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History Resources

ILT Leadership Institute links
  • Institute Teacher Pages
  • Soarweb Social Studies Demonstration Project: lessons, class web page, class bookmarks, teacher training:
    •  Historical Multimedia presentation, Was the US Ready for WWII? Geography MultiMedia Project (Volcanoes/Earthquakes), Government Class Activities,  Class WebSite,
    design a tutorial (iKeepbookmarks.com), an iKeepBookmark teacher account or building account,  conduct training for MarcoPolo or the JASONProject,
  • Mrs. Kargin's Spanish American War Page ,  Boss Tweed Page
  • Mr. Hook's World War I Page andLessonLab
  • Mr. Zullo's US and World History Page
  • Mr. Jevack's World War II & Cold War Page
  • Mrs. Cole's Ancient Rome Sites
  • Mrs. Brickman's Fifth Grade Federal Government Page
  • Miss Leaman's Mayan Page
  • New Item General 20th Century Resources
  • Neat Projects from the Library of Congress (American Memory)
    • The Learning Page with lesson plans and lessons using primary resources held by The Library.
    The Atlantic World America and the Netherlands explores the history of the Dutch presence in America and the interactions between the United States and the Netherlands has enlisted the cooperation of  the Library of Congress and the National Library of the Netherlands among other leading Dutch libraries, museums, and archives. The Memory of the Netherlands site.
  • Institute Links to the Iditarod Sled Dog Race
  • Pirates Facts and Legends
  • Ohio History
    • New Item Lewis & Clark
  • New Item History Outlines, Timelines Chronologies OnLine:
    • HyperHistory Online! The Famous Chronological History Wall Chart and HyperHistory Archive.
    World War I, Trenches on the Web.  The Internet History of World War I
    NorthPark University's WebChronology Project
    Documents for US History
    1. National Archives and Records Administration
    2. National Archives Server
    3. Library of Congress
    4. The Declaration of Independence
    5. The Constitution of the United States
    6. The Bill of Rights
    7. Official Reform Party Home Page
    8. U.S. Department of Education
    9. Search! Dept. of Ed.
    10. Gov Intelligence Access
      11. United States and International Government Military and Intelligence Agency Access
  • American Memory: Historical Collections from the National Digital Library, Treasures from the Library of Congress; The Civil War Diary of Horation Nelson Taft
    • Civil War: Valley of the Shadow, Runaway Slave Advertisements, Slave Narratives, Virginia Digital History  and The Interactive, Underground Railroad Project! Civil War Letters,  Civil War WebRing, 82nd Ohio in the Civil War and other Civil War Links
  • Kathy Schrock's American History Links , General History & World and Ancient History
  • Social Studies "ThinkQuest" project on Immigration,
  • Description of project, age groups, etc. at WNET.
  • The Savvy Cyber Teacher Social Studies Links (scroll down to view proper category)
  • Miles to go before I sleep...a journey on the Underground RailRoad
    • It is 1850 and you are part of a small group of fellow runaways trying to make your way north to Canada through Ohio.....
  • The USS Constitution!
  • Holocaust Museum
  • The New AP Central, AP U.S. History
  • Modernism
  • International Baccalaureate
  • College Board online
  • The New AP Central, Advanced Placement
  • AP FAQs
  • History/Social.. K-12 Teachers HUGE list of History & Social Studies Links!!
  • Glen Segell's Internet History
  • General Reources
  • Time-Line for American History
  • Historical Documents
  • National Archives
  • Primary Sources for US History & Civics & American Memory; Spanish Exploration and Colonization of  The US
  • The Digital Classroom
  • The Exhibit Hall
  • Archeology Links from the University of Connecticut 
  • History Hotlist from The History Channel
  • This Day in History, from The History Channel
  • Internet based Primary Resources for Spanish Exploration and Colonization of  The US.
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    Native American Resources

  • The Smithsonian's Natural History Museum Arctic Studies Center
  • Native American WebQuests from New Mexico State University
  • The Index of Native American Resources New Item
    • The ILT's Native American Links and Lewis & Clark links
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • Native American Tales of the Pacific Northwest
  • Arctic Folklore
  • Native Web, an Indian Circle WebRing of Federally recognized American Tribes with Newspaper, Magazines and other links hosted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
  • Chippewa Ottawa Treaty Fishery Managment Authority
  • Virtual Museums through Columbia University
  • Xerox PARC Map Viewer
  • NWNexus History Page
  • National Historical Society's History Net, the most extensive site devoted to the Internet
  • ABC News
  • The Learning Channel
  • Discovery Channel
  • National Geographic
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    Colonial History

    Ohio History

  • Ohio Stuff! {back to ILTLI's Primary Grades page}
    • Official Ohio Bicentennial Site and more at INFOhio
    The Ohio Public Library Information Network links! OPLIN,
    Discover Ohio, OhioTeach, OhioTeens, OhioKids
    82nd Ohio in the Civil War, other Civil War Links and Lewis & Clark
  • Links & Resources from Greater Ohio
  • Ohio Museums & Tours
  • Ohio Historical Society Online
  • OHS Online Places
  • Ohio Turnpike Commission
  • Ohio Department of Transportation
  • Travel Ohio
  • Great Lakes Info
  • Discover Ohio from the OPLIN, The Ohio Public Library Information Network
  • More links to Ohio at the ILT's Ohio Government Links 

    • Black History Links

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    Government Curriculum Resources

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    U.S. Government

  • Primary Sources for US History & Civics, Treasures from the Library of Congress
    • US Census Bureau, Census Data, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Data Census Factfinder, Dirksen Center's Congresslink
  • A US Government Syllabus of Web Links!
  • Congress for Kids, Fun and Facts about Government, Interactive Gov't activities for kids all US Gov.Agencies KidsPages, Dirksen Center's About Government list
  • Subject Guides, General References:
  • Election Links
  • Electoral College Calculator, and Dave Leip's Ineractive Electoral College Atlas, Presidential Election Commericals Archive and RWLO Lesson
  • The Library of Congress' Political Science links
  • All From The Congresslink Communicator
    • Ideas for using this resource and enhancing civics education from the Dirksen Congressional Center providing experts online, About Government list, lesson plans (including The Job of a Congress Member), webquests (The Job of Leading Congress, Who Leads Senate and Congress)  and an electronic newsletter. To join the CongressLink Communicator mailing list, send an e-mail to aschade@pekin.net and type "newsletter subscribe" in the subject line.
    About Government, About Judiciary, About Government Documents : A Portal of information on the Federal Government
    Bill of Rights: quizzes, games, puzzles and more
    Civil Rights Lesson Plans
    Constitution Day links from CyberBee
  • Government Teacher Page: Soarweb Project, RWLO Account
  • Running for President is a lot like playing baseball!
    • Excellent metphor, portaying our electoral process through baseball concepts.
  • First Gov, your first link into the US Government Web
  • The US Supreme Court
    • Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court
  • The White House and White House Kids
  • The American Presidency Project
    • Our National Legislature
    1. How Laws Are Made:
      2. How a Bill Becomes a Law {Dirkson Congressional Center}
      House of Rep., Senate
      How Representative is Congress(lesson plan)?
    2. U.S. Senate
    3. U.S. House, and their Educational Resources and links to tying it all together.
    4. Communicating with Congress
      5. Find out how your Congressman voted as well as the issues & legislation he/she supported
      How to contact U.S. Senate
      How to contact U.S. Representatives
    5. Library of Congress
    6. 105th CONGRESS FRONT PAGE
    7. Senators of the 105th Congress
    8. Congress for Kids
  • Political discourse on the web at:Tom Paine.common Sense or The Jefferson Project
    • e.Politics.org, The Website for American Politics; various links to interest groups and free speech
     
    Ohio Government
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    Geography Resources

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    Geography (our National Geographic resources)

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    Libraries & Virtual Links

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    Libraries / Virtual Tours / Museums
    Library References and
    How does one footnote or reference the Internet?
    Classroom Connect & CyberBee & Kathy Schrock
    Practicing Library Referencing skills: The Big6
    The Most Unbelievable list of reference links!!!
    Virtual Tours
    The ILTLI's WebCam Links
    Virtual Tours
    SESD's list
    The Smithsonian's National Zoo!
    Apple's QTVR examples, select from their VR ShowCase.
    List from Technipulse
    Virtual Tour list, slow loading but worth it!
    Virtual Jamestown
    ArtMuseum.net, Van Gogh's Van Gogh Museum! and much more!
    Medieval Castles
    Great Archeological Sites!
    WWW Virtual Library: Museums of Australia & New Zealand
    List by curriculum areas
    Rainforest Action Network
    National Geographic Online
    AskAsia Home Page
    Global SchoolNet Foundation
    Global Grocery List Project
    GlobaLearn!
    Hot History Sites!
    Volcano World
    The ILTLI's WebCam Links, Canon Live Cams , Virtual Cams
     
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    This page last updated 10/19/2005