American
History
American
Experience Online - The Presidents
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/presidents/
This site has great resources, screensavers, quotes and a teacher's guide on U.S.
Presidents.
American
Experience Online
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/technology/telephone/mabell.html
Find facts at this US history resource for kids at this great PBS web site.
American
Memory - Learning Page
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu
This Web site guides you through American Memory historical collections and other
Library of Congress resources. It also has activities for kids and classroom ideas
for teachers.
American
Originals
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/original.html
This site includes presidential-speech notes and a police blotter from the assassination
of President Lincoln, not to mention other documents.
American
Red Cross Virtual Museum
http://www.redcross.org/hec/
Take a tour of six eras through the history of the American Red Cross.
An
American Thanksgiving
http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/index-txt.html-ssi
At this site you can find information about Thanksgiving. Includes games, pictures,
etc.
At
Home in the Heartland
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/athome/
At this site research family life from 1700 to the present in Illinois.
Building
the Capitol for a New Nation
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.html
This site offers information about the Capital and how it was built.
Caleb
Johnson's Mayflower Web Pages
http://members.aol.com/mayflo1620/welcome.html
This site includes dimensions and images of the Mayflower. Plus an inventory of
the vessel and its documents.
Cherokee
Trail of Tears - 1838-1839
http://rosecity.net/tears/
At this site you can read about the Cherokee trail and view other information.
Choosing
a City
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/his_2.html
At this web site you can find out why Washington D.C. was chosen as the capitol.
Colonial
Dateline
http://www.history.org/dateline/chronhdr.htm
This site has a timeline of colonial-era events. Along with information about
events that took place before, during and after the Revolution.
Colonies
During the Revolutionary War
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/aha/ARMain.html
You can navigate through this site by clicking on a map of the colonies to see
and read about battle sites.
