Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning

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United States History

Causes and consequences of slavery | Civil rights movement | Colonies and colonial systems | European exploration and colonization, 9th to 17th centuries | Immigration and the immigration experience | Indigenous peoples of the state and region | Political parties, campaigns, and elections | Popular culture | Revolutionary War | Roles and experiences of diverse groups | Roles of individuals in history | Settlement of the West | Social experience of the Civil War | Symbols and historic landmarks | Territorial expansion in the United States, early 19th century | General U.S. history

World History

Christian Europe after 1000 CE | Comparative analysis of culture and society | Cultural perspectives | Early civilization in Southwest Asia and India | Feudalism, monarchies, and city-states in Europe | French Revolution and the Age of Revolution | Historical periods | Literary and artistic developments | Power and European states, 16th-18th centuries | Renaissance, Reformation, and Catholic Reformation | Rise of social, political, and economic revolutions | Scope and human costs of World War I | Scope and human costs of World War II | Social class structure and interactions | General world history resources

General History

Chronological thinking | Conducting historical research | Historical documents, treaties, and agreements | Historical sources | Historical timelines | General history resources

United States History

Causes and consequences of slavery

• American Slave Narratives—Bruce Fort; University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Civil rights movement

• Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project—Stanford University, California*

Colonies and colonial systems

• Lexington, MA, History—National Heritage Museum
• Official Site of Colonial Williamsburg—Williamsburg, VA
• Jamestown Rediscovery—Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; Richmond, VA

European exploration and colonization, 9th to 17th centuries

• Columbus and the Age of Discovery—Millersville University, Pennsylvania
• The Columbus Navigation Home Page—Keith A. Pickering
• Discoverers Web—Andre Engels; Eindhoven, Netherlands
• The Era of Great Voyages—Bill Uzgalis; Oregon State University, Corvallis*
• Exploring the West from Monticello: Columbus to Lewis and Clark—University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville*
• Mayflower Web Pages - History and Genealogy—Caleb Johnson

Immigration and the immigrant experience

• Immigration...the Changing Face of America—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum—New York, NY

Indigenous peoples of the state and region

• Native American Sites—Lisa A. Mitten; Middletown, CT*

Political parties, campaigns, and elections

• Presidents of the United States—Internet Public Library; Ann Arbor, MI

Popular culture

• The American Folklife Center—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• Those Were The Days™—440 International*

Revolutionary War

• Historic Valley Forge—Independence Hall Association; Philadelphia, PA

Roles and experiences of diverse groups

• The African American Mosaic—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• African American Perspectives: The Murray Pamphlets—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• Native American Sites—Lisa A. Mitten; Middletown, CT*
• NativeWeb—NativeWeb, Inc.

Roles of individuals in history

• Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man—Franklin Institute; Philadelphia, PA
• Biography.com—A&E Television Networks
• biography-center—EuropeanServers SARL
• Historic Mount Vernon—Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association; Mount Vernon, VA*
• Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project—Stanford University, California*
• Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson—Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation; Monticello, VA*
• The Papers of George Washington—University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Settlement of the West

• The Oregon Trail—Idaho State University, Pocatello
• New Perspectives on the West—PBS Online® & WETA - Washington, D.C.

Social experience of the Civil War

• Timeline of the Civil War, 1861—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C. *
• The U.S. Civil War Center—Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
• The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War—University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Symbols and historic landmarks

• Historic Mount Vernon—Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association; Mount Vernon, VA*
• Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson—Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation; Monticello, VA*
• White House Facts—Washington, D.C.

Territorial expansion in the United States, early 19th century

• Exploring the West from Monticello: Columbus to Lewis and Clark—University of Virginia, Charlottesville*

General U.S. History

• The American Experience—PBS Online®
• Cycles in U.S. History—William Murray
• Ease History—Brian Collins
• From Revolution to Reconstruction and What Happened Afterwards—University of Groningen, Netherlands
• Harvest of History—Farmers' Museum; Cooperstown, NY
• National History Education Clearinghouse (NHEC)—Center for History and the New Media, George Mason University, and History Education Group, Stanford University.
• Nebraskastudies.org—Nebraska Educational Telecommunications; Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln; & Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln*
• A Shared Past: Texas & the U.S. Since Reconstruction—Bill Hardt
• Smithsonian National Museum of American History—Washington, D.C.
• Tides in Early Texas History—The Texas Tides Project*

World History

Christian Europe after 1000 CE

• The Age of King Charles V—The Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Comparative analysis of culture and society

• Country Studies: Area Handbook Series—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.

Cultural perspectives

• An Introduction to Ancient World Cultures on the World Wide Web—Exploring Ancient World Cultures; University of Evansville, Indiana

Early civilization in Southwest Asia and India

• Harappa: Glimpses of South Asia before 1947—Harappa.com
• Pyramids: The Inside Story—PBS Online® & WGBH; Washington, D.C.

Feudalism, monarchies, and city-states in Europe

• The Lost Village - The Story of Wharram—Kenneth Tompkins; The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Monarchs of Britain—Britannia.com, LLC

French Revolution and the Age of Revolution

• Napoleon—The Napoleon Foundation; Paris, France

Historical periods

• Eighteenth Century Resources—Jack Lynch; Rutgers University; Newark, NJ
• Medieval Sourcebook—Center for Medieval Studies; Fordham University; New York, NY*

Literary and artistic developments

Power and European states, 16th-18th centuries

• Treasures of the Czars—St. Petersburg Times, Florida

Renaissance, Reformation, and Catholic Reformation

• Leonardo da Vinci—The Museum of Science; Boston, MA

Rise of social, political, and economic revolutions

• A Complete Information on Gandhi—Bombay, India

Major political, social, economic, military, and intellectual events, 1789 – 1914

• Battle of Waterloo, 1815—Napoleonic Wars

Scope and human costs of World War I

• World War I: Trenches on the Web—Great War Society

Scope and human costs of World War II

• Anne Frank Center USA—New York, NY
• Fifty Years from Trinity—Seattle Times Company, Washington*
• World War II: The Internment of German American Civilians—Arthur D. Jacobs, Major, USAF Retired

Social class structure and interactions

• The History of Costume—C. Otis Sweezey; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
• Medieval Society—Dr. Ellis L. Knox; Boise State University, Idaho
  

General World History

• Internet Ancient History Sourcebook —Paul Halsall. Internet History Sourcebooks Project. (Grades 9-12)
• History Link 101—Eric Rymer
  
• The Perseus Project - Ancient Greek Texts—Department of the Classics; Tufts University; Medford, MA

General History

Chronological thinking

• Those Were The Days™—440 International*

Conducting historical research

Historical documents, treaties, and agreements

• American Memory—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• The Avalon Project—Yale Law School; New Haven, CT
• Camp Harmony Exhibit (Japanese-American Internment)—University of Washington, Seattle*
• Chickasaw Historical Research Page—Kerry M. Armstrong*
• Colonial America Rare Map Collection—University of Georgia Libraries, Athens
• Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library—Duke University; Durham, NC
• Documents Center—University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Hanover Historical Texts Project—Department of History; Hanover College, Indiana*
• Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War—Bill Proudfoot
• Medieval Sourcebook—Center for Medieval Studies; Fordham University; New York, NY*
• The Papers of George Washington—University of Virginia, Charlottesville*
• U.S. Territorial Maps: 1775-1920—University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Historical sources

• America's First Look into the Camera—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• Camp Harmony Exhibit (Japanese-American Internment)—University of Washington, Seattle*
• Chickasaw Historical Research Page—Kerry M. Armstrong*
• Dead Sea Scrolls—Project Judaica Foundation; Washington, DC
• Hanover Historical Texts Project—Department of History; Hanover College, Indiana*
• This Day in History—A&E Television Networks*
• Using Primary Sources—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.
• The Wolf Lewkowicz Collection (1922-1945)—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Historical time lines

• A Chronology of Medieval Europe—Exploring Ancient World Cultures; University of Evansville, Indiana
• Human History of the Grand Canyon—Bob Ribokas
• Links to Texas History Sites of Interest—Victoria Regional History Center, University of Houston
• This Day in History—A&E Television Networks*
• Timeline of the Civil War, 1861—The Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.*
• Nebraskastudies.org—Nebraska Educational Telecommunications; Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln; & Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln*

General history resources

• The History Channel Classroom—A&E Television Networks
• History Web Site—Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville
• K-12 History Internet Resources—S. Patterson and L. Swanson; Amsterdam, Netherlands
• National Center for History in the Schools—University of California, Los Angeles
• Oregon Online—Southern Oregon Education Service District
• Schools of California Online Resources for Education (SCORE)—San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools & California Technology Assistance Project
• The Learning Network: Teaching & Learning With The New York Times; New York, NY
• WWW-Virtual Library History: Central Catalogue—Serge Noiret & Inaki Lopez Martin; European University Institute; Florence, Italy

Note: An asterisk (*) denotes a resources that is listed under more than one topic.