Social Studies Fact Cards Online

GEOGRAPHY
Maps and Geography: A comprehensive location for maps from National Geographic.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection: Large collection of maps arranged by continent, as well as historical maps, city maps, and links to other map sites on the web.
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GOVERNMENT
The Presidents of the United States: Offers a brief biography and picture of every President, links the site with information on all the First Ladies, quizzes and interesting trivia facts, and current information on happenings at the capital.
State and Local Governments: Mega and individual state links to local government from the Library of Congress.
Justice for Youth: This site is maintained by the Department of Justice, with information on civil rights history, famous FBI cases, Internet safety, fingerprinting, polygraph testing, and much more.
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U.S. HISTORY
African American Mosaic: A Library of Congress source for the study of Black history and culture.
The Age of Imperialism: An overview of America's policy of expansionism in the late 19th and early 20th century.
American Memory: A gateway to over 7 million digitized primary and historical source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States in the Library of Congress collection.
American Civil War: An organized collection of online resources about the Civil War. Includes battles, biographies, letters, music, and more.
Civil War Timeline: Illustrated timeline of Civil War events.
Immigration: An introduction to immigration complete with timelines, primary documents, and more representing the vast cultural groups who have immigrated to this continent.
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans: An online exhibit of Japanese internment from the Smithsonian Institution.
National Archives and Records Administration: View the Charters of Freedom and numerous other images of original American documents.
National Civil Rights Museum: The civil rights movement is shared in an online exhibit.
The New Deal Network: A vast online resource of information, primary sources, and images on the public works and art projects of the New Deal, designed for middle and high school students and teachers.
Not For Ourselves Alone Women's Movement: Explore the women's movement with a focus on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony from the PBS show, narrated and rich with visual images.
This Day in History: Find out what happened this day in US history, or on your birthday, from the History channel.
Today in History: Offered by American Memory and the Library of Congress.
The Underground Railroad: An interactive adventure in pursuing freedom as a slave in the 1850s, resources and links are included too.
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BIOGRAPHY
Biographical Dictionary: Covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
Biography: Offered by the A & E Biography TV show. Over 25,000 people from the past and present.
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COUNTRIES
Country Background Notes: Basic information on countries from the U.S. Department of State.
Flags and Maps of the World: Flags of the world with corresponding maps. Information provided by the CIA World Factbook.
Globastat: Features rankings, among over 200 countries, in more than 140 categories based on the CIA World Factbook 2001.
World Fact Book of Countries: A source for geographical, political, economic, and statistical information on the countries of the world.
World Flag database: An extensive graphic collection of flags of the world and historical flags, from the Flag Institute.
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GENERAL HISTORY
HyperHistory Online: Enhanced timelines, with maps, text, and graphics for events in world history covering 3,000 years.
Medieval Siege: Learn about medieval warfare, life in a castle, and see if you can build a trebuchet to knock down the castle walls.
Middle Ages: Learn what it was really like to live in the middle ages.
Renaissance: Offering information on artistic, social, scientific, and political change in this historical period.
Virtual Renaissance: Travel through space and time to visit a renaissance town and meet interesting characters who will tell you about their life and times.
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WAR
The Great War: Understand the history and effects of World War I from PBS, with interviews with historians, additional resources, and recommended sites.
The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students: Provides information, activities, and a multimedia rich overview of the Holocaust, created by staff at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Hyper War: World War II An extensive hypertext history of the second world war, additional links too.
The Museum of Toleranc: The Museum of The Simon Wiesenthal Center, offers a multimedia learning center on the Holocaust and World War II.
The Second World War Encyclopedia: Provides information on other war and history topics as well as recommended links.
Vietnam Online: Includes a timeline of the war, basic statistics, maps, a glossary of terms and acronyms, texts of key U.S. government war documents, and more.
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