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These documents provide a collection of websites related to various topics and standards in United States history. The websites offer primary sources, interactive lessons, multimedia resources, and historical documents that teachers and students can use to learn about key events and themes in the development of American political thought, industrialization and urbanization, the role of religion, and the rise of the U.S. as a world power. The annotations describe what historical content, activities, or tools can be found on each of the listed websites.

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U.S. H-1 United States History Standard 1: Foundations of American Political and Social Thought Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. WEBSITE: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ ANNOTATION: This site is a repository for historical documents that are easily accessed by the user. These key documents represent U.S. political and diplomatic history from pre-colonial times to the present. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-2 United States History Standard 1: Foundations of American Political and Social Thought Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. WEBSITE: http://www.loc.gov/index.html ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site is an outstanding for searching primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures. The Library of Congress also offers a learning page that provides activities, tools, ideas, and features for educators and students. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-3 United States History Standard 1: Foundations of American Political and Social Thought Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. WEBSITE: http://dohistory.org/ ANNOTATION: Do History is an interactive site that presents students with historical documents and engages them in the art of "doing" history. Based upon the 200 year old diary of colonial midwife Martha Ballard, Do History includes a searchable copy of Ballard's diary and thousands of original documents. Do History was developed and is maintained by the Film Study Center at Harvard University and is hosted and maintained by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-4 United States History Standard 2: Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural- to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. WEBSITE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ ANNOTATION: This site provides an online textbook with primary source material and recommended lessons. It provides multimedia resources and links for teaching American history and conducting basic research, while focusing on slavery, ethnic history, private life, technological achievement, and American film. It presents more than 600 documents pertaining to American politics, diplomacy, social history, slavery, Mexican American history, and Native American history. It is a valuable site for high school students and teachers looking for comprehensive guidance from professional historians on the current state of debate on many topics in American history. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-5 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=974 ANNOTATION: This site provides a lesson plan to instruct about the Great Awakening. Web links are given and lesson plans are articulated for easy implementation. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-6 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/vclassroom/vclasscontents.html ANNOTATION: This site offers the opportunity for an interactive project. The Valley of the Shadow depicts two communities, one Northern (Franklin County, Pennsylvania) and one Southern (Augusta County, Virginia), through the experience of the American Civil War. Students explore the conflict via the thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They can write their own histories or reconstruct the histories of others. The project is intended for secondary schools, community colleges, libraries, and universities. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-7 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www.civil-war.net/ ANNOTATION: This site is a very comprehensive collection of the Civil War. Primary source documents, films, photo galleries and a database of links offer excellent tools for research. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-8 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/ ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It offers lessons, quizzes, activities and primary source documents on a variety of topics including the reconstruction era. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-9 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_carnes_an_11/0,7137,251530-,00.html ANNOTATION: This site includes the student resources section of The American Nation companion web site and features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-10 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_cook.php?CISOROOT=/cook ANNOTATION: This site depicts the African American people at the turn of the nineteenth century. These photos are from the 1860s – 1930’s and exhibit the life of these Virginians. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-11 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html ANNOTATION: This web site provides text, photos, links, and video clips about American imperialism at the turn of the century. It also includes a critical-thinking lesson plan to help students understand what motivated the United States to adopt expansionism and imperialism in the nineteenth century. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-12 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/teacher.html#Outline ANNOTATION: This web site "The Age of Imperialism" combines an engaging narrative with the broad resources available to students on the Internet. A teacher could use this chapter in place of a standard textbook treatment of nineteenth-century American expansionism, or you can use it to supplement existing Social Studies materials. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-13 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Progressivism.shtml ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress web site focuses on immigration. It contains student activities, educator guides, photos and links to useful resources. The presentation was answers these essential questions: "Why did each immigrant group come to the United States?" and "How did United States government policies and programs affect immigration patterns?" WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-14 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html ANNOTATION: This Smithsonian website uses Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. The World War I section contains a short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-15 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/ ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress has sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918 to 1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. It also has artifacts from this period. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-16 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/great-war-evaluating-treaty-versailles ANNOTATION: This site has a lesson plan that provides many resources and documents. Students are asked to analyze the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and then analyze the German response. The lesson plan includes a copy of the treaty and Hitler's 1923 response. This is a High school level lesson plan. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-17 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/default.htm ANNOTATION: This site is informative and provides interesting information on cultural tensions between the transition from 1910-1920. It gives images, documents, commentary and photos on prohibition, immigration, the KKK, the New Woman, and the Scopes Trial. WEBPAGE:
U.S.H-18 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site features materials from the 1920's that illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. WEBPAGE:
U.S.H-19 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site features materials from the 1920's that illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. WEBPAGE:
U.S.H-20 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/scholars/mainscholars.html ANNOTATION: This site is a repository for primary source documents, commentaries and abstracts on the history of women in the United States. Suffragists, Native Americans and prominent women in the early days of the movement are featured. It includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. on the history of women social and political movements. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-21 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/ ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by PBS and is an excellent resource for students and teachers. It focuses on the FDR era and provides a resource guide with primary sources, audio interviews, television program transcripts, and a teacher’s guide. Special features include an FDR video biography, and a chance to vote on the issues in 1936. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-22 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation. It is a comprehensive database of materials called the “New Deal Network “. The site features 20,000 items including photographs, speeches, letters, documents, and exercises from the New Deal era. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-23 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/breadline/ ANNOTATION: This site is explores the massive unemployment in America during the Depression and offers interviews, a timeline, and a teacher's guide. This site is sponsored by PBS and was originally a television special. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-24 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/ ANNOTATION: This site is examines the region in the Southwest renamed the "Dust Bowl" because of a catastrophic eight-year drought. It includes a time line, maps, eyewitness accounts, New Deal remedies, people and events from the era, and a teacher's guide. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-25 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/a-tale-of-two-leaders/ ANNOTATION: This site is examines the region in the Southwest renamed the "Dust Bowl" because of a catastrophic eight-year drought. It includes a time line, maps, eyewitness accounts, New Deal remedies, people and events from the era, and a teacher's guide. WEBPAGE: This site is sponsored by the New York Times. This particular lesson plan allows students to use resources from The New York Times to compare the circumstances under which the Great Depression came about to the current economic crisis.
U.S. H-26 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm ANNOTATION: The Second World War is a Spartacus Educational website and enables one to research individual people and events of the war in detail. The sources are "hypertexted" so that the visitor can research the newspaper, organization that produced the source. There are several subsections including those on: Background to the War; Nazi Germany, Chronology of the War, Political Leaders, European Diplomacy, Major Offensives, British Military Leaders, USA Military Leaders, German Military Leaders, Japanese Military Leaders, The Armed Forces, The Air War, The Resistance, Scientists & Inventors, War at Sea, Resistance in Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, War Artists, Weapons and New Technology. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-27 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm ANNOTATION: This site serves as a gateway to World War II sites appropriate for students and teachers. Links revolve around the following topics: The Rise of Fascism- Germany, Italy and Japan, Holocaust, Pearl Harbor and America's Response, D-Day and the War in the Pacific, The Home Front, Plans for Peace and the Atomic Bomb, Personalities, Literature, Propaganda, Women in the War, and Miscellaneous. The site leads you to movie clips, virtual tours, stories of the war, biographies, films, photographs, a links, and even a test. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-28 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.recollectionsofwwii.co.uk/ ANNOTATION: Recollections of WWII is a directory of oral history collections which contain recorded memories of individuals who lived through WWII. The collections include interviews with servicemen and women from many nations, evacuees and refugees, people who experienced the home front, and Holocaust survivors. Some collections offer the opportunity to download transcripts, listen to MP3s, or watch videos interviews. The site is independent and non-profit and has been created to provide a resource for historians, students and researchers who wish to learn about the war from those who experienced it. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-29 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/ ANNOTATION: This Smithsonian website integrates Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. There is also a Civil War mystery, an exhibition self-guide, and a teacher's guide. The World War II section contains an introductory movie and short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-30 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.ww2sci-tech.org/lessons/lessons.html ANNOTATION: This site explores the technology advancements during World War II. The National World War II Memorial has 8000 objects directly related to science and technology. This impressive exhibit contains an animated timeline, activities such as sending encrypted messages, expert audio responses to science and technology questions, lesson plans, a quiz, introductory essays, and more. The lesson plans include: Moon Phases and Tides in Planning the D-Day Invasion; How Waves Helped Win the War: Radar and Sonar; and Math in WWII Application Questions. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-31 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii/ ANNOTATION: This Web Quest simulates the decision-making process that went into President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The commentary of the decision makers and a lesson plan is included. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-32 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii/ ANNOTATION: This site concentrates on Franklin Delano’s decision to institute Japanese Internment. Lesson plans are included along with audio, video and narrations. This site requires a subscription , but is free to schools and libraries. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-33 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/ ANNOTATION: This student produced site on the Holocaust has projects, quizzes, and an interactive timeline. Students can contribute art, poetry and essays to a living memorial to victims of the Holocaust. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-34 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/mex_am/index.cfm ANNOTATION: This web site is devoted to the history of Mexican American immigration. It includes the contribution of Mexican Americans through interactive activities, web links, primary source documents and biographies. It includes handouts for use in the classroom. There are not many web sites devoted to this topic and this particular site does an excellent job of demonstrating how Mexican Americans helped to transform port-World War II society in the United States. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-35 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.justicelearning.org/ ANNOTATION: This web site includes articles, editorials and oral debates from the civil rights era. It includes curricular material from The New York Times Learning Network for high school teachers and detailed information about how each of the institutions of democracy (the courts, the Congress, the presidency, the press and the schools) affect this issue. Lesson plans include: “Race & Education”, ”Whitewashing? History: Exploring Topics of Civil Rights from 1948-1964”, ”Birmingham Blues: Exploring the History of the American Civil Rights Struggle Through Poetry”, “Civil Services: Exploring the Lasting Impact of the Civil Rights Movement”, “Learning the Hard Way: Examining School Segregation Around the World”, “Revisiting 'Separate but Equal': Examining School Segregation 45 Years After Brown v. Board of Education.” WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-36 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/robinson/intro.html ANNOTATION: This website sponsored by the Library of Congress has students analyze primary sources from Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s in American Memory. By reading two documents relating to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the racial barrier in professional baseball, students will explore racism in sports. The reading level can accommodate struggling readers. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-37 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/ ANNOTATION: This website sponsored by Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) examines the struggle of farm workers. Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement is presented in both English and Spanish and features audio excerpts from Chavez himself and an interview with his brother. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-38 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/fallout/ ANNOTATION: This site by PBS examines the atomic age in the Cold War era. It includes PBS episodes, a timeline, a thematic view and a teacher’s guide. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-39 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/ ANNOTATION: This site was created by former Alhambra High School teacher, Doug Prouty. The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb provides information on the men who built the Atomic Bomb and the urgency and circumstances surrounding its construction. Categories include: Timeline, Competition, Exodus of Scientists, Physics, Those Responsible, Research, Lesson Plans, and Resources. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-40 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.htm ANNOTATION: This site is an excellent resource on Truman’s domestic and foreign policy. Sample lesson plans can be found in the "Teacher Resource" portion of the "Education" section of the Web site. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-41 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm ANNOTATION: This site presents the Space Race as a product of the Cold War era. It is a virtual exhibition and archive sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H- 42 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://vietnam.vassar.edu/ ANNOTATION: This site provides a comprehensive look at the Vietnam War. Primary source documents, audio and video clips are contained and it is an excellent resource for study of this era of United States foreign policy. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H- 43 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by PBS and takes a multi-media look at key events and people who were significant in the Vietnam era. This site allows viewing of Vietnam documentaries and other films. A teacher’s guide is included. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-44 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/index ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by Stanford University and explores historical information about Dr. King and the social movements in which he participated. It is an excellent site for research as papers, speeches, sermons, books, scholarly articles, a biography and a chronology are included. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-45 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/civil/ ANNOTATION: This site requires the teacher to sign-up, but it is free and worth the effort. It features an impressive array of audio, video, and text sources from Frontline and American Experience shows, Eyes on the Prize, and other sources. It also has an interactive Civil Rights movement timeline and four lesson plans: Campaigns for Economic Freedom/Re-Examining Brown/Taking a Stand/Understanding White Supremacy. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-46 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/index.html ANNOTATION: This site is a repository of the history of women in the United States. The suffragist movement and women’s political issues are features. Current events that affect women are also contained in this site. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-47 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/suffrage/ ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress lesson plan utilizes close analysis of three different primary sources (photos, broadsides and period articles) to explore the fight for women's suffrage in terms of how and why women advocated change. Designed activities focus on what inferences can be made from primary sources and how to evaluate the efficacy of suffragists' arguments in the time period they were made. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-48 United States History Standard 11: Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. WEBSITE: http://edtechteacher.org/socialmobility.html ANNOTATION: This group audio blogging activity calls on students to compare social mobility and social inequality in America today with the "Gilded Age" of the late 19th century. Voice thread is the software application that is used to blog and it costs $70.00 if you want to use it other than this activity. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-49 United States History Standard 11: Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. WEBSITE: http://www.cis.org/ ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Center for Immigration. It features current information regarding immigrant population, research on immigration and current events and concerns regarding immigrant communities. WEBPAGE:
U.S. H-50 United States History Standard 11: Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. WEBSITE: http://www.lessonplanet.com/search? keywords=lessons+on+poverty&media=lesson ANNOTATION: This site contains a compilation of teacher created lessons to share on the war on poverty and other contemporary issues. There are over 200,000 free plans on this site. WEBPAGE:

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Annotated u.s. history technology resources

  • 1. U.S. H-1 United States History Standard 1: Foundations of American Political and Social Thought Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. WEBSITE: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/ ANNOTATION: This site is a repository for historical documents that are easily accessed by the user. These key documents represent U.S. political and diplomatic history from pre-colonial times to the present. WEBPAGE:
  • 2. U.S. H-2 United States History Standard 1: Foundations of American Political and Social Thought Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. WEBSITE: http://www.loc.gov/index.html ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site is an outstanding for searching primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures. The Library of Congress also offers a learning page that provides activities, tools, ideas, and features for educators and students. WEBPAGE:
  • 3. U.S. H-3 United States History Standard 1: Foundations of American Political and Social Thought Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. WEBSITE: http://dohistory.org/ ANNOTATION: Do History is an interactive site that presents students with historical documents and engages them in the art of "doing" history. Based upon the 200 year old diary of colonial midwife Martha Ballard, Do History includes a searchable copy of Ballard's diary and thousands of original documents. Do History was developed and is maintained by the Film Study Center at Harvard University and is hosted and maintained by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. WEBPAGE:
  • 4. U.S. H-4 United States History Standard 2: Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural- to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. WEBSITE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ ANNOTATION: This site provides an online textbook with primary source material and recommended lessons. It provides multimedia resources and links for teaching American history and conducting basic research, while focusing on slavery, ethnic history, private life, technological achievement, and American film. It presents more than 600 documents pertaining to American politics, diplomacy, social history, slavery, Mexican American history, and Native American history. It is a valuable site for high school students and teachers looking for comprehensive guidance from professional historians on the current state of debate on many topics in American history. WEBPAGE:
  • 5. U.S. H-5 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=974 ANNOTATION: This site provides a lesson plan to instruct about the Great Awakening. Web links are given and lesson plans are articulated for easy implementation. WEBPAGE:
  • 6. U.S. H-6 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/vclassroom/vclasscontents.html ANNOTATION: This site offers the opportunity for an interactive project. The Valley of the Shadow depicts two communities, one Northern (Franklin County, Pennsylvania) and one Southern (Augusta County, Virginia), through the experience of the American Civil War. Students explore the conflict via the thousands of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. They can write their own histories or reconstruct the histories of others. The project is intended for secondary schools, community colleges, libraries, and universities. WEBPAGE:
  • 7. U.S. H-7 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www.civil-war.net/ ANNOTATION: This site is a very comprehensive collection of the Civil War. Primary source documents, films, photo galleries and a database of links offer excellent tools for research. WEBPAGE:
  • 8. U.S. H-8 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/ ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It offers lessons, quizzes, activities and primary source documents on a variety of topics including the reconstruction era. WEBPAGE:
  • 9. U.S. H-9 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_carnes_an_11/0,7137,251530-,00.html ANNOTATION: This site includes the student resources section of The American Nation companion web site and features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes, flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History Appendix. WEBPAGE:
  • 10. U.S. H-10 United States History Standard 3: Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. WEBSITE: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_cook.php?CISOROOT=/cook ANNOTATION: This site depicts the African American people at the turn of the nineteenth century. These photos are from the 1860s – 1930’s and exhibit the life of these Virginians. WEBPAGE:
  • 11. U.S. H-11 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html ANNOTATION: This web site provides text, photos, links, and video clips about American imperialism at the turn of the century. It also includes a critical-thinking lesson plan to help students understand what motivated the United States to adopt expansionism and imperialism in the nineteenth century. WEBPAGE:
  • 12. U.S. H-12 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/teacher.html#Outline ANNOTATION: This web site "The Age of Imperialism" combines an engaging narrative with the broad resources available to students on the Internet. A teacher could use this chapter in place of a standard textbook treatment of nineteenth-century American expansionism, or you can use it to supplement existing Social Studies materials. WEBPAGE:
  • 13. U.S. H-13 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Progressivism.shtml ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress web site focuses on immigration. It contains student activities, educator guides, photos and links to useful resources. The presentation was answers these essential questions: "Why did each immigrant group come to the United States?" and "How did United States government policies and programs affect immigration patterns?" WEBPAGE:
  • 14. U.S. H-14 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html ANNOTATION: This Smithsonian website uses Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. The World War I section contains a short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts. WEBPAGE:
  • 15. U.S. H-15 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/ ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress has sound recordings of speeches by American leaders from 1918 to 1920. The speeches focus on issues and events surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920. It also has artifacts from this period. WEBPAGE:
  • 16. U.S. H-16 United States History Standard 4: Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century. WEBSITE: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/great-war-evaluating-treaty-versailles ANNOTATION: This site has a lesson plan that provides many resources and documents. Students are asked to analyze the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and then analyze the German response. The lesson plan includes a copy of the treaty and Hitler's 1923 response. This is a High school level lesson plan. WEBPAGE:
  • 17. U.S. H-17 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/default.htm ANNOTATION: This site is informative and provides interesting information on cultural tensions between the transition from 1910-1920. It gives images, documents, commentary and photos on prohibition, immigration, the KKK, the New Woman, and the Scopes Trial. WEBPAGE:
  • 18. U.S.H-18 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site features materials from the 1920's that illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. WEBPAGE:
  • 19. U.S.H-19 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site features materials from the 1920's that illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer economy, and the role of government in this transition. WEBPAGE:
  • 20. U.S.H-20 United States History Standard 5: Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s. WEBSITE: http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/scholars/mainscholars.html ANNOTATION: This site is a repository for primary source documents, commentaries and abstracts on the history of women in the United States. Suffragists, Native Americans and prominent women in the early days of the movement are featured. It includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. on the history of women social and political movements. WEBPAGE:
  • 21. U.S. H-21 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/ ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by PBS and is an excellent resource for students and teachers. It focuses on the FDR era and provides a resource guide with primary sources, audio interviews, television program transcripts, and a teacher’s guide. Special features include an FDR video biography, and a chance to vote on the issues in 1936. WEBPAGE:
  • 22. U.S. H-22 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation. It is a comprehensive database of materials called the “New Deal Network “. The site features 20,000 items including photographs, speeches, letters, documents, and exercises from the New Deal era. WEBPAGE:
  • 23. U.S. H-23 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/breadline/ ANNOTATION: This site is explores the massive unemployment in America during the Depression and offers interviews, a timeline, and a teacher's guide. This site is sponsored by PBS and was originally a television special. WEBPAGE:
  • 24. U.S. H-24 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/ ANNOTATION: This site is examines the region in the Southwest renamed the "Dust Bowl" because of a catastrophic eight-year drought. It includes a time line, maps, eyewitness accounts, New Deal remedies, people and events from the era, and a teacher's guide. WEBPAGE:
  • 25. U.S. H-25 United States History Standard 6: Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government. WEBSITE: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/a-tale-of-two-leaders/ ANNOTATION: This site is examines the region in the Southwest renamed the "Dust Bowl" because of a catastrophic eight-year drought. It includes a time line, maps, eyewitness accounts, New Deal remedies, people and events from the era, and a teacher's guide. WEBPAGE: This site is sponsored by the New York Times. This particular lesson plan allows students to use resources from The New York Times to compare the circumstances under which the Great Depression came about to the current economic crisis.
  • 26. U.S. H-26 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm ANNOTATION: The Second World War is a Spartacus Educational website and enables one to research individual people and events of the war in detail. The sources are "hypertexted" so that the visitor can research the newspaper, organization that produced the source. There are several subsections including those on: Background to the War; Nazi Germany, Chronology of the War, Political Leaders, European Diplomacy, Major Offensives, British Military Leaders, USA Military Leaders, German Military Leaders, Japanese Military Leaders, The Armed Forces, The Air War, The Resistance, Scientists & Inventors, War at Sea, Resistance in Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, War Artists, Weapons and New Technology. WEBPAGE:
  • 27. U.S. H-27 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm ANNOTATION: This site serves as a gateway to World War II sites appropriate for students and teachers. Links revolve around the following topics: The Rise of Fascism- Germany, Italy and Japan, Holocaust, Pearl Harbor and America's Response, D-Day and the War in the Pacific, The Home Front, Plans for Peace and the Atomic Bomb, Personalities, Literature, Propaganda, Women in the War, and Miscellaneous. The site leads you to movie clips, virtual tours, stories of the war, biographies, films, photographs, a links, and even a test. WEBPAGE:
  • 28. U.S. H-28 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.recollectionsofwwii.co.uk/ ANNOTATION: Recollections of WWII is a directory of oral history collections which contain recorded memories of individuals who lived through WWII. The collections include interviews with servicemen and women from many nations, evacuees and refugees, people who experienced the home front, and Holocaust survivors. Some collections offer the opportunity to download transcripts, listen to MP3s, or watch videos interviews. The site is independent and non-profit and has been created to provide a resource for historians, students and researchers who wish to learn about the war from those who experienced it. WEBPAGE:
  • 29. U.S. H-29 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/ ANNOTATION: This Smithsonian website integrates Flash video and text to examine armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. There is also a Civil War mystery, an exhibition self-guide, and a teacher's guide. The World War II section contains an introductory movie and short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts. WEBPAGE:
  • 30. U.S. H-30 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.ww2sci-tech.org/lessons/lessons.html ANNOTATION: This site explores the technology advancements during World War II. The National World War II Memorial has 8000 objects directly related to science and technology. This impressive exhibit contains an animated timeline, activities such as sending encrypted messages, expert audio responses to science and technology questions, lesson plans, a quiz, introductory essays, and more. The lesson plans include: Moon Phases and Tides in Planning the D-Day Invasion; How Waves Helped Win the War: Radar and Sonar; and Math in WWII Application Questions. WEBPAGE:
  • 31. U.S. H-31 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii/ ANNOTATION: This Web Quest simulates the decision-making process that went into President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The commentary of the decision makers and a lesson plan is included. WEBPAGE:
  • 32. U.S. H-32 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii/ ANNOTATION: This site concentrates on Franklin Delano’s decision to institute Japanese Internment. Lesson plans are included along with audio, video and narrations. This site requires a subscription , but is free to schools and libraries. WEBPAGE:
  • 33. U.S. H-33 United States History Standard 7: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. WEBSITE: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/ ANNOTATION: This student produced site on the Holocaust has projects, quizzes, and an interactive timeline. Students can contribute art, poetry and essays to a living memorial to victims of the Holocaust. WEBPAGE:
  • 34. U.S. H-34 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/mex_am/index.cfm ANNOTATION: This web site is devoted to the history of Mexican American immigration. It includes the contribution of Mexican Americans through interactive activities, web links, primary source documents and biographies. It includes handouts for use in the classroom. There are not many web sites devoted to this topic and this particular site does an excellent job of demonstrating how Mexican Americans helped to transform port-World War II society in the United States. WEBPAGE:
  • 35. U.S. H-35 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.justicelearning.org/ ANNOTATION: This web site includes articles, editorials and oral debates from the civil rights era. It includes curricular material from The New York Times Learning Network for high school teachers and detailed information about how each of the institutions of democracy (the courts, the Congress, the presidency, the press and the schools) affect this issue. Lesson plans include: “Race & Education”, ”Whitewashing? History: Exploring Topics of Civil Rights from 1948-1964”, ”Birmingham Blues: Exploring the History of the American Civil Rights Struggle Through Poetry”, “Civil Services: Exploring the Lasting Impact of the Civil Rights Movement”, “Learning the Hard Way: Examining School Segregation Around the World”, “Revisiting 'Separate but Equal': Examining School Segregation 45 Years After Brown v. Board of Education.” WEBPAGE:
  • 36. U.S. H-36 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/robinson/intro.html ANNOTATION: This website sponsored by the Library of Congress has students analyze primary sources from Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s in American Memory. By reading two documents relating to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the racial barrier in professional baseball, students will explore racism in sports. The reading level can accommodate struggling readers. WEBPAGE:
  • 37. U.S. H-37 United States History Standard 8: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/ ANNOTATION: This website sponsored by Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS) examines the struggle of farm workers. Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement is presented in both English and Spanish and features audio excerpts from Chavez himself and an interview with his brother. WEBPAGE:
  • 38. U.S. H-38 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/fallout/ ANNOTATION: This site by PBS examines the atomic age in the Cold War era. It includes PBS episodes, a timeline, a thematic view and a teacher’s guide. WEBPAGE:
  • 39. U.S. H-39 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/ ANNOTATION: This site was created by former Alhambra High School teacher, Doug Prouty. The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb provides information on the men who built the Atomic Bomb and the urgency and circumstances surrounding its construction. Categories include: Timeline, Competition, Exodus of Scientists, Physics, Those Responsible, Research, Lesson Plans, and Resources. WEBPAGE:
  • 40. U.S. H-40 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.htm ANNOTATION: This site is an excellent resource on Truman’s domestic and foreign policy. Sample lesson plans can be found in the "Teacher Resource" portion of the "Education" section of the Web site. WEBPAGE:
  • 41. U.S. H-41 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm ANNOTATION: This site presents the Space Race as a product of the Cold War era. It is a virtual exhibition and archive sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum. WEBPAGE:
  • 42. U.S. H- 42 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://vietnam.vassar.edu/ ANNOTATION: This site provides a comprehensive look at the Vietnam War. Primary source documents, audio and video clips are contained and it is an excellent resource for study of this era of United States foreign policy. WEBPAGE:
  • 43. U.S. H- 43 United States History Standard 9: Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II. WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by PBS and takes a multi-media look at key events and people who were significant in the Vietnam era. This site allows viewing of Vietnam documentaries and other films. A teacher’s guide is included. WEBPAGE:
  • 44. U.S. H-44 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/index ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by Stanford University and explores historical information about Dr. King and the social movements in which he participated. It is an excellent site for research as papers, speeches, sermons, books, scholarly articles, a biography and a chronology are included. WEBPAGE:
  • 45. U.S. H-45 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/civil/ ANNOTATION: This site requires the teacher to sign-up, but it is free and worth the effort. It features an impressive array of audio, video, and text sources from Frontline and American Experience shows, Eyes on the Prize, and other sources. It also has an interactive Civil Rights movement timeline and four lesson plans: Campaigns for Economic Freedom/Re-Examining Brown/Taking a Stand/Understanding White Supremacy. WEBPAGE:
  • 46. U.S. H-46 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/index.html ANNOTATION: This site is a repository of the history of women in the United States. The suffragist movement and women’s political issues are features. Current events that affect women are also contained in this site. WEBPAGE:
  • 47. U.S. H-47 United States History Standard 10: Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights. WEBSITE: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/suffrage/ ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress lesson plan utilizes close analysis of three different primary sources (photos, broadsides and period articles) to explore the fight for women's suffrage in terms of how and why women advocated change. Designed activities focus on what inferences can be made from primary sources and how to evaluate the efficacy of suffragists' arguments in the time period they were made. WEBPAGE:
  • 48. U.S. H-48 United States History Standard 11: Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. WEBSITE: http://edtechteacher.org/socialmobility.html ANNOTATION: This group audio blogging activity calls on students to compare social mobility and social inequality in America today with the "Gilded Age" of the late 19th century. Voice thread is the software application that is used to blog and it costs $70.00 if you want to use it other than this activity. WEBPAGE:
  • 49. U.S. H-49 United States History Standard 11: Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. WEBSITE: http://www.cis.org/ ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Center for Immigration. It features current information regarding immigrant population, research on immigration and current events and concerns regarding immigrant communities. WEBPAGE:
  • 50. U.S. H-50 United States History Standard 11: Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society. WEBSITE: http://www.lessonplanet.com/search? keywords=lessons+on+poverty&media=lesson ANNOTATION: This site contains a compilation of teacher created lessons to share on the war on poverty and other contemporary issues. There are over 200,000 free plans on this site. WEBPAGE: