Provides excellent information regarding Alabama's history, cities, geography, state parks, tourism, and historic sites. A fact sheet of information and a quiz are also available.

One of the best known African American universities in the United States, Tuskegee was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. It began with a curriculum designed to provide industrial and vocational education to African Americans and...

This lesson plan is an adaptation of Activity 92 from Project Learning Tree. Students will research the four prehistoric time periods and compare and contrast them with their lives. By doing this, they will recognize the difference...

This archaeological site contains eighteen mounds from the Mississippian cultural period. Located on Mound Island within the Mobile-Tensaw river delta, the site was occupied between AD 1250 and 1550. Scholars believe that it functioned...

This archaeological site was occupied by the Apalachicola and Yuchi tribes. During the 17th century, the Apalachicola tribe allied with the Spanish in Florida against the English in Carolina and were ultimately destroyed as a culture....

This bridge across the Alabama River is noted for being the site of a bloody encounter during a civil rights march in 1965, an event influential in the passage of that year's Voting Rights Act.

This church was used as a meeting place, training center, and as a departure point for marches during the Civil Rights Movement. It was the site of a bombing by the Ku Klux Klan on September 16, 1963, in which four young girls were...

This site is where deaf and blind Helen Keller was born and learned to communicate, with the aid of her teacher and constant companion, Anne Sullivan.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of this church from 1954 to 1960. The Montgomery Improvement Association, which was headed by Dr. King, had its headquarters in the church and organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott from this site in...

During this lesson, students engage in a virtual game of "Twenty Questions" with another class. They will utilize textbooks, trade books, the Alabama Virtual Library, and other Internet sites for reference. Each team (class) will be...

This ibiblio.org site deeply explores the truth behind the legend of John Henry. Content includes interviews with numerous scholars who take a look at how this legend may have been created. Scholars also analyze historical facts versus...

Fort Toulouse served as the easternmost outpost of colonial French Louisiana. It was established in 1717 at the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, and was abandoned in 1763, after the Treaty of Paris. Andrew Jackson...

Fort Mitchell represents three periods of interaction with Native Americans. The first period is the martial aspect of Manifest Destiny, when the Creek Indian Nation was defeated and forced to concede land.; the second represents the...

Spain established this wattle and daub blockhouse on the Chattahoochee River in 1690, attempting to maintain influence among the Lower Creek Indians. It was used for one year, and destroyed by the Spanish when they abandoned it.

A map of the southern United States showing the area and battle sites of the Creek War of 1813, also known as the Red Stick War. The map shows the Upper Creek territory along the Alabama and Tallapoosa rivers, Fort Mimms near the Battle...

A map of the area around the Mississippi Delta and western Florida showing the battle site near New Orleans during the War of 1812. Although no territory was gained after the war, conditions were set in place for the cession of Florida...

A map of Kentucky, Tennessee, northern Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, showing the battle sites and routes of campaigns during the War of 1812. The map shows rivers and mountains, cities and towns, and forts in the area. An inset map...

A map of the parts of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the main locations of the campaign between Nashville and Atlanta during the American Civil War (1863-1864). The map shows the cities and towns of Nashville, Franklin,...