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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period Two: 1607 1754

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced placement U.S. History learning module on the emerging colonial and native societies between 1607-1754. Resources for students include video, essays, timeline and primary source documents.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period Three: 1754 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Comprehensive learning module for AP U.S. History on the imperial struggle over control of the American colonies, the emergence of a new republic, and the developing social, political and economic...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period 6: 1865 1898

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] AP U.S. History study guide on the social, cultural, economic and political changes that occurred during the period of American expansion, industrialization, and urban migration, 1865-1898. Learning...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period Eight: 1945 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Advanced Placement U.S. History learning module and study guide on foreign and domestic events between 1945 and 1980. A comprehensive tool includes a number of videos, essays, historical documents and...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ap Us History Study Guide, Period Nine: 1980 Present

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In depth study guide within multi-media learning module for Advanced Placement U.S. History course on contemporary America, 1980 to present. Extensive resources include videos, primary source documents,...
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Animated Atlas: American History Timeline: 1780 2010

For Students 9th - 10th
Animated timeline with layers showing states, territories, presidents, society, Native American tribes, world and scientific events, and cultural achievements in the United States from 1780-2010.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Timeline of United States History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Wikipedia encyclopedia presents a timeline of important events that occurred in the United States from the 16th century on. Links are provided throughout this article for additional information on related subjects.
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Digital History

Digital History: United States Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Explores U.S. history starting in 1590 showing the events that occurred in the country over someone's life span. Move the meter at the bottom to get information about each time period.
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Project Britain

Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource provides information and a timeline about the British Monarchs.
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Polytechnic School: u.s. History Outlines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site, as a companion to a high school A.P. U.S. History course, offers a lengthy series of outlines and charts timelining U.S. history, from America's colonial beginnings to the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. By providing the...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Online home of the sixteen-part PBS series on American history, A History of US is a storehouse of information and resources to enrich any study of America. Includes an interactive timeline, an image browser, games, quizzes, first-person...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: u.s. History 1968 1980: Identity Politics in a Fractured Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of identity politics during the 1960s and 1970s in which underrepresented and marginalized groups organized to fight discrimination and challenge the established political and social culture. Page contains questions for...
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A&E Television

History.com: Hispanic History Milestones: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Hispanic/Latinx history is a rich, diverse and long one, with immigrants, refugees and Spanish-speaking or Indigenous people living in the United States since long before the nation was established. America's Hispanic...
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Other

International Guide Dog Federation: History of Guide Dogs

For Students 3rd - 8th
This page from the International Guide Dog Federation explores the evolution of dogs as human companions, as well as the history of dogs as service animals. This resource also includes a timeline describing how dogs came to be used as...
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Social Security Administration

Social Security Online: History of Social Security

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Social Security Administration provides the history of social security in the US. Choose from a simple timeline or brief summary, to a much more indepth explanation of this program. Includes quotes from Presidents as...
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Other

America's Best History: u.s. Timeline the 1900s

For Students 9th - 10th
An illustrated timeline of events of the United States, which depicts a time of industrial purpose.
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Project Britain

Project Britain: History of Britain: Timeline and Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This colorful, easy-to-read timeline takes a visitor from prehistoric Britain, through the various invasions, the Middle Ages, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods, and finally through Modern Britain. It is asy to read, with...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: United States History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of the United States including early British colonies, the American Revolution, Civil War, World War I and 2, Civil Rights, and the Cold War.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Depression and War

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the Great Depression in America and the events of World War II under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Adapted from A History of US by Joy Hakim. Includes timeline, glossary, quiz, historic photographs, audioclips, links for further...
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City University of New York

American Social History Proj.: Decoding u.s. Foreign Policy: Iran Contra Affair

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the Iran-Contra Affair using a timeline and related documents, and practice critical thinking about US foreign policy during the late Cold War years, and about the actions of officials of Ronald Reagan's government. They...
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US Department of Energy

Us Dept of Energy: Nuclear Age Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a comprehensive timeline of the history of the nuclear age, from the discovery of radioactivity to the cleanup of nuclear weapons.
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A&E Television

History.com: A Timeline of Us Cuba Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
The United States and Cuba share a long, complex history -- first as allies and trade partners, and later as bitter ideological enemies. This timeline shows how closely entwined America and Cuba have been over the last two centuries.
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University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Mapping History: The Spread of Cotton: 1790 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map that shows the growth of cotton production in pre-Civil War South. The timeline at the bottom of the map indicates the year of the production.
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A&E Television

History.com: American Presidents: George W. Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has George W. Bush's biography, a timeline of events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, the transcript of one of his speeches, and more.

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