Check out what happened in history on this date!

This Day in History

www.historychannel.com/tdih

Click here to learn about what happened in history on this date

There are a variety of topics to read about

You can learn about what happened on your birthdate as well

 

General Social Studies Sites

The Newseum

www.newseum.org

Check out today’s headlines in 281 frontpages from all over the world

Visit virtual exhibits surrounding a number of past news events

The Avalon Project

www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

Find a number of primary source materials from various periods in history

From Yale Law School

Includes documents in: "Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government"

 

Anthropology

 

Atlases and Maps

National Geographic Maps

www.nationalgeogr aphic.com/maps/

Find some great maps here. For your state projects go to the left side of the page, click on Printer-Friendly Maps, then follow the drop down menus

Altapedia

www.atlapedia.com/

This site has information about countries as well as maps of those countries

Please ask the librarian for the password if needed

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Current and historical maps from all over the world

From the University of Texas (Austin) Library

 

Business and Economics

 

Continents and Countries

General Information

BBC News: Country Profiles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

Learn about this history, politics, and economics of many countries

From BBC

Economist.com: Country Briefings

http://www.economist.com/countries/

Provides an "analysis of world business and current affairs, providing authoritative insight and opinion on international news, world politics, business, finance, science and technology, as well as overviews of cultural trends and regular industry, business and country surveys"

Freedom House

www.freedomhouse.org

Tracks the spread of democracy throughout the world

Offers current news surrounding world-wide political and social rights issues

Learn about specific countries that are in transition

Governments on the World Wide Web

www.gksoft.com/govt

This links to information from many of the world’s governments

Please note that many of these sites are not in English.

Library of Congress Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/f rd/cs/cshome.html

Scroll to the bottom of the page then click on your country of choice

World Fact Book

www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

This offers tons of information on a variety of countries

World Bank

www.worldbank.org

Information on dealing with world poverty

Lots of economic information

 

Africa

African Voices

www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices

Includes African history, info about life in Africa, and some information on spirituality

Make sure to check out the additional links provided under resources

From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Europe

European Union

http://europa.eu.int/

Click on the link in English

"The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries, committed to working together for peace and prosperity"

 

Famous Places

 

Inventors and Inventions Today

Invent Now

www.invent.org

Check out information about various inventors as well as information on the patent process

Inventors

http://inventors.about.com

This site from About.com has many links to further information about inventions, inventors, and the invention process

These sites are pre-selected by a subject expert

Just beware of the million popup windows that come with the site

Take note of the links on the left side of the page, these links lead to a wealth of related information

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

www.uspto.gov

Find a ton of information about patents and trademarks at this site

Need to search patents? Try this link within the USPTO site: www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html

Want to search trademarks? Here you go: www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

United States Copyright Office

www.loc.gov/copyright/

Learn all about Copyright here

 

Military History

Center of Military History

www.army.mil/cmh-pg/

Learn about some US military history

The History Guy

www.historyguy.com

Scroll right down the page until you land on Military History and New and Recent Conflicts of the World. There are other great links here as well.

Military.com

www.military.com

Click on Resources, then scroll down and explore the History and Remembrance area by selecting options in the drop-down menu. Check out the equiptment guides while you are there.

Military History

http://militaryhistory.about.com

Check out this collection of links gathered for you by at About.com

Scroll your eyes down the left side of the page to find relevant links

Atlas Index

www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/atlas%20home.htm

View these great maps about various conflicts from the US Military Academy

History Channel

www.historychannel.com

Either Browse or search this site for relevant information

 

Castles

Castles of the World

www.castles.org

Castles, castles, castles

You will find picture and information about a ton of castles here

Check out the link on the right entitle Architecture

Castles of Britain

www.castles-of-britain.com

Make sure to check out the link entitled Castle Learning Center on the left side of the page

Castles of Wales

www.castlewales.com/home.html

The castle terminology part of this site is pretty cool

Scroll down until you find the link

Great Castles

www.great-castles.com

I am not sure that you will find much about how a castle is put together here, but there are many good link that will lead you to information about specific castles

Haunted Castles of the Netherlands

www.enctype.de/castles/entrance.htm

Sorry, I couldn’t resist

This is just fun!

Mot's Castle Page

www.castles.nl

This privately owned site has beautiful photos and some history – worth looking at

 

Vietnam War

The American Experience: Vietnam

www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam

Offers transcripts of the PBS program and supporting materials such as a timeline, who's who and more

History Channel: Vietnam

www.historychannel.com

Type Vietnam War into the search box

Offers a basic introduction

The Vietnam War

www.vietnampix.com

Offers information about the Vietnam War under the link entitled Background

View pictures of machines, people and more

Vietnam: Yesterday and Today

http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/index.htm

Make sure to check out the timeline that includes links to additional information as well as the Web Links portion of this page

 

Multicultural Sites

Encyclopedia of days

www.shagtown.com/days/

Learn about holidays all over the world

The Costumer's Manifesto

www.costumes.org

This site links to many articles, advertisements, etc. about clothing from many places

Holidays Around the World

www2.worldbook.com/features/holidays/html/holidays.htm

Learn about the holidays that people from around the world celebrate!

 

Nashua, NH History

The History of Nashua

www.nashuahistory.com/

Learn more about our town here

City of Nashua, History

www.gonashua.com/defaulto.asp?url=/cityclerk/history.asp

Find a very short history of Nashua

Nashua Information

http://www.nashuachamber.com/Region/nashua.htm

Includes an introduction, history and current statistics and information

From Nashua's Chamber of Commerce

 

United States Information

 

World History

 

World War One and World War Two

Generated: Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Updated: Wednesday, January 11, 2005

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