Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Social Security
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of social security in the United States.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Women's Rights
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of women's rights in the United States.
PBS
Pbs: The Perilous Fight: America's World War Ii in Color
Online home of the PBS documentary "The Perilous Fight" provides access to an eclectic array of color photographs and films of World War II at home and abroad. Overviews, contextual clues, maps, letters, and similar resources can be...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Freedom From Discrimination
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of freedom of discrimination in the United States.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Learning Page: The North During the Civil War
This is a brief summary of how the Civil War affected the Northern states. It has just a small mention of the North's industrial nature, but you can link to first-person accounts of what it was like to live in the North during Southern...
Library of Congress
Loc: Rise of Industrial America: Railroads in the Late 19th Century
A compilation of primary source documents addressing building and running the railroad system in the late 19th century.
New York Times
New York Times: 10 Ways to Study the Supreme Court
Got a project involving the Supreme Court? Need to learn about it for a test? Check out these 10 ways to learn about the Supreme Court.
Library of Congress
Loc: Nation Expansion and Reform: Traveling on the Overland Trails, 1843 1860
Primary source information about traveling the Overland Trails, both to Oregon Country and California.