Social Studies Links
Primary Sources for Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History
Eyewitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ “History through the eyes of those who lived it.” Primary source accounts of important events in history, written accounts as well as photographs and videos.
National Archives for Educators and Students
http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html The National Archives hold the documents of our national history. This subsite makes them more accessible and understandable for educational purposes.
Repositories of Primary Sources
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html “This site lists organizations that are generally defined by the American special collections library and research archives (or manuscripts
repositories) models: government archives are often represented; business archives most often are not. Nevertheless, it remains the most comprehensive online source for research archives and is an invaluable contribution to the field. It is maintained by Terry Abraham of the University of Idaho.” (quote from Ready, ‘Net, Go!)
Authentic History
http://www.authentichistory.com/ “…artifacts and sounds from American popular culture.” Organized by decades. Good primary sources.
WGBH Public Television Archive
http://openvault.wgbh.org/ Many Primary source interviews, video, images – productions on all topics produced by the largest distributor of public television programs. Searchable, organized by topic.
Resources for History Teachers: Though these pages are for history teachers, they can be of use finding good information about a historical topic, period, or person.
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/WorldHistory
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/AP+World+History
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/USHistory
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/AP+United+States+History
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Government
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Influential+Women+in+American+History
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Influential+Women+in+World+History
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Key+People+US Influential Men in US History
http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.wikispaces.com/Key+People+WH Influential Men in World History
Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp This link is to the front pages on hundreds of newspapers all over the world on any given day. You can limit by geography, popularity and other filters. The site has many other useful features aimed at educating the user. It is linked to a journalism museum in D.C.
Street Law
http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark.aspx “Street Law provides resources and solutions for teachers and educators; lawyers, law students, and judges; law enforcement officers/school resource officers; juvenile justice professionals; government agencies; and more.” From the website.
Exploring Constitutional Law
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html Created by a professor of law who has also written a book on this subject. Covers specific cases and broad principles in simple language.
Researching primary sources on the Web
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm Comprehensive links to sources, how to evaluate good ones, created by the American Library assosciation.
Teacher Oz
http://www.teacheroz.com/ Quirky – search the Table of Contents for history sites – very complete for high school curriculum. Many primary sources.
Symbols
http://www.symbols.com/ What does that symbol mean? Searchable by description, which they teach you how to do. Can also search by word description – “what does a caduceus look
like?”
In the First Person
http://www.inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.shtml An index to letters, diaries, oral histories and personal narratives. Complete citations.
Map Sites
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/outline_sites.html Maps of all sorts including outline maps to fill in.
Popular Culture
http://dmarie.com/timecap/ Snapshot view of popular culture – prices, movies, songs, headlines – on any chosen date
National Archives Video
http://video.google.com/nara.html Digitized video clips from the national archives organized by topic, department of interior or newsreels. Not extensive, but very interesting and not likely to be found on Netflix.
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu A quality research tool for high quality historical resources organized much like a digital textbook offering direct links to primary sources as well as various other multimedia links.
Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm ”Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection.”
U. S. Census Bureau International Dababase
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html Just as the title indicates, this databases has current population demographics for international countries.
NationMaster
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php “NationMaster is a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD”
Polyhedron Maps
http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjPoly/Foldout/foldout.html If you ever wanted a 3D map of the world in a variety of forms, here is your site.
World Mapper
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html “…a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.”
Arizona Geographic Alliance
http://alliance.la.asu.edu/azga/ Good outline maps at this link – emphasis on the Southwest United States, but cover the world.
Maps of War
http://www.mapsofwar.com/index.html The information here is so well presented that I recommend a look here. I cannot find yet whose work this is, so use with caution.
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/ Even though it has not been updated recently, this is still a treasure trove of resources, particularly primary sources, searchable, well described and organized.
AllPsych Online: The Virtual Psychology Classroom
http://allpsych.com/about.html AllPsych Online is one of the largest and most comprehensive psychology websites on the Internet. Inside the site you’ll find over over 920 individual, cross referenced, web pages and an estimated 3000 pages of printed material. AllPsych is referenced by over 100 colleges and universities in ten countries.
