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World History   ====== 

[|World War I - Viewpoints] - This site give different perspectives of WWI from people who lived it.
[|History Central]

[|History Teacher . Net] - This site contains many ppts. already made on a vast majority of historical topics that could then be changed and modified to fit your grade level and content. Be sure to download the ppt. before using. Not recommended to play directly from site. Save the ones you want to use to your computer.

[|The History Channel]

[|3000 Years of World History]

[|Map of Every Battle] No matter what war you wish to research this site can provide you with a map, many times they are color coded for easy identification of which battles were won by which sides.

[|The History of Economic Thought]

[|Economic Education Site] - Note the educational videos linked on the lower left hand side.

[|Census - US and World] - Here is a place kids can see our growing population here in the US and in the world.

[|Best History Sites] - In the US History section you can find great information on Native Americans, African Americans, and Free Classroom Resources.

[|Proteacher.com] - I know this site is supposed to have a continents song sung to the tune of He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, also contains other world geography sites.

[|Digital History] - Contains all types of digital files for our history.

[|Digital Pictures - Revolving History]



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  United States History     ====== 

[|Congress in the classroom online.]

[|Congressional Center]

[|Bill of Rights Institute] This website contains daily headlines, upcoming seminars, and free classroom resources.

[|US History - Declaration of Independence] - The link of this site is one of many, but it specifically covers a document important to our history.

[|Learning about Colonial Williamsburg] This is the site to learn more about Colonial Williamsburg. Includes many primary sources including one highlighted each month. It also has all of its E-Newsletters Archived in case you need to go back and look for a specific one.

[|Census - US and World] - Here is a place kids can see our growing population here in the US and in the world.

[|US National Debt Clock] - See how much we actually owe. Brace yourself it moves pretty fast.

[|Geography Games] - Here is a variety of different games with varying topics and levels of play.

[|Central Intelligence Agency for Kids] - This site contains activities and scavenger hunt material for kids K-5.

[|Library of Congress Country Studies] - On this site all you do is type in the name of the country and a vast amount of information known about that country will appear. All in one place which makes it great for elementary.

[|Geography Hall of Fame] - What a great way to teach superatives. Find the largest, smallest, most populated......

[|Lincoln Archives Digital Project] - find primary sources that document Lincoln's life.

[|Social Studies for Kids]- Contains lot of timelines

[|National Map Viewer/ Creator] - This site allows you to build layers on top of maps to create new maps.

[|National Constitution Center]

[|Newseum - News from every Major City] - Each dot represents a major US city. Click on the dot and the major newspapers for that city are linked, so you can find out the major stories for each area of the US.

 Texas History Here are some sites specifically about Texas History

[|Texas Beyond History] Each Place on the map is clickable and opens up into a virtual type museum.

[|The Handbook of Texas Online]

[|Top 50 Texas Websites] - though they might be interesting only some of these are educational. Each entry is a link to another website.

[|Lone Star Junction] - has many **songs of Texas** and images associated with Texas as well.

[|Texas Historic Site Atlas]-

[|History of the Republic of Texas]

[|The Story of Texas] - This is created by the Bob Bullock Museum