Mrs. Ruland's United States History Internet Resources
General Internet Resources
APUS Courses
College US History Courses
General Overview
Documents
Charts, Graphs and Other Data
Analysis and Commentary
Culture and Society
Politics and Government
Science and Technology
Historic Places
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General Overview
- Academy
of Achievement: A Living Museum
- African American History
- African American Sites - Library of Congress Web Guide
- Africans in America
- This PBS site goes through America's journey of slavery in four different time periods. Each one provides links to additional resources
- AFL-CIO Labor History on the Web
- AlternaTime Timelines
- American Folklore
- American
Heritage Magazine
- American History and Art from New England: American Centuries
- American History: Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium
- American History Bookmarks
- American Information Web
- American History and Culture
- American History From About
- This site provides links to information from various time periods in American History. It also includes links to summaries and timelines.
- American History from the Civil War to the Present
- American History - General
- Nice collection from the University of North Texas
- American History Resources
- This site is great for Civil War research as well as other topics. It contains a detailed list of links and key elements of US History.
- American History Resources
- This site provides information for all the categories and peiods of US history. It also has a length list of evaluated history links.
- American
History Resources for the Social Studies Teacher
- American History - US History - Academic Info
- American Labor History
- American Memory
- Good site for primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
- American Military History
- This site provides a chronology of the American military, beginning with the American Revolution. It also includes maps within the text.
- American Origins - National Portrait Gallery
- American Studies Links Recommended by Richard P. Horwitz
- American War Library
- American Women in Uniform, Veterans Too!
- America's Library
- This site contains almost every element of US history. It includes current information as well as past time periods and people.
- Annenberg/CPB - A Biography of America
- Anti-Defamation League
- Press Releases
- APUSH Unit Topics Page
- A wealth of links.
- The
Asian American Experience in the United States: A Chronological
History
- At Home in the Heartland Online Home
- This site contains six different time periods up to the present under which to research. It describes what was going on in America during those different periods.
- Back Story - With the American History Guys
- Best History Websites
- List all periods of history and then rates sites in the selected period according to quality, visitor ratings, or popularity.
- Best
Practices - Teaching American Studies
- A Biography of America
- Center for American History
- Citizens All: African Americans in Connecticut, 1700-1850
- Connecticut History Online
- The Constitution Community
- The Constitution Community is a partnership between classroom teachers and education specialists from the National Archives and Records Administration. It contains lessons and activities that address constitutional issues, and encourage the analysis of primary source documents. It is arranged according to historical era.
- CPL: Deaths, Disturbances, Disasters and Disorders in Chicago
- Crime Library: crime stories on serial killers, the mafia, terrorists, spies, assassins and gangsters
- This site contains a great deal of information on historical crimes and methods of apprehension as well as the history of punishments such as the electric chair.
- Crossroads: Essays in American History by Richard B. Bernstein
- Crossroads: A High School Curriculum
- Cryptologic History and NSA
- This site offers a brief summary of today's cryptology and detailed descriptions of how it has been used in America's past.
- Cyberlearning
World by George Cassutto
- Digital History - Great site!
- Biographies
- Encyclopedia of American History
- Ethnic
America - Contains chronology, images, information on immigration,
and various primary sources on ethnicity in American history
- Explorations
- Glossary of American History
- Making of America
- Resource Guides
- Slavery
- Timeline
- Digital History Reader: United States History - Age of Exploration to the Present
- Digital Librarian: History
- This site has an extensive list of alphabetically organized annotated links of American history.
- Ease History
- eHistory.com - For history enthusiasts, students and educators
- Encyclopaedia of Slavery
- This site includes 32 slave accounts. It also contains information about the slave system, slave life, events and issues, campaigns, and political organizations.
- Encyclopaedia of USA History, 1840-1980
- Encyclopaedia of USA History: Crime and Criminals 1860-1960
- This site includes information about various important cases including Sacco-Vanzetti and Scopes, famous criminals and Supreme Court Justices.
- Encyclopaedia
of USA History: Events and Issues 1860-1960
- Encyclopaedia of USA History: Immigration to the USA 1860-1960
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian: History and Culture
- Essortment.com
- Encyclopaedia of USA History: Immigration to the USA 1860-1960
- General History Articles
- Historical People
- Eyewitness - American Originals from the National Archives
- EyeWitness - history through the eyes of those who lived it
- Contains primary resources as well as information on the various periods of US history to the present.
- Famous Trials - UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder
- Contains information on 30 different trials applicable to US history including pictures and descriptions.
- Filling in the Gaps in American History
- First Amendment Center Online
- Flag of the United States
- From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
- From Revolution to Reconstruction
- Contain of wealth of information.Includes Documents, Essays, Biographies, and Presidents as well as Outlines of American History, American Economy, American Government, and American Literature.
- From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies
- Contains hundreds of biographies of various Americans who have impacted the country's history.
- German-American
Corner: History and Heritage
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Gilder Lehrman Institute: Modules on Major Topics
- The Ground Beneath Our Feet: Virginia's History Since the Civil War
- High School Ace: U.S. History and Government
- Historical American Currency Exhibit
- Historical Timeline of Legal and Illegal Immigration to the United States
- Historiology:
A Yahoo! Index
- History Buff
- HistoryCentral.com History's Home on the Internet
- History Channel
- History Buff
- Companion site to many of the channel's specials and programs. Connects current issues to past problems.
- History Detectives
- Companion to the PBS series.
- History of Economic Thought
- History and Government - Info Please
- The History Guy
- The History Guy: Historical Personalities
- The History Guy:United States Military History
- History House Online
- This site contains various history articles and investigative reports.
- History Matters
- Designed for high school and college US History teachers.
- TheHistoryNet
at About.com: Where History Lives on the Web
- History Now Journal
- History On-Line-Your Key to History and Historical Research on the Net
- The History Place
- Very good site; has links to many other sites dealing with US history, homework help etc.
- The History Place - Text Only Index
- History of the United States Department of State, 1789-1996
- HistoryWired:
A few of our favorite things
- HistoryWiz
- Holidays
- Hotlist: American History & Government
- Houghton Mifflin Reader's Companion: American History Database Index
- Humanities Magazine
- Hypertext Scholarship in American Studies
- Illinois Labor History Society
- Immigrant and Ethnic America at HarpWeek.com
- Internet Archive: Advanced Placement United States History
- Internet Public Library: History
- Internet Public Library: POTUS
- HistoryWiz
- Site is dedicated to the Presidents of the United States; contains listing of all presidents in chronological order with links to sites with information about each.
- Jensen's
Scholars' Guide to Humanities & Social Sciences
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - American History
- Kid Info -- American History
- Kingwood College Library Research Assignment Guides
- Labor History Web Sites
- Library of Congress
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - American History
- Includes links to American history and culture, world culture, online galleries and legislative information.
- Long Island: Our Story
- Mariners' Museum: Chesapeake Bay - Our History and Our Future
- Modern
History - A Soviet Viewpoint
- The Mormans
- Museum of American Financial History
- The Museum for American Studies
- Museum of the City of San Francisco
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- This site has a digital classroom which contains student research activities and professional development opportunities. It also has records of congress and presidential libraries. There is also a research room, which has up-to-date briefings on important events around the world and a resources link with government information locator service and lists of federal laws and regulations.
- National Museum of American History
- The Price of Freedom: Americans at War
- The National Parks: America's Best Idea
- National Park Service History
- Nature Transformed
- Naval Historical Center
- The
Net's Educational Resource Center
- Nineteenth Century U.S. Culture Studies
- OnWar.com
- On Time — Smithsonian Institute
- Outline of American History - International Information Programs, US Department of State
- PBS History
- The First Measusred Century
- Freedom: A History of Us
- People's
Century
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- The Presidents of the United States
- Provides detailed biographies of each of the presidents as well as portraits.
- Race, Ethnicity and Religion
- Regents Exam Prep Center: US History and Government
- Research
History: North & South America
- Resource Central - U.S. History
- Slavery and the Making of America
- Slavery in New York
- Slavery Resource Guide at the Library of Congress
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Smithsonian Magazine
- Social Studies Help
- Resource Central - U.S. History
- Website allows viewers to learn about different eras and important events in US History. Look at the Regeants Level Notes. This site would also be helpful in other history classes becuase it has a large scale of knowledge and information to access that can also be narrowed down to find well-developed information worthy of Mrs. Ruland's history class. Description provided by 2005-2006 student C. M.
- Social
Studies Resources
- Social Studies Sources
- SparkNotes: History
- Spartacus Educational - Home Page
- State Digital Resources
- Students On Site
- Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History - Wonderful Resource!
- Teacher Resources - Feature - American Memory Timeline
- Teaching American History.org
- Social Studies Sources
- Contains an extensive collection of historical documents as well as special exhibits on the Constitutional Convention and Vindicating the Founders, as well as audio files of various seminars
- Teaching American History for Students
- Timeline of U.S. Diplomatic History
- Timeline of U.S. Interventions
- Timeline of U.S. Interventions
- Time Magazine 100: People of the Century
- The
TimePage - Cycles in U.S. History
- Today in History
- Great archive of intresting facts in American history. Gives references to things that happened on specific days.
- Tracks: Impressions of History
- Twentieth Century History Articles and Facts
- Twentieth Century History, Decade by Decade
- United States History
- U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Office of History
- U.S. Historical Chronology
- US Historical Documents
- U.S. History
- U.S. History - General Resources
- U.S. Historical Chronology
- From the Best of History Web Sites.
- U.S.
History Index
- U.S. History Outlines and Charts
- U.S. History - MMSD Electronic Library
- US History by Online Highways
- U.S. History Topics , Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
- U.S. History on the Web
- US History I - Cliff Notes
- US History II - Cliff Notes
- U.S. Navy History
- USA in the 19th Century
- USA in the 20th Century
- Veterans History Project
- Virtualology: Museum of History
- Virtual Reference: Historical Facts
- Virtual War Museum
- VoS - Voice of the Shuttle
- Wars and Conflicts of the US Navy
- War and Military History Resources
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- West Point in the Making of America
- Women's History Month
- World History Archives: History of the United States
- Wright American Fiction
- WWW.History
- Nice annotated collection from History Matters.
- WWW-VL - The United States History Index
- Categorizes information both by topic and by time period. Includes maps and timelines.
- WWW-VL - United States Military History
- WWW-VL - United States History: Maps and Atlases
- WWW-VL - United States History Timelines
- Yahoo!
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