RVHS Social Studies Department
American History Resources
| American History |
| 19th Century Web Sites |
| Academic Info: United States History Home Page and Index |
| American Memory from the Library of Congress |
| American Memory Collection Broad Topics and Timeline - Timeline of U.S. History |
| American Memory Collections - Complete list of the American Memory collections |
| American Studies Web: Historical and Archival Resources - Contain links to all sorts of historical resources from 1492 to NASA |
| Black History Month Resource Center - Provides info and links to Black history resources |
| Blue WEb'n Applications: United States History - Contains links to various aspects of American History |
| Digital Libraries & Teacher Resources - - links to sites about and containing primary sources; mainly American. |
| Documenting the American South - This collection has four other components: Southern Literature, North American Slave Narratives, the Southern Home Front, 1861-1865, and the Church in the Southern Black Community. |
| From Revolution to Reconstruction; a hypertext on American History from Colonial Times to Modern Times - Includes documents from the Magna Carta to the present. Database is being expanded regularly. |
| Historical United States Census Browser |
| The History Place - Provides all types of information on historical topics |
| History / Social Studies for K-12 Teachers - Provides links to various Internet sites of interest to K-12 educators |
| The Making of America at University of Michigan. |
| Making of America (MOA) Collection at Cornell University Library - The Cornell University Library is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. |
| Making of America at the University of Michigan - Actual scanned in pages of 19th century documents |
| National Archives and Records Administration Digital Classroom - Features primary sources, activities and training for educators and students. |
| National First Ladies Library |
| North Polk High School History Links |
| Teacher Oz's American History Links - Scroll down the page to American History Links |
| Tracks; Impressions of America - http://www.ecb.org/tracks - Provides links to primary source sites |
| U. S. Historical Documents - Documents from pre-Colonial times to the present day. |
| U. S. Historical Documents Archive - - A chronological list of documents. |
| U.S. History Sites from the Librarians Index to the Internet - Provides links to many sites |
| White House - Provides links to the Presidents and other government information |
| Words and Deeds in American History |
| Yale University Library Primary Sources Research Project |
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| American History -- Colonial Period To 1775 |
Archiving Early America |
The History Place American Revolution - Includes information on pre-colonial and colonial America |
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| American History -- Revolution 1775-1783 |
| American Revolution - History of the American Revolution and links to other sites developed by the 4th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Line |
| The American Revolution;
National Discussions of our Revolutionary Origins Serves as a complement to the official companion site to PBS's Liberty! documentary series |
| Archiving Early America Presents historic documents from 18th century America. Includes online articles from the Early American Review, a journal of fact and opinion on the people, issues and events of 18th century America |
| Birth of a Nation - A ThinkQuest Project on the American Revolution |
| From Rebels to Mature Army - Independence Hall Association presents a vivid, exciting and accessible way to learn about the people, ideas, places and events that defined Revolutionary times. Includes a virtual marching tour of the Revolution. |
| The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress |
| Historical Text Archive of the US Revolution - Contains links to American and British aspects of the war; Jefferson's papers; Paine's Common Sense documents; descriptions of the various battles; support from foreign countries; and more |
| The History Place American Revolution |
| Military Actions in the American Revolution - National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution provides detailed information on the battles of the Revolution |
| North Polk High School American Revolutionary War Links |
| Sons of the Revolution (California Chapter) - Provides info about the battles; flags; people involved; events; etc. of American Revolution |
| Teacher Oz's History links - Extensive links to Colonial and 19th century pioneer life |
| Thomas Jefferson - Monticello Historical Site |
| Valley Forge Historical Society and Museum - Includes historical accounts of Washington's activities at Valley Forge, PA. |
| U.S. Founding Documents from Emory University http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/ |
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| American History -- 1783-1861 |
| American History -- Civil War 1861-1865 |
| The American Civil War Homepage - Anything you want know about the Civil War. |
| Civil War Manuscripts: Images of battle, selected civil war letters from the Southern Historical Collection |
| Civil War Maps: American Memory |
| Civil War Menu from the Mining Company |
| Civil War Home Page - Has "This week in the Civil War," personal papers, diaries, newspapers, public papers. Presents information about two communities from the north and south during the Civil War and compares their everyday lives. |
| Civil War Resources Virginia Military Institute Archives |
| Civil War through a child's eyes: American Memory |
| Civil War Women - Opportunities to read diaries, documents, and letters revealing women's lives and experiences during the Civil War. Includes links to great historical photos. |
| Documenting the American South |
| Eyewitness History: the American Civil War |
Gettysburg National Park  |
| Kathy Schrock's History and Social Studies Links |
| Letters home from an Iowa soldier in the American Civil War |
| Links to more about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad - Provides links to slave narratives, civil war, abolitionists, Tubman and the underground railroad. |
| Selected Civil War Photographs: American Memory - Contains 1,118 photographs, most made under the supervision of Matthew B. Brady. |
| Teacher Oz's Civil War and Military Links - l |
| Teaching the Civil War from Classroom Connect |
| United States Civil War Center - Purpose of the Center is to understand the Civil War from every possible perspective. |
| Valley of the Shadow; Living the Civil War in Pennsylvania and Virginis |
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American History 1865-1900 |
| The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920 - A selection of manuscript, printed texts and images drawn from the collections of the Ohio Historical Society documenting the history of black Ohio from 1850 to 1920, illuminating the story of slavery and freedom, segregation and integration, religion and politics, migrations and restrictions, harmony and discord, and struggles and successes. |
| Small-Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert Dennis Collection, 1850-1920 - The views show buildings and street scenes in cities, towns, and villages as well as natural landscapes. They also depict agriculture, industry, transportation, homes, businesses, local celebrations, natural disasters, people, and costumes. |
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American History -- Western Exploration 1803- |
| Academic Info: The American West Frontier History |
| Donner Online - Explore the history of the Donner Party and its demise. |
| Meeting of frontiers -- Chronicles the parallel experiences of the United States and Russia in exploring, developing and settling their frontiers and the meeting of those frontiers in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest |
| North Polk (IA) High School's Colonial America Links |
| Teacher Oz's 19th century History links - Extensive links to19th century pioneer life |
| Tracks; impressions of America from Wisconsin Educational Communications Board |
American History -- 20th century |
| 20th Century by the Decades Links from Chico HS |
| Academic Info: US History - Modern America - Links to the sites on the 1920's, the Great Depression, World War 2, Korea, Vietnam, Civil Rights, etc. |
| American Cultural History - Kingwood College Library web guides to the 20th century |
| Children at work 1908-1912; the photography of Lewis Hine |
| American History -- World War I 1914-1918 |
| RVHS World History Links |
| The Great War from PBS |
| North Polk High School World War I Links |
| Teacher Oz's War and Military Links |
| Trenches on the Web: the history of World War I |
| The World War I Document Archive from Brigham Young University |
| American History -- 1920's - 1930's (Depression) |
| 20's experience - Provides information about the 1920's |
| 20th Century: 1930-1939 Decade |
| American Memory Pages Depression to World War II |
| Building America, FDR's New Deal |
| Day of the Black Blizzard |
| Houdini, Harry - 1874-1926 |
| Monkey trial; Famous trials |
| New Deal Network |
| Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy1921-1929; American Memory |
| Recessions, Depressions and Economic Fluctuations |
| Teapot Dome Scandal |
| Temperance and Prohibition |
| Vaudevill Memories - A comprehensive collection of links to resources including performers, and sound and film clips, |
| Web of Justice Organized Crime, Criminal Justice Links |
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| American History -- World War II 1939-1945 |
| RVHS World History Links |
| American and British History Resources on the Net http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/amhist.html
- Arranged by time period. Good links under Holocaust and 'War and Diplomacy'. |
| American History 1940-1949 from Liberty University Library http://www.liberty.edu/resources/library/public/as/history/american/1940.htm |
| American Studies Web: Historical and Archival Resources |
| Anne Frank House House http://www.channels.nl/amsterdam/annefran.html |
| Anne Frank Online http://www.annefrank.com/ |
| Auschwitz Alphabet http://www.spectacle.org/695/ausch.html |
| Avalon Project at the Yale Law Schoo http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/20th.htm |
| BBC Modern World History http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/mainmenu/mainfla.htm
Follow link to Nazi Germany |
| Chico High School Library 20th Century Decades: General Links http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us./decsg.html |
| Chico High School Social Science Links http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/socsci.html |
| Wiesenthal Center Exhibit |
| Chronology of US Historical Documents from University of Oklahoma http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ - . Scan the list of document to locate World War 2 documents |
| EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
Includes pointers to documents and full text works for European History from the Middle Ages to the present. Search on the country and scan toward the end of the list of articles for World War 2 documents |
| The Firebombing of Kobe and Osaka during World War II http://www.folds.net/Haney/firebombing.html An American prisoner of war in Japan who describes the firebombings of Kobe and Osaka during World War II. |
| Forget Me Not: the Anne Frank Story http://www.graceproducts.com/frank/index.html |
| The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Digital Resources http://ww.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ |
| Harry S Truman Library and Museum http://www.trumanlibrary.org - Primary documents on the Whistlestop project and access to many documents leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb. |
| The Holocaust: a tragic legacy http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/ |
| Holocaust Project from New Hampshire School Administrative Unit #29 http://www.sau29.k12.nh.us/library/KHS/holocaustproj.htm |
| Holocaust Survivor Oral Histories http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/ |
| Holocaust Teacher Resource Center http://www.Holocaust-trc.org/ |
| HyperWar; a hypertext history of the Second World WAr http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/ |
| The Internet Archive of Texts and Documents http://history.hanover.edu/texts.html - is organized by geographic area and chronological period. |
| Internet Modern History Sourcebook Arranged by time period http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html - Extensive links relating to World War 2 |
| Literature of the Holocaust http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/holhome.html |
| Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City http://www.mjhnyc.org/home.htm |
| Museum of Tolerance Online/Simon Wiesenthal Center http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/ |
| Nizkor Project http://www1.us.nizkor.org/ Authors of this site refute the Holocaust Revisionists who believe the Holocaust never happened. |
| Normandy; the great crusade http://school.discovery.com/fall98/programs/normandy/resources.html |
| North Polk High School World War II Links |
| People at War; National Archives and Records Administration World War 2 Exhibit |
| Private Art; a collection of World War 2 letters to and from the front http://www.private-art.com |
| Teacher Oz's War & Military History Lnks |
| Tracks; Impressions of America from Wisconsin Educational Communications Board http://www.ecb.org/tracks - Select "America at War" link |
| United States Historical Documents Archive http://w3.one.net/~mweiler/ushda/list.htm - A chronological list of documents |
| United States Holocaust Memorial http://www.ushmm.org/ |
| War Correspondence of Jill Oppenheim de Grazia and Alfred de Grazia: - Collection of World War II love letters detailing the war front experiences and home front life of a young U.S. soldier and his wife-to-be in the United States. |
| What did you do in the war Grandma? http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html |
| World War 2 http://www.hist.unt.edu/09w-amw4.htm |
| World War 2 Archives from HistoryNet http://www.thehistorynet.com/THNarchives/WorldWarII/ |
| World War II Cartoons http://rutlandhs.k12.vt.us/jpeterso/Szykpage.htm Presents the political cartoons by Polish born Arthur Szyk which were on the covers of Collier's Magazine during the war. |
| World War 2 Documents from Yale Law School Avalon Project www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm |
| World War 2 in Europe from the History Place http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/ |
| World War 2 Links from Historical Text Archive |
| World War 2 on the Web http://ww.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2691/links.htm |
| World War 2 Poster Database from Northwestern University http://ww.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters |
| World War 2 Resources on the Web http://metalab.unc.edu/pha/ |
| World War II Propaganda Posters http://www.openstore.com/posters/ Provides many patriotic World War II propaganda posters. |
| WWW Virtual Library of the Holocaust http://www.hco.hagen.de/history/holocaust.htm |
| WWW Virtual Library of Military History http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/topical/military.html |
| American History -- 1945-Present |
| Academic Info: The cold war |
| Academic Info: The nuclear age |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson Library 1964-1969 |
The Whole World Was Watching - An oral history of 1968 as seen through the eyes of Rhode Islanders - Vietnam, women's issues, civil rights, and U.S. politics of the late sixties |
| John F. Kennedy Library and Museum - Provides a biography, and many photos as well as sound files and selected document transcripts |
| JFK Photo History |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Audio Archives |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Resources from Chico High School |
| The Martin Luther King, Jr. site from the Seattle Times offers information about King and his legacy, including a history of the holiday, audio clips from King speeches, an interactive quiz, and a study guide. |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University |
| Korean War - 50th Anniversary Home Page http://korea50.army.mil/ |
| The Korean War Project |
| Statistics About the Vietnam War |
| Vietnam International Project--University of Texas http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/shwv/shwvhome.html |
| Vietnam POW/Missing in Action Database http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Watergate25 - Washington Post's history of the Watergate Affair |
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| The African-American, A Journey from Slavery to Freedom http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/aaslavry.htm |
| African-American History The New York Institute for Special Education http://www.nyise.org/blackhistory/index.html |
| African-American Literature Links Primary documents http://curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU/go/multicultural/sites/aframdocs.html |
| The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the
Study of Black History and Culture http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html |
| African American Warriors Military service |
| African-American Women Online Archival Collections at Duke University http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html |
| Afro-American Almanac http://www.toptags.com/aama/ |
| Black History Exploring African-American Issues on the Web http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html Black History Hotlist of sites, Interactive Treasure Hunt, Subject Sampler, WebQuests, Tuskegee Tragedy. |
| Black Military History http://www.fatherryan.org/blackmilitary/ |
| Civil Rights Timeline http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/Seatimeline.html |
| A Deeper Shade of History - A Black History database. |
| The Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History http://blackhistory.eb.com/ |
| The Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences |
| Gateway to African-American History |
| Harlem 1900-1940 An African-American Community http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/ |
| Mathematicians of the African Diaspora |
| The North Star: A Journal of African-American Religious History |
| The Origins of Black History Month http://www.euronet.nl/users/jubo/february.html |
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