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MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com/

Geobytes http://www.geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm

Primary Sources and Images http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

USA
http://www.50states.com/
http://www.teacheroz.com/states.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/
States Drag and Drop - Click on USA States

US History Timeline
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/EXPLORE/timeline.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0902416.html

History of American Political Cartoons WebQuest

Political Cartoons http://cagle.slate.msn.com/
Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/election2004/cartoons/20030913/1.html
Contra Costa Times http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/special_packages/election2004/cartoons/

MarcoPolo  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

Decades
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm
http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/alltime.html
http://timelines.ws/20thcent/TWENTIETHCENT.HTML
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/timeline4.html http://www.infoplease.com/spot/00sportsmoments1.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2000/year/
History of Fashion 1940’s-1950’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history4.htm
History of Fashion 1950’s – 1960’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history5.htm
History of Fashion 1960’s – 1970’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history6a.htm
History of Fashion 1970’s-1980’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history7a.htm
History of Fashion 1980’s-1990’s http://www.vintageblues.com/history8.htm
Music played in the 1960’s – Links to Music through the decades http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60smusic.html American Culture History 1960-1969 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html
American Culture History 1970-1979 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade70.html
American Culture History 1980-1989 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade80.html
American Culture History 1990-2000 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade90.html
American Culture History 1940-1950 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html
American Culture History 1950-1960 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html
World War II the Home Front http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/
World War II Home Front http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm
American Culture the 20th Century http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade40.html
African Americans in World War II http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/aframerwar/
World War II pictures - archives http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/
Sports http://www.infoplease.com/sports.html
http://www.time.com/time/bestworst2001/sports.html
Cars from Yesterday http://www.carsfromyesterday.com/
Cars http://americanhistory.si.edu/ONTHEMOVE/themes/story_78_6.html

Colonial Period
Jamestown Online Adventure http://historyglobe.com/
SUPER! Colonial America 1600-1775: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
Colonial Williamsburg: http://www.history.org/
13 Colonies: http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Jamestown Fort: http://www.apva.org/ngex/index.html
Plimoth on the Web: http://www.plimoth.org/Library/pilgrim.htm
Early America: http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Colonial Hall - Biographies of the Founding Fathers:http://www.colonialhall.com/index.php
Colonial Life: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm
Curious Punishments of Bygone Days: http://www.getchwood.com/punishments/curious/
Colonial Currency: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/index.html
Dances of Colonial America: http://www.colonialmusic.org/Resource/Resources.htm
Education in the Colonies: http://alumni.cc.gettysburg.edu/~s330558/schooling.html
Crime and Punishment: http://www.lihistory.com/3/hs341a.htm
Comparison of Then and Now: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1990/5/90.05.04.x.html

Native Americans
Native American Nations: http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/nations.html
Curtis Collection: http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribalindex.html
Native American Nations Homepages http://www.americanwest.com/pages/nathom.htm
Native Americans http://www.nativeamericans.com/
Geographic Overview of Tribes http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html
National Museum of the Native American http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Bureau of Indian Affairs http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html

American Revolution
History Central: http://www.multied.com/Revolt/index.html
PBS Liberty - The American Revolution: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution: http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html
Valley Forge: http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/index.html
Declaration of Independence: http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/declaration/decmain.html
Constitution: http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/constitution/conmain.html
The History Place American Revolution: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html

Spanish American War
History Central: http://www.multied.com/spanish/index.html
Spanish American War: http://www.pbs.org/crucible/
Spanish American War: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/
Historical Museum of Florida: http://www.historical-museum.org/history/war/war.htm
American History 1890s: http://www.americaslibrary.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb
1890s: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/acs/1890s/america.html

Women's Suffrage
Votes for Women: http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html

Civil War
Civil War Battles: A WebQuest http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/civilwarwq.html
Civil War Battles http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bystate.htm
Civil War Battles http://www.multied.com/CivilWar/
Civil War Battles http://www.nps.gov/frsp/npssite.htm
American Civil War http://www.americancivilwar.com
Civil War Net http://www.civil-war.net
History Central: http://www.multied.com/CivilWar/index.html
Civil War Homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
Civil War.com: http://www.civilwar.com/
Civil War Links http://www.civilwarhome.com/links8.htm
Underground Railroad: http://www.nps.gov/undergroundrr/contents.htm
Civil War Photographs: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Poetry and Music of the Civil War: http://users.erols.com/kfraser/
Civil War: http://www.civilwarhome.com/
The U.S. Civil War Center: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
Civil War Maps: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/
Women of the Civil War: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html
The History Place Civil War: http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html
Northern and Southern Leaders http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/index.html
Jefferson Davis http://www.civilwarhome.com/jdavisbio.htm
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000113
http://americancivilwar.com/south/jeffdavi.html
Ulysses S. Grant http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/grant.html
http://www.empirenet.com/~ulysses/
Stonewall Jackson http://www.civilwarhome.com/jackbio.htm
http://www.vmi.edu/archives.aspx?id=3747
http://americancivilwar.com/south/stonewall_jackson.html
Robert E. Lee http://www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm
http://americancivilwar.com/south/lee.html
http://www.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/relee/relee.htm
Harriet Beecher Stowe http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/stowe/StoweHB.html
http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/stow-har.htm
Sherman’s March to the Sea http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=551
Sherman’s March to the Sea http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-641
Battle of Shiloh http://www.civilwarhome.com/shiloh.htm
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/shiloh/
Hospitals & Medicine http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/features/medicine/cwsurgeon/
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USACWmedical.htm

Historical Clothing
U.S. History 19^th Century Clothing and Uniforms: http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe.htm
Dressing the Victorian Lady from the 1850s: http://www.victoriana.com/shops/couture/fifty1.html
Costume of the California Gold Rush 1849-1859: http://www.directcon.net/wander/GR.htm
Clothing of the 1830s: http://www.connerprairie.org/historyonline/clothing.html
Clothing for Women of the 1800s: http://www.costumegallery.com/
Historical Pattern Company: http://www.pastpatterns.com/
History of U.S. Armies in Uniform: http://www.tekawiz.com/Introduction.html
Civil War Period Uniforms: http://extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu/olustee/uniforms/uniforms.html
American Memory Collection: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/
NYPL Picture Collection: http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/  (Search American Clothing)
Minnesota Historical Society: http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/ (Search clothing and dress)

The West

Lewis and Clark Web Quest links

1. Historical maps of the U.S. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html (See especially Early Indian Tribes, Culture Areas, and Linguistic Stocks)
2. Union Pacific Railroad History http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/index.shtml
3. Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html
4. The West, Places http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/
5. The West, Resources  http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/five/
6. American Memory Project: Railroad Maps 1828-1900 http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
7. Library Of Congress American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
8. National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html
9. The Iron Road http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/iron/
10. The Evolution of the Conservation Movement http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amrvhtml/conshome.html
11. Mountain Men and the Fur Trade http://roxen.xmission.com/~drudy/amm.html
12. The Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/oregontrail.html
13. Indians of North America http://www.csulb.edu/~gcampus/libarts/am-indian/index.html
14. Native American Document Project http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/nadp.htm
15. Native American Studies Resources http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/native/natgatew.htm
16. Kansas Collection http://www.kancoll.org/index.html
17. Kansas Territory: Crucible of American Experience http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Kansas/Kansas.html
18. Center for Studies in Texas History http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/
19. American Studies Web http://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/asw/
20. The American West http://www.americanwest.com/
21. California Heritage Collection http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHeritage/
22. Gallery of the Open Frontier http://gallery.unl.edu/
23. Illustrating Traveler: http://www.library.yale.edu:80/beinecke/illus.htm
24. Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals/sioux.html
25. Frontier in American History http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/turner/home.html

History of the American West http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html
Buffalo Soldiers and the Indian Wars http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
New Perspectives on the West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Everyday Life Along the Overland Trail http://www.over-land.com/trdailylife.html
WWW-VL American West http://www.ku.edu/kansas/west/index.html
Museum of the American West http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/listing.php?status=archived
The Northern Great Plains http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html
Timeline of Plains Indian History http://www.hanksville.org/daniel/timeline2.html
The American West: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.55.85.20/

Robber Barons
Many links to info about people and events of this time period: http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=429

Labor Unions
NBA http://www.nbpa.com/
United auto workers http://www.uaw.org/
Teamsters http://www.teamster.org/
NHL http://www.nhlpa.com/
NFL http://www.nflpa.org/main/main.asp
Unite http://www.uniteunion.org/
SEIU http://www.seiu.org/
Communication workers of America http://www.cwa-union.org/
Industrial workers of the world http://www.iww.org/
Hotel employee rest emp (here) http://www.hereunion.org/
United farm workers http://www.ufw.org/
MLB http://bigleaguers.yahoo.com/
American Federation of Musicians  http://www.afm.org/public/home/index.php
American fed of labor - cio http://www.aflcio.org
NEA www.nea.org
American fed teach http://www.aft.org/
United brotherhood electrical workers  http://www.ibew.org/
Afscme http://www.afscme.org/
Screen actors guild http://www.sag.org/sagWebApp/index.jsp
NLRB  (national labor ) http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/home/default.asp

World War I

http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/somme.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/index.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbattles.htm

 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battles_of_world_war_one.htm

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/

World War II: The Holocaust: Resistance Movements 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Rescue and Resistance
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/rescue.htm
U.S. Holocaust Museum (Site Search -Resistance)
http://www.ushmm.org/
Father Jacques
http://www.ushmm.org/bunel/bunel.htm
Simon Wiesenthal Center Multimedia Learning Center Online
http://motlc.wiesenthal.org/pages/rr.html
To Save a Life--Stories of Jewish Rescue
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/
Anne Frank House House
http://www.annefrank.nl
Holocaust Personal Histories
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/

Auschwitz

Atomic Bomb
Weapons and Equipment
Concentration Camps
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Battles
Hitler
Statistics
World War Two Timeline and Pictures

Vietnam War
Weapons of the Vietnam War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/weapons.html
Vietnam Timeline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/time/index.html
Who's Who of the Vietnam War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/whos/index.html
Battlefield Vietnam http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

Martin Luther King Jr.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
Martin Luther King, Jr.@Yahoo

Civil Rights
Civil Rights@Yahoo
Civil Rights
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
http://www.crmvet.org/
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/129/80.html
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/gallery/gallery1.asp
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmheroes1.html
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilrights/Civil_Rights_Movement.htm

Salem Witch Trials
"The Salem Witch Trials of 1692" http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/
"FAQs About the Salem Witch Trials"      http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education/faq.shtml
"Salem Witch Trials Overview"     http://www.iath.virginia.edu/salem/further.html
"An Account of the Events in Salem " http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM

Washington DC

Virtual Map: http://dcpages.com/Tourism/Maps/Washington_DC_Map/

National Parks Map with Monuments, Museums, Federal Buildings, etc.: http://www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/upload/NACCmap1.pdf

Washington DC WebQuest http://www.pls.uni.edu/nielsen/nielsen/wdcintro.html
http://www.archives.gov/ - National Archives
http://www.ushmm.org/ - Holocaust Museum
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ - White House
http://www.nps.gov/fdrm/ - or http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa061401a.htm FDR
http://www.nps.gov/thje/ - Jefferson
http://www.aoc.gov/ - Capital Building
http://www.unionstationdc.com/ - Union Station
http://americanhistory.si.edu/ - American History
http://www.nps.gov/archive/wamo/home.htm - Washington
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ - WW II
http://www.nps.gov/archive/gwmp/usmc.htm - Iwo Jima
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/ - Arlington Cemetary
http://www.nasm.si.edu/ - Air and Space
http://thewall-usa.com/ - Vietnam Wall
http://www.nps.gov/linc/ - Lincoln
http://www.nps.gov/kwvm/home.htm - Korean War
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ - Supreme Court
http://www.nga.gov/ - National Gallery of Art
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ - National Zoo
http://www.loc.gov/index.html - Library of Congress
http://www.ustreas.gov/ - U.S. Dept of Treasury
http://www.cathedral.org/cathedral/ - National Cathedral

Memorial Day
http://www.history.com/minisites/memorial
http://www.usmemorialday.org/
http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9051942?query=memorial%20day&ct=null
http://www.remember.gov/MomentofRemembrance/MemorialDayRemembrance/tabid/69/Default.aspx

United States
*Fifty States and Capitals http://www.50states.com/
*Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html
US State Home Pages http://www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
Yahoo! Regional: U.S. States http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/
Your Nation http://www.your-nation.com/

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