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1st Federal Congress Project
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Chartered by the University Research Center affiliated with the Department of History at the George Washington University, this site has a dual mission: collecting, researching, editing and publishing the universally acclaimed Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, l789-l791, and serving as a research center on the most important and productive Congress in U.S. history. |
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A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico
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An online exhibit celebrating the art and culture of a diverse society. |
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Academy of American Poets
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Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this site contains biographies of poets and the texts of hundreds of poems, many with images and sound files. |
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African Studies WWW
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Cultural, educational, and statistical resources covering the African continent. |
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African Voices
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Explore African art, history, and political and social themes through essays, timelines, images, and games. |
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African-American Women On-line Archival Collections
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Historical collection of letters and memoirs by African-American women in the nineteenth-century. |
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Africans in America
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A companion site to the PBS series tracing the struggle against slavery. |
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American Association of Teachers of French
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Resources on France and global French culture. |
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American Centuries: View form New England
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This website is unique in many design features that facilitate successful use by educators and students. It includes a large library of primary resources, curricula, and interactive student activities; most of them presented in age-appropriate, user-friendly formats. |
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American Collection: An Educator's Site
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Highlighting the works of six great authorsHenry James, Langston Hughes, Esmeralda Santiago, James Agee, Willa Cather, and Eudora Weltythe site provides primary and secondary source information. Resources include lesson plans related to each of the authors; links to peer-reviewed websites; and on-line teacher guides. |
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American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
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Archival resources for exploring many aspects of American history and culture. |
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American Presidency Project (NEW)
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(NEW) The American Presidency Project was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
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American President
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A wealth of information about the history of the American Presidency, including an archive of essays on the year 2000 general election. |
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American Studies at the University of Virginia
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The site is a repository of scholarly concentrations on such humanities topics as the 1930s, cultural maps, American literature, avant-garde and postmodern art exhibitions, and the U.S. Capitol building as an American icon. The site houses hypertexts of several American authors, including: Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
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American Verse Project
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Electronic archive of American poetry prior to 1920 |
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Anne Frank House
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The Anne Frank House in the center of Amsterdam was the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary during World War Two. Excellent Holocaust and World War Two resource. |
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ArchNet
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A virtual library of images and field data for archaelogical study. |
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Arctic Studies Center at the Smithsonian Institution
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Resources on the geography, history, and peoples of the Arctic. |
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Art and Life in Africa Online
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African works of art in the context of the lives of African peoples. |
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Art Institute of Chicago
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This comprehensive site assembles a significant amount of interactive content associated with the collections at the Art Institute of Chicago. Visitors can view art, read descriptions of particular works, play art games, and explore the galleries. The site also offers a page devoted to students and teachers. |
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Art Safari
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The Museum of Modern Art designed this site to instruct young children in viewing and creating art. |
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Asia For Educators
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An initiative of the East Asian Curriculum Project and the Project on Asia in the Core Curriculum at Columbia University, Asia for Educators (AFE) is designed to serve faculty and students in world history, culture, geography, art, and literature at the undergraduate and pre-college levels. |
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Asia Source
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Information about all aspects of Asian culture, from Asian current affairs to pronunciation guides for Asian languages. This site also contains constructive activities for elementary grade students. |
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AskAsia
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A gateway to educational resources on the history and cultures of Asia. |
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At Home in the Heartland Online
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In-depth materials on family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present. |
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Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
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An online library of documents in law and diplomacy from the 16th to the 20th Century. |
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Bethlehem Digital History Project
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Provides online access to digitized primary source materials, transcriptions, translations and contextual information relating to the early history of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1741 – 1844. It is the aim of this project to encourage broad or specialized exploration of local, regional and national history. |
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The British Academy Portal
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The British Academy's directory of online resources in the humanities and social sciences. It is designed as an entry point to available resources for those working in higher education and research. |
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Bucknell Russian Studies Department
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Multi-layer reference on the history, culture, and language of Russian people. |
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Building Big
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The site brings bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, and dams to the Internet for those who want to learn more about man-made giants that fill our communities. It features introductions to the engineering of structures, interactive engineering labs, building designs challenges, a databank of large structures, and interviews with engineers. |
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Casa de Joanna
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The site is a portal to French and Spanish language resources on the Internet. The topics include art, French and Spanish, and teacher resources. The links are annotated and indexed as an activity, resource, teacher link, or tool. |
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Cave of Lascaux
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Sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture, the site contains captivating images and information about the cave of Lascaux. Links included are to other archaeological sites, the history of the discovery of the cave, and interactive exercises for teachers and students. |
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U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission
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This website, established to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ flight, has a “comprehensive collection of outstanding educational essays, multimedia and links regarding the history of flight.” |
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Center for History and New Media
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The center uses digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past. |
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Center for the Liberal Arts
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Maintained by the University of Virginia, this site provides educators with a wealth of humanities resources for their classrooms and help in using technology effectively. |
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Children in Urban America
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An online archive funded by Marquette University and the National Endowment for the Humanities that shows the many ways children experienced city life during the last century and a half. |
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City/La Ciudad
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Highlighting the plight of four recent Latin American immigrants in the United States, the site tells stories of loss, love, frustration, hope, and the struggle to build their lives, communities, and their dreams. |
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Civics Online
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Civics Online is a collaborative, online project providing a rich array of primary sources, professional development tools, and interactive activities to facilitate the teaching of civics. |
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art permanent collection includes more than 36,000 objects. In this database you will find records for all of the objects in the collection. |
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Columbus and the Age of Discovery
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Multiple perspectives on the voyage to the New World. |
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CongressLink
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Rich resource of information about the legislative processes of the United States Congress. |
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Connecticut History Online
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Connecticut History Online (CHO) is a collaboration between the Connecticut Historical Society, the Connecticut State Library, the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, and the New Haven Colony Historical Society. |
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Conquistadors
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Focussing on the Spanish Conquistadors' entry into the New World and their impact on indigenous populations, the site is geared towards middle and high school classrooms. |
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Constitution Day
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Celebrating the day the United States Constitution was ratified, on September 17, 1787. |
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Conversations with History
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Interviews with a broad range of historical figures from the latter half of the twentieth century. |
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Crisis at Fort Sumter
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Documentary resources for the study of the events leading up to the Civil War. |
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Detroit Institute of Arts
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An electronic gallery of artwork from all periods and cultures. |
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Digital Classroom (National Archives and Records Administration)
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Historical documents, activities, and training for educators and students. |
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Digital Dante
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Texts and contexts for the study of the Italian Renaissance writer Dante. |
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Digital History
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“Using new technologies to enhance teaching and learning,” Digital History includes a variety of primary and secondary documents, maps, images, audio archives of speeches and lectures by historians, a database of more than 1,500 annotated links, and a rich interactive timeline. |
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Discovering Lewis and Clark
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A detailed synopsis of the expedition by historian Harry Fritz is enhanced by photographs, interactive maps, audio files, and illustrations from the expedition journals. |
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Do History
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The site centers upon the historical work surrounding the diary of Martha Ballard, an 18th Century midwife. The core of the site is Martha's actual diary, which can be browsed or searched online, but the site also includes a large archive of primary sources about Martha and colonial America. |
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Doc Heritage
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Includes images of historical documents, narratives placing them in a regional, state or national context, and, where appropriate, transcriptions of each record as well as helpful links for further research. |
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Documenting the American South
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Growing collection of primary materials documenting the cultural history of the American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. |
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Documents of Civil War Women
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Resources by and about women during the Civil War. |
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E Pluribus Unum
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The E Pluribus Unum Project, is designed for the use of students, teachers, and other researchers who wish to examine the attempt to make "one from many" in three critical decades of American life: the 1770s, the 1850s, and the 1920s. |
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The U.S. Electoral College
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(NEW) This website, maintained by the Office of the Federal Register, contains information and statistics about past and present presidential elections. |
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The End of Europe's Middle Ages
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The End of Europe's Middle Ages is designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history. |
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Episteme Links
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Comprehensive resources related to philosophy. |
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Explore DC
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A one-stop guide to the history, heritage, and culture of Washington, DC, this site features 450 pages of text, nearly 300 images, 50 audio and video files, and 24 different intermediate to senior high school lesson plans. |
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Explore PA History
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Demonstrates the rich historical importance of Pennsylvania via maps, timelines, essays, primary documents, and lesson plans. |
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Exploring Amistad
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Primary documents and archival material surrounding the shipboard rebellion and ensuing legal, political, and popular debate. |
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures
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A collection of essays, images, and primary and secondary sources focusing on a range of ancient cultures. |
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Exploring Constitutional Law
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This site explores some of the great issues and controversies that surround our Nation's founding document. |
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Exploring the West from Monticello
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Multimedia resources for the study of the time from Columbus up to the expedition of Lewis and Clark. |
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F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
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The site offers a comprehensive view of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life, works, and influence on American literature. Links to audio clips, film clips, and quotations from Fitzgerald and other notable figures deepen visitors' understanding of the author. |
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First World War.com
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This website provides an overview of the First World War, and is intended at a general rather than academic readership. |
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Français Interactif
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Explores the French language and culture by following the lives of real students from the University of Texas who have participated in the UT Summer Program in Lyon, France. In addition to following the exploits of these UT students, you will also watch interviews of native French speakers, as well as scenes of day-to-day interactions in France. |
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project
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Historical papers chronicling emancipation during the Civil War. |
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Freer Gallery of Art and Sackler Gallery
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The gallery houses a world-renowned collection of art from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Near East. |
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French Ministry of Culture
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A gateway to the cultural resources of France. |
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Galileo Project
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The history of modern science reflected in the life of its seminal practitioner. |
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Geoffrey Chaucer Website
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Texts and contexts on Chaucer and life in the Middle Ages. |
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The Getty
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One of the World's greatest collections of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present. European paintings, drawings, manuscripts, sculpture and decorative arts, and European and American photographs. |
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History offers a variety of resources to promote the study of American history, including online collections, archives, teaching modules, and links to valuable educational resources. |
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Goethe Institute
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An international collection of resources for study of the German language and German culture. |
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Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories
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Created by the Oakland Museum of California, this site gives a comprehensive look into the California Gold Rush of the nineteenth-century. |
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The Samuel Gompers Papers
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The Samuel Gompers Papers collects, annotates, and makes available, primary sources of American labor history. Founded by Stuart Kaufman in 1974, the project has published two microfilm series of union records and nine volumes of Gompers' papers. |
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Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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Online exhibition of one of the most famous events in American history. |
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Great War Primary Documents Archive
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Documents, memoirs, and images for study of World War I. |
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Great Websites for Kids
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Created by the American Library Association, this portal website helps parents and children find age appropriate educational materials on the Internet. |
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Guggenheim Museum
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The museum took as its basis the radical new forms of art being developed by such artists as Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Piet Mondrian in the 20th century. |
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Gulliver's Travels
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Comprehensive resources for the study of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. |
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Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community
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Created by the School of Information at the University of Michigan with exhibits from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this site gives students an exhaustive overview of the culture, community, and organizations of the Harlem Renaissance. |
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Harpweek
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Created by Harper's Weekly as an online archive of 18th and 19th century issues of the magazine, the site contains ten free features utilizing rich primary sources and scholastic commentary on topics that range from Immigrant and Ethnic America to The World of Thomas Nast. |
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Hawthorne in Salem
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This site draws on the collections of The Peabody Essex Museum, the House of Seven Gables Historic Site, and the Salem Maritime National Historic site. It features critical approaches to Hawthorne’s work and includes a timeline, an image gallery, and links to several electronic editions. |
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Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
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This resource for K-12 teachers and students developed by the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library is designed to bring historically significant map documents into your classroom. |
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History Matters
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Designed for teachers of U.S. History Survey courses at high schools and colleges around the world, History Matters provides an excellent starting point for exploring American history on the Web. This site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history. It emphasizes materials that focus on the lives of ordinary Americans and involves students in analyzing and interpreting evidence. |
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History Now
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A quarterly on events in American History from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The site also contains lesson plans, interactivities, and other educational resources. |
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The History of Jim Crow
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The history of Jim Crow encompassed every part of American life, from politics to education to sports. |
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Ile en Ile
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This French-language site, designed and hosted at the City University of New York and associated with a French non-profit educational association, focuses on the history, society, and literature of various French-speaking islands located throughout the world. |
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In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
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Until recently, people of African descent have not been counted as part of America's migratory tradition. The transatlantic slave trade has created an enduring image of black men and women as transported commodities, and is considered the defining element in the construction of the African Diaspora, but it is centuries of additional movements that have given shape to the nation we know today. This is the story that has not been told. |
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Indivisible: Stories of American Community
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Indivisible, a project of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, documents, through photographs and interviews, the struggles and achievements of 12 communities that have made differences on their residents. The American communities, from Chicago's Southwest side to the North Pacific Coast of Alaska, each face different challenges, but their stories all feature individuals of exceptional vision and commitment. |
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International Children's Digital Library
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The mission of the ICDL is to select, collect, digitize, and organize children's materials in their original languages and to create appropriate technologies for access and use by children 3-13 years old.
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Internet Medieval Sourcebook
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A library of texts and translations recording all aspects of medieval life. |
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Internet Public Library
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Produced by the University of Michigan School of Information, this site contains a vast collection of online texts, including novels, newspapers, magazines, and tutorials for students of all ages. |
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Jazz: A Ken Burns Film
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This highly interactive site offers many ways to introduce jazz as a musical genre and cultural tradition. An interactive map features hot places for jazz in America; a lounge defines jazz with recordings of key elements and genres; and audio files feauture nine different songs of nine artists. Artists featured on the site include: Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. |
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Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening
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The site features 13 works by Chopin, including The Awakening, a transcript of the documentary, interviews with a Chopin descendent and Chopin scholar, and a basic chronology of Chopin's life. |
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Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
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Texts, images, and commentary for the study of the Middle Ages. |
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Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
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Resources for the study of South American, Central American, and Caribbean culture. |
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Latin Literature
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Sponsored by Kentucky Educational Television, this site supports an online course in the study of Latin and offers additional resources on Roman culture. |
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Learner.Org
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A collection of interactive exhibits on topics ranging from the collapse of empires to the art of writing screenplays. |
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Learning from London Town
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This site presents opportunities for study of the 18th century lost town of London, Maryland, fron the integrated perspective of archaelogical find, archival records, and material culture. |
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
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Informational and archival resources used in the production of the PBS series. |
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Liberty!
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The web site of the PBS series about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation. Newspaper accounts, interactive games, dramatizations, and a chronology of the Revolution. |
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
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Provides an accessible and lively introduction to the French Revolution as well as an extraordinary archive of some of the most important documentary evidence from the Revolution. |
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The Lincoln Institute
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The Lincoln Institute concentrates on providing support and assistance to scholars and groups involved in the study of the life of American's 16th President and the impact he had on the preservation of the Union, the emancipation of black slaves, and the development of democratic principles which have found worldwide application. |
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Lincoln/Net (NEW)
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(NEW) Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois. |
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Lire les Femmes Écrivains et les Littératures Africaines
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Bilingual collection of material on Francophone African literature written by women since the 1970s. |
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LitGLoss
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The LiTgloss project is a collection of texts written in languages other than English. The texts are of literary, cultural, or historical interest to speakers of English, and likely (we think) to be better appreciated if read in the original language. |
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The Living Room Candidate
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The Internet is no longer a novelty, but is rather a necessary campaign tool. Campaigns have learned how to operate in an increasingly complex online ecology, getting their messages across through a variety of means. |
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The Lost Museum
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This museum is a fascinating, interactive 3-D look at what was once the United States’ most visited museum – until it mysteriously burned to the ground in 1865. Visitors can explore the virtual reconstruction and embedded resources, which can be used with classroom lessons, along with clues to the mystery of who set the fire.
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Mark Twain in His Times
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Broad range of materials on Mark Twain the writer and his times. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
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A center for study of the civil rights leader and his era. |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The site displays over 3,500 objects from its collection; in addition, it offers online overviews of its recent exhibitions, a detailed timeline of art history illustrated by images from the museum's collections, and an educational section called Explore and Learn, which is a separate EDSITEment site. |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art's Explore and Learn
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This site, created by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, takes advantage of the newest web technology to help elementary students explore and learn about the many styles and techniques of fine art. |
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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
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Based on a PBS lecture series narrated by Michael Palin, this site provides younger students with an overview of the life of Ernest Hemingway. |
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Modern American Poetry
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Described as an online journal and multimedia companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry, produced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the site includes articles analyzing specific poems and the oeuvre of 161 modern American poets. |
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Mozart Forum
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It is the intent of the Founders of the MozartForum to improve the intelligent discussion of Mozart and his world on the Internet. The Founders, coming from all backgrounds and with different perspectives on the subject of Mozart, have pooled resources and talents to create and maintain such a website. |
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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
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Annotated guide to Shakespeare resources on the Internet, including links to primary texts, information on the Globe Theatre, and aspects of Shakespearean theatrical performance. |
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Museum of the History of Science
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Produced by the Oxford Museum of the History of Science, this site uses online exhibitions, essays, and images to chart important events in the history of scientific development. |
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Napoleon
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The site includes an episode guide, a handful of interactive features such as an interactive simulation of the Battle of Waterloo, a closed bulletin board, video clips, and a timeline of Napoleon's life. Four online classroom guides are designed for middle and high school classrooms. |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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A richly documented portrait of the author of The Scarlet Letter. |
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National First Ladies Library
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Background on the women of the White House. |
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National Gallery of Art
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The site spans a wide variety of topics with many in-depth studies and online tours of particular artists, media, and movements from exhibits housed in the National Gallery of Art. |
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National Geographic Society Xpeditions
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Cultural, educational, and informational resource for teaching geography, as well as world history. |
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National Museum of African Art
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Working from the collection, the museum has many kinds of resources that it makes available. These include teacher workshops, videos for loan as well as online curriculum you can use in your classroom. |
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National Museum of the American Indian
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(NEW) The National Museum of the American Indian is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. |
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National Park Service: Links to the Past
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Affiliated with the National Park Service, the site provides visitors with educational resources that deal with America's past. The site offers links to people, for example--Civil War Soldiers and Sailors--places--National Register of Travel Itineraries--objects--Symbols of Battle--and events--The Underground Railroad--of the past. |
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National Portrait Gallery
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Portraits in all media, and archives dedicated to the portraits of men and women who have made significant contributions to the history, development, and culture of the people of the United States. |
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Native Web
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Links to resources concerning indigenous peoples from around the world. |
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Naval Historical Center
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An extensive view of the naval history of the United States of America, including a virtual tour of the Navy’s exhibit on the USS Constitution. |
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New Americans
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A PBS-produced site that addresses both historical and contemporary immigration issues in the United States. |
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New Deal Network
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Documentary resources for the study of FDR and his Depression-era programs. |
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New Perspectives on the West
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Guided tour through the history of the American West, following in the footsteps of filmmakers Ken Burns and Stephen Ives. |
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New York Philharmonic for Kids Zone
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A comprehensive education on the workings of a major orchestra. Includes interactivities and games. |
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NGAKids
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Affiliated with the National Gallery of Art, the site hopes to make art and its concepts more accessible to young, self-directed Internet users. |
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NOVA: Pyramids
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Jointly designed by NOVA and PBS, this site gives elementary and middle school students an overview of Egyptology and the continuing archaeological excavation of the Pyramids at Giza. |
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NYPL Digital Gallery
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NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open online access to hundreds of thousands of digital images from NYPL collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, rare prints and photographs, and more. |
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NYPL Digital Schomburg Images of 19th Century African-Americans
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Sponsored by the New York Public Library, this site contains an extensive primary source archive of photographs, woodcuts, and other images of 19th century African-Americans from the Schomburg Collection. |
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Odyssey Online
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Resources for elementary and middle school students to study ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Sub-Saharan cultures. |
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Ohio Memory
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The Ohio Memory Project brings together primary sources from all parts of the state in order to provide access to the rich, historical treasures of Ohio. |
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The Online Library of Liberty
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Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty makes available at no charge to the public hundreds of full-length classic texts which have contributed to our understanding of the nature of individual liberty, limited and constitutional government, and the free market. |
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Oregon Trail
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A companion site to the PBS series on the first wave of westward expansion. |
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Oriental Institute
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The Oriental Institute, dedicated to studies of the ancient Near East, maintains a vast collection of artifacts from the region as well as a valuable Teacher Resource Center. |
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Outreach World (NEW)
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(NEW) A comprehensive one-stop resource for teaching international and area studies and foreign languages in the precollegiate classroom. |
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Oyez Project: A Supreme Court Multimedia Database
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Court opinions and multimedia resources on major consititutional issues. |
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Papers of George Washington
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Digital library from the George Washington Archives, including historical materials on Washington's life and times, as well as a selection of Washington?s papers. |
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Perseus Project
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Maps, texts, translations, and commentary for students of the ancient world. |
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Picturing Modern America (NEW)
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(NEW) Site contains interactive exercises designed to: Deepen students' understanding of common topics in the study of modern America 1880-1920; Build students' skills in analyzing primary sources; Generate questions that students can pursue by searching in American Memory and other sources. |
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Plymouth Colony: Archive Project
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The site presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, Colony laws, 17th century texts, research and analysis of various topics, biographical profiles of colonists, probate inventories, wills, maps, town and fort plans, and architectural and material culture studies. |
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Pompeii Forum Project
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Archeological resources for the study of Roman civilization. |
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POTUS—Presidents of the United States
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In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included. |
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Presidential Speeches
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Documentary resources dedicated to all 43 American presidents, including presidential speeches, biographies, and other materials related to the presidential office. |
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Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 (NEW)
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(NEW) On February 29, 1704, a force French and Native allies launched a daring raid on the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts. This interactive site recounts the events, individuals, and historical background to this incident. A superb overview of early colonial America. |
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Representative Poetry Online (NEW)
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(NEW) Site includes 3,162 English poems by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living poets today. |
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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The Rijksmuseum is the largest museum in the Netherlands, and is internationally renowned for its exhibitions and publications and not only are these high quality products, but are also areas in which the museum extends the boundaries of scholarship and encourages new insights. |
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River of Song
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A companion site to the PBS series tracing American musical traditions along the Mississippi River. |
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Romantic Circles
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Texts and contexts for the study of Byron, Keats, the Shelleys, and their contemporaries. |
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SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
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Links to information about India, Pakistan, and other South Asian countries. |
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Scribbling Women
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Online resources for teaching American women's literature using dramatizations produced by The Public Media Foundation |
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The United States Senate (NEW)
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(NEW) The official website of the United States Senate. |
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Shakespeare for Kids
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The Folger Shakespeare Library site for kids, with activities for children and families. |
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Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric
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Interactive encyclopedia of literary forms and figures of speech. |
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum website is a colorful, comprehensive collection of over 3,000 of the museum's digitized works that includes an online calendar showcasing different artwork for each day of the month. |
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Smithsonian Education (NEW)
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(NEW) Provides leadership in education at the Smithsonian and produces a variety of programs, services, and resources for the education and museum communities. |
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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Features comprehensive virtual tours of the institution’s current exhibits. A timeline maps the history of the United States through artifacts that are in the museum’s collection. The “Our Story In History” link leads to information on the museum’s educational programming that includes several interactive activities. Both teachers and students may browse the site’s recommended reading list, either by century, or ethnic history. |
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (NEW)
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(NEW) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, was designed from its inception (September 1995) as a dynamic reference work. In a dynamic reference work, each entry is maintained and kept up to date by an expert or group of experts in the field. All entries and updates are refereed by the members of a distinguished Editorial Board before they are made public. |
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Tate Online (NEW)
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(NEW) Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1500 and of international modern art. All works can be found on this site, each with its own information page. |
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TEACHERSERVE from the National Humanities Center
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Teacher guides that provide balanced perspectives on a range of humanities topics. |
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Teaching (and Learning) about Japan
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A storehouse of information on Japanese culture. |
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Teaching American History
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A comprehensive and in-depth online resource on American History from the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs. |
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Teaching Shakespeare
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An educator's guide to teaching Shakespeare for students in grades K-12. |
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