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History Sites
American History
America's Story This site from the Library of Congress has stories of America's past.
Colonial America From the Lower Merion School District
FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.
Jamestown An online adventure
Lewis and Clark An online museum interpretation of Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Smithsonian
Institution The student page
for the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington D.C. has many topics for kids to
explore, discover and learn.
Smithsonian Websites A-Z
US History
The ushistory.org "Congress of Websites,"
created and hosted
by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.
The White House This site includes information on current and past presidents. It also has a kids page.
The Greeks. From the PBS series, Empires, this site introduces Ancient Greece.
Walk the Wall A small virtual tour of parts of the Great Wall of China.
Explorers
Age of Exploration This Mariner's Museum site has biographies of explorers and associated people.
Discoverers by Alphabet: Find your explorer in this extensive site.
Discoverers Web: The Discoverers by Alphabet (above) is easier to use, but if you can't find your explorer there, try this site. It has a LOT of information.
Jacques Cousteau Society Web site. This site has a lot of information about Jacques Cousteau.
Zoom Explorers: Quick overviews of a large number of explorers.
Check this site
out to help determine which explorer you want to do your report
on.
David Rumsey's Maps David Rumsey's huge collection of historical maps from all over the world.
Historical Maps This site has maps from key historical times. If you like maps--check this site out.*The Oregon Trail. The story of the trail and those who traveled it. A compendium on the great western journey. Includes great stories in the Fantastic Facts section. Related to the PBS program on the Oregon Trail.
This
Day in History This day in history in a variety of catagories,
including birthdays.
*These sites came from The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace at http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/50.html