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The following link from a United States Advanced Placement Course
includes an exceptional list of recommended web sites and primary source documents
related to this topic:
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The Civil War: Web Links
(Click for
100+ topic specific primary sources and websites)
- The original list of
resources for this historical time period were compiled
by educators at from Horace Greeley High School in
Chappaqua, New York at
http://www.historyteacher.net/index.htm
Visit this site for exceptional materials and additional
historical links.
We wish to fully credit their enormous and highly
beneficial effort. However, due to a number of dead or
forwarding links, we have created a parallel listing on
our Teachers Discovering History as Historians website
which we will attempt to update
every sixty days.
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National Archives: 100 Milestone Documents
- One hundred select documents that chronicle the history
of the United states from 1776-1965
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http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone
Two exceptional electronic textbooks the Title will take
you to the entire text. The specific chapters/resource
guides related to
this topic are noted below the description:
A new and exceptional digital history
text Includes a full textbook, guided readings,
documents, timelines, exhibits, reference materials, study
guides, and other materials for teaching American History.
Chapter: The
Civil War
Resource Guide: The Civil War
We recommend you combine the digital text with THE
ANNENBERG VIDEO SERIES--
Biography of America
at http://learner.org/resources/series123.html#
an exceptional FREE video instructional series for high
school and college students produced by WGBH Boston in
cooperation with the Library of Congress and the National
Archives and Records Administration. These 26 thirty minute
lectures incorporate first person narratives, photographs,
film footage and documents related to various historical time
periods—from New World Encounters through Contemporary
History.
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National History Education
Clearinghouse
- Welcome to the National History
Education Clearinghouse, the central online location for
accessing high-quality resources in K-12 U.S. history
education. This site began in 2008 and is rapidly becoming
one of the best sources for United State History Educators
including access to History Content, Teaching Materials,
Best Practices, Issues and Research, Professional
Development, and TAH Grants.
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http://teachinghistory.org/
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Best of History Web Sites
- The Best of History Web Site is an incredible portal
created for teachers, students, and general history
enthusiasts. After accessing your historical subject or
topic of choice, sites are listed by historical topic with a
description of what you will find and an evaluation. A
keyword search function is also available. Scroll beyond
the sites provided and you will find time period specific
lesson plans, activities and teacher guides.
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http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
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An Outline of American History
- This hypertext provides textbook information, documents,
biographies, timelines and links for each chronological
topic.
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Chapter 6: Sectional Conflict
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A Biography of America: The
Coming of the Civil War
- An EXCEPTIONAL site
dealing with the sequence of events leading up to the
Civil War, including: the topic of slavery, the
Compromise of 1850, growing tension between states,
secession, a detailed map, a flash movie showing the
history of slavery and states, as well as a webography of
sources.
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog10/index.html
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The Civil War
in Chautauqua County
- A new website created by the local
Fenton History Center. Contains a wonderful collection
of documents and letters from Chautauqua County, New
York civilians and soldiers related to the Civil War.
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http://www.fentonhistorycenter.org/civilwar/index.htm
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Index of Civil War Information
- An amazing compilation of
links to resources dealing with the Civil War, including
- graphics, audio, Flash features, and much more.
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http://www.civilwarhome.com/indexcivilwarinfo.htm
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The Civil War: American Battlefields
- An excellent source for quick, comprehensive and
interesting information regarding significant battles of the
Civil War. Check out Antietam.
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http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/civil.htm#parks
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Eyewitness to History
- 100 Eyewitness accounts, most from United States History
(1608-1971). View the index or search by time period
or event.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Check the index here:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm
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Index
of Resources For Historians
An exceptional collection of THOUSANDS of
internet connections to various social studies related
sites.
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http://www.gzg.fn.bw.schule.de/faecher/links/ressourc.htm
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American Women Through Time
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This is a new website featuring
the best internet based materials related to American Women
from pre 1599 to Present.
Each section includes
two sections: 1. A timeline that links specific events with
relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters,
photograph collections, and lectures by historians 2. Each
section also includes a guide to research sources that
simplify access to sources covering specific time periods.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html
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American Women's History Research Guide
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Provides citations to print and Internet reference
sources, as well as to selected large primary source
collections—covering a wide range of topics from
Abolitionist to Writers.
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http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-intro.html
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WWW-VL
History of the United States
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The
introductory page for the entire U.S. History collection.
The World Wide Web: Virtual Library provides a comprehensive
collection of internet sources for a variety of topics
including United States History. Links are
provided for gateway Sites, Maps, Timelines, Documents,
Lecture Notes, Journal Articles, and other related items.
The
introductory page for the entire U.S. History collection:
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
Women's
History (general and by time periods):
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/women.html
African-American History (general and by time periods):
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html
Military
History of the U.S.
http://www.kwanah.com/vl/military.html
Urban
History in the United States
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/urban.html
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Harpers Weekly
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http://www.harpweek.com/
- This in exceptional site providing access and a
searchable function of full text, cartoons and links to
special internet collections and activities related to
issues occurring between 1857 and 1912. Although the
database is a subscriber service, there are many
exceptional free features including the links below:
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Presidential
Elections
Political Prints and
Cartoons, 1766 - 1876
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877
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The World of Thomas Nast
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A
Sampler of Civil War Literature
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Black America:
1857 - 1874
Immigrant and
Ethnic America
The American West
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Simulation
Games: Civil War and Reconstruction
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Other Free Features
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A Listing of
Exceptional United States History Programs from PBS
- Information, photographs, documents, lesson plans, etc.
for various American history topics. EXCEPTIONAL! Works well with the BOCES PBS Collection.
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http://www.pbs.org/history/history_united.html
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Enterprising Women Exhibit
- Two hundred and fifty years of history related to forty
women who impacted American business--Visit stories and
games.
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http://www.enterprisingwomenexhibit.org/
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- SOURCES FOR DIGITIZED DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES AND
BOOKS
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The
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
- Pre 18th century through 21st Century Documents with an
Alphabetic Author/Title List of ALL Project Documents.
Exceptional!!
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
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Bartleby: Great Books On Line
- Free access to great works of literature, reference and
verse. An incredible collection with a simple search
process.
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http://www.bartleby.com/
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The University of Virginia Hypertext Project
- Over sixty hypertexts of various great works--with many
from the 19th century. This collection is especially
helpful to United States History teachers as it features
some of the classic works from Cooper, Crane, DuBois,
Jefferson, Louis and Clark Journals, Madison,
Sinclair, Turner, Twain and others.
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http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
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On Line Books and Authors
- A collection of
hypertext versions of hundreds of literary works,
- Easy search by author or title.
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http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/authors.html
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