US History

From site:  John and Abigail Adams offers insights into topics in American history including the birth of American democracy, the American Revolution, life in the colonies, the Founding Fathers, the branches of government, policymaking, lawmaking, politics, and the election process.…

From site:  In the podcast series The Real Issue – The Real Debates, Rodney Davis and Douglas Wilson, co-directors of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, discuss each of the historic Lincoln-Douglas Debates.  Their book, The Lincoln Douglas Debates:…

From site:  Generations of Americans have invested the flag with their own meanings and memories. Here’s your chance to interact with this national treasure and contribute your point of view. Whether you sing your own version of the national anthem,…

From site:  History Detectives is devoted to exploring the complexities of historical mysteries, searching out the facts, myths and conundrums that connect local folklore, family legends and interesting objects. Traditional investigative techniques, modern technologies, and plenty of legwork are the…

The site offers a Civil War curriculum for grades 3-12, with lessons targeted to elementary, middle, and high school students. There is also a student section providing an overview, battles summary, primary sources, and how children were impacted by the…

From site:  To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past…

From site: Play a role in history. As a juror, senator, and U.S. president you will consider some of the most important decisions in our nation’s history. Background information, testimonies, and historical evidence is presented to help you deliberate significant historical…

From site:  Whether you visit the museum in person, or stop by online, Plimoth Plantation makes it cool to learn about 17th-century stuff. This section of the website is especially designed for kids with fun activities like downloadable coloring pages…

Learn the events that lead up to the creation of the “Charters of Freedom” — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  These documents are the foundation of the U.S. government, and the wording used in…

From site:  Track the railroads’ seven-year race toward completion… explore the path of the original railroad through six Western states… explore the railroad’s impact on Plains Indians.  View a timeline of events in its construction.  LearningReviews.com note:  This website is…

From site:  This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation’s library… The site was designed especially with young people in mind, but there are…

This website provides information on the battles, people, events, timeline, and primary source documents of the U.S. Revolutionary War.  There are also recommended readings and a message board and chat room for further perspectives on the war.

From site:  The New Deal Network, an educational guide to the Great Depression of the 1930s… The New Deal Network was developed as a research and teaching resource for students and educators… At the core of the New Deal Network…

As part of the American Battlefield Protection Program, the National Park Service offers brief, concise summaries of all the battles fought during the Civil War.  They can be viewed by state or by campaign.  There are also links to the…

Here you’ll find an online interactive multimedia history of the United States from the Revolution to the present.  Accompanying it are primary source documents, the perspectives of major ethnic groups, and a series of inquiry-based exploration modules on different time…