Curated Social Science Sites
GENERAL SITES
Short History of the Department of State. Very useful for quick reference to important events in the history of the United States from 1775 to 1992. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/about.html#desc
History Today Magazine: http://www.historytoday.com/
Digital History (University of Houston): http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
USHistory.org: http://www.ushistory.org/
WORLD WAR I ( 1914-1918 )
Causes and events of World War I: http://spartacus-educational.com/FWW.htm
World War Poster Collection (I and II): https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/wwpc/browse/
GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL
FDR Library YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FDRLibrary/videos
FDR Presidential Library and Museum: https://fdrlibrary.org/
Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project: https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/
Great Depression (Smithsonian): http://americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/corporate-era/great-depression
New Deal (Smithsonian): http://americanhistory.si.edu/american-enterprise-exhibition/corporate-era/new-deal
Great Depression: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/depwwii/
WORLD WAR II ( 1939-1945 )
National World War II Museum: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/
COLD WAR ( 1945-1991 )
Cold War (JFK Presidential Library): https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/The-Cold-War.aspx
Cold War (National Archives, UK): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/coldwar/
1945-1952 Early Cold War: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/foreword
National Museum of the USAF: Cold War Gallery: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Cold-War-Gallery/
Cold War (Smithsonian): http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Civil Rights Era: https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
Civil Rights Movement (article): https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/civil-rights-movement-overview/
Civil Rights Movement (JFK Presidential Library): https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Civil-Rights-Movement.aspx
Civil Rights Movement: http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/explore/civil-rights-movement/#.WjwFqiOnHcs
Civil Rights Digital Library (Univ. System of Georgia): http://crdl.usg.edu/events/?Welcome
Civil Rights Movement Timeline: http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html#2
KENNEDY, JOHNSON, AND VIETNAM
JFK (JFK Presidential Library): https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History
Vietnam Conflict (LBJ Presidential Library): http://www.lbjlibrary.org/exhibits/the-vietnam-conflict
Kennedy's Foreign Policy: https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/jfk-foreignpolicy
Vietnam Center and Archive (Texas Tech): https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/
Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief History: http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/history/