A truly incredible site from American Memory provides text and audio from former slaves. Listen to men and women, some people over 100 years old, describe their days during and after slavery.

Teaching a unit to promote pride in being American? Teachnology has an excellent resource to help enhance the classroom experience.

A young Native American child wearing ceremonial clothing.

An image of American Horse.

American Coins

American Coots

American Coots Grooming

A map of the American colonies and territories west to the Mississippi River between the end of the French and Indian War of 1763 and the beginnings of westward expansion of the trans-Appalachian colony proposed in the Vandalia Project...

Part of the British Library's On-line Gallery series. This section explores, in comprehensive detail, the American Revolution. The Gallery includes an introduction, a timeline of events and lots of documentary and pictorial evidence....

This is a history of the Ninth U.S. Infantry, which served in both the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars.

A map of the region involved in major northern campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. The map shows cities, towns, and forts, rivers and terrain features, and is keyed to show British and American routes during the campaigns. An...

A map of the portions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia involved in major campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. The map shows cities, towns, and forts, rivers and terrain features, and is keyed to show...

A map from 1906 of North America central Canada to northern Mexico showing the distribution and territories of the Native Americans around 1500. The boundaries are based on linguistic stock and not tribal territories. "Anthropologists of...

A map of the original thirteen States in 1790 showing the distribution of the European-American population at the time and the general tribal lands of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River. The map shows the State lines,...

An interesting website that uses primary source documents to trace the "American" identity from the Revolution through the Civil Rights era. Clicking on the images will explain their role in the development of an American identity.

This site, from online bookseller Powells.com, presents an interview with Gish Jen about her story "Birthmates" being selected as one of the "Best American Short Stories of the Century" and about her stories in general.

This site contains historical information on the transportation of soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. It discusses the difficulties of moving so many soldiers to Cuba and the Philippines.

A discussion of the causes of the Spanish American War. Its battles and the aftermath.

A discussion of the causes of the Spanish American War. Its battles and the aftermath.

A discussion of the causes of the Spanish American War. Its battles and the aftermath.

A discussion of the causes of the Spanish American War. Its battles and the aftermath.

A discussion of the causes of the Spanish American War. Its battles and the aftermath.

This site provides the resume and a picture of Guion S. Bluford, Jr., America's first NASA African-American astronaut in space.

American colonies