Fun and Games
Maxie the Magnificent History Fun Stuff***** Maxie's Magnificent Guide to.. FREE! History Clip Art FUN! History Games & Activities FAST! History Homework Help GAMES! Easy to Impossible & Just Plain Fun!
Times 100 Polls **** Register your opinion as to the most important people and events of the century. Take an online quiz, or look at comparisons between lifestyles of 1900 vs. today. http://www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/time100poll.html
The Cold War Challenge **** So you think you know all about the Cold War? Play the CNN Cold War Challenge Game. This site is an interactive site with everything you ever wanted to know about the Cold War and more! From Yalta to Malta: Experience CNN's landmark documentary series in this award-winning Web site: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/games/
Fifties
Website Home Page *****
Check out the Fifties Website. Listen to 50's music, remember the
classic 50's TV, go to a sock hop and learn to dance and much
more
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/
Television Commercials
This site includes over 30,000 television commercials from
the 50's through today; http://www.televisioncommercials.com/
Presidential Falderol Chock full of fun, with little-known facts about each of our presidents, and not just the ones we've studied. From the American Presidency Website.
Music and History
American Civil War Songs Listen to popular songs from the Civil War era and read the lyrics for those songs. Sound files are in midi format.
World War 1 Songs. Early Recordings From 1918 Victrola. Free samples of W.W.I songs from Victrola, slow to load, but worth the wait! http://www.besmark.com/
American Pie and the 60s Lyrics and music found here, as well as the history behind the words.
Billy Joel: We Didn't Start the Fire Song lyrics with information links to song topics we will be studying! http://www.wuerzburg.de/gym-fkg/schule/fachber/englisch/joel/songtext.html
Ms. Wilford's Blue Ribbon Sites
The Oregon Trail This web site is brought to you by Mike Trinklein and SteveBoettcher, creators of The Oregon Trail, the award-winning documentary film which aired nationally on PBS stations. This is my favorite site about the Oregon trail and it includes a free, online teaching guide. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
The Mexican-American War and Texas Independence: What really happened? Explore these links brought to you from The Azteca Web Page published in Los Angeles, California USA (Aztlan) specifically for Mexican -Americans, Chicanos and Mexican nationals. (http://www.azteca.net/aztec/index.html) Then check out the following links from the The History Guy: The Mexican-American War for more links and a perspective from the U.S. viewpoint. http://www.historyguy.com/Mexican-American_War.html
American Indian Resources This page serves as a library of Native American literature, culture, education, history, language and issues. Extensive lists of links are found under each set of category links and provide a wonderful source of information about all Native Americans, past and present.
Native American Navigator
...a clearinghouse of topics related to Native American
history and culture in the United States; designed for the
K-12 classroom
Multicultural American West ****
This resource links historic and present cultures that are part of the
western United States. Students can access multicultural information on
Asian/Pacific, Native American, Chicano/Latino cultures and the roles of Women and Men in the West.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~amerstu/mw/index.html
Latino/Hispanic History of the U.S. Historical topics, chronological history, reference materials and documents found here provide a wealth of information concerning Latino/Hispanic history in the United States.
The American Civil War Home Page One of the most comprehensive list of civil war links to be found. Very well organized and easy to use. http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
African-American History Resources The best of the web resources and links concerning African-Americans, their past, present and future.
Marian Anderson: A Life in Song http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/anderson/
Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/robinson/robmain.html
The Spanish-American War Links: More informative links from the History Guy! Make sure you explore the Centennial page of links for a comprehensive look at the war with Spain in 1898. http://www.historyguy.com/spanish_american_war_links.html
American Women's History Brought to you from Academic Info.net, this site contains a well-organized list of links on various topics concerning women in American History. http://www.academicinfo.net/uswomen.html
World War I Trenches on the Web Ms. Wilford’s favorite W.W.I site ( everything you wanted to know about W.W.I. A five star site! http://www.worldwar1.com/
The 1920s/The Twenties/The Roaring Twenties/The Roaring 20s/The 1920's This site contains 37 web pages all devoted to the 1920's. Extremely well-done and informative! http://www.louisville.edu/~kprayb01/1920s.html
The Great Depression and World War II
...a pictorial and audio essay of the way of life at this time in
American history; another great production of the Library of
Congress American Memory Collection http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html
America's Great Depression This page is a work in progress, but it offers a solid list of links about the Great Depression to research. http://www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html
1920s, 1930s and 1940s Links from the Southern California Lindy Society Wonderful source of links to the music, clothing, movies, fads, etc., that reflect American culture and society in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. http://www.lindyhopping.com
World War II Links on the Internet Great index of W.W.II links! Hundreds of sites, well organized and easy to use.
World War II Poster Database – Homepage of the World War II Poster Database provided by the Government Publications Department at Northwestern University Library. http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters
Voices of the Holocaust ****
Transcripts and audio files of survivors of the holocaust interviewed in
1946. Hear the actual voices of survivors and pinpoint geographic
locations mentioned in transcripts.
A-Bomb WWW Museum Comprehensive look at the history of the A-Bomb, its use and effects in WWII.
The Port Chicago Disaster ****
This resource and the accompanying activities outline the events of
1944, when a major explosion rocked Port Chicago, CA. How far does duty go for a soldier during wartime; was there racism involved in
the decision to court martial African-American soldiers who refused
to continue to load munitions under unsafe circumstances? http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/pc/
The Sixties This is a fun, but informative collection of links about American life and culture during the 1960's brought to you by Hip, Inc. Check out the music, styles, and writers of the era and see what Woodstock was really about. http://www.hippy.com/60s.htm
Vietnam Research Page Check out this list of links created by Jim Honeycutt at Staples High School, Westport, Connecticut. It provides a great starting point for researching the Vietnam War era with links to historical information and veterans organizations included. http://www.stapleshigh.net/shsira/Vietnam.html
Vietnam Think Quest
Student created website on Vietnam. Very well done and
organized.
The 70's Page Ever wonder about Ms.Wilford's high school years? Check out this website of music, entertainment and politics of the 1970's to get a glimpse at my teenage years! Have Fun!
Persian Gulf War 1991 This list of links details military history of the Gulf War, along with maps, photos, archives, oral histories, regimental histories, and much, much more.
The 1980's Remember Mount St. Helens? Reagan and Bush? The Challenger Disaster? Exxon-Valdez? John Lennon's shooting? The Cosby Show? If not, explore this website for a better understanding of American society in the 1980's. http://www.liberty.edu/resources/library/public/as/history/american/1980.htm
AlternaTime Timelines
...a collection of historical, scientific, arts and literature, and popular culture timelines on the Web
http://www.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html
World Lecture Hall The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses in any language. There are many excellent sites here that provide detailed lecture note and course outlines useful for both teachers and students. http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
Reference links:
Fast Facts:
Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports
& Related Reference Tools Need to look up a statistic fast? Try this reference list, which links
to many government agencies and publishers to get the just the facts.
FirstGov.gov
...an easy-to-use directory to the US Government sites on the
Web; also includes links to state and local agencies
http://www.firstgov.gov/
The American President: Presidential History Resources
http://www.americanpresident.org/presidentialresources.htm
...a companion site to a PBS series, this page dealing with
the US presidency includes biographies, lesson plans,
resources, essays, and much more; link to their great
election resources page included, too
National Security Archive
contains declasssified gov't documents
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/index.html
VoyCabulary
http://www.voycabulary.com/
...an online reference tool that allows you to type a URL or
sentence, open it in a new window with all the words linked
to a dictionary or a thesaurus; helpful for those pages which
are above the reading level of some students
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary http://www.wordcentral.com/nav.html
Pointers on Internet Searches
1. To locate information quickly: use a
multi-search engine browser like: Dogpile
(http://www.dogpile.com), Metacrawler
(http://www.metacrawler.com), or google.com. They will search
30 browsers at once.
2. When using any search engine, the best and most effective method I have found is to enclose the words or phrase you are looking for with quotation marks " ". If you do not use quotation marks, your search engine will list every page in the world where one of your search terms appears. BE SPECIFIC! If you want to know about the history of ancient Greece, type "the history of ancient Greece" Your number of hits will be limited, but you will get precise hits!
More links to come! Please check back!