Social Studies Curriculum Links

General/General History
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
The History Place This is an excellent general, US and World History site.
HistoryWiz: The Modern World
Atlapedia Online This is a very detailed site with overviews and political and physical maps of countries.
FedWorld This page has a search engine for the US Federal Government also includes Databases which has every Supreme Court decision since 1937.
Maps of the World This extensive University of Texas site has very detailed, very large maps as well as smaller less detailed maps of all areas and countries of the world.
CIA World Fact Book This is an extensive and easy-to-use site which has maps and information on every country in the world from the US perspective.
The History Channel Classroom Study Guide
Dictionary of the History of Ideas Note: the library has the 2005 print edition
Best of History Web Sites Over 1000 quality web sites, plus lesson plans, teacher guides, etc.

US Government
The State Department Home Page This constantly updated site has the official attitudes and statements on a wide range of current issues. This site also has an excellent foreign countries section.
California Home Page: Your Government The official California page has information on state and local government as well as the court system and state agencies.
U.S. Constitution Text This well-organized site from Emory University Law School has the complete text of the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers Another well-organized site from Emory University has the complete text of all of the Federalist Papers organized chronologically with author and subject.
White House Publications: Press Briefings Archives This page from the White House has the latest official positions from the President and has links to recent press releases.
California Voter Foundation This is a well-organized site which specializes in links for all types of sites for US, California and local governments, politics and documents.
Fedstats This site is a clearinghouse for statistics from over 70 governmental agencies.
FedWorld This search engine for the US Federal Government also includes Databases which has every Supreme Court decision since 1937.
League of Women Voters of Palo Alto This home page from Palo Alto office includes local, state and national positions as well as links.
Policy.Com Here is a Washington, DC based and oriented site organized around US Goverment policy with research and opinions.
Project Vote Smart This well-laid out, logical web site has links and loads of information on state and federal candidates, politicians, elections and voting records.
Public Agenda Online This is a well-organized site which purports itself as the "journalist's source" for public opinion, issue and policy analysis.
Legal Information Institute This topically organized site has information on both current and important historical Supreme Court cases.
National Archives Home Page This site has exhaustive resources pertaining to U.S. archives, documents and laws.
The Earth Times This high school oriented site has articles, columns, special reports and commentary on the environment, politics and society.
Firstgov.gov The US Government's Offical Web Portal
FactCheck Unbiased information on elections, campaigns, social/political issues.
GovernmentDocs.org "to advance the values of open and accountable government"

US History
The Federalist Papers Another well-organized site from Emory University has the complete text of all of the Federalist Papers organized chronologically with author and subject.
U.S. Constitution Text This well-organized site from Emory University Law School has the complete text of the Constitution.
Remembering Nagasaki: Memories of the Atomic Bomb The Exploratorium exhibit has photos and remembrances of the aftermath of Nagasaki.
African-American Odyssey Here is an excellent American Memory site from the Library of Congress.
D-Day This is a great site with oral histories and very detailed maps and diagrams from Encyclopedia Britannica.
The History Place This is an excellent general US and World History site.
The American Revolution This site has good background timelines with links to other sites from "The History Place."
The Civil War Here is another "The History Place" site with timelines and links.
American Civil War This site has a useful range of different links and topics.
American Memory This broad site from the Library of Congress has over 50 different collections of photos and other visuals from US History as well as a "today in history" section.
FedWorld The search engine for the US Federal Government also includes Databases which has every Supreme Court decision since 1937.
The Oyez Project Here is an easily used Supreme Court searchable database with good histories, case abstracts and links.
Legal Information Institute This topically organized site hasinformation on both current and important historical Supreme Court cases.
U.S. Historical Documents This University of Oklahoma site which has very dense, chronological set of document texts from the Magna Carta to President Clinton's 1998 State of the Union Address.
Civil War Women The Duke University site has texts of diaries, letters and other documents as well as photographs from women of the Civil War South.
Shmoop Guide to works of literature and US history

Contemporary World History
State Department's Country Background Notes This site is organized by region and has detailed reports on most countries along with a section on international organizations..
Atlapedia Online This very detailed site has informational overviews of countries as well as political and physical maps.
Country Studies Here is a Library of Congress site with exhaustively detatiled profiles on a growing number of countries.
Nationmaster.com More useful country information.
REESWeb--Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources This University of Pittsburgh based site has many links on Russia and Eastern Europe--much is non-English.
The Earth Times This high school oriented site has articles, columns, special reports and commentary on the environment, politics and society.
World Resources Institute This environmental site has information on economic and societal impacts on the world's resources.
Peace Corps The Peace Corps home page has information on different countries and cultures as well as volunteering along with volunteer's stories.
Political Cartoons Updated daily, this site brings the best in political cartoons from cartoonists from around the world.
Editorial Cartoons Organized by topic and artist and updated daily, this site has a wide range of contemporary political cartoons.
Shmoop Guide to literature and US history
World History

Encyclopedia Mythica
World War I--Trenches on the Web An excellent reference source as well as a WWI discussion forum is found on this site that is produced by the History Channel.
Memories of the White Rose Here is another site from The History Place which has a detailed recollection of the clandestine German student group that opposed Hitler.
The History PlaceThis is an excellent general US and World History site.
Atlapedia Online This is a very detailed site with overviews and political and physical maps of countries.
Country Studies From the Library of Congress, this site has exhaustively detatiled profiles on a growing number of countries.

Cold War
REESWeb--Russian and East European Studies Internet Resources The University of Pittsburgh based site has many links on Russia and Eastern Europe--much is non-English.

Psychology
Memory The Exploratorium site has a wide range of different ideas on what memory is and does.
Go Ask Alice Columbia University Health Education Program's excellent site answers myriad questions about fitness & nutrition, drugs, sexuality, relationships and emotional, general and spiritual health.

Economics
Fedstats This page is a clearinghouse for statistics from over 70 governmental agencies
Cal State Hayward Stock Market Simulation
History of Economic Thought Created by grad students at the New School for Social Research. Vetted by Librarians' Internet Index.

African-American History
Museum of African-American History - independent Chicago institution preserving and interpreting historical experiences and achievments.
Maryland's African-American Heritage - includes biographies and a historical timeline.
African-American Historic Texts Online with essays by Fredrick Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr and many others.
Library of Congress Exhibit The African-American Mosai- A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture

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