Best History Websites/EdTechTeacher
This is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more.
Information about the U.S. Supreme Court, justices, and landmark cases.
Historypin is a place for people to share photos and stories that tell the histories of their local communities.
Famous Trials in History-UMKC Law School
C-Span website profiles the men who have served as chief executive. It also includes information on the First Ladies, and the Presidential Libraries.
The most comprehensive website about the Presidents of the United States and the US Presidency.
The National Archives have selected and digitized thousands of primary source documents. This database can be browsed by period or searched by keyword.
https://www.docsteach.org/documents
There's a special Civil War Online exhibit that might be useful. https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/civil-war/
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project, sponsored by Fordham University, is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts. Primary sources are available here primarily for use in high-school and university/college courses.
The University of Houston’s Digital History Project harnesses technology to enhance the teaching and learning of U.S. history. Searchable through a timeline or events and topics.
The Library of Congress is committed to preserving the primary sources which are the raw materials of history.
HarpWeek provides electronic access to Harper’s Weekly, the illustrated 19th century "Journal of Civilization" for a 56-year period: 1857-1912.
The Cornell University Library's Making of America Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
Primary source collections exploring topics in history, literature, and culture developed by educators — complete with teaching guides for class use.
CIA's World Fact Book
This resource provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.