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HISTORY DAY RESARCH LINKS
Ms. Krawetz, Seventh Grade Social Studies
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*Last Updated: Jan. 12, 2010
DEAR SEVENTH GRADERS,
We are creating this list of  links together. If you have a website to recommend, e-mail me so it can be shared. Please let me know if a link is not working.  ~Good Luck, Ms. Krawetz
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National History Day Site   http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/

Public Libraries

Hennepin County Library: http://www.hclib.org/  
Minnesota History Center Library: http://www.mnhs.org/library/
Universtiy of Minnesota Library:
  http://www.lib.umn.edu/
St. Paul Public Library:
http://www.stpaul.lib.mn.us/

Primary Source Links  
 
Library of Congress -- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Library of Congress -- American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Library of Congress -- Research Tools: http://www.loc.gov/rr/

Library of Congress: www.loc.gov/
History in the Raw, Article: http://www.archives.gov/education/history-in-the-raw.html
New York Times Archives: http://nytimes.com
National Archives - NHD Page: http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/education/national-history-day-2010.html
National Archives Research Page: http://www.archives.gov/research/index.html
Our Documents:  http://www.ourdocuments.gov/ 
Internet of History Sourcebooks Project: www.fordham.edu/halsall/

National Archives: www.archives.gov/index.html
Repositories of Primary Sources: http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html
Yale Law School Avalon Project: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/
Havard University Open Collection:
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/
Famous Trials UMKC Law School: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
American Journeys:  http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp
EuroDocs: http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page
World History -- Primary Source Archives, Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/86/
Time Magazine Archives:
http://www.time.com/time/archive

Primary Sources: News Links for Present & Past Stories:
National Public Radio:  http://www.npr.org/
Minnesota Public Radio:  http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/
New York Times:  http://www.nyt.com
Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/
Newsweek:  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Time Magazine  http://www.time.com/time/
Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/index.htm
Minnesota Historical Society Newpaper Database (Lois Jensen and The Wilmer 8)  http://collections.mnhs.org/newspapers/arsearch.html
Listing of Minnesota Newpapers:  http://www.usnpl.com/mnnews.php

Minnesota History
Minnesota Historical Society:  http://www.mnhs.org/
Minnesota Historical Society History for Minnesota topics: http://www.mnhs.org/school/historyday/index.html
Minnesota Historical Society GLBT Collection with documents  from the early 1970's:  http://www.mnhs.org/collections/museum/glbt/glbt.htm
Minnesota Historical Photography Resources and Data Base: 
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/
History of Minnesota: http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/index.shtml
Minnesota Public Radio:  http://minnesota.publicradio.org/

U.S. History
History Matters: . History and Primary Sources http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/
American Memory (Library of Congress): http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
America's Story (Library of Congress): http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Smithsonian National Museum of American History:  http://americanhistory.si.edu/explorer/index.cfm
Museum of Broadcast Communications (Great for Edward R. Murrow)  http://www.museum.tv/museumsection.php
Academy of Achievement: Biographies of extraordinary leaders and thinkers who shaped our world.
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/pagegen/index.html
History Channel Speeches, videos, science, technology, history, etc.
http://www.historychannel.com
Culture Gram: Learn about different Cultures, Countries and States:
http://online.culturegrams.com/index.php
PBS History Site:  http://www.pbs.org/history/
Our Documents, In Primary Sources also: http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
The National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/
Baseball Almanac: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/

World History
Hyper History:  http://www.hyperhistory.com
World History Compass: http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/
World History 101:  http://historylink101.com/
Marco History: http://www.fsmitha.com/
History Channel World History: http://www.history.com/topics/worldhistory
Women in World History: http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/resources.html
ALA World History Sites for Kids: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesworld.htm
World War II Timeline: http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html
c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=358201
World War I Links: http://www.firstworldwarlinks.com/mainlinks.html
Asian and Middle East History Sties:  http://www.tntech.edu/history/asian.html
Web Links to Hiroshima:  http://www.dannen.com/hiroshima_links.html

The Holocaust and Resistance Movements
LA Museum of the Holocaust: www.lamoth.org
Yad  Vashem: www.yadvashem.org
USC Shoah Foundation: http://college.usc.edu/vhi/
United States Holocaust Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/
White Rose Resistance Movement: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007188
Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance: http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?

Women's History
Gift of Speech:  Women's Speeches from Around the World: http://gos.sbc.edu/National Women's History Project. Has Suffrage Movement information: http://www.nwhp.org/
National Women's History Museum: http://www.nmwh.org/
American Women's History: A Research Guide:  http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
Internet Women's History Source Book:  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html
American Women's History, Finding Primary Sources:  http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-primary.html
National Women's Hall of Fame: http://www.greatwomen.org/
About: Biographies, Quotes and Suffrage Movement:
http://womenshistory.about.com/

African American History

Notable African American Women: http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blbio_list_afram.htm
African American Odyssey:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
African American Women, Duke University: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
African American World: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/
The African American Registry: http://www.aaregistry.com/
About African American History: http://afroamhistory.about.com/

Science, Math, and Medicine
Dr. Math:  http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/sets/mid_probability.html
Mad Science Network, Live Scientists Answering Your Questions Online 24/7:  http://www.madsci.org/
National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov/
Cyber Sleuth on Science: http://www.cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/
Science Daily:  http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Web List of Science and Math sties: http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/kenny/edulinks.html
Science Gov:  http://www.science.gov/
NASA:  http://nasa.gov/
Science Museum, UK:  http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
Evolution and Darwin:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/darwin/
Science News for Kids: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Cool Science for Curious Kids:  http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
History of Medicine:  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/
How Stuff Works:  http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Photo Images and Political Cartoons
Life Magazine Photography and Covers 1936-1972: http://www.life.com
Photo Museum: http://www.photomuse.org/
University of Minnesota Image Library: http://digital.lib.umn.edu/
National Archives Photo Images: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/index.html
Minnesota Historical Photography Resources:
http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/
American Rhetoric, Online Speech Bank:  http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
Camera Works:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/?nav=globetop

General Search Engines
Google:  http://google.com
Alta Vista:  http://www.altavista.com/
Kid Info, Includes History Search engines: http://www.kidinfo.com
Yahoo:  http://www.yahoo.com
Kids Click: Search Site for Kids:  http://www.kidsclick.org/
Yahooligans: http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
About, Organized by subject: http://about.com
Dog Pile: http://dogpile.com/
Ask Jeeves:  http://www.ask.com/

Free Online Encyclopedias (Great for Secondary Sources)

Encarta:  http://encarta.msn.com/
World Book Online: http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome+Minneapolis+Public+Sch+Dist

University of Minnesota Library Resources
Home Page: http://www.lib.umn.edu/
Law Library: http://www.law.umn.edu/library/home.html
Bio-Medical Library: http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/


Law and Government:  Minnesota
Minnesota Statutes, Laws and Rules: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/pubs/
Minnesota's State Constitution, MHS: http://www.mnhs.org/library/constitution/index.html
Minnesota Legislative History: http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/legislative/legislative.html
Minnesota State Law Library: http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/

The Federal Government
Law Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/law/
Biographical Guide to US Congress:  http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Congressional Black Caucus: http://www.thecongressionalblackcaucus.com/
Ben's Guide to US Government: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
US Senate Official Site:  http://www.senate.gov/
House of Representatives Official Site:  http://www.house.gov/
Supreme Court of the .  http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Declaration of Independence: http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration.html
United States Constitution: http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
How Does Government Affect Me? PBS Kids: http://pbskids.org/democracy/mygovt/index.html
The American Presidency, From the Smithsonian Collection: http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
Department of Justice:  http://www.usdoj.gov/
FBI Kids Page:  http://www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
Census Kids' Corner:  http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html