Links for Social Studies Teachers
- Infoplease Atlas
- MapQuest
- National Geographic Map Machine
- How Far is it? - Find the distance between cities, latitude, longitude and elevation,and information about population,
- World Atlas.com - geography facts and maps
- State Information from the United States Census Bureau -Detailed maps and other census information on each state and county.
- United States Overview Maps -Maps of the United States showing population, race, ancestry, citizenship, income, poverty, and adult educational attainment.
Countries
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States
- Fast Facts On The Fifty States -Just the basics -capital, population, bird, nickname, flower, and a link to the state home page
- State Information from the United States Census Bureau -Detailed maps and other census information on each state and county.
- Castles on The Web - includes castle tours, photos heraldry, myths and legends, and weapons
- Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament Resource Library
- Middle Ages Internet Links
- World History Lesson Plans
- Times Medieval - Program Overview (3-5, 6-8 - social studies)
- World of Spice: History of the Spice Trade
Database:
ABC-Clio-World History-Modern Era
Username: whgoldingms Password: whgoldingms
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
- World War II Links -Collection of links to websites that offer information about World War II.
- Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters -Spotlights eight women who succeeded in "coming to the front" during the war, drawn from private papers and photographs primarily in Library of Congress collections
- Women at War: Redstone's WWII Female "Production Soldiers" -The role of women in the manufacture of munitions at the Redstone Arsenal is documented in text and images.
- Zeppelin -Information about the German blimps used in WWII.
- Simon Wiesenthal Center Multimedia Learning Center Online -A comprehensive resource on the Holocaust and World War II
- "Final Solution" -"The origin of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler. The "Final Solution" was implemented in stages."
- Cybrary of the Holocaust -Collection of links to many online websites related to The Holocaust. From here you can browse many other sites related to this topic, grouped under a number of subtopics (e.g., Survivors, Liberators, Victims, etc.) Begins coverage in the Thirties.
War Propaganda
Civil Rights
- Thomas Nast -includes additional links to more web sites
- American Memory Collections -digital collections of information based on a wide range of topics and themes in American history. Includes a huge number of books, documents, photographs, images, music, sounds, and films. The Learning section includes exhibitions, curriculum, and learning aids related to primary sources.
- Ad*Access Database -historical advertisements mostly from U.S. publications issued between 1911 and 1955, dealing with beauty and hygiene, radio, television, transportation, and World War II.
- America's Library at the Library of Congress -The Library of Congress presents "America's Library".... documents, prints, photographs, maps, recordings and other materials from the past. Some of these materials reflect viewpoints or information that may seem insensitive today. Their content is not meant to offend; it does, however reflect history."
- American Posters of World War One -A collection of posters in the United States during and just after the First World War. Approximately 30 are presented here.
- Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet -From the Duke University Library: links to primary sources on the Internet that are directly related to women and the Civil War. "
- The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920 -"Presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. The materials, drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, provide a significant and informative perspective on the early evolution of this most ubiquitous feature of modern American business and culture."
- Images of American Political History -"A collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History."
- Mathew Brady NY Studio: Portraits of Famous People -Photographs of famous people taken by Mathew Brady in the mid-to-late 1800's
- New York Public Library Digital Library Collection -Images and texts of American life and culture.