History Resources

Check out any of the resources below if you want to get a little "more" information about anything related to U.S. History.

Library of Congress

This amazing site has primary and secondary documents, prints and photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures, and countless other resources that have been identified as essential to understanding the American experience.

Smithsonian Education

With games, activities, and general information, this site covers a wide array of topics in American history and general American culture.

The Valley of the Shadow

This Civil War site contains a hypermedia archive of thousands of sources relating to two communities during the war, one in the South, the other in the North.

Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition

Created by the Missouri Historical Society, this site contains a wide range of activities and resources to help commemorate the Exhibition.

Constitution

Users of this site can search the U.S. Constitution by keyword, topic, or Supreme Court Case.

The Founding Fathers

An interesting site with individual biographies of each of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution.

Archiving Early America

This commercial site has a large variety of historical documents, on-line books, newspapers articles, pictures, etc. dealing with 18th Century America.

America's Story

From the Library of Congress, this children's site has short essays and pictures that help to bring history alive in an entertaining way.

Colonial America Maps

The Hargrett Rare Map Library at the University of Georgia has a large number of maps from the colonial era ranging from 1625 to 1774. Very interesting maps!