Social+Studies+-+American+History

= //American History// = =__Native Americans 1520 - present__= [|History Central]

=__Colonies__= __[|Colonies 1587-1739]__ Information about colonies, daily life, primary sources, other web sites [|Colonies Primary Documents] [|Primary Souces] Writings of the Pilgrims [|Teaching American History] Maryland State U. Primary Sources [|All about the Mayflower]

[|Mayflower passenger list] names, biographies [|Pilgrim History] Mayflower, voyage, Wampanoag, Cape Cod, pilgrims, life in Plymouth, Plymouth today, Thanksgiving (includes recipes), crime and punishment, primary documents

[|Lewis and Clark] Primary Documents

=Presidents of the U.S.= [|History Central] Photos, biographies, accomplishments [|George Washington] Primary Documents

=__American Revolution__= [|Liberty! The American Revolution] PBS site: Newspaper chronicles, a timeline, subject index including people, pivotal events, different documents and social and cultural context. [|Perspectives] PBS sites: includes information on daily life of colonies, global village (what was happening in the world at the time), military perspectives comparing the differences between the Americans and the British [|Road to Revolution Game] PBS: test your knowledge about the American Revolution [|Music of the American Revolution] [|Early America] Primary Sources. Freedom documents, milestone events, advertisements, maps, newspapers, cartoons, places, portraits... [|Timeline of the American Revolutionary War] Includes links to topics [|Primary Sources] Search for the appropriate dates. Includes letters, speeches etc. [|The Maryland Gazette] Primary Source newspapers - look carefully [|Slavery] [|Slaves appeal for freedom] Primary Source doucments about slavery around 1774 [|Videos: Have Fun with History] [|History.com] Videos, speeches, photos and interactives [|Flags and fliers] [|National Archives Paintings and Drawings] [|Documents and newspapers] Great stuff; check to see what's free [|Spy Letters] Primary Source letters  [|HistoryCentral] Causes, battles, economics, daily life, primary sources, legends and myths [|Primary Sources] [|Primary Sources]

=__**American Civil War**__= [|Poetry and music of the War Between the States] This site features Confederate and Union soldiers' poetry and songs, plus popular songs like "Polly Wolly Doodle." [|Selected Civil War photographs] Library of Congress's American Memory site includes 1, 118 photographs taken during the Civil War. [|Underground Railroad] Ineractive website site simulates a slave's escape on the Underground Railroad with photographs and music clips. Includes maps, timeline and biographies [|Webrangers: Be a Civil War Soldier] This activity walks you through basic facts about the Civil War, allowing you to pick a side and print out enlistment papers. [|Primary Sources] Search for the appropriate dates. Includes letters, speeches etc. [|Videos: Have Fun with History] [|History.com] Videos, speeches, photos and interactives [|Primary Sources]

=__World War I__= __[|History Central]__ Background, battles =__World War II__= [|The War: Dissemination of Information] Examine the role government newsreels played in transmitting information to the American public during WW II. Explore how the newsreels were used as propaganda and compare and contrast heroles of modern media and WWII newsreels. [|The War: Music and Movies] LIsten to songs produced during WWII. Analyze the lyrics and melodiews an dexplain their effect on audciences. Review movies produced at this time to look for messages about the war effort depicted in the movies' plots, dialoge and sets. [|Primary Sources] Search for the appropriate dates. Includes letters, speeches etc. [|Videos: Have Fun with History] [|The War: Search and Explore] Comprehensive WWII info. including hundreds of photographs, primary source documents, clips of historical footage, interviews, home movies and newsreels [|Holocaust Encyclopedia] U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum information. Also includes informatin about current events (Darfur, Rwanda, Congo) [|Primary Sources]

__THE DECADES__
__[|ebook: Primary Sources Through the Decades]__ __[]__
 * [|American Cultural History The Twentieth Century]
 * [|Annenberg: Biography of America]
 * [|Google 20th Century]
 * [|Have Fun with History](videos and activities)
 * [|Google News Timeline]
 * [|Voice of the Shuttle: History]
 * [|Primary Sources of American Popular Culture]
 * [|People History Site]
 * [|Yahoo! Twentieth Century]
 * [|20th Century History by the Decades] from Chico High School
 * [|Famous Trials]
 * [|Chronicle of 1900-2000]
 * [|About.com: Decade by Decade]
 * [|Alameda County Library Decades]
 * [|History Central: Major Events of the 20th Century] For national and international news
 * [|American History] From the Multnomah County Library
 * [|InfoPlease: Year by Year]
 * [|Timeline of the 20th Century] From About.com
 * [|Timelines of History]
 * [|Food Timeline]
 * [|Time Warp] Archive of Vintage Technology through the Decades
 * [|Year by Year]
 * [|It Seems Like Yesterday] Covers the Baby Boomer era
 * [|Time Magazine Cover Search]
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**"This Day in History" Sites**

 * [|This Day in History]
 * [|On This Day] Through the NY Times
 * [|Today in History] Archives through the Library of Congress
 * [|Day in History]From Information Please
 * [|Time Capsule]
 * [|Weather History]

Women

 * [|Women of the Century: 100 Years of American Heroes]

Art / Photography / Advertising / Art

 * [|MOCA: The Museum of Contemporary Art] (Los Angeles)
 * [|American Photography: A Century of Images]
 * [|Ad Flip] Print ads by decade
 * [|Ad Age: Advertising Century]
 * [|EASE History] Photographs from American history-historical events, campaign ads, core values

Music and Media

 * [|All Music Guide]
 * [|Oldies Music Number One Songs]
 * [|Ultimate Band List]
 * [|Life Rock and Roll Covers]
 * [|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]
 * [|Grammy Award History]
 * [|Grammy History: Information Please]
 * [|History in Song]
 * [|Internet Movie Database] Organized by Year
 * [|EASE History] Video from American history-historical events, campaign ads, core values

Sports
=Food and Fashion= == =**1920s**= =1930s= =1940s= =1950s= =1960s= =1970s= =1980s=
 * [|Yahoo: Sports History]
 * [|Sporting News: The Vault]
 * [|Phillies History]
 * [|NBA History]
 * [|ESPNs Sports Century]
 * [|Dining through the Decades]
 * [|History of Fashion, Food and Time]
 * [|Costume Gallery]
 * [|Yahoo: Fashion and Beauty History]
 * [|Fact Monster: Fashion Timeline]
 * [|Costume Resources Online]
 * [|American Vintage Blues]
 * [|Timeline of Costume History]
 * [|Fashion Era]
 * [|Museum of Costume]
 * [|Fashion for Women through the Age]
 * __ [|Primary Sources] __
 * [|Roaring Twenties]
 * [|Illinois Trails History of the 1920s]
 * [|Primary Sources] Great Depression
 * [|America in the 30s]
 * [|New Deal Network] (1930s and 1940s)
 * [|Great Depression Q and A] (Roosevelt Library)
 * [|New Deal Agencies]
 * [|New Deal Library of Congress Resources]
 * [|Poster Children] (inspired by the New Deal)
 * [|Times Topics: The Works Progress Administration]
 * [|The WPA.]
 * [|The WPA.]
 * [|Voices from the Dustbowl] (1940-1941)
 * [|American Memory: Photographs 1939-1945]
 * [|Fifties Web]
 * [|Cultural History of the 1950s]
 * [|History of the 1950s]
 * [|Learn How to Be a Teenin the 1950s]
 * __ [|History Central] __ Primary Documents
 * [|The Sixties Project]
 * [|Sixties Section]
 * [|Radical History Links] including Antiwar Movement, Black Power Movement, Student and Counterculture Movements
 * [|Psychedelic 60s]
 * [|History of the 1970s]
 * [|1970s History from the 1970s]
 * [|80s server]