NetTrekker: This is a database for students to research varioius topics. This website requires a username and password. Please get this from your teacher.

KLRN United Streaming: A database filled with thousands of videos and pictures. A GREAT resource. You will need a password from your teacher to access this one.

Wikipedia: A free encyclodpedia that anyone can access with thousands of pieces of information on Arts, History, Geography, Technology, etc.

World Book Online: Contains a complete encyclopedia of information for research purposes. You will need a password to access this web site from home. Check with your teacher or librarian for the password.

PBS History: This site has a vast hotlist on American history as well as famous Americans. There are also some great timelines on this web site.

Smithsonian Institute: Use this site to see and learn about treasures from the National Museum of American History.

Annenburg/CPB Learner: A biography of America from New World Encounters to Contemporary History.

Digital History Timeline: A timeline of political, social, economic and cultural events in American History.

Digital History: An online textbook, resource, exhibits, and documents of American History.

The Whitehouse: This web site has biographical information of presidents both past and present as well as the history of the Whitehouse.

America's Story: This site by America's Library allows students to take a trip back to an era in America's History.

Picturing the Century: One hundred years of history given through photography from the National Archives.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library: This web site has historical documents and online photos about FDR and the United States during his presidency.

US State Department: Information on Madeleine Albright, the US Secretary of State.

John F. Kennedy Library: There are two web pages, one has a biography of JFK and the other is an educational resource for students on JFK.

National Museum of American History: This site gives information on over 33 different exhibits going on at the Smithsonian.

Stanford University: Martin Luther King, Jr papers, biography, and interactive timeline.

 

If you cannot find information on the topic you are looking for, try to search for more information on Yahooligans or One Key. For more web resources on a particular topic, please ask your librarian or CIT to help you.

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