the Best History Sites - US History, 20th Century, Ancient and Biblical. Includes a Map section and lesson plans and activities. Sites are rated with up to 5 stars.

HyperHistory - Charts, timelines of historyical events, music, maps, unbelievable!

Eyewitness to History - First-person accounts of battles, volcanic eruptions, hangings, etc.

the History Net - there is a lot of history here.

Education World History Subject Center- Resources for world and American History.

the Museum of Unnatural Mystery - The mysteries include: Mystery Hill in NH, the Pharaohs, Incas, UFO's, disappearance of the dinosaurs. A colorful and interesting site. 

Digital History - primary source documents, Multimedia and Interactive Historical Resources

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American Memory Timeline - Selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States History. The sets are arranged by chronological period:settlement (up to 1763); American Revolution; The New Nation (1783-1815); National Expansion (1850-1860); Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1877); Rise of Industrial America (1876-1900); Progressive Era to New Era (1900-1929); Great Depression WWII (1929-1945); Postwar U.S. (1945-1968). Excellent excerpts from diaries and letters.

American Memory Map Collections- Immigration and settlement, wars, discovery/ exploration, transportation/ communication.

American Revolution To Reconstruction/American History

The American President - Biographies, key events, image gallery, cabinet, links to important documents/letters.

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Archiving Early America - Historical documents from 18th century America: Articles of Confederation, a personal account by Daniel Boone, and the proclamation calling out the troops to stop the Whiskey Rebellion.

Making of America - primary source materials from 1850 - 1877.

Turn of the Century Child -using primary source photographs of young children of diverse backgrounds,this site is designed to teach and practice the skills of observation and deduction to build student understanding of 1900-1923, the "first generation" of the 20th century.

History Matters - Primary Source documents and teaching assignments.

U.S. Historical Documents - the Fugitive Slave Act, The Confederate States Declaration, The Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address

American Slave Narratives - An online anthology.From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves were interviewed

Famous Trials

The Avalon Project - The Avalon Project Web site presents important historical, political and legal documents from pre-18th century to present day.(Yale Law School)

The Learning Page: Especially for Teachers -The Learning Page is designed to help educators use the American Memory Collections to teach history and culture. There are tips and tricks, activities, and discussion groups, in addition to relevant lesson plans and curriculum suggestions for using the collections in your classroom. American Memory is an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America’s heritage. The collections contain more than 7 million primary source documents, photographs, films, and recordings that reflect the collective American memory. They are a treasure trove of unique personal items from another period in time – perhaps old records, letters with exquisite penmanship and arcane language, clothing, keepsakes, or faded photographs. These collections are ‘snapshots’ providing a glimpse into America’s past. With over 200 million items it becomes difficult to find what you need. 

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog -

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U.S. Historical Maps-

a second site for maps

The David Rumsey Map Collection - over 12,600 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps

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Military History - Ancient Wars to the recent Gulf War...American and World Wars.

American Revolution

Civil War

World War I

Trenches on the Web - the ultimate source for information on WWI

First World War.com - Many topics and pictures.

***Trench Warfare - WWI. A site by the BBC. Excellent resource. A small game which introduces the types of weapons, information about nurses and the homefront.

World War II

World War II Link page

WWII  Timeline

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On this Day - From the NY Times, headlines from the news back to the 1800s.

This day in History - from the HistoryChannel.com. Can search for any date.

Anyday in History

Today in History - Lesson Plans and activities for including a "today in history" lesson. Includes this day in History online resources (NY Times, Yahoo, etc.).

Time Capsule - type in a date and it will tell you everything that was happening on that date: songs, movies, news,etc.

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Time Travel Tours Through the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Daily Life Index - What was it like to live in ancient Greece, Egypt, India? Great links.

Ancient Empires Links Page

Exploring Ancient World Cultures - The Ancient Near East, Ancient India, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Early Islam, and Medieval Europe

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - Browse the world in a virtual classroom. Ancient Egypt, the World Wars, the Middle Ages, Ancient Rome, South America.

Ancient Egypt links - from the RMS Media Center

What in the World is That? - Try to identify different inventions by looking at photographs. When finished explore about some of the inventions.

Today in the Life of... - of a Native American Sioux boy, a frontier girl in 1860, an african-American boy in 1865.

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