Brookville High School Library

General History Resources:

Marco Polo Internet Content for the Classroom

The History Net

National Civil Rights Museum

Historical Text Archive

"The HTA provides original material , links to other sites, and electronic reprints of books and is organized by geography/ nations and topics."

A Treasury of Primary Documents

Documents from time frames in World/American History--500BC to 1800. "An invaluable collection of historical works which contributed to the formation of American politics, culture, and ideals."
 

Geography - U.S. and World:

• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
• Country at a Glance - United Nations Page
• Geography Education at National Geographic
• United Nations Cyberschoolbus
• International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html
• Outline Maps (to print or download)
• U.S. Gazetteer

Government -- United States:

• Democracy Net: League of Women Voters
• U.S. House of Representatives
• The United States Senate
• The President's Cabinet
• Democratic National Committee
• Republican National Committee
• Yahoo! Government: U.S. Government:Politics: Parties
• Project Vote Smart
• Thomas - U. S. Congress on the Internet
• C-span.org
• Roll Call Online
• Economists
  • AKAMAC E-text Links
  • Great Economists and Their Times
  • Timeline of Famous Economists
  • Famous Economists

Virginia Government

• Virginia General Assembly
• State and Local Government on the Net: Virginia

History -- United States:

• Oral Histories recorded by the Honors and A.P. History Classes of Mrs. Gibson
• American History Archives
• American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
• The Gettysburg Address (Library of Congress)

  Civil War:

  • U.S. Civil War Center
  • American Civil War Homepage
  • Yahoo's Index of Civil War Sites
  • Valley of the Shadow: Living the Civil War in Pennsylvannia and Virginia

  Cuban Missle Crisis:

  • Resat Bayer's Cuban Missle Crisis Page
  • National Security Archive at GWU: The Cuban Missle Crisis, 1962

History -- World:

• Discoverer's Web
• Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time (includes Globe Theater and Black Death)

  Ancient Civilizations:

  • Odyssey in Egypt
  • Perseus Project (Tufts University)

  The Middle Ages:

  • The Middle Ages (by Aaron Rice)
  • Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc de Berry
  • NetSerf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources

  Holocaust Resources:

  • Anne Frank Online
  • Anne Frank House
  • Holocaust: Cybrary of the Holocaust
  • Holocaust Memorial Center
  • The Nizkor Project: A Response to Holocaust Denial
  • Simon Weisenthal Center (and Museum of Tolerance)
  • A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust
  • The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

  Museums:

  • The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian)

  Newspapers:

  • Richmond Times-Dispatch

  Social Studies Teacher's Resources:

  • History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
  • Outline Maps (to print or download)

home	This page was last updated on September 2, 2002