Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress -- "At the site, users can search for and retrieve a variety of digitized primary sources related to American government and democracy, such as treaties, court decisions, inaugural addresses, maps, paintings, and photos." URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html

Avalon Project: Notes on the Debates in the Federal Convention -- from Yale Law School, documents from the Annapolis Convention, Articles of Confederation, Federalist Papers, and the U.S. Constitution. URL: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/debates/debcont.htm

Black History: Exploring African-American Issues on the Web -- offers "...activities (that) were created as models for ways to integrate the World Wide Web and videoconferencing into classroom learning. Black History was chosen as a topic because of its popularity and the wealth of Internet resources available on the topic." URL: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html#Leaders

Booker T. Washington Papers at the History Cooperative -- "A project of the American Historical Association (AHA), the Organization of American Historians (OAH), the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academy Press, this site currently offers free, full-text access to recent issues of the _American Historical Review_ and the _Journal of American History_. In the near future, access will be restricted to members of the AHA and OAH, and to institutions that subscribe to the print versions. The site also hosts two special features that will remain free to all. The first is a multimedia essay, "Los Angeles and the Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge," which employs animated maps, photos, and other visual materials. The second is a searchable online version of the fourteen-volume _Booker T. Washington Papers_ originally published by the University of Illinois Press. The volumes are presented in an adapted version of the National Academy Press's Open Book framework and may be easily browsed, printed, and searched down to the page level. The History Cooperative plans to add four additional journals this year, and five to seven in each subsequent year." URL: http://www.historycooperative.org/btw/index.html

Common Good, The -- "Sponsored by C-SPAN and Time Warner, this site provides commercial-free coverage of the American political process. This resource features learning opportunities for students through partnerships developed with school administrators and teachers. This site also includes links to Lesson Plans, Teaching By Topics and Classroom resources for instructors, parents and students." URL: http://cspan.org/classroom/opportunities/

CNN Newsroom Lesson Plans -- "CNN NEWSROOM & WorldView is a free, 30-minute block of commercial-free news and features programming accompanied by a Daily Classroom Guide, developed especially for school use." URL: http://www.cnn.com/fyi/teachers.lessonplan/

C-SPAN In The Classroom -- lessons planned around C-SPAN programming. URL: http://www.c-span.org/classroom/

Center for Civic Education -- "...a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in civic life by citizens committed to values and principles fundamental to American constitutional democracy. Programs focus on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; American political traditions and institutions at the federal, state, and local levels; constitutionalism; civic participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizens." Look here for publications, articles, curricular materials, and research and development. URL: http://www.civiced.org/

Civics Online -- Wow, what a terrific site, full of links to informative Web pages. "Designed by Lansing, Michigan area K-12 teachers and faculty at Michigan State University, this handsome and well-organized site is a fine resource for K-12 teachers and students. At the site, users can search for and retrieve a variety of digitized primary sources related to American government and democracy, such as treaties, court decisions, inaugural addresses, maps, paintings, and photos." URL: http://civics-online.org/

Civics Resources - Links -- links to sites with general civics information, and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, as well as state and local resources. URL: http://www.bham.wednet.edu/soc_civi.htm

Civnet (CIVITAS Online) -- CIVITAS is "...an international, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting civic education and civil society." Civnet includes "...textbooks, lesson plans, original journal articles and book reviews, civic news headlines, events listings, organizational contacts, and a lot more. " URL: http://www.civnet.org/

Close Up Foundation -- offers a variety of teaching resources, including books, pamphlets, videocassettes, and sponsors a Week in Washington program for educators and students. URL: http://www.closeup.org/

College Board Online -- includes an online essay evaluation service, links to explore college locations, a calendar for the college bound, and more. URL: http://www.collegeboard.org/

Color Landform Atlas of the United States -- black and white maps, relief maps, regional (state) maps, and links to information about sites within the states. URL: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

Conservatism - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- check out political thought (is that an oxymoron?) from the conservative side of the tracks. URL: http://www.panix.com/~jk/consfaq.html

DiscoverySchool.com -- "DiscoverySchool.com is dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting, rewarding adventure for students, teachers, and parents. To that end we provide innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and an entire store full of helpful learning products for parents to share with their children. The site is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom teachers in elementary school, middle school, and high school. " URL: http://school.discovery.com

Diversity & Ethnic Studies: Virtual Community -- "The focus of this Web site is to provide links to African American, American Indian, Asian American, and U.S. Latino resources, along with links to resources on often-overlooked minorities and people with disabilities. There's also a brief list of multicultural resources, meaning those that deal with more than one ethnic minority or cultural group." URL: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/divweb2.htm

History Channel Classroom -- "... provides television programs that middle school, junior high and high school teachers can videotape and keep for up to a year -- along with support materials to help with lesson plans and class activities. " URL: http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/index.html

Inaugural Classroom - Lesson Plans -- from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), in association with the Presidential Inaugural Committee, lesson plans, poetry, an inaugural quiz, and letters to the president. URL: http://www.pbs.org/inaugural97/

Justice Information Center (NCJRS) -- information on the courts system, corrections, crime prevention, drugs and crime, juvenile justice and more, at the local, state, national and international levels. URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/

K-12 History on the Internet Resource Guide -- from a history professor and an information technology professional, this large site has loads of information for history teachers. Look here for online history projects (by students and teachers, for students and teachers) for grades K through 16, as well as professional literature for teachers at all levels. Also included are sections on professional development, doing research, and a "Time and Place& Social Studies Web Ring... a voluntary association of social studies oriented web sites. They may be index sites, collections of lesson plans or other sites useful to social studies educators and/or students" (this last is still under construction). URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/history/index.html

Learning Page of the Library of Congress -- includes "...indexes to guide you through American Memory historical collections and other Library of Congress resources," an educators' page, historians' sources, framework for using primary sources, and more. URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/

Learning Web at the U.S. Geological Survey -- teaching and learning resources from USGS online. URL: http://www.usgs.gov/education/

Libertarianism - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) -- "...a list of answers to many of the frequently asked questions about libertarianism." URL: http://www.self-gov.org/libfaq.html

Lightspan.com -- "...free K-12 education portal, whch provides compelling and relevant content for teachers, parents and students all in one place...teachers can save time and become more productive by easily finding educational content, tools, and projects they need for the classroom... grade-appropriate lesson plans to classroom and school Web site builders to exemplary classroom and community projects from all over the world." URL: http://www.lightspan.org/

Malcolm X Conference (Real Player) -- "On November 1-4, 1990, over 3,000 people from 24 countries met in New York City for a conference entitled, Malcolm X: Radical Tradition and
a Legacy of Struggle. The conference marked the last time that "major figures such as Alex Haley, John Henry Clarke, Betty Shabazz, and C. Eric Lincoln gathered together." The University of Toledo Africana Studies Program, under the direction of Dr. Abdul Alkalimat, has begun to place online the full audio proceedings of the conference, accompanied by study guides and links to further information. At present, only the first two sessions are available, but additional sessions will be added one per week over the next six months. " URL: http://www.murchisoncenter.org/malcolm/

Map Machine (National Geographic) -- country flags, maps, facts and profiles, physical and political maps, bring the Shockwave browser plug-in with you. URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

Marx-Engels Internet Archive -- includes an introduction to Marxian theory, a library of Marx's works, biographical materials and photos, links to other writers. URL: http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/

Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) -- "...mission: to make a difference in the quality of education and learning for all through excellence in applied research, product development, and service," includes educator resources, programs, projects, and the latest news about educational technology. URL: http://www.mcrel.org/

Missouri Bar Association Online -- although this acts as a source of information for the legal profession in Missouri, it offers online pamphlets, teacher resources, a video lending library, and a newsletter (subscription is available online). URL: http://www.mobar.org/

Missouri State Historic Sites Locator Map -- uses an interactive map of Missouri as a key to text descriptions of various landmarks in state history. URL: http://www.mostateparks.com/statemap.htm

National Archives and Records Administration and the NARA's Digital Classroom -- To encourage teachers of students at all levels to use archival documents in the classroom, the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and methods for teaching with primary sources. Includes sections on Primary Sources and Activities, General and National History Day Research, NARA Publications, and Professional Development opportunities for educators at all levels.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards -- "The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools... by establishing high standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do, and we are developing a new system of advanced, voluntary certification for teachers. Our aim is to certify all teachers who meet the standards." Look here for information on the certification process, where it is happening, and a list of certified teachers. URL: http://www.nbpts.org/

National Council for Geographic Education -- "...works to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning," includes publications, learning activities, and links to other geography related sites. URL: http://www.ncge.org/

National Council for the Social Studies -- the nation's largest association of social studies teachers, the NCSS "...engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies," includes links to Internet resources, professional development, standards and curriculum resources. URL: http://www.ncss.org/

National History Day -- the "...year-long National History Day competition is an exciting way for students to study and learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events," includes links to historical and civics-related sites. URL: http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/

National Political Index -- "... provides an index of substantive political information for voters, political activists, political consultants, lobbyists, politicians, academicians, and media editors with a wide range of products, information, services, simulations, games, and polling in an interactive communications environment." URL: http://www.politicalindex.com/

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (Flash) -- "Sponsored by the White House Council on Youth Violence, the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center is a collaboration between the Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other federal agencies. The Resource Center Website is offered as a portal to federal information on youth violence prevention and suicide. The heart of the site is a sizable collection of annotated links, organized alphabetically by topic. The site also explores a number of "Hot Topics," such as Youth Suicide, After School Programs, and Intimate Partner and Family Violence, with background and overviews, publications, and annotated links. Additional content includes a teens-only section, links to related organizations, and an internal search engine. " URL: http://www.safeyouth.org/

Online Political Magazines -- links to a total of 128 online p-zines. URL: http://www.politicalindex.com/sect19.htm

PBS TeacherSource -- from PBS online, this site offers to "...provide teachers timely information about PBS general-audience and children's programming with extended videotaping rights for classroom use in the U.S., including program descriptions, grade level appropriateness, cross-curricular applications, teacher resources and links to relevant World Wide Web sites." URL: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learn.shtm

Political Cartoons -- links to a variety of political cartoons. URL: http://www.twyman-whitney.com/issues/cartoonists.htm

Political Database of the Americas -- from Georgetown University's Center for Latin American Studies, this "...database provides documentary and statistical political information on Latin America, including constitutions, electoral laws, legislative and executive branch information and election data." URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/

Political Resources on the Net -- "Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world." URL: http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/

Political Science Resources -- UK site that offers "...a gateway to most significant resources relevant to political science." Categories include British politics, official Web sites, elections, constitutions, political parties, manifestos, political theory, international relations, and local government. URL: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/

Political Thought Page -- part of the Gutenberg e-text project, includes such philosophical luminaries as Marxism, capitalism, world citizenship and world law, leftist philosophy, anarchy, socialism, Noam Chomsky, Descartes, John Stuart Mill, Edmund Burke, The Revolt of the Masses, libertarianism, right-wing thought (oxymoron?), Mahatma Gandhi, and Frederich Nietzche. URL: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/thought.htm

Project Vote-Smart -- arguably one of the best sites on the Web for current information on politicians, election campaigns, and political news. URL: http://www.vote-smart.org/

Recommended Readings on the Ancient Near East -- Research Archives of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago has posted an updated version of its 1996 printed "Guide to Introductory Readings on the Peoples and Cultures of the Ancient Near East." Resources are grouped under three general headings: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Nubia, and Ancient Mesopotamia. Each heading contains a list of general reference works. Other topics include mummification, religion, art, hieroglyphics, architecture, law and government, and books for students and young readers. URL: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/RECREAD/REC_READ.html

Social Studies Lesson Plans -- lesson plans for a variety of social studies subject areas. URL: http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/socialstudies.html#Lesson

Social Studies Lesson Plans and Resources -- from a professor at California State University at Northridge, links to a wide variety of resources for social studies educators. URL:

Social Studies Sources -- from the University of Indiana, resources for social studies educators. URL: http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html

Teachers' Guide for the Professional Cartoonist Index - Lesson Plans for Political Cartoons -- how-to for social studies educators who utilize political cartoons in their instruction. URL: http://www.cagle.com/teacher/

Teachers Helping Teachers -- a site that is for teachers, by teachers, that strives to provide "...basic teaching tips to inexperienced teachers... ideas that can be immediately implemented into the classroom... new ideas in teaching methodologies for all teachers... (and) a forum for experienced teachers to share their expertise and tips with colleagues around the world." URL: http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/

Ultimate Collection of News Links -- from Afghanistan to Zanzibar, links to news media all over the globe. URL: http://pppp.net/links/news/

United Nations CyberSchoolBus -- resources for students and teachers to learn more about this international organization. URL: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

United States Government Manual (National Archives) -- links to the official manual of the federal government, including the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, presidential documents, congressional information, and more. URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara001.html

United States History Sites on the Web -- links to loads of sites for information on U.S. history. URL: http://www.twyman-whitney.com/americancitizen/links/amhist.htm

Voices of Youth (UNICEF) -- United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund online, a place for students and teachers to learn about this organization's impact, issues of international importance, activities and problem-solving, and a forum for teachers to discuss global education and online learning. URL: http://www.unicef.org/voy/

World History Sites on the Web -- links to loadsof sites for information on world history. URL: http://www.twyman-whitney.com/americancitizen/links/wrldhist.htm

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Classroom Connect -- a commercial site that offers a great deal of practical information for teachers, includes online materials for educators, links to schools online, training for teachers via workshops and national conferences. URL: http://www.classroom.net/

Educause -- "...a nonprofit consortium of higher education institutions that facilitates the introduction, use, and access to and management of information resources in teaching, learning, scholarship, and research. Educause believes that education and information technology (IT) will provide the most significant enhancements for human capability over the coming decade and that IT will have a fundamental impact upon education's ability to fulfill its mission." Look here to subscribe to excellent publications (Edupage and Educom Update via e-mail, and the paper edition of Educom Review), for professionals in education who want the best in information about Information Technology. URL: http://www.educause.edu/

EdWeb Project: Exploring Technology and School Reform -- "The purpose of this hyperbook is to explore the worlds of educational reform and information technology. With EdWeb, you can hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the classroom, and much, much more." URL: http://edweb.gsn.org/

HistoryLink: The Online Encyclopedia of Seattle and King County -- this site's concept could be adapted by any teacher or team of educators who were interested in creating an online history of any place, especially their own home town. Here is how the Internet Scout Report describes it: "HistoryLink is an Internet experiment in doing local history for Seattle, Washington that could be replicated in other urban areas. First imagined by Walt Crowley and Paul Dorpat as a print history of Seattle and King County, HistoryLink became a Web venture as its founders sought a method "which would combine multiple histories including the story of women, labor, ethnic minorities, the environment and other subjects often marginalized in comprehensive printed histories." The current site is lavishly illustrated and includes a Galleries section, featuring Magic Lantern, a collection of photo essays; Now & Then, Seattle sites depicted in historical photographs and re-photographed by Paul Dorpat; Maps & Documents; and Ten Minute History, 48 historic images. The People's History Section features 78 first-person accounts of Seattle history ranging from transcriptions of letters and archives to excerpts from oral histories. There is also a form to submit your own story." URL: http://www.historylink.org/welcome.htm

I Love Teaching.Com -- this site is dedicated to teachers new to their classrooms, offers links to helpful information in a variety of subject matter areas. A member of the Classroom Connection. URL: http://www.iloveteaching.com/

Internet Scout Report -- one of the absolute BEST SOURCES of information for teachers at the secondary and post-secondary level, this is one of Mr. Whitney's favorite resources for interesting and useful and informative Web sites. Get yourself a subscription..... as of the spring of 2001, it's still a free email newsletter.

Learning Exchange for Teachers and Students through the InterNet -- The mission of the site is "... to facilitate an integration of the Internet into the K-12 curriculum, and features lesson plans on topics from Ellis Island to the Worm Bin Project to Architectural Landscapes. Visitors can choose from a range of access options including 10 Big Ideas, Subjects, and Teachers. Lessons are clearly organized within the general subjects; links to specific topics are also provided." Includes real-world examples from practicing teachers. URL: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/

New York Times Learning Network -- some really terrific resources for social studies teachers, including a daily news quiz, keyword-searchable lesson plan archive organized by category with related articles from the Times and related articles for further investigation, even have a lesson plan emailed to you via free "subscription" in a newsletter format. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

QuizCenter -- from Discover online, allows users to create quizzes that can be placed online, with immediate student feedback (they can see their quiz scores) or will email students' scores directly to the instructor. URL: http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html

Spectrum Virtual University -- offers users free online classes. URL: http://www.vu.org/

SyberWorks Internet Based Training -- commercial site that offers Internet-based training. URL: http://www.syberworks.com/

Syllabus Web -- offers information on the application of technology to the classroom (from the publishers of the magazine). URL: http://www.syllabus.com/

Teacher Tips -- the goals of this site are to provide "...sources for educational development in the classroom.. innovative ideas for the use of the internet in the classroom... resources in the areas of science and history... activities and lessons that can be implemented into the classroom... (and) information on the instruction of gifted and talented children." URL: http://edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tvantine/

Teachers.Net -- includes lesson plans, chat boards for communicating with teachers across the world, a library of electronic reference works, and web site creation. URL: http://www.teachers.net/

TechKnow--PBS Kids -- the design of this site may belie the fact that it can teach basic lessons about understanding the Internet and its information to kids and adults alike. URL: http://www.pbs.org/kids/techknow/

Technology N'formation for Teachers -- from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, "...a database of technology-related lesson plans developed by Florida educators. T'NT allows you to quickly search the database and easily find lessons to enhance your curriculum." URL: http://twister.coedu.usf.edu/tnt/

Using the World Wide Web for Schools & Libraries, K-12 -- from a professor at James Madison University, loads of links that will help anyone -- especially educators -- learn to make good use of computer technology and the Internet, networks, the Web, and much more. URL: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/net1.htm

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Wired Learning -- through a partnership between San Diego State University and Pacific Bell, a design team of former teachers and librarians collaborated to create Internet and videoconferencing applications for K-12 schools, community colleges, and public libraries. This page describes and links to online lesson plans and resources created by the Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Applications Design Team. URL: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/index.shtml