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Click HERE for all legislators, and all bills...how each voted.
Info on US presidents. Has important stats, events. Has transcripts or audio of important speeches of each. Etc.
Info on COUNTRIES (BBC) and (Click here (World Book) , here (CIA ), and here (Library of Congress) for other sites with info on countries.). Leaders of various countries from the CIA website .
Milestones in American History. We have 4 Volumes in the Reference Area: R973 MIL. Click HERE to get to their website. At school, it automatically goes into it. At home, click "Remote Access Login". Then type in the login. (Ask in the LMC if you don't know chs 's login.)
Four good sites about the Holocaust : Il Hol. Museum, Peoria Hol Memorial, Wiesenthal Center, US Hol. Museum, and Hol. Martyrs' and Heroes These are recommended by a survivor, Aaron Elster : We have a book by him at 940.5318 ELS . We have many other books on the Holocaust also in the LMC. Click HERE to see his website.
Government Info: Fed and State ALSO click here for U.S. Congress on the Internet . ALSO click here for Congressional Information Center: has fed, state, local officials and issues and legislation. Also Illinois' Statutes. ILLINOIS info : includes Illinois Digital Archives, Illinois Gov't Information, Illinois authors, etc. Legal Assistance (brief overview of system, relevant Illinois statutes, and basic procedures.)
Transcripts of SPEECHES--President, Hussein, UN, other countries, etc.
State of the Union Addresses 1945 to 2007. More recent speeches are available in transcript OR in video !
Official U.S. Defense Dept info on War on Terrorism; and battles around the world, press conference transcripts. Military info that is hard to find elsewhere.
CNN Student News has current news, and archives on recent events (terrorism, politics, current issues, etc, etc.
WHAT HAPPENED ON A PARTICULAR DATE: Time Capsules....You put in the date you are looking for and it tells you what happened then, and info about that time period. Also, use History Channel's site: you can tell it what date and narrow it down by subject area.
VALUE OF MONEY: How much is that worth today (from 1665 to present)?? Also, click HERE or HERE for two other sites. Also, see the book Value of a Dollar 1860-2004 in the LMC at R332.4 VAL.
POLITICAL CARTOONS (Once you get into the site, it loads very slowly, since it has pictures.) There is also a Teacher's Guide (on left bar)
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United Nations Info
about Countries, and current events. Site written for students, so
includes quizzes, games, curriculum ideas, etc. EBSCO's "History--It's Happening". primary sources, video footage, suggested websites, etc. |
U.S. ARCHIVES. Click on "Declaration of Independence" to see what is really on the back of the document. www.CitizenMagazine.com has "family issues in policy and culture" Click topics on it's left side for various social issues. U. S.Dept of State has an International Info website Use the Search box and Advanced Search button (which are on the right)
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Sept. 11. 2001 Digital
Archives BBC News (searchable) (More news from around the world, not just U.S.)
has primary documents, biographies, election info, chronologies, etc.
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ECONOMIC and BUSINESS HISTORY
encyclopedia. . Funny way to analyze what was in the news during certain years....MAD magazine covers 1952 + . Topo MAPS. Also Click HERE for another Timelines--search by date. Find president, value of money, Academy Award winners, top headlines, top songs, top TV shows, books, etc.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS' "American Collection" website. Many primary documents, valid info.
Countries change name and boundaries. This site can be used to analyze that, or check the age of maps. Click HERE.. For actual Maps, click HERE. When in the correct continent, click on the country to get to the country maps.
Info on Religions of the World (from the BBC)
PRIMARY SOURCES !! Another searchable primary sources website....also has 21st Century yr by yr. 400 PRIMARY SOURCE documents for Am. Hist.
Census Info from 1960-2000. Experiment with it...there is a lot of info, but have to dig to get some of it.
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Historical
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Info on the 20's (click on "next" to go from page to page |
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Click "Illinois Images"; searchable
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| History Click "SITE SEARCH" to search site. | AP articles, and photos from 1900-2000. Biggest story/picture from each year. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maps | History Channel.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| biography.com | |||||||||||||||||||
| Census Information | The History Place: has exhibits on major U.S. periods, timelines, photos,lesson plans, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Government Info Searchable for all subjects. If you need help, click here to use a gov't "document clustering" site | U.S. Legislative info, searchable by subject, word, bill #, sponsor, etc. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Another U.S. Government Site | Company Info and Competitve Analysis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois General Assembly | Historical Timelines...and it puts subject's life into historical perspective. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois Government | Great American Speeches | ||||||||||||||||||
| Census of Population and Housing | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Citizens Against Government Waste" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Medieval Facts | Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors (searchable-- box is down a bit on the site) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prices of gas in various zip codes. Scroll down and type in your zip code on lower right side. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Current info on European (EU) Countries | |||||||||||||||||||
| Labor Statistics and Occupational Information (Click the "A-Z Index" in the upper Right-hand corner to search the database.) |
Find age-appropriate info on child development, parenting tips, games, nature, etc. Great for Family Living class. Click here. | ||||||||||||||||||
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