Social Studies Links

World History

The Middle Ages and the Renaissance

• City Life

• Elizabethan Costume

• Elizabethan England

• End of Europe's Middle Ages- "The End of Europe's Middle Agesis designed to assist those students engaged in Renaissance, Reformation and Early Modern studies who lack a background in medieval European history. Intended to provide a brief overview of the conditions at the end of Europe's Middle Ages, the tutorial is presented in a series of chapters that summarize the economic, political, religious and intellectual environment of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries."

• European Middle Ages- This site is "designed as a learning module in the form of a research textbook."

• European Renaissance

• European Voyages of Exploration- "During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries two nations, Portugal and Spain, pioneered the European discovery of sea routes that were the first channels of interaction between all of the world's continents, thus beginning the process of globalization in which we all live today. This tutorial introduces the student to these two pioneering nations, their motivations, their actions, and the inevitable consequences of their colonization."

• Fooles and Fricassees: Food in Shakespeare's England

• History (Spain)

• The History of Costume (illustrations) - Resources for Medieval Studies

• Internet Medieval Sourcebook - "The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use."

• Labyrinth - A site from Georgetown University with extensive resources for Medieval Studies.

• Life in Elizabethan England: Compendium of Common Knowledge (1558-1603)

• Loyalty as an Elizabethan Practice

• Medieval and Renaissance Food Home Page

• Late Middle Ages and Humanism - A site with great links to other important web sites.

• Modern History Sourcebooks - This site is an excellent primary source for a description of Elizabethan England.

• Noble Style - A site that describes the manner in which the nobles of the time displayed their hospitality.

• Renaissance Dance - "Here you will find information on everything to do with European dance from the 15th to early 17th centuries."

• Renaissance, the Elizabethan World - Lots of great information on life in Elizabethan times.

• Tudor History

• Trial of the Earls of Essex and Southampton

• Elizabeth I

• Elizabeth I: Writings and Speeches- Fascinating primary documents.

• Lady Jane

• Tudor Monarchs

• Black Death

• Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe- "This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe between 1348 and 1530." Provided by the University of Virginia.

• European Renaissance/Reformation

• Investigating the Renaissance - A site from Harvard University showcasing the art of this period.

• Medici Archive - "THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT was founded in 1995 in order to realize the undeveloped potential of the Medici Granducal Archive, housed in the Archivio di Stato in Florence."

• Renaissance Dante in Print- "THIS EXHIBITION presents Renaissance editions of Dante's Divine Comedy from the John A. Zahm Collection, Dante Collection at the University of Notre Dame, together with selected treasures from The Newberry Library."

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Romanticism

• Eighteenth-Century Resources - This is an extensive site from Rutgers University.

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United States History

 Civil War

• African American Perspectives - "The Daniel A. P. Murray Pamphlet Collection presents a panoramic and eclectic review of African-American history and culture, spanning almost one hundred years from the early nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries, with the bulk of the material published between 1875 and 1900."

• Life of the Common Foot Soldier- A collection of stories of what it was like for the common soldiers during the American Civil War as they experienced life in the camps and on the battlefield.

• Life of a Confederate Soldier - A site with selected excerpts from a narrative on the war by a common Confederate soldier.

• Life of a Union Soldier - This site contains selected excerpts from the candid account on the war presented by a common Federal soldier.

• Civil War Photographs Collection - This site "contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady, and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men."

• The U. S. Civil War Center - A site established by Louisiana State University that contains an extensive list of Web Pages on the U. S. Civil War.

• Civil War in Pennsylvania and Virginia -"The Valley of the Shadow Project takes two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War."

• Civil War Home Page - "The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865). The page opens a gateway to the Internet's multi-formatted resources about what is arguably the seminal event in American history."

• Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

• Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

• Rare Map Collection - American Civil War- The University of Georgia makes available historic maps of theWar period.

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Westward Movement

• California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900 - This site "consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history through eyewitness accounts. The collection covers the dramatic between the Gold Rush and the turn of the twentieth century. It captures the pioneer experience; encounters between Anglo-Americans and the diverse peoples who had preceded them; the transformation of the land by mining, ranching, agriculture, and urban development; the often-turbulent growth of communities and cities; and California's emergence as both a state and a
  place of uniquely American dreams."

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Immigration

• Angel Island

• Immigrant and Ethnic America - "This website will make it possible to take a detailed look at the various immigrant and ethnic groups that were a vital part of American culture during the second half of the 19th century."

• Lower East Side Tenement Museum

• On the Lower East Side (Life in Lower Manhattan at the Turn of the Century)

• Peopling North America

• Lower East Side Tenement Museum

• Immigrant and Ethnic America

• Ellis Island

• Angel Island

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General 19th Century Resources

• American Memory at the Library of Congress: 1800- 1850

• American Memory at the Library of Congress: 1850-1900

• Images of African-Americans From the 19th Century - The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library provides a selection of images of 19th-century African Americans.

• The Making of America - Making of America (MOA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

• U.S. Historic Documents - A site from the University of Kansas that includes historic documents.

• North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920 - "Documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

• Documenting the American South - "Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of sources of Southern history, literature, and literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th Century."

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General 20th Century Resources

• American Memory - "American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections."

• The National Archives - A site designed to "ensure ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience."

• American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century- "The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century."

• The Modern World: 1900-1945 andThe Modern World: 1945-Now

• Celebrate the Century Stamp Program

• Social Security History

• The History of Broadcasting, 1920-1960

• American Studies Web- A site sponsored by Georgetown University with many valuable links.

• Posters American Style- This site produced by the Smithsonian Institution offers a great exhibition of American poster art.

• The Pulitzer Prizes - This is an outstanding site that presents works of writing recognized from the past 80 years. There are full text works from recent years included in the web site.

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Music of the 20th Century

• American Popular Music from 1900 to 1950 Subject Guide

• American Popular Music from 1950 to the 1990s Web Guide - "This American Popular Music from 1900 to 1990 Subject Guide , arranged chronologically, is intended as an overview of American history through its music. Music reflects the times, describing events and emotions. In many ways music gives us a more accurate picture of people and events than any other medium."

• Historic American Sheet Music (American Memory) - "The Historic American Sheet Music collection presents 3,042 pieces of sheet music drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, which holds an important, representative, and comprehensive collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century American sheet music."

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Timelines and Historical Overviews

• The Food Timeline - Lots of interesting information about the food used by the peoples of the world.

• American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century.

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Military

• The Cold War (From the CNN TV Series) - Extensive information about the period of history that spanned several decades following WWII.

• National Air and Space Museum - The exploration use of air and space. Lots of images, photos and helpful graphics.

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American Government

• Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - Huge amount of data on the elections of the presidents, going back through U.S. History.

• Ben's Guide to Government - A government site that describes how the U.S. Government works.

• Congressional Glossary (C-SPAN) - This glossary contains many of the terms used in Congress with excellent definitions.

• Federal Government Resources on the Web - From the University of Michigan this is an excellent place to start research on the U. S. Government.

• FirstGov - This is a huge site that offers "a powerful search engine that searches every word of every U. S. Government document in a quarter of a second or less."

• Information USA - "Authoritative resource for foreign audiences seeking information about American society, political processes, official U.S. policies and culture."

• The White House - The Web Page of the Office of the President of the United States.

• Presidential Biographies

• Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies - "Prints and Photographs Division staff selected this set of 156 portraits of presidents and first ladies from those items in the division's file of popular demand files for which no copyright restrictions are known."

• Time Line of Presidents and First Ladies - "Each president and first lady is listed chronologically according to the president's term(s) in office."

• Presidential Debates: The Great Debate - The History Channel offers this site that provides background on presidential debates of the past and present, beginning in 1960.

• Voices of American Presidents - The Voices of American Presidents have been captured by audio pioneers since the early days of sound recording.

• THOMASand 107th Congress: Search House and Senate Bills

• The U.S. Senate - The official site of the U. S. Senate.

• The U.S. House Of Representatives - The official site of the House of Representatives.

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - A site that gives brief background information on the past and present members of the House and Senate going back to the Continental Congress.

• Recent & Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decisions (Since 1990) at Cornell

• Historic File of U. S. Supreme Court Decisions

• The United States Code

• Laws and Legal Information By Subject - From Cornell University "brief summaries of law topics with links to key primary source material, other Internet resources, and useful off-net references.

• Social Security History

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Economics

• National Budget Simulation: Short Version - "This simple simulation should give you a better feel of the trade-offs which citizens and policy makers will need to make to balance the budget." This site is a project of UC-Berkeley's Center for community Economics Research.

• National Budget Simulation: Long Version - This simulation is a longer and more detailed version of the one directly above.

• Statistical Resources on the Web - A terrific site from the University of Michigan Documents Center that is well organized and has considerable data related to economics.

• Patenting Issues

• The New York Stock Exchange - The official site of the NYSE.

• Findings from Education and the Economy: An Indicators Report - "Some attribute the loss of the nation's productivity advantage to what they claim is the limited ability of the U.S. educational system to provide students with the skills necessary to succeed in today's labor market. However, factors other than education also affect productivity, and these must be considered when comparing productivity, trends across countries."

• EDGAR Database - "The SEC requires all public companies (except foreign companies and companies with less than $10 million in assets and 500 shareholders) to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR."

• Cost-of-Living Calculator

• State, Metropolitan Areas and County Profiles - "Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography".

• County and City Data Books "This resource provides WWW access to the electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 County and City Data Books. This service provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets."

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Psychology

• Conversations with Neil's Brain

• Handedness and Brain Lateralization"

• Neuroscience for Kids-"Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learning more about the brain and spinal cord".

• Neuroscience Resources: High School

• National Institute of Mental Health

• Basic Neural Process

• Inside the Brain

• Laboratory of Neuro Images

• CyberPsychLink

• Online Dictionary of Mental Health

• APA Online Public Information

• PsychNET: American Psychological Association Topics Homepage