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Our Courts - Homepage

Sndra Day OConnor 21st Century Civics Site

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09 Nov 09

Office of the Historian

The Office of the Historian is responsible, under law, for the preparation and publication of the official historical documentary record of U.S. foreign policy in the Foreign Relations of the United States series. It researches and writes historical studies on aspects of U.S. diplomacy for use by policymakers in the Department and in other agencies, as well for public information. The Office also makes recommendations to other Bureaus regarding the identification, maintenance, and long-term preservation of important historical diplomatic records. Its outreach activities include educational videos for middle school and high school students, scholarly conferences, counseling private scholars and journalists on historical research issues, and responding to government and public inquiries on diplomatic history questions.

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National Geographic MapMachine: Civil War Edition - Home

"Explore our interactive map of over 5,200 U.S. Civil War battlefields and historic sites. Get detailed descriptions of 384 major battlefields, and view the 25 sites most in danger of being lost.
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28 Sep 09

OnlineTownhalls | Your seat at the table.

"OnlineTownhalls.com offers organizations, companies, and elected representatives the ability to engage the public in a meaningful way on a large scale. "

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Library of Congress Primary Sources by State: Pennsylvania - For Teachers (Library of Congress)

"The extensive collections at the Library of Congress contain historic artifacts and cultural materials from across the U.S. The list below is just a sample of the many Pennsylvania resources available for free on the Library's Web site.

The tools at the end of the page can help teachers use these in the classroom. Teachers can find even more primary sources, along with the tools to help use them in the classroom, at www.loc.gov/teachers. They can also search the Library's American Memory or Prints and Photographs collections."

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31 Aug 09

EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it

First hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos, original radio broadcasts.

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08 Aug 09

America on the Move | Home Page

See how we got here. Transportation transformed America. Choose from these three interconnected
routes to explore how transportation shaped our lives, landscapes, culture, and communities.

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30 Jul 09

Abraham Lincoln Papers

Abraham Lincoln Papers
presents Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, his second inaugural address, an 1864 memo expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election, and more than 70,000 other images and transcriptions of letters, speeches, and writings from the 1850s through his presidency

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27 Jul 09

Presidential Speech Archive - Miller Center of Public Affairs

The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history. These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in full audio. Recently we have expanded our collection to include video speeches from President John F. Kennedy through President Barack Obama.

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23 Jul 09

About the Attic | The History Teacher's Attic

This blog is intended for educators in general, but with special attention given to history and social studies teachers.

I’ve had an interesting 15 year social studies teaching career. I’m not boasting (in fact I think it’s indicative of some problems in our profession), but I’ve taught the following courses/subjects over the years, in this order:

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Wecome to History Animated

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. After reading book after book about the Pacific War and finding only complicated maps with dotted lines and dashed lines crisscrossing the pages, we decided to depict the key naval and land battles using animation technology.

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