Digital History This site does an excellent job providing history
in a digital format. It includes biographies, primary source documents, lesson plans and lesson modules. A+++
The Overland Trail A content rich site all about the old west, getting there and living there. Includes short biographies and primary documents.
Picturing Modern America 1880-1900 "Historical thinking exercises for middle and high school". Makes kids think about the pictures they see. Good primary source activity for the visual learner.
Race and Place An African American Community in the Jim Crow South: Charlottesville, VA.
Wiseguide Think of this as a monthly magazine on the web. This Library of Congress site uses items of all types from its collection to write interesting articles that reflect the history and culture of the United States.
The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies " Based on the research of Professor David S. Wyman concerning America’s response to Nazism and the Holocaust, the Wyman Institute focuses on the abandonment of Europe’s Jews during the Nazi era, the efforts to promote rescue, and the moral and historical lessons of those experiences."
How Much Is That?
To translate the purchasing power of the US dollar among all the years between 1665 and 2003, fill in the blanks in one of two statements: How much money today has the same "purchasing power" as $__ in the year __? or How much money in the year has the same "purchasing power" as $__ in the year __?
In the Trenches A good source of information on the first world war of the twentieth century.
An Inventory of Iraqi Resistance Groups
"This description of the different groups comes from Baghdad Al-Zawra in Arabic, a weekly published by the Iraqi Journalists Association, and was translated by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service."
Mass Moments Focuses on Massachusetts history. "This site includes a story for every day of the year, in text and audio formats, background essays, primary sources, images, links and more. A new "moment" will appear every day in 2005. Past moments are searchable by date, topic, region, and time period. Visitors to the site may sign up for a free subscription to receive the daily "moment free." (MBLC Notes)
Cape Verde Page hosted by UMass Dartmouth If you are looking for information on Cape Verde, its people and culture, and its place in American culture you will find a good variety of links here.
Education Index Look for the lists of links for the social sciences.
