Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: The Connected City: New York, New York 1920s
Exhibition highlights New York's harbor, with stories of the city as a hub of immigration, manufacturing, and culture.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: New York
This site has a colorful display of information about New York. It contains a map, pictures, a list of state symbols, and links to related information.
Other
The Official Site of Minor League Baseball
Official site for Minor League Baseball. Anything you ever wanted to know about the Minor League is right here.
Other
Madison Square Garden
The official site for the Madison Square Gardens, the world's most famous arena!
Kidport
Kidport: United States of America Geography
This site contains a fun way to learn about the states within the United States. Click on the state that you want to learn more about and it provides facts, geographic landmarks, points of interest, major industries, a quiz and more.
BBC
Bbc: Introduccion
Get the latest statistical updates on the Hispanic presence in the United States. View the 2000-2100 year graph and compare the growth spurts over time. Also view the demographic breakdown of the states that have the greatest Hispanic...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tour Through New York State Lesson Plan
This instructional activity is a cool and hip way to tour across New York State. The teacher takes young scholars on a virtual tour of NYS while using music and movement.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Ven Conmigo! La Ciudad De Nueva York, Cultura, Capitulo 9
Spanish content; this interactive Spanish exercise tests vocabulary and comprehension on the topic of New York city.
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University: New York State Maps
This site on maps is provided for by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Have you ever wondered what New York state looks like from a satellite image? Find out by using this website. There are several other maps to...
Digital History
Digital History: The Middle Colonies: New York
Despite the title of this article, it discusses the settlement of New Netherland by the Dutch and explains the reasons for the settlement, and why settlers were not attracted to the area.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: City Horses Part I
Carolyne DeGrammont of the Cedar Lane Stables in Queens, NY talks about why she enjoys horses in this video segment from Wild TV. [0:51]
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of New York
This site provides the complete etext for James Fenimore Cooper's story, New York.
CNN
Cnn: September 11 Memorial
This site was established by CNN to serve as an "evolving record" of and "living memorial" to those who perished in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
S.E. Schlosser
American Folklore: New York Folklore
Read brief folktales, myths, or legends from the state of New York.
PBS
Pbs: Leland Stanford (1824 1893)
Read a brief biography of the native of New York, Leland Stanford (1824-1893 CE), who helped to buid California's Central Pacific railroad.
Other
Dahesh Museum (New York)
Located in New York, NY. The only museum in the country devoted to 19th-century European academic art.
Other
Bruce Dorsey Syllabus: A Letter From a Gentleman of the City of New York (1689)
A primary source document in the form of a letter that describes Leisler's Rebellion. "Leisler's Rebellion sparked a division among New Yorkers that largely followed ethnic and class lines."
Maps of Mexico
Virtual Picture Travel Map of New York
Click on New York and take a virtual tour of Manhattan. Visit places of interest such as Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, Times Square, Rockefeller Center and the Central Park Zoo. Uses popups.
Other
Our American Revolution: The American Revolutionary Cities
The major cities in colonial America played a huge role in preparing for the Revolutionary War, both in terms of ways of governing and philosophy. Read about Philadelphia, Williamsburg, New York, and Boston and the events in those cities...
Other
Adirondack Hiking Trails
Take a virtual hike and learn about Blue Mountain, Black Mountain, Buck Mountain, Prospect Mountain and 46 Adirondack high peaks with this resource.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: After the Fact: Virginia, New Yok, and "The Federalist Papers"
Read about the necessity for Virginia and New York to support the ratification of the Constitution. See what influenced the vote in Virginia and how the legislature of New York was finally convinced.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: New York Poets
Poets.org provides an overview of the poets from a particular state. The overview for New York includes information on the poet laureate, John Ashbery. Other sections include featured poets (Frank O'Hara and Muriel Rukeyser) and poems...
Other
The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is the daily newspaper publication for the city of Buffalo, New York.
George Eastman Museum
George Eastman House
Photography legend George Eastman's house has been converted into a fascinating museum. Full of photography images and teaching/learning resources.