal_for_the_arts/index.html

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/artgallery.htm
http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/wpafolder/WPA.html

Great Depression and the Arts Web Activity Packet

 

Mr. Puller's Web Links

http://classconnection.org/rpuller/public/links.asp

 

Sociology Links:

 

Stanford Prison Experiment

http://www.prisonexp.org/

A Simulation Study of the Pyschology/Sociology of Imprisonment Conducted at Stanford University (1971)

 

Frontline: Digital Nation

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/

Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it?

And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained?

 

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