FCPS Middle School History and Social Science

Recommended Internet Sites for United States History

NOTE: This web page contains links to one or more web pages that are outside the FCPS network. FCPS does not control the content or relevancy of these pages.

Individuals, Issues, and Events of Reconstruction

• Douglas the Orator
  

Settlement of the West after the Civil War

• The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
  
• New Perspectives on the West
  
• The American West
  

The Age of Invention

• The National Inventors Hall of Fame
  

Immigration and Urbanization

• Ellis Island
  
• Welcome to the Virtual Tour of Ellis Island
  

This site includes the history of Ellis Island, inks to other sources, teacher resources, and a virtual tour with audio and images.

• The Susan B. Anthony House
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum
  

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The United States Emerges as a World Power; World War I

• The World War I Document Achieve
  
• WWI--Trenches on the Web
  
• The World War I Biographical Dictionary
  
• Age of Imperialism
• Photos of the Great War
  

Individuals, Issues and Events of the 1920s

• By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
  
• One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview
  
• The Lindbergh Case
  

The Great Depression

• America from Great Depression to World War II: American Memory by Library of Congress
  
• Surviving the Dust Bowl
  

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Causes, Events, Personalities, and Outcomes of World War II

• Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
• The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
  America at War
  
• Hiroshima Directory: Historical Perspective and Study
  
• D-Day
  
• Normandy
  
• Global Access to Educational Sources: Wars of the 20th Century
  
• The History Place: World War II in the Pacific
  
• The History Place: World War II in Europe
  
• Abe’s Journey Through the Holocaust
  
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  

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United States in World Affairs since 1945; Cold War

• Cold War Policies, 1945-1991
  
• Cold War Hot Links
  
• CNN Interactive
  
• Information on Vietnam
  
• Interactive Maps
  
• Uncovering Soviet Secrets
  
• Brinksmanship: You Make the Call
• Life Without the Cold War: An Exercise in "Alternate History"
  
  

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Social, Political, and Economic Changes since 1945

• Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement
  
• Fifties Web
  
• The National Civil Rights Museum
  
• The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s
  Al Filreis, University of Pennsylvania
  
• JFK Resources On-line
  
• Historic Audios Archive
  
• Welcome to In The 80’s. Com
  
• The History Place: Apollo 11
  

Recent Developments in Contemporary Society

• Desert Storm.com
  
  

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Recommended Internet Sites for Geography

National Atlas of the United States

Site created by the U.S. Geological Survey to promote geographic awareness. You can view simple political and physical maps or complex maps with customized data created by selecting desired overlays. It can be complicated to initially use, but offers a wealth of data to be analyzed geographically.

• National Geographic Society--Geography Bee Game
  

• National Geographic Society Website
  

This site offers maps, flags, facts, and profiles for countries around the world. The site is easily navigated through interactive maps. Maps can be downloaded for student use.

• Altapedia Online
  

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