American History Links

Canku Ota (Many Paths) Table of Contents  --  This Native American Youth Newsletter is a free, online newsletter celebrating and honoring Native American cultures. Bi-monthly issues feature American Indian history, heros, current events, stories, activities, and weblinks. Our website includes a website research library, interactive area, access to current and archived TURTLE TRACKS issues, and much more!  (Added 02.08.2000)

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail home page  (Added 01.21.2000)

California's Gold Discovery  (Added 01.21.2000)

Primary Source Documents  --  Exhaustive collection of primary documents from the middle ages on, which impacted on American colonial thinking.  (Added 01.14.2000)

Bluejacket - United States Sea Service History, Photographs and Insignia.  --  The Bluejacket.com website is probably the most comprehensive website about the United States Sea Service - Navy, Coast Guard and Marines. Content includes history and graphics of ships and aircraft, insignia and uniforms, traditions, customs and terms.  (Added 01.14.2000)

Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers (Added 01.12.2000)

The American Experience/The Presidents (Added 01.12.2000)

The American Civil War Homepage (Added 01.12.2000)

Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page  --  Containing 1186 photographs many from Mathew Brady of sights and scenes from the Civil War published on the web by the Library of Congress. There is also a annotated timeline for the war with embedded photos. Use these pictures to help your students envision this time period. Since the pictures are royalty free, they can be downloaded and printed for classroom use and students can use them in their publications.  (Added 01.10.2000)

Presidential Libraries IDEA Network (Added 01.10.2000)

The Birth of A Nation (Added 01.10.2000)

Gold Rush History, Klondike and Alaska Gold Rush  (Added 01.10.2000)

The History of the Pony Express  (Added 01.10.2000)

Life at Camp Funston  --  Veracity and intimacy warm from this Website as it offers original words and pictures from a young American soldier encamped in Kansas during World War I. The daughter of the soldier, Charles L. Johnston, created the these pages. She points out that, “because my dad described his experiences in detail, and because my mother never threw his letters away, we now have a grassroots window on national and regional history we otherwise would not have had.” As so often happens when knowledge is showcased on the Web, a study environment is created for many sorts of students. Here young children can see photographs and postcards to study real people using early trucks and living in rough tents. For anyone, there is lots to learn from this material about the life and times in America during World War I. For the advanced scholar there is rich detail of aspects of army life and facilities of this period.

The Underground Railroad @ nationalgeographic.com  --  This site lets you follow the footsteps of Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of runaway slaves to freedom. The site includes a short interactive journey, maps, a time line, and more.

150 Anniversary of the Woman's Rights Movement  -- This site celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first women's rights convention. Talks about the history, events commemorating the celebration, and lets you follow the Women's Heritage Trail.

American Slave Narratives  --  American Slave Narratives contains a set of oral interviews with former slaves collected in the 1930's. The narratives contain stories of their lives before and after freedom. The site also features photographs and RealAudio sound clips from many of the original interviews.

Crossroads   --  The Crossroads K-16 American history curriculum is a comprehensive guide to teaching at all grade levels. The curriculum includes lesson plans, activities, historical background essays, and lists of resources.

Oyez Oyez Oyez  -- The Oyez Project is a U.S. Supreme Court multimedia database put together by Northwestern University. Here you'll find information about the Justices, the Cases, and even the Supreme Court Building. The site offers RealAudio recordings of the courtroom proceedings.