Great Links for Social Studies

1920's

American Cultural History-Decade 1920-1929
    http://www.nhmccd.cc.tx.us/contracts/lrc/kc/decade20.html
The American Experience: Lindberg
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/
Art Deco
    http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu/exhibits/pcfare/deco.html
Baseball in the 1920's
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5830/johnspage.html#top
Charles Augustus Lindberg homepage
    http://www.charleslindbergh.com/
The Charleston
    http://midistudio.com/midi/Mel_Webb/Charlest.mid
Clash of Cultures
    http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/clash/default.htm
Crash of 1929
    http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/thecrash.htm
Greatest Films of the 1920's
    http://www.filmsite.org/20sintro.html
Harlem Renaissance
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/february98/harlem_2-20.html
Jazz-Film by Ken Burns
    http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_roaring.htm
The Jazz Age Page
    http://www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/threetwo/Jazzhome.htm
Jazz Age Lit/Culture
    http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html
Jazz Age Slang
    http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm
The Lawless Decade
    http://www.paulsann.org/thelawlessdecade/20_s.html
Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wghome.html
Prohibition
    http://members.aol.com/SEVEN9000/prohib.htm
Ragtime alphabetic index
    http://www.rtpress.com/titles.htm
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
    http://mypage.direct.ca/r/rsavill/Thecrash.html
 Time 100:  Builders and Titans - Henry Ford
    http://www.time.com/time/time100/builder/profile/ford.html
Timeline:1915-1955
    http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/timeline.html
Welcome to the 1920's
    http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html
Why Prohibition
    http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/projects/prohibition/whyprohibition.htm

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American Civil War

Abraham Lincoln
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html.
African-Americans fight for the Union
    http://www.ugrr.org/civil/cw-ess2.html
African-American Odyssey: Civil War
    http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart4.html
American Civil War
    http://americancivilwar.com/
The American Civil War Homepage
    http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
The American Civil War Overview
    http://www.civilwarhome.com/overview.htm
American Memory Collection-Civil War Photographs
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/collections/cwp/cwpintro.html
The Civil War
    http://www.civilwar.com/
The Civil War as photographed by Mathew Brady
    http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/brady.html
Civil War timeline
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tl1861.html
Civil War Women
    http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Documenting the American South: The Southern Home front
    http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/imls/texts.html
Frederick Douglass
    http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/DOUGLASS/home.html
Financing the Civil War
    http://www.financialhistory.org/civilwar/index.html
The History Channel
    http://www.historychannel.com/
The HistoryNet
    http://www.historynet.com/
Matthew Brady Portraits
    http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/index2.htm
Music of the American Civil War
    http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html
National Underground Railroad Center
    http://www.undergroundrailroad.org/
This Week in the Civil War
    http://www.civilweek.com/
The United States Civil War Center
    http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/index.htm
The War for State's Rights
    http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/index.html
Women and the American Civil War
    http://www.geocities.com/acw_women/

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Canada

Canada Information Office, Facts on Canada, Recommended by Mr. C.!
    http://canada.gc.ca/acanada/acPubHome.jsp?lang=eng
To change American Dollars to Canadian dollars, use this Currency Converter:
    http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

For information about Canada and the provinces:

General facts for each province with links to other sites
    http://homer.ca/province/
Symbols of the Province
    http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/symbolsprov/index.htm
About.com portal for Canadian Provinces
   http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/provincestopic/
Quick facts sites
    http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/canada/facts.html
Encyclopedia articles
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provinces_and_territories
Links to all provinces and general facts on Canada
    http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_canada.htm
Learn the origin of the names of Canada's provinces, territories, capital cities and
national parks
    http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index.html
Official sites for Province information
Alberta
British 
Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick  
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Northwest Territories  
Nova Scotia  
Nunavut  
Ontario  
Prince Edward Island  
Quebec  
Saskatchewan       
Yukon

General Information on Canada
Site portal for Canadian provinces and cities. Links organized into 22 major categories and by province, regions, and major cities. 
    http://listingsca.com/index.asp   
First Nations sites
    http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
    http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?TCE_Version=A
    http://www.autochtones.com/en/first_peoples/index.html
Gander Academy
    A list of sites on all things Canadian, created by a school in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
    http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/canada.htm
InfoPlease.com General information on Canada, map, and flag
    http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107386.html
Introduction to the Government of Canada Official Site
    The official web site of the government of Canada
    http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Statistics on Canada 
    http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

Traveling in Canada

Canada WorldWeb Travel Guide: Tourism and travel information for Canada.
    Excellent site for planning a trip in Canada
    http://canada.worldweb.com/index.html
Parks Canada
    Link to the National Parks in Canada, by province
   http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/np-pn/index_E.asp
Traveling Canada
    http://www.travelingcanada.com/

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Latin American

Aztec
Aztec calendar
    http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/montalvo/Hotlist/aztec.html
Aztec calendar to convert dates
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~voorburg/aztec.html
Aztec civilization
    http://www.mayalords.org/aztecfldr/aztecbase.html
Aztec links
    http://pomo.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listaztecsj.html
Aztec Mythology
    http://www.sneaker.net.au/docs/encyclo/D6.HTM
Indigenous People of Mexico
    http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/aztec.htm
Nahuatl Culture
resources about Aztec culture including beauty tips
    http://www.azteca.net/aztec/nahuatl/index.shtml
Short history of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs
    http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html

Inca
Ice Treasures of the Inca
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/splash/splash.html
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
    http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail/index.html

Latin America
Gateway to Latin America
    http://www2.localaccess.com/chappell/latin_america/gateway.htm
Latin America arts and culture etc.
    http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/americartes/artsedge.html

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Mayans

Astronomy page
    http://www.michielb.nl/maya/astro_content.html
Classic Mayan Beauty Tips
    http://www.halfmoon.org/beauty.html
Folktales
    http://www.folkart.com/~latitude/folktale/folktale.htm
Highlights of science activities and information on the Maya
    http://www.smm.org/sln/ma/top.html
Hieroglyphic Writing
    http://www.halfmoon.org/writfork.html
Indigenous People of Mexico
    http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/mayamenu.htm
Links to many topics on Mayan civilization
    http://www.mayalords.org/mayafldr/index.html
Welcome to Maya Adventure (a virtual Mayan trip)
    http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/
Maya Mathematics
    http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html
Mayan Calendar
    http://www.halfmoon.org/calfork.html
Mayan Date Calendar
    http://www.halfmoon.org/date.html

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Native North Americans

Arctic Studies Center
    http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/
Cultures of North America
    http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/northamerica/index.shtml
Comparison of the First Nations Peoples of Canada
    http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~conklin/pages/martin/index.htm
First Nations/First Peoples Issues
    http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
JCL Kids' Page: Native/Indigenous People of the World
    http://www.jcl.lib.ks.us/kids/indians.htm 
NativeWeb Resources:  Canada
    http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/nations_web_sites_information/canada/ 
NativeNet:  Canadian Resources
    http://niikaan.fdl.cc.mn.us/natnet/place/canada.html  

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Political Cartoons

BoondocksNet.com
    http://www.boondocksnet.com/index.html
Thomas Nast
    http://www.thomasnast.com/

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Presidential Links

American Experience/The Presidents
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/indexjs.html
American Presidents:  Life Portraits
    http://www.americanpresidents.org/
Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
    http://www.colonialhall.com/index.asp
First Ladies Gowns
    http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/09ladies.htm
George Washington Biographical Information
     http://www.mountvernon.org/education/biography/
Hall of Presidents-National Portrait Gallery
    http://www.npg.si.edu/col/pres/
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
    http://www.bartleby.com/124/
IPL POTUS -- Presidents of the United States
    http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
"I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations
    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html
Presidency Game Show Quiz
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/president/
Presidential Libraries IDEA Network
    http://www.ibiblio.org/lia/president/
Presidential Parade Crossword
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cw.htm
Presidential Word Guess
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cc.htm
Presidents
    http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Presidents of the 20th Century Crossword
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cw2.htm
The Presidents of the United States
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
Presidents of the United States
    http://www.netcolony.com/news/presidents/
Theodore Roosevelt Association on TR, President and more.
    http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/
US Presidential Historical Sites
    http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/pressite.htm
US Presidents Lists
    Information and facts about our presidents listed by categories
    http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/preslist.htm
U.S. Presidents of the 20th Century
    Voice recordings
    http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/presidents/
Vice Presidents Trivia Quiz
    http://www.catsdogs.com/veepquiz.html
White House Jigsaw
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-js.htm

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Thirteen Colonies
General Information

A School's Colonial Web page with children's work (misspellings and all!)
    http://www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/dackerman/colonialpage.html
A large number of links related to Colonial America
    http://www.warren.lake.k12.il.us/edtech/net/projects/abrahams/colonial_resources.html
Colonial America
    http://mcps.k12.md.us/schools/clementems/colonial.html
Colonial America Gazette
    http://www7.bcity.com/history/index.html
Enter The World of Early America
    http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
Kid Info-Reference Site
    http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#AmericanHistory
    Long list of web site on the 13 colonies and each colony individually
The Thirteen Colonies
    http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/colonies.htm
US History - Colonial Cycle
    http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/colo.html
United States--History--1600-1775 Colonial Period
    http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm

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Northern Colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Colonial New Hampshire
    http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/colonial/index.html
Connecticut Colony
    http://home.earthlink.net/~hatbsa1/Conn.html
FAQs about Connecticut-Early Settlers
    http://www.cslib.org/faq2.htm#EarlySettlers
Massachusetts Bay Colony
    http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/mass.html
Mayflower Web Page
    http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
New Hampshire
    http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/history.html
Plimoth-on-Web
    http://www.plimoth.org/
Early Rhode Island History
    http://www.sec.state.ri.us/rihist/earlyh.htm
Visit Rhode Island
    http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/facts/history.html

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Middle Colonies
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Delaware-A Brief History
    http://www.state.de.us/facts/history/delhist.htm
Pennsylvania
    http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/pahist.htm

Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Colonial Williamsburg Almanac
    http://www.history.org/almanack.htm
First Nations/First Peoples Issues
    http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
Georgia History
    http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gahist.htm
Jamestown
    http://www.jamestowne.org/history0.htm
Jamestown Rediscovery
    http://www.apva.org
North Carolina History
    http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/history/history.htm
Roanoke Colony
    http://www.philaprintshop.com/debry1t.html
Virginia's Indians, Past & Present
    http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindians.htm
Virtual Jamestown
    http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
Welcome to the APVA and Jamestown Rediscovery
    http://www.apva.org/

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U.S. Government
listing of sites with information on the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches as well as the many government agencies

Federal Agencies Directory
    http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
Govspot.com
    http://www.govspot.com/
GovConnect, a link to government agencies
    http://www.govconnect.com/portal.htm
Historical Treasure Chest- Rare Book of US Government written for children circa 1800's
    http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/treasure/book.html
Introduction to the U.S. Government-Project Vote Smart
    http://www.vote-smart.org/reference/primer/
SearchGov.com
    http://www.searchgov.com/
Welcome to the White House
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/

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World and US Geography
Resources maps and country facts
General World Resources 
A to Z Geography at Discovery.Com
    http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/
Atlapedia Online
    http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
Atlas - Xpedition @ nationalgeographic.com
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html
CIA World Fact Book
    http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Flags of the World
    http://flagspot.net/flags/
Geographia.com
    http://www.geographia.com/
Lonely Planet-Destinations
    http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
Maps of the World
    http://www.geographic.org/maps/maps.html
Merriam-Webster's Atlas
    http://www.m-w.com/maps/moremapsnyt.html
Natiotional Geographic Map Machine
    http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
World Atlas.com
    http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
WorldSkip.Com
    http://www.worldskip.com/

United States Geography
50 States and Capitals
    http://www.50states.com/
Connect USA
    http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/connectusa/default.html
Excite Travel: Destinations: United States
    http://travel.excite.com/show/?loc=1
Explore the States
    http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
Infoplease-State Info
    http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
Maps.com
    http://www.maps.com/explore/atlas/USA.html
Maps of the United States
    http://www.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/maps-us/
Stately Knowledge
    http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
State and Country Quick Facts from the US Census
    http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

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World War I

Eyewitness World War I
    http://www.ibiscom.com/cbpintro.htm
The Great War
    http://www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html
Italian American Internment
    http://www.io.com/~segreta/
Japanese American Internment
    http://oz.net/~cyu/internment/main.html
WWI webquest-Covert Operations
    http://www.verona.k12.wi.us/vahs/academics/team/lnkpages/WWI.htm
World War One webquest
    http://www.milforded.org/schools/foran/kdefonzo/wq/worldwar1b.html
World War One timeline
     http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ 
World War I Webquest
    http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/wqww1.html
World War I resources http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/Military_History/World_War_I/