History
About Time (Calendars, Clocks ...)                            Official US Time

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About Daylight Savings Time 

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Calendars Through the Ages

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Clockworks

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It's About Time

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On Time (Smithonsonian Echibit)

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Time & Frequency Exhibits

National Portrait Gallery 
bullet A Brush with History
bulletPortraits of the Presidents
bulletGeorge Washington, A National Treasure
100 Documents that Shaped American History
Results from "The People's Vote" of the 100 most influential documents in American History
Primary Documents in American History (from the Library of Congress)
American History Links
From the Homework Center, compiled by the Multnomah County Library, Oregon
The American Revolution  (People, Places, Documents, Timeline, etc.)
Awesome Stories
What really happened? Using the great stories of history and popular culture as a springboard, this site interactively allows users to examine the actual documents, pictures, graphics, and other primary resources that are the backbone of the story.
AwesomeStories.com is your guide to fascinating links scanned on-line by the world's great institutions: The Library of Congress, National Archives, the British Museum, the BNF in Paris, and hundreds of universities, libraries, historical societies and museums world-wide.  
American Folklore 
"Retellings of American folktales and legends, Native American myths, weather folklore, ghost stories and more from each of the 50 United States of America." 
Avalon Project
Documents in Law, Government and Diplomacy from the Yale School of Law
Best of History Websites
Best of History Web Sites contains links to over 800 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness.
Biographical Dictionary 

Contains entries for more than 27,000 people and is searchable by name, birth or death year, position or profession, literary or artistic works, miscellaneous achievements, or other keywords.

Colonial US History 
From the University of Colorado, Colonial American History to 1812
Colonial House
From PBS
Colonial US History  (Quia - Rags to Riches Game)
Did You Know? 

From PBS Kids, interesting facts and links based on their programming

Digital History

From University of Houston, supplemental materials for teaching American History

Distinguished Women 

Distinguished women of past and present ...

EDSITEMENT - History and Social Studies 
A Marco Polo Partner - includes History and Social Studies Sites, lesson plans, at-home activities and a subject catalog.  The home page also has links to Literature, Foreign Language and the Arts.
Folk Music of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and America 
Tunes, lyrics, information and historical information at this Music site, updated almost daily
From Colonies to Revolution

Links on Early American History

Fun and Games in the Virtual Museum of Canada

Some of these games can apply to American as well as Canadian History

Great Sites for Kids 
Social Studies links
History - Social Studies Sites K-12
History and Social Studies Links
Kathy Schrock's links on Discovery.com
The History Channel                                           This Day in History
Search any topic in history .... 
History Wired
The Smithsonian Institution's HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things. This experimental site introduces visitors to some of the three million objects held by the National Museum of American History, Behring Center.
Hyper History  (WORLD)
"2000 files covering 3000 years of World History" - Includes People, History, Events and Maps
Immigration Links
Ellis Island

The Learning Page  (Library of Congress) Activities 

Interactive Adventures
From History Globe.com - Jamestown Online Adventure, Oregon Trail - a Virtual Tour and the Anglo-Apache Conflicts 1861-1886. 
Interactive Historical Timeline
WhoWhatWhen is a database of people and events from 1000 to the present
History of Navigation
Lewis and Clark
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Adventure into the Unknown

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American Treasures  and The Revealing of America   (Library of Congress)

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Follow in the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark (Sierra Club)

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Journey of the Corps of Discovery  (PBS Online)

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Discovering Lewis and Clark 

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National Historic Trail (Park Service)

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Lewis and Clark Bicentennial

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Lewis and Clark Interactive Journey (National Geographic)

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Lewis and Clark Maps of Exploration (Library of Univ. of Virginia)

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Lewis and Clark in  Idaho, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon

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Lewis and Clark (KidsKonnect)

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Lewis and Clark Journey of Discovery

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Lewis and Clark Mapping the West

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Journals of Lewis and Clark (Library of Univ. of Virginia)

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Lewis and Clark Trail (includes "Today in History" from their journals and a biography)

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Lewis and Clark (Time Magazine)

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Thomas Jefferson and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Monticello)  Interactive Artifact Poster

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Lewis and Clark Documents (from the National Archives Digital Classroom)

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Lewis and Clark on the Interactive Superhighway (links)

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Westward Across America with Lewis and Clark (National Geographic Interactive Journey)

Life Magazine Covers
From 1936 to 1972
Music in American Life 

This University of Virginia site celebrates the American experience in its songs, from protest songs and patriotic odes, hymns and spirituals.

Pearl Harbor   (December 7, 2001 is the 60th Anniversary of the Attack)

Remembering Pearl Harbor (National Geographic)

Pearl Harbor Remembered

Pearl Harbor Cam

USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor Remembered

Pearl Harbor Attacked 

USS Arizona Memorial (National Park Service)

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor (Thinkquest Jr. Site)

Quaboag Virtual Classroom (Links arranged according to Mass. Frameworks)

US History (Beginnings to Present)

 World History Links  (Prehistory to Present)

The Time Page -
American History Sites
US Historical Documents
Pre-colonial documents to the present ... from University of  Oklahoma  College of Law 
Viking - North Atlantic Saga 
Smithsonian, Museum of Natural History - online exhibit 
Within These Walls 
Smithsonian, Museum of American History - online exhibit. View 200 years of history from a house in Ipswich, MA.
Wonders of the World   (listing of all the wonders of the world)
bulletSeven Wonders of the Ancient World
bulletSeven Natural Wonders of the World
bulletWonders of the African World
Women in American History Links  
American's Women's History - A Research Guide  (over 1600 citations) (From Middle Tennessee State University

American Women's History - From the University of Colorado, a guide to resources on the Web

Library of Congress
American Memory      Global Gateways       America's Story    Folklife/Community Roots             A-Z Index of Website
Timelines
bulletBlack History Month Timeline 
bulletRevolutionary War Timeline
bulletTimeline of Computer History (1945 through 1990)
bulletLunar Exploration Timeline  (from 1959 through present)
bulletWorld History Chronology  also includes regional chronologies like Africa and India as well as cross-cultural chronologies)
World History Sites
 
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Wonders of the African World

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Conquistadors in the New World

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History

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From BBC
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BBC World History

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HistoryTeacher.net

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HyperHistory online

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World History Timeline (from InfoPlease)

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Virtual Classroom (Quaboag Regional)

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Exploring Ancient World Cultures (Evansville)

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Ancient Civilizations (from British Museum)

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