Recommended Websites for

Social Studies

 

American History and Government

 

General

http://www.historynet.com

Search the archives of several history magazines using keyword. Categories include world history, American history, personalities, and World War II.

http://www.loc.gov

At this site of the Library of Congress, you can find many primary sources of information. These documents are viewed in their original handwritten, printed, or typed format and are transcribed as necessary.

http://www.nara.gov

At this site of the National Archives, you can see primary documents and art works and posters.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov

America's story from the archives of the Library of Congress.

http://www.uselectionatlas.org

Election website.

 

Lewis and Clark

http://idahoptv.org/lc/

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JOURNALS/toc.html

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/west/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/

http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/

 

Civil War

http://www.civilwarhome.com/

Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War provides information and links under several categories including Civil War Biographies and Civil War Battles.

http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm

The American Civil War provides links and information on many topics associated with the Civil War.

 

Columbian Exposition--Chicago, 1893

http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/fairs/

The University of Delaware Library site on American world's fairs and expositions.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma96/WCE/title.html

The World's Columbian Exposition: Idea, Experience, and Aftermath.

 

The Twenties

General Sites

http://www.archives.gov

http://www.loc.gov 

http://www.1920-30.com/

http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html

 Art Deco

http://architecture.about.com/od/artdeco/ss/artdeco.htm

http://www.decopix.com/

 Prohibition

http://prohibition.osu.edu/

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/p/prohibition.htm

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=441

http://www.1920-30.com/prohibition/

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/nc/nc2a.htm

 Flappers and Fashion

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/flappers.htm

http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm

http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/

http://mens-fashion.lovetoknow.com/Men's_Fashion_in_the_1920s

http://www.rambova.com/fashion/fash4.html

 Dance

http://www.1920-30.com/dance/

 Inventions

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/RoaringTwenties/

 Timelines

http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1920timeline.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0005247.html#axzz12QnoVzj1

 Film

http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html

 

The Thirties

General Sites

http://www.archives.gov

http://www.loc.gov 

http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1930s.html

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1930s.html

 Hobos

http://www.horailroad.com/hobo/index.shtml

http://www.northbankfred.com/colin1.html

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_07.html

 New Deal

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1851.html

http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0835397.html#axzz12R8ewoz3

 Great Depression

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/overview.htm

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/artgallery.htm

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/great-depression.htm

http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html

http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~cromer/great_depression.pdf

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/great_depression.html

 Dust Bowl

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/dustbowl.htm

http://www.ccccok.org/museum/dustbowl.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1583.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm

 Culture – Music, Art, Literature, Film, Etc.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG03/Jukebox/front.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display_printable.cfm?HHID=481

http://www.ushistory.org/us/48e.asp

http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html

 Timeline

http://history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1930timeline.htm

http://inventors.about.com/od/timelines/a/twentieth_4.htm

  

Civil Rights Movement

http://www.naacp.org/

Details of the role of the organization in the civil rights movement.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html

Part of the African American Odyssey virtual exhibit from the American Memory Collection of the Library of Congress.

http://www.centralhigh57.org/

Produced on the 40th anniversary of the integration of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas, this site offers a timeline of the events of the 1957/1958 school year, an analysis of the events, and original articles from the school's newspaper.

http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/

A timeline of Dr. King's life along with remembrances of his leadership from those who knew him best.

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/moore/mooreIndex.shtml

Photographs of the civil rights movement at this Kodak site.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/

Places that played a role in the civil rights movement as compiled by the National Register of Historic Places.