David Peal, Tutor and Coach
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US History Resources: General

  • National Archives: Our Documents (100 key documents)
  • If it were my home (statistical comparisons between U.S. and other countries)
  • Maps of American history (great collection, "Mapping 'Murican History") 
  • Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States 
  • America in Class (National Humanities Center) - primary sources Excellent library of primary source documents, by period (compiled as part of federal Teaching American History program) 
  • US & state maps (print as posters) 
  • American Yawp (open online textbook initiated in 2013-14 by large team of distinguished college teachers) 
  • Migration Nation podcast US History (another excellent free online "textbook" survey, written by historians) 
  • Digital History (U.S. history; includes a full online textbook of US history - high-school+ reading level) ​
  • American Indian Timeline Animated Atlas (interactive video showing territorial growth of US since 1700) 
  • Charters of Freedom (National Archives) 
  • Milestones in foreign policy (US Dept. of State) 
  • Distribution of US population by race in 2010 
  • Battle lines: Letters from America's Wars (primary sources, with audio) 
  • Sites about the 50 states (excellent for learning about the states) 
  • Chronicling America: Historic American newspapers (LOC) 
  • Historic Site by Theme (American Heritage; great for planning field trips) 
  • Our Story: Activities for the classroom 
  • Picture This (photos and their stories from the Library of Congress) 
  • The West (excellent PBS resources based on Ken Burns's series)
  • Edward Curtis' North American Indian (full text with photographs of 1904 classic) 
  • National Portal to Historic Collections (American Heritage; guide to online historical artifacts) 
  • Quiz yourself: Geographical features of the U.S. US History interactive map (self-guided quiz) 
  • Story of US (History Channel movie based on Joy Hakim's series) 
  • Reviews of more than 1,000 Web sites on American history (outstanding resource) 
  • America's Story (Library of Congress) 
  • Chronicling America: Topics by Subject (selections from original newspapers) 
  • English lessons on American presidents 
  • Digital Docs in a Box 
  • Meet Amazing Americans 
  • American Memory Timeline (Library of Congress) 
  • A biography of America Who made America? (PBS) (bio's of inventors) 
  • Primary Resource Sets (Library of Congress) 
  • Retronaut (old photos, restored; nicely organized) 
  • Documents teach (National Archives) 
  • Herb: Social history for every classroom American Social History Project (Center for New Media, CUNY) 
  • Public domain photos (1,000+ images on Flickr, from Library of Congress) 
  • Old Pictures (collections of black and white photographs organized by theme; includes maps) 
  • American Memory (Library of Congress; primary sources organized by topic) Smithsonian's 
  • History Explorer American Social History Online History Matters: Many Pasts(George Mason) 
  • From Slavery to Civil Rights (sources on African-Americans from Library of Congress) 
  • African-American Migration Story(PBS) 
  • Making of America (digital versions of 10,000 books and 50,000 articles written in 19th century U.S.) 
  • Teaching History.org (US history sources) 
  • US History resources (this AP history site has excellent resources for any student of US history) 
  • United States from Revolution to Reconstruction (history of U.S.) 
  • Picturing America Internet Archive: Audio (200,000 public domain recordings) 
  • Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach [U.S.] History 
  • US History Lessons (Edsitement) 
  • Agricultural History Primer (very informative)
  • Living Farm Museum Have Fun with U.S. History (older but fun & informative videos) 
  • Indigenous Geography (Museum of of the American Indian) 
  • Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History; excellent collection of primary sources 
  • Price of Freedom (war in American history - interactive display) 
  • U.S. History.org (Independence Hall Association, includes an online textbook of U.S. history) 
  • The HistoryMakers (oral histories of accomplished African-American
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  • About
  • Resources
    • Study skills
    • The news & media literacy
    • History resources
    • Geography resources
    • Podcasts on history and the news
  • ushistory