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World War I

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Africa
Africa  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/
Africa Sun News http://www.africasunnews.com/index.html
Virtual Fieldtrips in Africa  http://www.geologylink.com/fieldtrips/africa.html
The African Edventure   http://www.african-edventure.org/
African Tour   http://www.netsnake.com/africa-tour/
Africa Online    http://www.africaonline.com/
An Introduction to Africa   http://www.geographia.com/indx06.htm
North AfricaJournal    http://www.north-africa.com/one.htm
All Africa Web Site    http://www.southafrica.co.za
African Music Festival    http://www.afro.wuerzburg.de/festival11.html
Africa Links   http://killeenroos.com/link/africa.htm
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American Revolution
American Rebolution Online http://www.amrevonline.org/
Liberty's Kids http://www.libertyskids.com/nowthen/index.html
Revolutionary War Voices Think Quest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=TQ0312848&url=TQ0312848/people.htm
American Revolution Timeline http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm#Timeline
The American Revolution http://theamericanrevolution.org/
Kidsport: American Revolution http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm
Paul Revere Virtual Museum http://www.cvesd.k12.ca.us/finney/paulvm/_welcomepv.html
A Revolutionary Game http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/game/index.html
Paul Revere Archiving Early America http://earlyamerica.com/paul_revere.htm
Paul Revere http://www.paulreverehouse.org/paul.html
Historic Valley Forge http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/index.html
Revolution War Biographies http://www.42explore.com/revolt3.htm
The Electric Ben Franklin http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/index.htm
AR Battles http://theamericanrevolution.org/battles.asp
Women Soldiers http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
Little Know Facts About the AR http://www.state.de.us/facts/ushist/revfacts.htm
Weapons, Uniforms, and Equipment http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ebarbcox43/revwarweapons.html#weapons
American Revolution Virtual Marching Tour http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html
American Revolution Timeline  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm
PBS American Revolution http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Flags of the AR http://www.walika.com/sr/flags/fedflags1.htm
Flags of the Revolution  http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~etowner/flag.html
Flags of the American Revolution  http://members.tripod.com/~txscv/revolt.htm
The History Place:  American Revolution  http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/
Liberty:  The American Revolution  http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
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Civil War
The History Place:  A Nation Divided  http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
Civil War Letters  http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html
The Time of the Lincolns  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/
Civil War for Kids  http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
Africans in America and the Civil War  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr5.html
Civil War Women  http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/civil-war-women.html
Civil War Home Page   http://members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/gr02006.htm
Outline of the Civil War   http://members.tripod.com/~greatamericanhistory/gr02006.htm
The Civil War   http://www.ibiscom.com/cwfrm.htm
Civil Way Poetry    http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~sirak/uscwcc/poetry.html
The American Civil War Home Page  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
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Communities
APA Kids and Communities  http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/
Kid Friendly Cities http://www.kidfriendlycities.org/2001/
Community Club http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
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Constitution of the United States
Constitution Day, We the People http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Interactive Constitution http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
Teaching with Documents: Constitution Day http://www.archives.gov/
Constitution Day http://www.edhelper.com/Constitution_Day.htm
US Constitution Online http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
The Constitution of the USA http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/
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Europe
The Louvre http://www.smartweb.fr/louvre/
Pompeii Photograph Project  http://pompeii.virginia.edu/pompeii/images/b-w/levin/small/levin.html
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Geography

My Wonderful World http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/kidsteens_welcome.html
Glaciers http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/Image/pretty/pretty.html
Glacier Links http://www.athropolis.com/library-cat.htm#glaciers
Glacier Photos http://www.warnercnr.colostate.edu/ER.13Mar03/fac-staff/ajf/physical/topics/glacier/photos/photos.html
Glaciers and the Glacial Ages http://www.uvm.edu/whale/GlaciersGlacialAges.html
All About Glaciers http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/glaciers/
Glaciers: Science News for Kids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20050914/Feature1.asp
Terra Server http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/advfind.aspx
Habitats http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/intro.html
Maps, Games, Outlines http://www.maps.com/learn/games/glossary.html
National Geographic Map Machine http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
Naturescapes http://eduscapes.com/nature/about.html
Geography in the News http://geography.state.gov/newsframe.html
Geography World http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Which Way Is North  http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/terminal/lessons/wwn/
What's It Like Where You Live?  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/index2.htm
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Government

Three Branches WebQuest http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/
Federal Registrar: Electoral College http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html
Constitution Day, We the People http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
Interactive Constitution http://www.constitutioncenter.org/constitution/
C-Span in the Classroom http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Default.aspx
Teaching with Documents: Constitution Day http://www.archives.gov/
Constitution Day http://www.edhelper.com/Constitution_Day.htm
US Constitution Online http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html
The Constitution of the USA http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/
A New Nation Scavenger Hunt http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Mountain/9112/NNHunt.html
Congress for kids http://www.congressforkids.net/
Citizenship Test http://www.heraldsun.com/votebook/citizenship/citstart.html
PBS Democracy http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/
Let's Go to City Hall http://www.hud.gov/kids/ch/ch3s_intro.html
US Government http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/SocialStudies/GovStructure/GovStructure.htm
United States Code http://www.usflag.org/us.code36.html#36
Ben's Guide to U.S.Government  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/
Your Government  http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/


Three Branches of Government  http://www.voteutah.org/learning/government/three_branches.html
USA Government  http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/government/govframe.html
Illinois Government  http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/govern/default.htm
Mexico's Three Branches of Government  http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/government/html/gobierno/judicial.html
Governmental Links for Kids  http://www.win.org/library/matls/govdocs/kids.htm
Generation Net   http://www.generationnet.org/
Inaugurations in American Memory   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/inaug/theatre.html
Kids in the White House  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/whitehouse/world.html
White House Tour For Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html
Inside the White House (National Geographics)  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/whitehouse/whhome.html
White House http://www2.whitehouse.gov/
USA Debt Clock    http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
US Congress on the Net    http://thomas.loc.gov/
House of Representatives    http://www.house.gov/
Senate    http://www.senate.gov/
State and Local Governments    http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
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Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html
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History General

American History (Gilder Lehrman Institute)http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/index.html
Authentic History http://authentichistory.com/
80 Days That Changed the World http://www.time.com/time/80days/
Eyewitness to History http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html
Best of History Web Sites http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
America's Library http://americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
History Themes Learning Page http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html
Collection of Primary Documents http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/
History Cental  http://www.multied.com/
Great American Speeches  http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/timeline/index.html
History Through The Eyes of Those Who Lived It    http://www.ibiscom.com/index.html
Historical/Digital Pictures http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Presidents Day    http://www.computingcorner.com/holidays/Presday/Presday.htm
Presidents Day    http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/president.html
HyperHistory    http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
The Learning Page   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/orientation/index.html
History Buff    http://www.discovery.com/guides/history/historybuff/historybuff.html
History Links    http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/hist-gen.html
The Star Spangled Banner   http://americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/2_home/fs2.html
Historic Philadelphia  http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html
American Flag Page  http://userpages.aug.com/haywire/flag.html
Flag Day  http://www.HightowerTrail.com/FlagDay.htm
The Flag of the United States   http://www.usflag.org/toc.html
History of the American Flag  http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4182/
American Memory  http://memory.loc.gov/
American West  http://www.americanwest.com/
Oregon Trail  http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Donner On-line WebQuest  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/donner/index.html
In Search of the Oregon Trail  http://www.pbs.org/opb/oregontrail/
Oregon Trail Teacher's Guide  http://www.nps.gov/whmi/educate/ortrtg/ortrtg.htm
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center   http://www.or.blm.gov/NHOTIC/
Lone Hand West  http://lonehand.com/
This Day In History  http://www.historychannel.com/today/
American History Links  http://killeenroos.com/link/amhist.htm
History Music Links  http://www.ushistory.com/cool.htm

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Illinois
Enjoy Illinois http://www.enjoyillinois.com/default.aspx
State of Illinois http://www.illinois.gov/facts/
Sites to See in Springfield http://www.online-springfield.com/sites/
Illinois State Museum http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/index.html
Learn Illinois http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/
Illinois World Almanac Information
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states/illinois.html
Illinois Class Brain http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/cat_index_20.shtml
Illinois Information http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/illinois.html
Illinois Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/il1.html
Illinois State Symbols http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/symbols/about_the_symbols.html
Illinois Stories http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/il
Illinois Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/illinois.html
Illinois Statehouse http://www.ilstatehouse.com/
Well Know People From Illinois http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhistor/people.html
Governor's Mansion http://www.state.il.us/gov/mansion2/
Illinois County Boundaries 1790-Present http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcumber/ilctybnd/

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Latin America
Gateway to Latin Americahttp://www2.localaccess.com/chappell/latin_america/gateway.htm
Latin America Network Information Center http://info.lanic.utexas.edu/
Latin America Maps    http://www.lonelyplanet.com.au/dest/loc-ame.htm
Country Resource Links    http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/
Latin America Links    http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/LAD/
Latin America on the Net    http://www.latinworld.com/
Latino Newspapers   http://www.hisp.com/newslinks.html
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln: New Salem http://lincolnsnewsalem.com/
Abe Lincoln Quizzes http://www.quia.com/custom/56main.html
Abe Lincoln Overview http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html
Abe Lincoln http://www.americanpresident.org/history/abrahamlincoln/
The History Place, Lincoln http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/#prez
Abe Lincoln Portraits http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
Lincoln Facts http://www.nps.gov/abli/lincfacj.htm
Historic Places Connected with Abe http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/sites.htm
Abe Lincoln Games http://www.quia.com/custom/56main.html
Lincoln Memorial http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/SocialStudies/Landmarks/Lincoln.htm
The Life of Abraham Lincoln http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/lincoln.htm
The Time Of Lincolns  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/index.html
Abraham Lincoln On-Line   http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html
Abraham Lincoln Research Site   http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html
Abraham Lincoln    http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
Historic Places Connected with Abraham Lincoln  http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/sites.htm
Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/index.html
An Overview of Abraham Lincoln    http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html
Lincoln Links    http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/lincoln.html
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm
Gettsyburg Address  http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/ga.html
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Mexico

Mexican Independence Day http://www.inside-mexico.com/featureindep.htm
A Link To Hispanic Heritage  http://teacher.scholastic.com/hispanic/index.htm
Mexico for Kids http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html
Mexico  http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/mexico/
Mexico the Country   http://virtualmex.com/general.htm
Cinco de Mayo History  http://www.vivacincodemayo.org/history.htm
Mexican Holidays, Cinco de Mayo   http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm
Discovering Mexico   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mexico/index.html
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Peace
Blessed are the Peacemakers http://1.salsa.net/peace/faces/
 

Presidents
President Portraits http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
President's Day http://www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6658.html
American Presidents:  Life Portraits  http://americanpresidents.org/
American Presidents http://www.americanpresident.org/history/h_home.shtml
Portraits of Presidents  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
President for a Day http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/game.htm
President for a Day  http://www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/presforaday/index.html
President Index  http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/
Presidents of the United States   http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/nbk/side/pofus.html
Presidents of the United States  http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
American Presidents Portrait Gallery  http://www.americanpresidents.org/gallery/
Historical Places & Presidents   http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/apr99.htm
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Thanksgiving and Pilgrims
Thanksgiving and Pilgrims http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/Pilgrims/Pilgrims.htm
You are the Historian...Investingating the First Thanksgiving http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html
Plimoth: HIstorical Background  http://www.plimoth.org/learn/history/index.asp
The First Thanksgiving  http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
Thanksgiving in American Memory Timeline http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/thanks/thanks.html
Wild and Wacky Thanksgiving Stories http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/wildandwacky/wildandwacky_0311/wildandwacky_0311.html
Historical Essays http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/history.php
History and Its People http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/
Thanksgiving in American History  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/thanks/thanks.html
The Pilgrim Story http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm
The Mayflower Compact  http://www.law.ou.edu/mayflow.html
Jamestown Rediscovered  http://www.apva.org/jr.html
History of Thanksgiving  http://www.historychannel.com/thanksgiving/
An American Thanksgiving  http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/
Thanksgiving  http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/national/thnksgvg.html
The History of Thanksgiving  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1465/thankshist.html
The First Thanksgiving  http://www.plimoth.org/Library/thanksgiving/firstT.htm#top
Happy Thanksgiving  http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-3714,00.html
Pilgrim Projects  http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson088.shtml
Thanksgiving Resource for Teachers http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/
Pilgrim home pictures  http://pilgrims.net/plimothplantation/vtour/index.htm#1627
America's Home Page  http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/
Billy Bear's Happy Thanksgiving  http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/thanksgiving/thanksgiving.htm
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Thirteen Colonies
Now and Then http://pbskids.org/libertyskids/index.html
Early America http://www.cybrary.org/colonial.htm
Colonial Life http://eduscapes.com/42explore/colonial.htm
Our America http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/colonial/index.htm
Jamestown WebQuest  http://www.nevada.edu/~rpeters/peterswebquest.htm
Colonial America http://americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial
Life for Colonial Children  http://www.nps.gov/fofr/col_kids.htm
Thirteen Original Colonies http://eighthfloor.org/academy/cbergeron/colonies/index.htm#C
Colonial America http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/index.htm?once=true&
13 Original http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
13 Colonies: How much do you know? http://www.quia.com/tq/104613.html
Colonial times  http://dent.edmonds.wednet.edu/IMD/historycolonial.html
Colonial Currency http://www.frbsf.org/currency/independence/original/index.html
APVAJamestown Rediscovery    http://www.apva.org/jr.html
Colonial Williamsburg Almanac    http://www.history.org/
The World of Benjamin Franklin    http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.htm
Explore the Amazing World of Early America- Archiving Early America    http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
American Colonies    http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jimperry/colony.html
New England Colonies    http://www.do.esd.k12.ca.us/Cadwallader/Room%2020/Colonies/ne.html
History of Jamestown  http://www.apva.org/history/index.html
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George Washington
Learning About George http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/lesson/life/index.html
George Washington http://www.americanpresident.org/history/GeorgeWashington/
Learning About George Washington http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/lesson/life/index.html
George Washington 3-part Movie http://www.earlyamerica.com/gwlifemovie.htm
George Washington     http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
Martha Washington   http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/mw1.html
George Washington Flip Card    http://www.grolier.com/presidents/cards/front/01cwash.html
Washington Links    http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/washington.html
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War of 1812
War of 1812 Homepage   http://warof1812.napoleonicwars.com/
History Central, War of 1812  http://www.multied.com/1812/
War of 1812 Quiz:  Fact or Opinion  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/nation_grows/quiz_6.htm
War of 1812 Links  http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/
War of 1812 Links  http://www.iaw.on.ca/~jsek/search.htm
War of 1812 Short Summary  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/nation_grows/lesson_6.htm
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Wars
Memorial Day  http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/memday/memday.htm
American Wars  http://www.multied.com/wars.html
The United States at War  http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/usatwar.htm
VietNam Virtual Wall  http://www.thevirtualwall.org/
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Westward Movement
Westward Expansion http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/westward.html
Laura Ingalls Wilder http://www.lauraingallswilderhome.com/
American West http://www.americanwest.com/
The West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/
Just Curious Westward Expansion http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcsswest.html
The Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/%7Etrinmich/Oregontrail.html
Oregon Trail Center http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/
Overland's Oregon Trail http://www.over-land.com/trore.html
Westward Expansion http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/our_america/westward_expansion/
Westward HO Adventure http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/
Westward Links http://www.cyberbee.com/wwho/links.html
End of the Oregon Trail http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=6&Itemid=40
Journey of the Forty-niners http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_oregon.html
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