Social Studies
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- American Currency Exhibit
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Franciscos online exhibit of historical American Currency
- American Revolutionary War Links
Virtual Marching Tour: A History of the American Revolutionary War
- Ben's Guide to the US Government for Kids
Bens Guide to U.S. Government for Kids on GPO Access provides a basic introduction to the Federal Government.
- Cahokia Mounds Site
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site and Cahokia Mounds Museum Society
- Chicago Historical Society
The Chicago History Museum stands at the crossroads of Americas past and its future. If you live in Chicago or visit here and are curious about the citys past present and future the Museum should be your first stop.
- CIA World Fact Book
CIA - The World Factbook
- Colonial Williamsburg
Education Resources to learn about early American history.
- Explorers
Explorers Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Neil Armstrong Francis Drake Amerigo Vespucci Alan Shepard Yuri Gagarin K-12
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures
An introduction to ancient world cultures on the world-wide web
- First Gov for Kids
Official Kids Portal for the U.S. Government
- Historical Images - The Civil War
Historical Image Collection
- History Alive - America's Story
Discover the stories of Americas Past
- History Alive - American Memory Site
The home page for the American Memory Historical Collections from the Library of Congress. American Memory provides free access to historical images maps sound recordings and motion pictures that document the American experience.
- History Alive - American Rhetoric Speech Bank
full text and audio directory and database of American speeches sermons lectures and interviews
- History Alive - From Revolution to Reconstuction
From Revolution to Reconstruction and what happened afterwards. A project on American History containing outlines of American History & Culture sourcematerials essays biographies presidential information
- History Alive - History Happens
Stories from American History on Music Video
- History Alive - Illinois History (At Home in the Heartland - Illinois State Museum)
Exhibit about family life in Illinois from 1700 to the present. You will have the opportunity to meet real people and share in their decision making.
- History Alive - Lewis and Clark (Univeristy of Virginia)
Lewis and Clark - The Maps of Exploration 1507 -1814
- History Alive - Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark the companion Web site to the Ken Burns film 'Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery.'
- History Alive - Refdesk
Reference Facts News ... Free and Family-friendly Resources
- History Alive - Revolutionary Period
ushistory.org
- History Alive - Revolutionary Period
ushistory.org
- History Alive - School History (U.K.)
online history lessons revision games worksheets quizzes and links.
- History Alive - The American Presidency
The American Presidency uses materials from five Grolier encyclopedias to look at the presidents and presidential elections.
- History Alive - The Civil War
Civil War in American Battle Maps and Timelines 1860 to 1865 Documents Pictures.
- History Alive - The Civil War
Civil War in American Battle Maps and Timelines 1860 to 1865 Documents Pictures.
- History Alive - The History Place
Great online exhibits - World War 2 Lincoln Kennedy plus more!
- History Alive - The New Deal Network
The New Deal Network an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Development of the NDN was funded in part through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Illinois Gallery
The Illinois Gallery features a collection of 554 photos of various fun historic or important locations as well as important or notable people of the past and present.
- Immigration
Find out what it means to come to the United States as an immigrant from the early 20th century through the early 21st century.
- Jamestown Rediscovery
Jamestown Rediscovery is investigating the remains of 1607-1698 Jamestown on the APVA property on Jamestown Island Virginia.
- Learn Illinois
Visit At Home in the Heartland Online to learn about the people the homes and the history of Illinois and the Heartland.
- Library of Congress Resources
The Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is the nations oldest federal cultural institution and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world with more than 120 million items.
- Monticello
Explore the house gardens and plantation of Monticello the mountaintop home of Thomas Jefferson third president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.
- Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is the most popular historic estate in America and is open 365 days a year. Mount Vernon does not accept grants from federal state or local governments and no tax dollars are expended to support its purposes
- Museum Link
links to official museum websites
- National Park Service
National Park Service - Experience Your America
- Native American Indians
History Link 101s Native American Indian page connects you to the best of Art Daily Life Maps Pictures and Research.
- The Civil War
American Civil War. 1861-1865. Lincoln Lee Grant Gettysburg Appomattox Bull Run Antietam other battles and Civil War History.
- The Great Chicago Fire
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory an online exhibition produced to mark the 125th anniversary of one of the most famous events in American history as well as the most formative event in the history of Chicago.
- The Oregon Trail
If you home school teach elementary classes or just enjoy history The Oregon Trail is designed for you. Enjoy the adventure!
- Today's Front Pages
503 front pages from 48 countries presented alphabetically.
- United Nations CyberSchoolbus
The United Nations Cyberschoolbus is a website about global issues and the UN for students ages 5-18 and their teachers.
- US Census Bureau for Kids
The United States Bureau of the Census website to introduce the Census to elementary-age students.
- Women of the American Civil War
Women of the American Civil War Clara Barton Elizabeth Cady Stanton Harriet Beecher StoweDorathea Dix