Helpful Social Studies Links By Category
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African American History Resources
African American History, Culture and Black Studies blackquest.com/link.htm
African American Mosaic Expedition www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
African American Museum - Dallas www.aamdallas.org
African American Web Connection www.aawc.com/aah.html
Afro-Almanac http://www.toptags.com/aama
DuSable Museum of African American History www.dusablemuseum.org
Museum of African American History - Detroit www.maah-detroit.org
Museum of Afro-American History - Boston http://www.afroammuseum.org
Our Shared History www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory
American History Resources
American Experiences - PBS www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/
American Memory - Library of Congress memory.loc.gov
American History Archives - Library of Congress www.loc.gov/wiseguide/index-flash.html
America's Story from America's Library www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Avalon Project at Yale Law School www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/chrono.htm
Center for American History - UT Austin www.cah.utexas.edu
Civil War Preservation Trust www.civilwar.org
Digital History - Resources www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/index.cfm
From Revolution to Reconstruction - Biographies odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History www.gilderlehrman.org
History Buff.com www.historybuff.com
History Happens - Stories from American History on Music Video www.ushistory.com
History of American Sweatshops americanhistory.si.edu/sweatshops
Historical Text Archive http://historicaltextarchive.com
Independence Hall Association www.ushistory.org
Index of Native American History Sites www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAhistory.html
National Archives and Records Administration www.archives.gov
Native American History www.csulb.edu/projects/ais
Our Documents www.ourdocuments.gov
Outline of American History usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/history/toc.htm
Popular Songs in American History www.contemplator.com/america
Smithsonian National Museum of American History americanhistory.si.edu
The American Colonists' Library - Primary Documents http://home.wi.rr.com/rickgardiner/primarysources.htm
Economics Resources
EcEdWeb ecedweb.unomaha.edu
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas www.dallasfed.org
Federal Reserve Bank of New York www.ny.frb.org
Foundation for Teaching Economics www.fte.org
Stat USA www.stat-usa.gov
The Wall Street Journal Online online.wsj.com/public/us
U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce www.commerce.gov
U.S. Department of Labor www.dol.gov
U.S. Department of the Treasury www.ustreas.gov/treasury/Welcome.html
World Bank www.worldbank.org
World Trade Organization www.wto.org
World Wide Web Resources in Economics www.helsinki.fi/WebEc
Texas History Resources
Armadillo Server - Rice University www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/history.html
Dallas Historical Society www.dallashistory.org
Galveston/Texas History Center http://www.gthcenter.org/
Handbook of Texas Online www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online
Institute of Texan Cultures http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu
Lone Star Junction www.lsjunction.com
Old Red Museum of Dallas County History & Culture oldred.org
Texas Beyond History www.texasbeyondhistory.net
Texas History www.texfiles.com/texashistory
Texas Historical Commission www.thc.state.tx.us
Texas History & Culture pw2.netcom.com/~wandaron/txhist.html
Texas Online www.state.tx.us/category.jsp?language=eng&categoryId=1.4
Texas Primary Documents on the Web http://home.austin.rr.com/rgriffin/texhisdocs.html
Texas State Library & Archives Commission www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures
United States Government Resources
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids bensguide.gpo.gov
FedStats www.fedstats.gov
FedWorld www.fedworld.gov
Firstgov for Kids www.kids.gov
GPO Access www.gpoaccess.gov
Students.gov www.students.gov
U.S. Government Web Portal www.firstgov.gov
Welcome to the Whitehouse www.whitehouse.gov
World Geography Resources
CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Country Reports www.countryreports.org
Country Studies (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Geo Images Project geogweb.berkeley.edu/GeoImages.html
GPS Time Series - NASA/CIT sideshow.jpl.nasa.gov/mbh/series.html
National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com
Official U.S. Time www.time.gov
Test Your Geography Knowledge www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz
Texas State - Department of Geography http://www.geo.txstate.edu/
U.S. Census Bureau www.census.gov
U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/
World Civilizations - Washington State University www.wsu.edu/~dee/WORLD.HTM
World History Resources
Country Reports www.countryreports.org
Exploring Ancient World Cultures eawc.evansville.edu
High School Ace World History Hub http://highschoolace.com/ace/history.cfm
History Channel www.historychannel.com
History World www.historyworld.net
HyperHistory Online www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Images from History www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/index.html
World History Archives http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives
World History Association http://www.thewha.org/
World History Compass www.worldhistorycompass.com
WorldHistory.com www.worldhistory.com
World History Sources on the Web http://chnm.gmu.edu/
Professional Organizations
American Historical Association www.historians.org
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ascd.org
Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture www.dallasinstitute.org
National Council on Economic Education www.ncee.net
National Council for History Education www.history.org/nche
National Council for the Social Studies www.ncss.org
Organization of American Historians www.oah.org
The World History Organization www.thewha.org
Texas Council for the Humanities www.public-humanities.org/about/history.htm
Texas Council for the Social Studies www.txcss.org
Resources for Students
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
http://downloads.ncss.org/notable/notable2004.pdf