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HISTORY
Encyclopedias and Databases
Grolier Online
http://go.grolier.com
Lands and Peoples
http://go.grolier.com
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Comprehensive History Sites
Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
An "award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and
general history enthusiasts" Sites are rated (one to five stars) for
accuracy and usefulness.
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Black History
Africans in
America: America's Journey Through Slavery
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
This excellent site "chronicles the history of racial slavery in the
United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the
16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865." It
includes images, documents, stories, biographies and commentaries.
This is the companion site to the PBS series of the same name.
Afro-American Almanac Historical Documents
http://www.toptags.com/aama/docs/docs.htm
Black codes, court cases, Lincoln's inaugural addresses and other
documents pertaining to black history.
Biography.com Black History
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/
Biographies of various lengths of famous African Americans of the past
and of our time.
Black History: Black History Hotlist
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html
Links to many issues and topics in black history.
Education First: Black History Activities:
Exploring African-American Issues on the Web
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Includes an excellent annotated hotlist of sites related to
African-American events and issues; a subject Sampler, an interactive
Treasure Hunt, and two WebQuests, the Little Rock Nine and one on the
Tuskegee Tragedy.
Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/
An excellent site! Click on Eras in Black History to explore five
centuries of black heritage. Includes biographies, events,
photographs, film clips and audio, study guide and related links.
Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
Search by name or scientific subtopic for a biography of African
American scientists of all eras.
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This Day/Year in History
Year by Year : 1900-2005 (InfoPlease)
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
Find out what happened during a particular year. Information icludes
world and U.S. Events, sports, economics, entertainment, statistics,
and science.
Today in History
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
Find out what happened on a particular day.
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Women's History
The Learning
Place (National Women's History Project)
http://www.nwhp.org/tlp/main/main.html
Use the biography center and dozens of links to sites related to
women's history to learn more about women's contributions throughout
time.
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