History - General

Any Day in History
www.scopesys.com/anyday
Find out what happened on a specific day in history.

The History Channel
www.historychannel.com
This site provides a lot of information on the history of the United States, as well as the World around us.

History International
www.historyinternational.com
This is a companion site to television’s first and only 24-hour documentary service devoted to international topics to bring viewers a unique, in-depth understanding of the world around them.

HistoryNet
www.thehistorynet.com
This site, the history lover’s home on the Internet, provides information on many different subject areas including African-American, Ancient/Classical, American, British, European, Medieval, Military and Women’s history.

The History Place
www.historyplace.com
This web site presents a fact-based, common sense approach in the presentation of history and covers many different time periods such as that of the American Revolutionary War.

World

HyperHistory
www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines and maps.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders
This site provides valuable information about these celebrations of religion, mythology, art, power and science. This site also provides information and links to forgotten, modern and natural wonders of the world.

Simon Wiesenthal Center (Holocaust)
www.wiesenthal.com
This site is the information gateway of the Museum of Tolerance and the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. It offers electronic resources on the Holocaust, war criminals, modern genocide, anti-Semitism, news and current events, etc.

United States

American Cultural History : The 20th Century
www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html
This web site provides facts about each decade including the population, popular books, art, fashion, music and movies from the 1900’s through the 1990’s.

American Museum of Natural History
www.amnh.org
This is the official website of the American Museum of Natural History.

American West
www.americanwest.com
Within these pages, you will find information on the history and development of the American West, from the frontier and pioneer days of the Wild West to today’s modern west. It features topics on cowboys & Indians, Native Americans, ghost towns, gun battles, outlaws, westward expansion, etc.

Archiving Early America
www.earlyamerica.com
This site provides a unique array of original newspapers, maps and writings from 18th century America.

Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
www.alhfam.org
The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) is an organization of people who bring history to life. This official website provides information on historical agriculture, historical trades & manufacturing, historical clothing and food and living history programming.

Explore America’s Past
www.cr.nps.gov/colherit.htm
This site provided through the National Park Service explores America’s culture resources – buildings, landscapes, archeological sites, ethnographic resources, objects and documents, structures and districts. You may also link to the National Register of Historic Places through this website.

Historical Eras
www.u-s-history.com/eras.html
This site provides information on the different eras in the history of the United States from before 1630-2000.

Historical Missions (Space)
www.nasa.gov/missions/historical
Did you know that NASA was started in 1958 in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik satellite? Find out more information about historical missions and the space program, in general, in this area of the NASA website.

National Archives
www.archives.gov
Check out this site to view copies of the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution and other valuable documents.

National Civil Rights Museum
www.civilrightsmuseum.org
The National Civil Rights Museum exists to assist the public in understanding the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement and its impact and influence on the human rights movement.

National Women’s History Project
www.nwhp.org
Get historical and current information about women who have actively sought to improve the status of women in society both in the United States and around the world at this interesting site. Some of the great women that you will find are: Madeleine Albright, Maya Angelou, Maya Lin, Harriet Tubman and Victoria Woodhull.

NativeWeb
www.nativeweb.org
Developed by a group of historians, independent scholars, and activists, NativeWeb offers a gateway to more that 4,000 historical and contemporary resources relating to over 250 separate nations.

Smithsonian
www.si.edu
This is the official website of the Smithsonian Institution.

Underground Railroad
www.undergroundrailroad.org
Be a part of history – put yourself in a slave’s shoes and experience what it was like to try and escape the south via the Underground Railroad. This site includes maps of escape routes and a timeline.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
www.ushmm.org
This official website for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, America’s national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and memorialization of Holocaust history, it features extensive Holocaust-related resources including educational materials, online exhibitions, searchable databases and catalog, a timeline of the Holocaust and more.

Major U.S. Conflicts (Chronologically)

American Revolutionary War (War for Independence)
www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution
A timeline of significant events with brief descriptions of each.

Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolutionary War
www.ushistory.org/march
An Internet exploration of the American Revolutionary War.

American Civil War
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
This site gathers together (in one place) links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).

World War I
www.worldwar1.com
These pages contain information on the people, places and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history.

World War II National D-Day Memorial Foundation
www.dday.org/start.html
This is the official website of the D-Day Memorial complex in Bedford, VA.

National World War II Memorial
www.wwiimemorial.com
This is the official site of the World War II Memorial, which will be dedicated on May 29, 2004.

World War II Links
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/ww2_links.html
This site provides links to many different subjects relating to World War II including the atomic bomb, battles, countries, espionage, maps, etc.

Korean War Project
www.koreanwar.org
This site provides information about the Korean War to veterans, families, researchers and students of military history. It includes a casualty database that can be searched, as well.

The Virtual Wall (Vietnam War)
www.thevirtualwall.org
This is an interactive digital legacy memorializing the men and women who gave their lives in Vietnam. The Virtual Wall offers a unique experience for each visitor. It provides access to veteran profiles, remembrances, reunion postings, name rubbings, custom reports and more.

Operation Desert Storm
www.desert-storm.com
This comprehensive site provides a chronology of events, nations involved, casualties, POW’s/MIA’s and pictures.

Operation Enduring Freedom America’s War Against Terrorism, 911
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html
This site provides information and links on all aspects surrounding our current situation. Subjects covered include: September 11th, Counterterrorism, previous attacks, Post 911 and more. There is also a chronology of events, a list of U.S. and World news perspectives, information on Afghanistan and the airlines and much more!

Defend America
www.defendamerica.mil
This is the United States’ Department of Defense news about the War on Terrorism.

Operation Enduring Freedom
www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm
This site gives an order of the battle, deployments, weapons used, maps and lessons learned.

Military History

DefenseLINK
www.defenselink.mil
This site provided by the Department of Defense provides links to different military organizations and their history.

Military.com
www.military.com
This site provides access to information that has shaped our military history. Find maps, overviews and links to resources on major U.S. conflicts.

Army – Center of Military History
www.army.mil/CMH-pg
This site provides access to the official history of the U.S. Army.

Air Force Link
www.af.mil/history/links.shtml
This site (which must be viewed using Internet Explorer) is the official history of the U.S. Air Force. It navigates history through the years beginning with the “early years” (1903-1939). It also provides a list of Government History Sites and Independent History Sites.

Marine Corps History
www.usmc.mil/history.nsf
This official site of the U.S. Marine Corps tells the history of this organization from the “Birth of the Corps”.

Naval Historical Center
www.history.navy.mil
This comprehensive site provides information on the early history of the U.S. Navy, as well as Naval Aviation and Contemporary History. There are also sections on Wars & Conflicts of the U.S. Navy, Traditions of the Naval Service and Sources on U.S. Naval History.

United States Coast Guard
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/collect.html
Looking for oral histories, historic documents, historic expeditions, a history of the coast guard? Check out the official website of the United State Coast Guard. It provides all of this data and more. OHIO HISTORY

Cleveland Digital Library
http://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/cdl/
This is a digital collection of texts, maps, and images, as well as access tools for digital and non-digital works, all concerning the history of greater Cleveland and the Western Reserve region of northeastern Ohio.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History
www.cmnh.org
This is the official website of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Ohio and Erie Canal
www.ohio-eriecanal.com
Experience the history of the Ohio & Erie Canal as you travel down the towpath learning about the different cities along this corridor.

Ohio Historical Society
www.ohiohistory.org
This site provides access to the history of the state of Ohio. The Outside Links page which can be accessed directly by clicking on the address below http://www.ohiohistory.org/links/ohiores.html provides links to archaeology, genealogy, natural history and general Ohio resources.

Ohio Memory Project
www.ohiomemory.org
This site provides access to historical treasures of Ohio, bringing together information and resources from all parts of the state in an online scrapbook.

The Ohio Preservation Alliance
www.ohiopreservation.org
This site provides access to history and pictures of architecture that is being preserved within the state of Ohio. It also provides a list current list of “Ohio’s Most Endangered Properties” and links to local and state historic preservation organizations in Ohio.