Social Studies Links

It includes Pennsylvania history, the constitution and elections. It profiles the executive, judicial and legislative branches including information on the powers, functions and duties of those offices.

American Government	American History II	Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece	Cultural Studies	Evaluating Primary Sources
Genealogy	General History	Local History
Medieval History	Primary Sources	Russian Revolution

C-SPAN	C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, whose mission is to provide public access to the political process.
FindLaw	Comprehensive set of legal resources including a separate U.S. Supreme Court Center.
FirstGov.gov	The U.S. Government's official web portal offering the most comprehensive search of federal and state governments anywhere on the Internet.
GPO Access	The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government. Includes a link to Ben's Guide for students and teachers.
Internet Law Library	Provides free public access to the basic documents of U.S. law.
Internet Legal Research Group	A quality-controlled, categorized index to the most substantive legal resources online.
Justice Talking	Award-winning radio program from NPR covering debates on the current legal battles. Provides an excellent list of resources.
Legal FAQs	LawInfo.com provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions about legal issues, state by state.
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy	This PBS companion website, offers insights into topics in American history including race relations, civil rights, the Depression, the Communist Party of the United States, and judicial due process.
Supreme Court Collection	Selected Historic Decisions of the US Supreme Court by the Legal Information Institute.
Temple Law Library Basic Legal Research Links	Links to Federal, Pennsylvania, and other resources.
THOMAS	Legislative information provided by the Library of Congress.
U.S. Bureau of the Census	The source for U.S. population, housing, economic, and geographic data. The American Fact Finder allows you to view detailed census data under "Data Sets."

The American Civil War	Extensive directory of links to information on the United States Civil War from Dakota State University.
Civil War Battle Summaries by Campaign	The battle summaries were researched and written by Dale E. Floyd and David W. Lowe, staff members of the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission and historians with the National Park Service.
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War	Includes information on the battles, biographies, medicine, letters, and other civil war sites.
The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920	Over 9,000 primary source images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
Spanish Missions of California	A ThinkQuest
History Channel	Search any topic in history by keyword or by timeline.
Historical Timelines	Various timelines organized by category and/or year.
History of the World	Click on a country or choose by month and day for a comprehensive look at the history of the world.
HyperHistory Online	Two thousand files covering three thousand years of history.
Modernism Timeline	Choose a year from 1865 to 1950 for a list of historical events.
PBS American Experience	The American Landscape, Presidents, Biography, War and Politics, Popular Culture, and Technology.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission	Pennsylvania history, genealogy, sites, and museums.
Prisons Virtual Walkthrough	This virtual tour of a prison will give you a chance to see what happens when a man, woman or young offender is sent to prison.
Slavery in America	Focuses on the experience of individuals who were enslaved. Includes narratives, both spoken and written, images, and biographies of enslaved men, women, and young people to emphasize the human face of slavery.
Smithsonian: American Social and Cultural History	Selected links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution museums and organizations. Features an American History Timeline.
Today in History	Database of historical events for any given month and day.
The Underground Railroad	An interactive journey offering readers an emotional as well as historical experience regarding slavery.
The Valley of the Shadow	German and Irish Immigration in Augusta and Franklin Counties Activity.

Academic Info: History of Ancient Greece	Gateway to selected web sites intended for high school and college students.
BUBL Link Greek History	Selected and evaluated Internet resources for academic use.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece	Provides access to primary source texts for educational purposes including links to visual and aural material.
Librarians Index to the Internet: Ancient Greece	Ancient Greece sites from a searchable, annotated subject directory of Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians.

Cultural Profiles Project	Provides an overview of life and customs in each country, with sections on work, food, holidays, family life, spirituality, communication, education, sports and recreation, landscape and climate, history, health care, and arts and literature.
Library of Congress Country Studies / Area Handbook Series	Presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
Portals to the World	"Links to electronic sources as selected by the Library of Congress subject experts" for authoritative in-depth information about nations and other areas of the world. Includes history, government and law, literature and culture, business and residential directories, libraries and archives and news and current events for each area.
The Renaissance Collection	Explore Renaissance art and history through thirty-seven digital images of Renaissance artwork from the Allentown Art Museum.

Evaluating Primary Sources	Tips for evaluating how well the version/reproduction /transcription being used represents its original source.
How to Read a Primary Source	From Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students.

The American Family Immigration History Center	Provides information on 22 million immigrants and ship's crews who arrived at Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1898 and 1924.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet	A rich collection of genealogy links that have been organized and cross-referenced in over 100 categories.
FamilySearch	Provides genealogy step-by-step guides and a search engine to a vast record collection.
RootsWeb	Great beginners' site for genealogy and family history to learn the basics of research.

Best of History Web Sites	From the National Center for History in Schools, his site provides links to over 800 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness.
History Channel	Search any topic in history by keyword or by timeline.
History and Social Studies for K-12 Teachers	A table directory of web resources for teaching and learning.
HistoryTeacher.net	A comprehensive site for global studies, European and American history, and AP materials.
American Memory Timeline	Chronological sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States History.
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History	A Guide for College Students from Bowdoin College, Maine.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission	Pennsylvania history and heritage web site.
Pennsylvania State Archives	Contains a series of Research Guides that can help you get started on a particular topic. Also includes links to Pennsylvania historical societies, genealogy sites and libraries.
Pennsylvania's Local Governments' Websites
ExplorePAhistory.com	Gateway to Pennsylvania past and present.
Pennsylvania Visitors Network	Travel, tourism, recreation, history and more.
Visit PA.com
Pennsylvania for Kids
Pennsylvania Manual	A comprehensive guide to Pennsylvania's government. It includes Pennsylvania history, the constitution and elections. It profiles the executive, judicial and legislative branches including information on the powers, functions and duties of those offices.

ARGOS	Limited area search engine of ancient and medieval Internet sites.
Castles of Britain	This comprehensive site on the castles of Great Britain is maintained by a medieval researcher and castle expert.
Castles on the Web	A directory of castle-related Internet resources.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook	A comprehensive site from Fordham University. Students should start out at the index of Selected Sources. This site also includes many full-text articles, the lives of saints, maps, and more.
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies	This Georgetown University-based site provides access to resources in medieval studies.
Middle Ages	This exhibit provides an interesting and interactive look at the Middle Ages.
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Sources	This is solely an index to medieval sources maintained by a Ph.D student who specializes in late medieval English history. Includes a glossary of medieval terms.
ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies	ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars.
The Black Death	This Discovery Channel’s site is an excellent multimedia look at the Black Death.
The WWW Virtual Library History Index: Medieval Europe	A list of on-line references maintained by The Michigan State University Graduate Student Medieval and Renaissance Consortium.

American Memory	A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States.
Berkeley Digital Library Image Finder	A quick and easy way to find images from both SunSITE and other image archives.
A Chronology of US Historical Documents	American documents from pre-colonial times to the present.
Conversations with History	Distinguished men and women from all over the world discuss political, economic, military, legal, cultural, and social issues shaping our world. (1982-present)
Core documents of U.S. Democracy	Direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents.
Document-Based Activities for World History: Using Primary Sources and the Internet	Web sites selected by the Social Studies School Service.
EyeWitness	History through the eyes of those who lived it.
Great American Documents	Twenty-nine major documents in constitutional history.
Great American Speeches	80 years of American political speeches arranged sequentially by era.
Historic American Sheet Music Project	Access to digital images of 3042 pieces from the collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century	An online interactive atlas of the twentieth century.
Historical Photographs Online	Links to History Resources presented by the Department of History University of California, Riverside.
The History Buff	An historical reference of press coverage from the 16th to the 20th century.
Internet Movie Database	Information on over 250,000 movies made since the dawn of cinema.
National Archives and Records Administration	Includes American Originals, World War II posters, American documents such as the Constitution and others.
Oral History Online!	Oral histories from the UC Berkeley Regional Oral History Office.
Resources for Research: Periodicals	Magazines, newspapers, children's magazines, comics, pulp magazines, and other serial publications from the eighteenth century to the present.
Sam Reiss: Eyewitness to Labor History:1948-1975	Photographs covering a broad spectrum of subjects including civil rights, housing, education, children, etc.
SunSITE Digital Collections	Links to over 30 text and image collections from around the world.
U.S. Historic Documents,	An extensive electronic library of American documents from the 15th century to the present.
The White House	The official White House site.

Russian History	Selected Internet resources from BUBL LINK
Russian Revolution	Annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist from About.com.
The Russian Revolution	Online texts and articles, primary documents, maps, and images. Also, check out the FAQ.
Soviet History Internet Archive	Collection of primary source documents concerning the early history of the USSR.
The Sher's Russian Index	Collection of history, government and social science links from the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries for Germanic and Slavic Studies.

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