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 American History
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- General History Resources
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Best History Sites
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- Primary Sources
- Primary source material available
in the Discovery Room: A link to the Storrs Library catalog.
- "American
Memory" from the Library of Congress:
"...provides free and
open access through the Internet to written and spoken words,
sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and
sheet music that document the American experience."
- Library of Congress. (2007).
About American Memory. Retrieved 08/28/2007 from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/index.html)
- America's Story from America's
Library: Meet Amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, or Explore
the States.
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- African American History
- Visit
the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Biographies available in the Discovery Room: A link to
the Storrs Library catalog.
- Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Black
History
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- Colonial America
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Colonial Professions
available in the Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- Colonial Biographies
available in the Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- Colonial Period by State/Region
available in the Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- Colonial Trades (from
apothecary to wigmaker):
A link to the Colonial Williamsburg website.
- Colonial Williamsburg: Experience
Colonial Life:
A link to the Colonial Williamsburg website.
- Religion in 18th Century America: A link to the Library of Congress.
- The French and Indian War
(7 Years War): A link to ushistory.org, a site created and hosted
by Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia.
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- Explorers
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Material on explorers available
in the Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- Enchanted Learning Biographies:
Short biographies of
famous explorers organized alphabetically.
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- Fifty States
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- NY Times Web Explorer:
A web exploration about the
Fifty United States of America.
- Explore the States:
America's Story from America's
Library. Just click on a state for more information.
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- Government
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Material available in the
Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- America's Founding Fathers:
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention:
A link to the National Archives.
- To Form a More Perfect Union:
The Work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional
Convention: A link to
the Library of Congress.
- Interactive Constitution:
For grades 5-12: Explore
by word, topic, or Supreme Court case.
- Declaration of Independence:
An Exhibit from the Library
of Congress
- Ben's Guide to Government
for Kids:
A guide to our government
organized by grade.
- Congress For Kids:
Click on the Capitol door
to enter the site.
- White House for Kids:
Fun facts and accurate information
about the White House. There is even a link to the Commander
in Chef!
- The American Presidency:
A Glorious Burden:
A link to the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History Behring Center.
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- Immigration
- Visit
the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Material available in the
Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- The New Americans: A link to
PBS.
- Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today:
Be Aware: this site contains
information and advertising about Scholastic and third party
products.
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- Jazz History
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Jazz: Based on the film by Ken Burns: play
the virtual piano, listen to excerpts, etc.
- Interactive Jazz
Kids:
Play music, meet the musicians,
make your own music
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- Native Americans
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic..
- American Indians and the Natural
World: Links to information
on Native Americans arranged geographically.
- Native American Culture: A link to
tribes, languages, customs, etc.
- The Great Sioux Nation:
A link to History.com.
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- Revolutionary War
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Revoluntionary War material available in the Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- Some biographies available
in the Discovery Room:
A link to the Storrs Library
catalog.
- Liberty! the American
Revolution:
Based on the PBS series Liberty!
with a timeline and important facts.
- Background information on the American Revolution:
A link to ushistory.org.
- From Revolution to Reconstruction:
The Stamp Act and The Sugar Act: A link to
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen the Netherlands.
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- Westward Expansion
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- Go West:
The New York Times Learning
Network; a Web Exploration about Westward Expansion in the United
States.
- Lewis and Clark:
TIME Special Report:
Find interactive maps, photo
essays, and more.
- Lewis and Clark:
A Journey of the Corps of Discovery:
Find a partial list of supplies
Lewis & Clark brought with them on their journey, journal
entries from members of the expedition, maps, etc.
- Discovering Lewis and Clark: Still more
information on their famous journey.
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- "The Year I Was
Born"
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the Discovery Room for help locating information and materials
on your topic.
- The History Channel 1990s
Timeline:
Enter a month and day to
find out what happened on your birthday in the past.
- Infoplease Almanac:
A time line to find out what
happened the year you were born.
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01/2008
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