Subjects Social Studies American History
American History
Salem Witch Museum
The Salem Witch Museum presents the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, one of the most important and tragic events in American history.
African-American World
An resource for students and teachers about African American history and culture. Four "channels" include information on History, Arts and Culture, Race and Society as well as Profiles of famous African Americans. There is also a timeline of African Amer ...
America's Story from the Library of Cong...
Give your students to opportunity to view primary source documents from the Library of Congress accompanied by supporting materials developed for late elementary to middle school students. The site also has interactive games and multimedia material. D ...
The Presidential Timeline of the 20th Ce...
History teachers and students can explore 20th century American history by reviewing photographs, documents, audio recordings, and video related to the events of the presidents’ lives. Each president's early years, presidency and post-presidency is cove ...
Veterans Day from the History Channel
Veterans Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the nation's thousands of combat veterans who fought in the service of their country. Students can view several videos to learn the history of Veterans Day and learn about veterans experiences. The site a ...
Little Rock 1957 Pages from History
Created by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, this site has primary source information on the Little Rock Central High School Crisis of 1957. There are copies of the front pages the pages from two local newspapers (the Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Gazett ...
History Wired - American History
This site takes students and teachers through a personalized tour of the collections of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Objects are arranged into categories such as Arts/Entertainment, Science, Military, Transportation, etc. A t ...
National Geographic: Remembering Pearl H...
History students and teachers can experience the Pearl Harbor attack including virtual war maps, survivor's personal stories, rare photographs, time lines, and more (from National Geographic). No supporting lesson plans are provided.
Ellis Island
A virtual tour hosted by The History Channel where students and teachers can learn the history of Ellis Island.
Virginia Center for Digital History
The Virginia Center for Digital History promotes the study of American history and culture, and the teaching of both subjects in schools. Collections include The Valley Project which details life in two American communities, one Northern and one Southern ...
Pilgrim Hall Museum
Students can learn about the Pilgrim story and Thanksgiving at this site.
Veterans History Project
A place for students and teachers to review first hand accounts of Veterans experience in war. Contains personal naratives (audio/video interviews), corespondance (letters, postcards, diaries) and visual materials (scrapbooks, drawings, photographs) from ...
Black History Month from the History Cha...
This site contains videos and other resources for students and a teachers guide. The long nightmare of the trans-Atlantic slave trade had multiple dimensions and phases, from the first forced arrivals of Africans in the New World in the 17th century thr ...
History of the Mayflower
An excellent site for student research, this is one of the most complete resources on the Mayflower and the Pilgrims, with genealogy, history, primary source documents, a complete passenger list, bookstore and giftshop, and links to Pilgrim related family ...
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American...
The Gilder Lehrman Institute offers resources to assist teachers and students. This site offers a searchable database of over 60,000 primary source documents, American history quizzes, Battle Lines: Letters from America's Wars (students s ...
The Library of Congress Learning Page (G...
American Memory is an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America’s heritage. The collections contains millions of primary source documents,films,photographs, and recordings. The Learning Page is designed to he ...
Underground Railroad - National Geograph...
This is an interactive exhibit from National Geographic. A terrific way for students to gain insight into the hardship faced by African American slaves during this horrific period in American history. This site also provides an interesting point of study ...
VA Kids
VA Kids Web site dedicated to educating students about veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The site is divided into 3 sections - one for grades K-5, one for grades 6-12 and a teacher resource site. Each section has a several online games f ...
Celebrate African American Heritage
These proven strategies help teachers teach African American History. A great deal of information for teachers and students on Black History including sections on Slavery and Freedom (the Underground Railroad, Civil War, etc), Arts and Culture (includin ...
Maps of War
Maps-of-War is a multimedia site dedicated to producing diverse, creative visuals that enhance students understanding of war and its history. Resources include "The History of Religion" which shows how different religions have spread to countries around ...