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World Wide Web Resources for Social Studies

General Social Studies Resources

National and State Civics Education Programs
AlaskaDemocracyProject1.html

Student and Teacher Opportunities
AlaskaDemocractyProject2.html

Choice Education Project, Brown University
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Choices/

Social Studies
http://www.landmark-project.com/World.html

World Constitutions
gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Gov/World

Dictionary, quotes, etc.
http://www.landmark-project.com/Edtools.html

USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/

CNN Interactive
http://www.cnn.com/
Welcome to CNN, up-to-the-minute news on the Internet and World Wide Web.

Education Sites - Many
http://www.education-world.com/

Authentic Assessment
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~jflake/assess.html

CRESST - Assessment Information
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at UCLA.

Columbia Education Center
http://www.col-ed.org/

Global Schoolhouse Network
http://www.gsn.org/teach/articles/index.html

Education & Kids
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/ 

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com
Access updated weather reports, evaluate the latest national and world news, stock quotes, other financial and business topics.

Museum Sites Online
Links to over 1,000 international museum and museum-related WWW sites
http://www.mcn.edu/resources.html

Lots of links categorized by Social Studies sub-category

History / Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
Lots of interconnecting links

New Hampshire K-12 Social Studies Curriculum Framework
http://www.state.nh.us/doe/socintro.htm
Introduction K-12 Broad Goals for Social Studies Education Civics and Government Economics Geography History References

The Field Museum of Natural History
http://www.fmnh.org./
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, is an educational institution concerned with the diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. It provides collection-based research and learning for greater public understanding and appreciation of the world in which we live. Its collections, public learning programs and research are inseparably linked to serve a diverse public of various ages, background and knowledge.

WebMuseum: Bienvenue!
http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/
If this is one of your first trips on the Web, you may want to start exploring a tiny subset of the collections first: try out the medieval art exhibit. However, most artworks are exhibited in the Famous Paintings section. One final word: if you ever get lost, feel free to experiment the end page navigation panel. Enjoy!

 

Organizations

National Council for the Social Studies
http://www.ncss.org/online/

Northwest Labs
http://www.nwrel.org/

Anti-Defamation League Home Page
http://www.adl.org

LaborWEB: The AFL-CIO's Home Page
http://www.aflcio.org

NAACP Home Page
http://www.naacp.org/

National Organization for Women (NOW) Home Page
http://www.now.org/

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org/

National Council for the Social Studies Online
http://www.ncss.org/

National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com

National Council for Geographic Education
http://multimedia2.freac.fsu.edu/ncge/

 

Geography

National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/
This site offers environmental data in the fields of solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, paleoclimatology and glaciology. Has beautiful maps and computer simulations of data about our planet.

U. S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/
This home page has info on mapping, USGS divisions of geology and water resources.

India Art
http://www.internetindia.com/culture/art/aurodhan/

Hindu News
http://www.indiaserver.com/news/thehindu/thehindu.html

India Links
http://www.indiaserver.com/ilink.html

Ghandi
http://www.maui.com/~lesslie/gandhi.html

Geography - Lonely Planet Travel Guides
http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/lp.htm

 

Map Quest
http://www.mapquest.com
City-to-city directions, interactive maps. MapRoom to sharpen knowledge of cartography.

Arctic Circle Home Page
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/ArcticCircle
History, Culture and Environment

 

Government/Citizenship

Government
http://www.politicsnow.com/

The Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Examine information about any city in the U.S. Population data includes ethnicity and age. Relevant subjects online include: county and city data book, county profiles, economic information, household economic statistics, and voter registration.

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome-plain.html
A variety of information about the President, Vice President; the Virtual Library containing White House documents, audio speeches, photos; White House for Kids section.

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov
A service of the U.S. Congress through its library. Floor activities published each week. Major legislation by topic and bills by number that are enacted into law and bill texts from the 103rd and 104th Congresses. Committee reports and home pages for members of the House and Senate. Historical documents, such as Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

The Jefferson Project
http://www.voxpop.org/jefferson/
A comprehensive directory of on-line politics. Mailing lists of web pages for the White House and all members of Congress. Enter Zip Code into the "Zipper" to determine representatives of House and Senate. Communicate by e-mail or visit their web pages. Send message to the President of any member of Congress.

The Constitution of the United States of America
http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm

The Declaration of Independence
http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/Declaration.htm

The Federal Web Locator
http://www.law.vill.edu/fed-agency/fedwebloc.html
The Federal Web Locator is a service provided by the Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy and is intended to be the one stop shopping point for federal government information on the World Wide Web.

Independent Federal Agencies
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Independent_Agencies/html/independent_links-plain.html
Independent Federal Agencies and Commissions
Legislative Information on the Internet
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of the U.S. Congress through its Library.

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html
The Library serves as the research arm of Congress and is recognized as the national library of the United States. Its collections comprise the world's most comprehensive record of human creativity and knowledge. Open to those above high school age without charge or special permission, it is the world's largest library and a great resource to scholars and researchers.

Peace Corps
http://www.peacecorps.gov/www/dp/WWS1.html

Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.odci.gov/cia/

Office of the Director of the CIA
http://www.odci.gov/ic
We currently support two World Wide Web sites here. The Central Intelligence Agency site and the Intelligence Community web site are both available. Please make a note of the following URLs that identify each of these sites. Central Intelligence Agency - http://www.odci.gov/cia

SSA Home Page
http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html
Welcome to Social Security Online, a service of the Social Security Administration, with headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Information on this server is maintained by the Social Security Online Team and is part of our Agency's commitment to the goal of providing World Class Service.

U.S. Department of Health
hhttp://www.hhs.gov/
The Department of Health and Human Services must be accessible to those it serves. Better service for our customers is one of my highest priorities as Secretary. And availability of HHS resources thru electronic means is one part of better service to Americans. I welcome you to HHS on the Internet. We'll be working on a continuous basis to add to this service and improve it. I invite your comments to help us serve the American people better.

U.S. Department of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov/
The primary purpose of the Interior Department is to protect this magnificent and bountiful heritage -- from the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor all the way to the untrammeled wilderness of Alaska -- that defines our sense of place and nationhood and that unites all Americans in a spirit of belonging.

U.S. House Of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
The U.S. House of Representatives' World Wide Web service provides public access to legislative information as well as information about Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House and to other U.S. government information resources.

U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act
http://www.fourmilab.ch/uscode/8usc/8usc.html
This document allows you to access the complete text of the United States Immigration and Nationality Act, Title 8 of the U.S. Code (8 USC) in a variety of ways. Hyperlinks have been embedded in the Code to permit following cross-references between sections with a simple mouse click. A WAIS-based full-text search engine allows you to quickly locate Code sections by content.

United States Postal Service
http://www.usps.gov/
Here's where you can find all sorts of postal related information. Read the large archive of USPS News Releases. Find out all about the U.S. Postal Service and its proud history, review information from various postal organizations, and use our Postal Information Locator.

 

History

Organization of American Historians
http://www.indiana.edu/~oah/index.html

Johns Hopkins University
gopher://musicbox.mse.jhu.edu/
Forty special collections and archives

National Archives
gopher://gopher.nara.gov
Resource for the NA's extensive archival holdings, and gateway to other archival sites.

Repositories of Primary Sources (University of Idaho)
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Connections to archives and special collections throughout the globe.

Civil War Photographs: From the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cwphome.html

Rare Maps from the University of Georgia
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html

American Memory Project: Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html

American Prohibition Project, Ohio State University
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/prohibition/default.htm

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org
Information about women in U.S. history and many links to other women's history sites.

 

Primary Documents


Treaties via Cornell University
gopher://gopher.law.cornell.edu/11/foreign
Covering treaties predominantly 1945 on, includes Nuclear Test Ban treaty (1963) and recent NAFTA treaty.

Treaties from Wiretap
gopher://wiretap.spies.com/11/Gov/Treaties
Treaty text from late 1940s to early 1990s, including Geneva Conventions and League of Nations agreements.

American Civil War Page
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
Links to diaries, letters, battle descriptions, timelines, bibliographies, military rosters, maps, and graphics.

U. S. Civil War Center
http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-us-civil-war-information.aspx
Links to other Internet Civil War sites, photographs, bibliographies, and several Civil War newspapers from Louisiana State University.

Primary sources, articles, monographs, graphics, bibliographies, book reviews, links, covering wars throughout U.S. history.

Native Americans
http://www.nativeweb.org/
Connections to historical texts.

Anti-Imperialism in the U.S.A., 1898-1935
http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/ail98-35.html
Access to works by John Dewey, Mark Twain, and the Anti-Imperialist League.

From Revolution to Reconstruction
http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa/revolution.html
Survey of American history including hypertext links to appropriate historical documents.

Marx-Engels Full-Text Library
http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx
Includes 38 works, including Capital and the Communist Manifesto.

Project Gutenberg
http://promo.net/pg/
An electronic library of thousands of public domain literary texts and American historical texts.

Teaching African American History
http://socialstudies.com/feb/blackhistory.html

 

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