Links for Everyone

History Pages

The Authentic History Center - images of artifacts, sounds, and written letters and diaries for all period of American history.

The Library of Congress - Tons of great resources for everyone!

Valley of the Shadow - documents from two communities in the American Civil War, one in Virginia, the other in Pennsylvania.

The Avalon Project - Tons of primary resources available through Yale University.

Trinity Atomic Website - Information and resources on atomic and nuclear weapons, as well as their effects. Photos, documents, and videos included.

Women in World War II - First hand accounts by women who participated, either at home or abroad, in the Second World War.

Government Pages

The White House - News, speeches, information, and short bios of all of the past Presidents.

The Senate - Find out what our Senate is doing or look up your senators.

The House - Find your Representative or read about the House agenda.

The Supreme Court - The Courts official website with tons of great information.

News Pages

CNN - Breaking News, headlines, mainstream American news source.

MSNBC - NBC's online News site.

Fox News - "Fair and Balanced," Fox offers a more conservative perspective on the day's news and events.

BBC News - The British Broadcasting Corporation offers news in many languages, and is great for international news.

NY Times - One of America's leading newspapers online. Only certain articles are available for free.. Traditionally liberal.

The Washington Post - Washington's mainstream newspaper, it offers the best look at political developments for the day. Tends to be moderate. Registration is free.

Opinon Journal - The opinion section of the Wall Street Journal, traditionally a very conservative but articulate page..

Jerusalem Post - Moderate English language newspaper out of Israel.

Cool Tool

Digital History in the History/Social Studies Classroom - This article makes several key points. Digital history...

  • makes primary source documents available to students at all places.
  • encourages a view of the past that is tentative and process oriented
  • is easier to manipulate and is searchable
  • lowers the barriers to access
  • is transferable/easily shared
  • has caused a shift form the teacher-centered transition model to encouraging student inquiry
  • allows students to engage constructively under the guidance of a teacher
  • may cause information overload due to the tremendous amount of material available.

 
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