History/Social Studies
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A Teachers Guide to the Holocaust - - materials are arranged by time lines
African American Registry - - profiles African American accomplishments through our nation's history
AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History - - directory of primary documents on the web
American Family Immigration History Center - - Ellis Island
American memory - - historical collections from the National Digital Library
Archiving Early America - - primary source material
Asian American History web sites - - includes many ethnicities - click on Resources
Battleships Carriers and all other Warships -
Best of History Web Sites - - for students, history educators, and history enthusiasts
Daughters of the American Revolution - Rochester Chapter - - non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children
dMarie Time Capsule - - On This Day in History
Documenting the American South - - overview of the South from the Colonial period through the early 20th century
Douglass Archives of Public Address -
Encyclopedia Mythica - - mythology and folklore collection.
Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War - - from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
H-AMINDIAN (American Indian History and Culture) - -
Historical Maps of the United States - - early inhabitants, exploration and settlement, U.S. territorial growth, military history, national historic sites, etc.
History Channel: Speeches - - hundreds of speeches available in audio files searchable by speaker, topic or time period
History Online - - links to many history sites, full text documents
Hyperhistory Online - presents 3,000 years of world history
Isadore of Seville.com - - ancient and medieval civilization including hieroglyphics
Life in Elizabethan England - - a compendium of common knowledge
Making of America (MOA) - - from over 13,000 volumes of primary source materials
Minnesota - 150 Best Minnesota books - - An "in the works" compilation of the best Minnesota books
Minnesota Historical Society -
Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database - - over 180,000 visual representations of Minnesotans, their lives, landscapes, leisure and occupations from pre-territorial period to the present
Minnesota History - magazine index - -
Minnesota Reflections - - images from Minnesota Digital Library
Minnesota Sesquicentennial - - Minnesota became a state 150 years ago
Minnesota Video Vault - - access to hundreds of videos and Twin Cities Public Television productions, from short clips to lengthy shows on Minnesota local, regional and state history and issues.
Mostly Medieval - - Britain middle ages
Olmsted County History Center -
Online Guide to LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People) History -
Our Documents - - includes the 100 Milestone Documents which chronicle American history from 1776 to 1965
Perseus Digital Library - - texts, images, maps and facsimiles from Ancient Egypt to the Civil War and nineteenth century London
Placeography - - a wiki from the Minnesota Historical society where people can share the history of and stories about a house, building, farmstead, or neighborhood or any place in which they have personal connections.
Primary Documents in American History - -
Time/Life Picture Collection - - 20th century files archived from Time Inc. Picture Collection
U.S. Army Center of Military History - -
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War - - includes letters and diaries
Virtual Jamestown - - history of the first permanent English colony in North America
What Happened the Year I Was Born - - or This Day in History
World History Archives - - primary source documents represent contemporary history
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