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California Historical Society: California History Online
With over four hundred original images, this site covers periods in California's history from 1600 to the 1930s. Topics covered include the geography and climate of California, early aboriginal groups, the first European explorers, the...
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Idaho State Historical Society
The Idaho State Historical Society's site provides some great information about Idaho. View online exhibitions, research documents, a timeline of Idaho history, information about historic sites in Idaho, and much more.
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: Social Mobility
This lesson will explore this theme of social mobility through a reading of extracts from Samuel Smiles's Self-Help (1859), the handbook that many young men in 19th-century Britain turned to in seeking advice as to how to better...
Hartford Web Publishing
Hartford Black History Project: Citizens of Color: Black Society After Civil War
Discusses the history of the African American community in Hartford, Connecticut, in terms of the migration of former slaves to the city right after the end of the Civil War. Also discusses a second wave of migration as African Americans...
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Kitikmeot Heritage Society: Angulalik: Kitikmeot Fur Trader Teacher's Guide
This is an excellent collection of teaching materials on Stephen Angulalik and Inuit culture for junior high to adult, prepared by Emily Angulalik, his daughter. There are lesson sheets, photos and music files to download, as well as...
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Gunpowder Plot Society
Site dedicated to the Gunpowder Plot. Included are links to the people, the plot, archives and further links. Follow the link between the people and their personal profiles to learn a great deal about each person involved.
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Department of Health and Human Services: Head Start
Read and watch a video about the Head Start program at its homepage created by the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Chicago Historical Society
A rich source of historical information on Chicago. Search through entries, historical sources, maps, and special features.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Colonial Society and Culture the Great Awakening
An overview of the Great Awakening and how the Protestant Revivalism effected England and the American colonies during the eighteenth century.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: World War Ii Impact on u.s. Economy and Society
Given background information, students will identify the social and economic impact of World War II on the American home front, such as the Great Depression, rationing, and increased opportunity for women and minority employment.
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Chicago Historical Society: The Great Chicago Fire
This resource provides information, and accounts about the Great Chicago Fire.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Second Great Awakening
This university site offers a detailed summary the U.S. religious revival called the Second Great Awakening. Looks at various religious movements in the early United States.
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: Animal Facts: Great Blue Heron
Learn fast facts, the physiology, habitats, behaviors and range of the great blue heron.
Read Works
Read Works: Great Lakes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about environmental issues causing problems for the Great Lakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Cultural Characters: The Great Depression [Pdf]
In this lesson, students look at photographs (portraits and people, historical events and images depicting strife or struggle, etc.) based around a given time period and contemplate the impact a photograph has on the perception of a...
University of Virginia
Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Lyndon Baines Johnson: Domestic Affairs
Social Studies > U.S. History > The Upheaval of a Nation (1954-1980) > Lyndon Baines Johnson Administration (1963 to 1968) > The Great Society
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Italian Political and Military Mobilization in the Great War
Article provides a discussion of the role played by the state in organizing the war effort both in terms of marshaling the troops to the front as well as mobilizing the society and the economy.
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Indiana Historical Society: Homepage
The storyteller of Indiana, the Historical Society collects, preserves, interprets, and shares great historical stories of Indiana. This is a great site to check out for both general and specific information on the subject.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: Sad Tale of the Bonus Marchers
An account of the Bonus March, when World War I veterans, whose war benefit payments could not be redeemed due to the Great Depression, marched on Washington D.C. in 1932 and were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army and President Hoover.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Doughboy Center: Forgotten Victory: Part I
An in-depth site on the battle for Blanc Mont Ridge. It contains great pictures and a detailed description of the events that occurred during the battle.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: La Grande Guerra: Asiago 1916 Two Views
Detailed information on Austria's first great offensive on the Italian Front campaign during WWI. The Battle of Asiago is described both by an English correspondent with the Italian Army and an official German observer with the Austrians.
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Wwhp: American Anti Slavery Society
A good review of the evolution of the support for the abolition of slavery from the first anti-slavery organization formed by the Quakers to the support for Abraham Lincoln as president. Focus is on the American Anti-Slavery Society and...
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Historical Society: History Files: Century of Progress 1933 34
In the midst of the Great Depression, Chicago managed to put on an incredible World's Fair, complete with Hall of Science, Transportation Building, and Enchanted Island.
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Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
This is the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators homepage. A great starting point for new writers interested in exploring this genre.
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