U.S. History Links
The links below are designed to help students enrich their understanding of
the topics taught in the United States history class.
Procon.org
Video and transcript of the 2012 presidential State of the Union Address to be
used for debate topics.
New York Times State Of The Union
Daily news designed to keep students up with current events.
CNN Student News
Procon.org is a website dedicated to studying and debating
political issues. This website will be used to help students
with the 2012 debate on whether or not President Obama should be
reelected as President of the United States.
Procon.org
ABC-ClIO: The is an American History database which covers topics
related to
the 7th Grade United States history course. Username: Knudsonms
Password:
Knudsonms
http://www.americanhistory.abc-clio.com
CULTURE GRAMS: Geography Username: Nevada Password: Silver
http://online.culturegrams.com
Sperlings Best Places To Live: Offers students information about
various
places to live in the United States when they are studying U.S.
History and
geography/
http://www.bestplaces.net
Find Your Spot: offers families and individuals a fun
opportunity to
research information about places to live based on the completion
of a
survey and profiles of cities being created in reference to
information
submitted in the survey.
findyourspot.com
The on the issues website focuses on candidates and the issues in
American
politics.
http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
The fact check website allows individuals check statements that
politicians
have stated to determine the accuracy of topic issues.
http://www.factcheck.org/
Nevada First One Hundred website is dedicated to look at the 100
people who
shaped Nevada's history.
http://www.1st100.com/
50 States.com This website give information about every state in
the union
including local and state goverment information.
http://www.50states.com/
The Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Job and career information
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Students can use this site to
learn and
research the famous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
Based on Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same
name, Guns, Germs and Steel traces humanity's journey over the
last 13,000 years – from the dawn of farming at the end of the
last Ice Age to the realities of life in the twenty-first century.
Inspired by a question put to him on the island of Papua New
Guinea more than thirty years ago, Diamond embarks on a world-
wide quest to understand the roots of global inequality.
Why were Europeans the ones to conquer so much of our planet?
Why didn't the Chinese, or the Inca, become masters of the globe
instead?
Why did cities first evolve in the Middle East?
Why did farming never emerge in Australia?
And why are the tropics now the capital of global poverty?
Guns Germs and Steel
This website provides some research information to help students
prepare for roles in the Who Really Discovered America simulation.
Who Really Discovered America
Defiant, brilliant and unstoppable, the “Iron Jawed Angels” were
a group of activists who fought for—and ultimately won—the right
to vote for women in America. Their courage inspired a nation and
changed it forever. Now their story is being told in a powerful
new film. The link is an eight page pamphlet which tells the
history of the Women's suffrage movement.
IRON JAWED ANGELS
Theodore Roosevelt's feelings on the takeover of Indian lands out
West.
Theodore Roosevelt: The Takeover of Indian Land
Chief Joseph's feelings on the takeover of Indian lands out
West.
Chief Joseph: The Takeover of Indian land
A public broadcasting online presentation on the March 25, 1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire which resulted in the death of
146 garment workers resulting in changes in job safety.
American Experience: The Triangle Fire
The study of the old West while debunking some of the myths
associated with cowboy and cowboy life.
Which Old West And Whose?
A basic summary of the Dee Brown book on the history of white and
Native
American relations.
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
This website is a daily update of information regarding the 2012 presidential
election
2012 Political Season