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General History 

Sites

The Best of History Web Sites  http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml

The History Place http://www.historyplace.com

History Central http://www.multied.com/index.html 

The History Channel http://www.historychannel.com/index.html

Yahooligan's History Sites http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/around_the_world/countries/unitedstates/history/

Education Planet History Sites http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Social_Studies/History

 Historical Events and People Worldwide http://www.cyndislist.com/historic.htm#General

HyperHistory http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

6th Grade Research

Ancient

Civilizations

 BBC Ancient History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient

Empires Past http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/indexie.shtml

The Ancient World Web http://www.julen.net/ancient

The British Museum - World Cultures http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html

The Ancient Egypt Site http://www.ancient-egypt.org/

Ancient Egypt Magazine http://www.ancientegyptmagazine.com/

Yahooligans! Ancient Civilizations and Cultures http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/History/BySubject/Ancient

CivilizationsandCultures/

Social Studies for Kids - Ancient Civilizations http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ancientcivilizations.htm

Ancient Civilization Sites http://www.cvscs.org/Ancient%20Civilizations.htm

Multnomah Ancient Civilizations http://www.multcolib.org/homework/anchsthc.html

 

American

History

7th and 8th

Grade

Smithsonian Institute National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/

"About" American History Web Sites http://americanhistory.about.com/

Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

WWW Virtual Library - American Indians http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAhistory.html

Archiving Early America (* Please don't click on Pop-ups or winning claims of prizes, etc. This site has alot of them)  http://earlyamerica.com/

Images of American Political History http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/

Best of History Websites http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory.shtml

The White House http://www.whitehouse.gov

Liberty! The American Revolution

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/

A Journey Towards Freedom - The Revolutionary War http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/

The History of the American Revolution

The Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk. edu/civil-war/

The United States Civil War Center http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

The American Civil War

7th Grade Research

         

Enchanted Learning North Explorers American   http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml 

European Explorers   http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/famous-explorers.htm

 Explorer Webquest http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/webquest/  

   

*Revolutionary War

Liberty! The American Revolution http://www.pbs.org/ktca/ liberty/    

A Journey Towards Freedom - The Revolutionary War http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/          

 

8th Grade

Research

*Civil War        

The Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/

The United States Civil War Center http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/

*Washington State

History 

Spokane/Washington State/

   Pacific Northwest History

Best History Web Sites - Westwared Expansion http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_WestwardExpansion.shtml

Online Highways: Washington State History http://www.ohwy.com/wa/h/history.htm

Washington State Historical Society http://www.wshs.org/

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/

WSU Teaching Tools for Northwest History http://libarts.wsu.edu/history/Lewis_Clark/backup/lc.html

Washington State History http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/substitute/wahistory.html

Washington State Legislature http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/default.htm

Washington State Symbols http://www.leg.wa.gov/legis/symbols/symbols.htm

Lewis and Clark Links http://www.lib.virginia.edu/ speccol/exhibitslewis_clark/

resources.htm

European Exploration on the Northwest Coast http://collections.ic.gc.ca/maritime_museum/exploration/ ee_nwc.html

Washington State Maps http://www.wamaps.com/

U of W Pacific Northwest History Links http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/tm/pnw.html#major

 The  Online Encyclopedia of Washington History  http://www.historylink.org/this_week/index.cfm

Spokane History

Discovery School - Spokane History   http://www.discovery-school.org/newsh2/sphhtml/framespage.html

Washington State

Washington State Tourism http://www.tourism.wa.gov/

Washington State Information from 50states.com http://www.50states.com/washington.htm

Travel in Washington http://www.travel-in-wa.com/

U. S. Census - Washington State http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/

53000.html

Washington State Capital Visitor Information http://www.ga.wa.gov/Visitor/

Washington State Geological Information http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/stateinfo/WA.html

Go Northwest! Washington http://www.gonorthwest.com/washington/Washington.htm

Washington State Travel and Tourism http://www.washingtonstate.worldweb.com/

Internet Public Stately Knowledge http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/wa1.html

USA City Link http://www.usacitylink.com/citylink/wa/

Washington State Virtual Atlas http://www.evergreen. edu/ virtualatlas/states/washington/wa_intro.htm

Washington State Government

Access Washington State Government Information and Services http://access.wa.gov/

Governor Gary Locke of Washington State http://www.governor.wa.gov/

State and Local Government - Washington State http://www.statelocalgov.net/wa.htm

 

Oregon Trail 

*Oregon Trail - Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/history-faqs.php

*National Oregon/California Trail Center http://www.oregontrailcenter.org/

*History Globe http://www.historyglobe.com/

*Oregon.com  http://www.oregon.com/

 The Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html

Oregon National Historic Trail http://www.nps.gov/oreg/

End of the Oregon Trail http://endoftheoregontrail.org

Oregon-California Trail Center http://OCTA-trails.org

Links to the Oregon  Trail http://www.over-land.com/

 

  Native American History   

Link Infoplease....Selected American Indian Tribes- From m Abenaki to the Yuro http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmnations1.htm

Native American Art   http://www.native-languages.org/northwest.htm

 Spokane History http://discoveryschool.schoolwires.com/1504108931827540/site/default.asp

Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest http://www.archaeolink.com/indian_tribes_of_the_pacific_nor.htm

Native Americas Northwest Culture  http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/

h610.html

 American Indians of the Pacific Northwest http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/

 American Indians of Northwest Bandshttp://www.kidzworld.com/article/

1387-american-indians-northwest-bands

 The Online Encyclopedia of Washington History  http://www.historylink.org/this_week/index.cfm