Abolition Abolition from the African American Mosiac at the Library of Congress. This site
contains links to digital versions of primary source documents. Slavery the peculiar institution: from the African American Odyssey another site from the Library of Congress. USA Slavery from the Spartacus Educational Group in the United Kingdom. Scroll down
for slave accounts (excerpts from autobiographies), slave system, slave
life, events and issues, campaigners against slavery, and more.
KidsKonnect Alaska: there are links to all kinds of
information at the bottom of this page.
Community Database Online: this site is from the Alaska Division
of Community Advocacy. Under 1. click on the community you are
interested in. Under 2. leave it at General Information and then click
on the Get Data button.
"Alaska History": this site is sponsored by the
Anchorage School District, the Cook Inlet Tribal Council and CTG. It
provides lessons, maps, a timeline, a glossary and more all on Alaska
history.
"Alaska: A Nation within a State" this site was created for ThinkQuest
and has great information on Alaska. Headings include: geography,
wildlife, government, people, and more. Click on the link to visit the
site, then choose the newer browser link.
The "Women in
Alaska's History" page was created for ThinkQuest. It is
divided into time periods from early history to today. There is
information on groups of women and individuals.
Alaska Native Heritage
Center: use the Learn link to find information on the five
cultural groupings that the Alaska Native Heritage Center uses.
Alaska Native
Language Center: this site is part of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks website.
Information can also be found using the Languages and Resources links
at the top of the page.
Alaska
Regional Profiles: this page is on the Alaskool web site. Pick a region, then use the link
for People to find cultural information.
American
Colonies Outline
of U.S. History: Use the link for Chapter Two to get to
information on the colonial period. This site is from the U.S.
Department of State. Daily
Life in the Colonies: this is one part of the PBS web site
Liberty! 13
American Colonies: this is part of the Social Studies for
Kids web site. Colonial
Charters, Grants, and Related Documents: a collection of
primary source materials provided by Yale University. America's
Story: use the Jump Back in Time link to find info on the
Colonial period. This site is part of the Library of Congress.
The Municipality of
Anchorage: Everything you want to know about Anchorage can be
found here. For specific departments use the Go to Destination bar and
pick the department you would like then click go.
Anchorage School District: Get information on buses, what's for
lunch, every school in the district and a lot more!
Anchorage Municipal Libraries: you can find information here on
library hours and the resources and collection at the library. There is
also a link to the catalog near the top in the middle.
The Anchorage Daily News: Today's paper is available from the
homepage and you can access articles from the last week using a free
search function. To have access to anything older than last week, a
subscription is needed or you must provide payment information.
The Anchorage Press: This is a weekly publication and the
current edition is available on the home page. Past features,
editorials, letters, and opinion pieces are available by using the
search feature.
Ancient
Civilizations:
The Odyssey: This site gives information on Egypt,
Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Near East. Topics for each area can be
found at the bottom of the page and include: Daily Life, Writing,
Mythology, Archaeology, and more
Ancient Middle America: this site is from the University of Minnesota. Click on Cultures to find a list of ancient peoples.
Mrs. Donn's Special Sections: links to sites on Ancient Egypt,
Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient
Sumer, and the Incas and Mayans
World Cultures to 1500:
Scroll down through the units until you see the culture you are
researching. You should find the Shan, Hittites, Hebrew and many others.
Chinese History: pick the dynasty you are researching from the list. This information is from Regent China Tours.
Hammurabi's
Code: Have some fun with this one! Try solving some of the
problems that Hammurabi faced.
Country Studies:
Click on the modern day country and look through the table of contents.
These websites are onlline versions of books done bythr Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
Countries 900: CIA World Factbook : contains economic, social, geographical, political, and historic
information about countries. Click on Country Listing for an
alphabetical
list of countries. World Almanac for Kids: Scroll down and click on Nations to get to the country
information. EarthTrends: This complex site is from the World
Resources Institute, an environmental think tank. Underneath the title
is a list of subjects, put your cursor on the subject you are
interested in then move down to a country profile to get information.
The profile is a PDF document that opens in a new window. Culture Quest World Tour: from the Internet Public Library
website, this site covers 16 countries, giving information holidays,
recipes, games, national parks, and museums in each country. CyberSchoolBus : this site is the from the United Nations Global teaching and learning project. Use the link for Country at a Glance to get to the country information. GeoHive Global Statistics: this site has statistics for most of
the countries in the world. The population information is broken down
by country, and age structure. There are charts and graphs of different
information and the Glabal Data Index has information on religions of
the world, historic population, projected population, economics and
more.
Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark from PBS. This site contains material from and supplemental to the Ken Burns documentary. Ultimate Adventure, Lewis and Clark: from Time magazine. This site was put together for the bincentennial celebration of the journey of the Corps of Discovery. National Council on the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial:
this site has excerpts from the members diaries, short biographies of
the members, and a list of links to the maps the the Corps of Discovery
produced.
Maps
World Site Atlas: "Using
geography to explore the world." This link takes you directly to the
Maps page. Choose from Maps of Countries and Territories, Maps of U.S.
States, Maps of Canadian Provinces, or Quick-Reference World Atlas.
World Gazetteer: Use the list of countries on the
right to find information. The clickable map of large cities is the
best map.
InfoPlease AtlasWorld Atlas.com: Find the current time anywhere in the
world, do currency conversions, get outline maps and find out all kinds
of neat things about hundreds of countries.
Native
American Cultures
Native
American Sites: a wonderful listing of sites containing
information on Native Americans. Check out the link on individual
native nations. The American West:
The links on the left take you to the information pages. Use the one
called Indians. Smithsonian:
American Indian History and Culture page.
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Studies 900