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America in the 1930s

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Author/Host of Website
American Studies/U. of Virginia
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: America in the 1930s
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
America in the 1930s provides an overview of this decade marked by the Great Depression, big government programs, the height of the modern age, and regional changes in culture.  This site...
 
 
America The Story of Us

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Author/Host of Website
A&E Television Networks/history.com
Type of Educational Content
Video
Visit the website: America The Story of Us
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
From site:  America The Story of Us is an epic 12-hour television event that tells the extraordinary story of how America was invented. With highly realistic CGI animation, dramatic recreations...
 
 
America's Story

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Author/Host of Website
The Library of Congress
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: America's Story
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
From site:  This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library. We hope you...
 
 
American Journeys

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Author/Host of Website
Wisconsin Historical Society
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: American Journeys
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
From site: American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain...
 
 
American Revolution

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Author/Host of Website
Joseph T. Logan/TheAmericanRevolution.org
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: American Revolution
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
This website provides information on the battles, people, events, timeline, and primary source documents of the U.S. Revolutionary War.  There are also recommended readings and a message board and chat...
 
 
American Symbols Game

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Author/Host of Website
Law Focused Education, Inc.
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: American Symbols Game
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
Pick the correct American symbol to answer questions from US history.
 
 
Biography of America

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Author/Host of Website
Annenberg Media/CPB
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Biography of America
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
From site: A Biography of America is a telecourse and video series that presents American history as a living narrative. This series web site lets you delve further into the...
 
 
Charters of Freedom

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Author/Host of Website
National Archives
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Charters of Freedom
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
Learn the events that lead up to the creation of the "Charters of Freedom" -- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.  These documents are the...
 
 
Child Labor in U.S. History

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Author/Host of Website
Child Labor in Public Education Project
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Child Labor in U.S. History
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
From site:  Forms of child labor, including indentured servitude and child slavery, have existed throughout American history. As industrialization moved workers from farms and home workshops into urban areas and...
 
 
Civil War Battles

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Author/Host of Website
ParkNet National Park Service
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Civil War Battles
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
This site contains brief, concise summaries of all the battles fought during the civil war.  They can be viewed by state or by campaign.  There are also links to the...
 
 
Civil War Curriculum

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Author/Host of Website
Civil War Preservation Trust
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Civil War Curriculum
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level All Ages (K-12)
From site:  CWPT is proud to offer our two-week Civil War curriculum, endorsed by the History Channel. This curriculum may be used as a stand-alone unit or it may be...
 
 
Colonial House

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Author/Host of Website
Thirteen & WNET New York/Educational Broadcasting Corp.
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Colonial House
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Elementary and Middle (K-8)
This interactive site is based on the PBS series,  Colonial House.  In these interactives you can view panoramic 360-degree views of a colony and its buildings, dress up as a colonist,...
 
 
Decisions in American History

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Author/Host of Website
Classzone/McDougal Litell
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Decisions in American History
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle and High (6-12)
From site: Play a role in history. As a juror, senator, and U.S. president you will consider some of the most important decisions in our nation's history. Background information, testimonies, and...
 
 
Digital History

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Author/Host of Website
S. Mintz/University of Utah
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Digital History
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level High (9-12)
Here you'll find an online interactive multimedia history of the United States from the Revolution to the present.  Accompanying it are primary source documents, the perspectives of major ethnic groups,...
 
 
Discover Presidential Log Cabins

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Author/Host of Website
National Park Foundation
Type of Educational Content
Website
Visit the website: Discover Presidential Log Cabins
This site has Lesson Plans or Teacher Info
This site has content for Parents
This site is free or has some free content
Grade Level Middle (6-8)
From site:  Did you ever imagine what it was like to live in a log cabin in the woods?  Some of the greatest people in our nation's history - including...
 
 
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