SOCIAL STUDIES

The "BIG FIVE" sites (in my humble opinion):

Internet History Sourcebook - Comprehensive site from Fordham University . The best I've seen.

The History Net  - Articles and other sources on World and American History

Legal Information Institute  - Cornell Law School - Supreme Court cases and opinions

THOMAS (Library of Congress) - Legislative database

Historical Documents  -  Avalon Project, Yale University - Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

 

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Election 2008

New York Times Election Guide 2008
NJ Division of Elections
2008 SelectSmart.com

 

FindLaw – Supreme Court cases

Oyez Project  -  Supreme Court cases

 

The Arms Race

German Weltpolitik
Trenches on the Web - Admiral von Tirpitz
First World War - Admiral John Fisher
Trenches on the Web - War Vessel Illustrations

 

The Dreadnought Race

Trenches on the Web - The Dreadnought Race
Geocities - The Naval Race

 

Excepts from Slave Narratives

Industrial Revolution's Affect on Art

Second Industrial Revolution

Victorian Web

Arts During the Industrial Revolution

 

The World in the Age of European Expansion

Discoverers Web
Exploration Through the Ages
Exploration & Expansion (Internet Medieval Sourcebook)
Ships and Seafarers

History of Jamestown

Virtual Jamestown

 

 

 

Sites that help you analyze our Constitution:

The Official U.S. Government Constituion site (with many cases cited)

Findlaw.com

 

World War II sites:

Modern History Sourcebook: World War II

Second World War Encyclopedia

Hypertext history of the Second World War

Wikipedia: World War II

 

Human Rights Watch (C hild Labor)

Major Inventions -- Industrial Revolution
Child Labor
Nike garment workers campaign

 

Ancient Chinese Explorers & Ming (PBS)

Civilizations in Africa (Mali & Songhay)

The Songhay Empire (History Channel)

Manas (Mughal India) (UCLA History Dept.)

Mughal India (Akbar files in the bookcase)

Islam & Persia

 

The Psychedelic 60s

American Cultural History, 1960-1969 (Kingwood College Library)

YAHOO Directory – 1960s

 

Navigating New Worlds: Explorers on the Web

The Columbus Navigation Homepage

Conquistadors (pbs.org)

Discoverers Web

 

Salem Witch Trials Webquest

Salem Witch Trials (school.discovery.com)

Salem Witch Trials (salemwitchtrials.com)


Rhode Island (Colonial Ancestors)

Rhode Island (Social Studies For Kids)

 

American Civil War Homepage
Civil War Women  -  Primary Sources on the Internet
United States Civil War Center
U.S. Civil War Generals
American Civil War

 

Slave Narratives “Been Here So Long"

 

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
French Revolution (from about.com)
Modern History Sourcebook -- French Revolution

 

Holocaust Timeline
Cybrary of the Holocaust (remember.org)
The Holocaust  (Jewish Virtual Library)
Museum of Tolerance (Simon Wiesenthal Center)

 

The Middle Ages (Annenberg Project)
Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Fordham University)
Resources for Medieval Studies (Georgetown University)

 

The Reformation Guide (Michigan State University)
Reformation links (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

 

Russian History ( Bucknell University )

Russian Revolution (Fordham University)