Helpful Links.
Digital History.
Must-see website from the University of Houston.
Begin with the Interactive Timeline and explore History like never before!
Topics include: Historical Eras | Multimedia | Primary Sources
Begin with the Interactive Timeline and explore History like never before!
Topics include: Historical Eras | Multimedia | Primary Sources
Student Discovery Sets.
iBooks from the Library of Congress.
The new Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and one-of-a-kind documents on a wide range of topics, from history to science to literature. Interactive tools let students zoom in, draw to highlight details, and conduct open-ended primary source analysis. |
USA History in Brief.
e-Textbook | Published 2010 by the U.S. Department of State.
This publication in the new "In Brief" series summarizes in a few thousand words the history of how the United States was founded and the forces and events that shaped the dynamic and varied country that it has become today. This book is part of their Learner English Series for ESL students.
This publication in the new "In Brief" series summarizes in a few thousand words the history of how the United States was founded and the forces and events that shaped the dynamic and varied country that it has become today. This book is part of their Learner English Series for ESL students.
Outline of U.S. History.
e-Textbook | Published 2011 by the U.S. Department of State.
A chronological look at how the United States took shape -- from its origins as an obscure set of colonies on the Atlantic coast a little more than 200 years ago into what one political analyst today calls "the first universal nation." This fully illustrated edition has been completely revised and updated by Alonzo L. Hamby, Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio University.
A chronological look at how the United States took shape -- from its origins as an obscure set of colonies on the Atlantic coast a little more than 200 years ago into what one political analyst today calls "the first universal nation." This fully illustrated edition has been completely revised and updated by Alonzo L. Hamby, Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio University.
About America: The Constitution.
e-Textbook | Published 2007 by the U.S. Department of State.
This illustrated publication includes the complete text of the U.S. Constitution (preamble, seven articles, and 27 amendments), as well as an updated introduction and explanatory notes by J.W. Peltason, author of Understanding the Constitution and Government by the People.
This illustrated publication includes the complete text of the U.S. Constitution (preamble, seven articles, and 27 amendments), as well as an updated introduction and explanatory notes by J.W. Peltason, author of Understanding the Constitution and Government by the People.
Historians on America.
e-Textbook | Published 2007 by the U.S. Department of State.
Historians on America is a series of individual essays that selects specific moments, decisions, and intellectual or legislative or legal developments and explains how they altered the course of U.S. history. The book consists of 11 separate essays by major historians, ranging from The Trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 to The Immigration Act of 1965.
Historians on America is a series of individual essays that selects specific moments, decisions, and intellectual or legislative or legal developments and explains how they altered the course of U.S. history. The book consists of 11 separate essays by major historians, ranging from The Trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 to The Immigration Act of 1965.
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents.
An essential website from the National Archives.
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, explore 100 milestone documents of American History. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, explore 100 milestone documents of American History. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
Have Fun With History.
A resource for students, educators and all lovers of American History!
Begin at the History Videos page with its extensive Subject Index.
Next, go to the History Subjects page to explore their Timeline and Topics Index.
Begin at the History Videos page with its extensive Subject Index.
Next, go to the History Subjects page to explore their Timeline and Topics Index.
Best of History Websites.
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things.
Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
John F. Kennedy
Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
John F. Kennedy