Homer Junior High Library Information Center

Social Studies

1920's America

 Child Labor

 Civil War Leaders

Colonial America

Columbian Exchange

Countries

The Early Republic

French and Indian War

Holocaust

Immigration

Science Of World War II

Timeline & General U S History

Vietnam War

World War I & Trench Warfare

1920's America

1920's WebQuest Scroll down to Step 2 for links on all types of 1920's topics.

The Roaring Twenties  Scroll down as you read the page and click on the embedded links for more information.

Grolier Online        SIX encyclopedias, The New Book of Popular Science AND Lands and Peoples! 

Student Resources in Context

Student Resource Center Junior      Includes 82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions, 41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.

Child Labor

Child Labor: An American Pictorial History

Lewis Hine child labor photograph collection

Child Labor at ehistory  Mr. Coal's Story; The Story of my Cotton Dress; Gallery of Images

Lewis Hine Images at The Library of Congress

Student Resources in Context

Civil War Leaders

Civil War Generals

Civil War Biographies from the Civil War Preservation Trust

 Colonial America  

Colonial America Info        Famous colonists, British Acts, and other information related to Colonial America.

Colonial Williamsburg

Archiving Early America: Historic Documents from 18th Century America

Rare Map Collection -- Colonial America from the University of Georgia Libraries  

Columbian Exchange Bibliography

 

Diseases

Smallpox

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/medicine/smallpox.htm

http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/timelines/smallpox

http://www.zkea.com/archives/archive06010.html

http://dermatology.about.com/cs/smallpox/a/smallpoxhx.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/smallpox.html

 

Measles

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/medicine/measles.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/measles_rubeola/article.htm

http://www.news-medical.net/health/Measles-History.aspx

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/series/diseases/measles.html

 

Plants

Wheat

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/food/wheat.htm

http://www.agron.iastate.edu/courses/agron212/readings/oat_wheat_history.htm

http://www.world-foodhistory.com/2007/03/history-of-wheat.html

http://oklahoma4h.okstate.edu/aitc/lessons/extras/facts/wheat.html#history

http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/wheat/consumption.htm

 

Tomato

http://www.eu-sol.net/public/plant-histories/tomato-history/introduction#top [hit “next” on bottom to keep going…]

http://www.eu-sol.net/public/plant-histories/tomato-history/spread-of-the-tomato [one of the “next” pages]

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/archives/parsons/publications/vegetabletravelers/tomato.html

http://www.theworldwidegourmet.com/products/articles/tomato-history/

http://www.tomatogardeningguru.com/history.html

 

Potato

http://www.eu-sol.net/public/plant-histories/potato-history/introduction#top [hit “next” on bottom to keep going…]

http://www.history-magazine.com/potato.html

http://www.foodreference.com/html/a-pot-hist0607.html

 

Corn

http://www.campsilos.org/mod3/students/c_history.shtml [click at bottom to continue story]

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/09/08/corn.lat/

http://www.agron.iastate.edu/courses/agron212/readings/corn_history.htm

 

Animals

Longhorn

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ugt4OyJaQ9AC&pg=PA11&sig=N_smwhw7QLRqU8nkg1DoK-PEtKA&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false      [check out pages 10-13]

http://www.texaslonghorn.com/longhorn_info/index.cfm?con=legacy

http://www.historynet.com/texas-longhorns-a-short-history.htm

http://doublehelixranch.com/History.html

 

Zebra Mussel

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/zebramussel.shtml

http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous_Species/Zebra_mussel_FAQs/zebra_mussel_faqs.html

http://www.gma.org/surfing/human/zebra.html

http://www.lcbp.org/ATLAS/HTML/is_zebra.htm           [in Lake Champlain]

http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous_Species/ZM_Progression/zm_progression.html        [cool map]

 

House Sparrow

http://www.sialis.org/hosphistory.htm

http://www.ourbetternature.org/hospinvasion.htm

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/house_sparrow/id

http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Avian_Invaders.html

 

Starling

http://www.arkive.org/european-starling/sturnus-vulgaris/#text=FactsStatus [notice links at right for more info…]

http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/biogeog/COOK1928.htm     [serious business...and from 1928]

http://teachstarlings.societyrne.net/html/intro.htm

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/id

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/eurostarling.shtml

 

Countries

Grolier Online        Sign into the Lands and Peoples resource along the left hand side of the screen, then search for your country.

 

Countryfacts.com

 

Class Brain     Article sup-topics are listed in clickable links in the top right of each page about your country.

 

Countries of the World at InfoPlease.com

 

 

CIA World Fact Book     Profiles of all the countries of the world by the Central Intelligence Agency.

 

The Early Republic

George Washington

Textbook: 136-137, 140, 142-143, 152, 169, 171, 181-182, 191, 193, 195, 204, 206, 215, 217, 266, 277, 278, 279, 282, 285, 287, 291, 306, 316

 

The White House: George Washington

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington

 

POTUS: George Washington

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwashington.html

 

Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia: George Washington

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/washington

 

Trvia-Library.com: Biography of George Washington

http://www.trivia-library.com/1st-u.s.-president-george-washington/index.htm

 

Mount Vernon [Washington’s home]

            “Meet George Washington” [look into the biography and timeline sections on the left]

                        http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/

 

            “Explore Mount Vernon”

                        http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/explore_mv/index.cfm/

 

 

Alexander Hamilton

Textbook: 206-207, 216, 279, 280-281, 285, 287, 288, 289, 294, 303

 

The New York Historical Society: Alexander Hamilton Exhibition—Timeline

            http://www.alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/timeline/index.html

 

“The Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton”

            http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HAM/hamilton.html

 

PBS—American Experience: Alexander Hamilton”

            http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hamilton/peopleevents/p_a_hamilton.html

            http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/hamilton/timeline/index.html

 

 

John Adams

Textbook: 152, 153, 157, 175, 194, 211, 214, 217, 285, 290, 291-292, 293, 294, 304

 

The White House: John Adams

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnadams

 

POTUS: John Adams

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jadams.html

 

Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia: John Adams

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/adams

 

Trvia-Library.com: Biography of John Adams

http://www.trivia-library.com/biography-of-2nd-u.s.-president-john-adams/index.htm

 

PBS: John and Abigail Adams—John Adams

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/p_john.html

 

The National Park Service [they maintain the Adams’ house] on the Adams

            http://www.nps.gov/adam/historyculture/people.htm

 

 

Abigail Adams

Textbook: 137, 152

 

“First Ladies” [Abigail Adams]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/first-ladies/abigailadams

 

“Fist Lady Biography: Abigail Adams”

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2

 

Abigail Adams: “Remember the ladies” letter to John Adams, March 31, 1776.

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch15s9.html

 

Familytales: Abigail Adams letters for the years 1761-1816

http://www.familytales.org/results.php?tla=aba

 

Boston 1775: “No Pox Party in John Adams”

[discusses Abigail’s decision to inoculate family against smallpox]

http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2008/03/no-pox-party-in-john-adams.html

 

PBS: John and Abigail Adams—Abigail Adams

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/p_abigail.html

 

The National Park Service [they maintain the Adams’ house] on the Adams

            http://www.nps.gov/adam/historyculture/people.htm

 

 

Thomas Jefferson

Textbook: 158, 175, 193, 211, 230, 279, 284-285, 288-289, 290, 294, 302-304, 307, 313, 314

 

The White House: Thomas Jefferson

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/thomasjefferson

 

POTUS: Thomas Jefferson

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/tjefferson.html

 

Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia: Thomas Jefferson

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jefferson

 

Trvia-Library.com: Biography of Thomas Jefferson

http://www.trivia-library.com/biography-of-3rd-u.s.-president-thomas-jefferson/index.htm

 

Monticello [Jefferson’s home]

“A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson”:

http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/dayinlife/sunrise/home.html

            “Brief Biography of Thomas Jefferson”:

                        http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/biography.html

            “Timeline of Jefferson’s Life”:

                        http://www.monticello.org/jefferson/timeline.html

            “The House, Gardens, and Plantation”:

                        http://www.monticello.org/housegardenplant/index.html

 

Lewis and Clark Expedition

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/

            http://www.lewisclark.net/

 

 

James Madison

Textbook: 208, 209, 216, 218, 280-281, 289, 318-319

 

The White House: James Madison

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmadison

 

POTUS: James Madison

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jmadison.html

 

Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia: James Madison

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/madison

 

Trvia-Library.com: Biography of James Madison

http://www.trivia-library.com/a/4th-us-president-james-madison.htm

 

“America’s Founding Fathers: Delegates to the Constitutional Convention”

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_virginia.html

 

“Explore Montpelier” [Madison’s home]

http://www.montpelier.org/explore/index.php

 

 

Tecumseh

Textbook: 316, 317-318, 322

 

Ohio History Central: Tecumseh

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=373

 

“Tecumseh”

http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/tecumseh.html

 

National Park Service—“Tecumseh”

            http://www.nps.gov/archive/pevi/html/tecumseh.html

 

Encyclopedia Britannica—“Tecumseh”

            http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/585519/Tecumseh

 

“Shawnee Indians”

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=631

 

Battles: Fallen Timbers and Thames [War of 1812; Tecumseh’s death]

http://www.fallentimbersbattlefield.com/index.asp

http://www.warof1812-history.com/Battle-of-Thames.aspx

 

 

Andrew Jackson

Textbook: 322, 323-324, 350, 360, 361, 362, 363, 365-368, 389

 

Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia: Andrew Jackson

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jackson

 

The White House: Andrew Jackson

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson

 

Battle of Horseshoe Bend [war against Creek Indians—part of War of 1812]

http://www.nps.gov/hobe/historyculture/index.htm

 

Trvia-Library.com: Biography of Andrew Jackson

http://www.trivia-library.com/biography-of-7th-u.s.-president-andrew-jackson/index.htm

 

The War or 1812: Andrew Jackson

http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/people/jackson.html

 

Andrew Jackson: Indian Removal

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2959.html

 

The Hermitage [Jackson’s home]

            http://www.thehermitage.com/jackson-family/ [biographical information…good timeline]

            http://www.thehermitage.com/mansion-grounds/ [info on Jackson’s estate]

 

French & Indian War

Background of the French and Indian War

Fighting for a Continent:     Newspaper Coverage of the English and French War for Control of North America, 1754-1760

French & Indian War Index    A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times

Grolier Online        SIX online encyclopedias! Over 100,000 articles -- maps, flags, timelines and more! 

HistoryCentral.com     French and Indian War 1754-1763

Kid Port     The French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Holocaust

Grolier Online        SIX online encyclopedias! Over 100,000 articles -- maps, flags, timelines and more! 

Encyclopedia Britannica           Britannica Online School Edition 

 

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/holo.html

http://www.ushmm.org/outreach

http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu

http://www.annefrank.com/education/resources

http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394663

http://www.remember.org/jacobs/index.html

 

Immigration

U S History: Immigration from Spartacus Educational – a collection of links relating to U S immigration – be sure to scroll down for more links.

Immigration   from Scholastic.com – offers many links and subheadings

U S Immigration History   a brief summary of U S immigration

Ethnic America from Digital History

Ellis Island    An excellent site with links for the immigrant experience, the history of Ellis Island, and more

Lower East Side Tenement Museum  An interesting site detailing the history of a tenement building on Orchard Street in New York City.  Click on the Urban Log Cabin link to view the building in 1870 or 1915; then click on the windows to visit each apartment’s tenants and read their stories.  The Tenement VR link lets you control the camera and tour an apartment in the tenement as it would have been in 1870 or 1935.  Be sure to read the History link for a wonderful description of the immigrant experience.

Chinese Immigration

The Chinese in California 1850-1925

New York Public Library a searchable collection of images

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Student Resources in Context

Grolier Online        SIX encyclopedias, The New Book of Popular Science AND Lands and Peoples!

Encyclopedia Britannica           Britannica Online School Edition 

Student Resource Center Junior      Includes 82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions, 41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.

Timeline & General U S History

Global Timeline

www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ushistory.htm

www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/history.htm

www.teachthechildrenwell.com/social.html 

Vietnam War

Vietnam War from History.com

General description of Vietnam War.  Explore the links under “More to Explore” for details about specific topics.

 

Battlefield Vietnam

Includes a brief history of the Vietnam War, discussion of guerrilla warfare, the siege of Khe Sanh

 

Vietnam Online from PBS

Links to a timeline, information on weapons of war, My Lai and other topics

 

Women in Vietnam

 

Student Resource Center Junior      Includes 82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions, 41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.

The Science of World War II

 

Scroll down for links on Atomic Bomb, Chemical Warfare, Medicine, Parachutes & Paratroopers, Radar, Sonar & Rockets, Vehicles, Weapons, Scientists, and General Links & Databases

 

Atomic Bomb

The Manhattan Project: the atomic bomb in WWII

http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/educators/study-guides/history_manhattan-project.htm

 

Atomic Bomb

http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/atombomb.htm

 

Atomic Bomb – Damages Caused

http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/A-bomb/History/Damages.html

 

National Atomic Museum

http://www.atomicmuseum.com/Tour/atomicage.cfm

 

 

Chemical Warfare

The Allies and the Use of Gas in WWII

http://www.rense.com/general83/gas.htm 

 

Chemical Warfare

http://www.bomb-shelter.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=67

 

Mustard Gas

http://library.thinkquest.org/27393/dreamwvr/agents/mustard1.htm  

 

 

Counter-Intelligence & Code Breaking

Counter-Intelligence and code breakers

http://www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/ci2/2ch1_a.htm  

Code breaking
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/ 

 

 

Medicine

Penicillin

http://www.mcatmaster.com/medicine&war/penicillin.htm 

 

Morphine

http://med-dept.com/morphine.php 

 

Developments in weaponry, communication, aviation, and medicine during WWII:

Scroll down for many topics –

Sulfanilamide, Morphine, Penicillin, Plasma, Weapon Mobility

http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Developments%20in%20weaponry%20communicationr.htm 

 

 

Parachutes & Paratroopers
D-Day Paratroopers

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/sfeature/sf_paratrooper.html

Parachutes: Background, History and Manufacturing

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Parachute.html

Uniforms & Equipment

http://www.101airborneww2.com/

German Paratroopers

http://www.germanparatrooper.org/German_Paratrooper/Willkommen.html

German Parachutes

http://www.fjr2.be/Pagina%2026-%20German%20parachutes.htm

 

Radar, Sonar & Rockets

World War II RADAR

http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/Aviation%20history/WW2/radar%20in%20world%20war%20two.htm  

 

Sonar

http://www.navy.mil/oceans/sonar.html  

 

Aircraft Rockets of World War II

http://www.tarrif.net/wwii/guides/a2g_rockets_2.htm

 

Rockets

http://www.stanford.edu/~xuanwu/v2/ 

 

Developments in weaponry, communication, aviation, and medicine during WWII:

Scroll down for many topics –

Sulfanilamide, Morphine, Penicillin, Plasma, Weapon Mobility

http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Developments%20in%20weaponry%20communicationr.htm 

 

 

Vehicles

LVT-1: The Marine Corps’ First Amphibious Vehicle

http://www.marines.com/main/index/p/essential_to_our_freedom/winning_battles/history/innovations/lvt_1_first_marine_amphib

 

Higgins Boat: A New Tool to Storm the Beaches

http://www.marines.com/main/index/winning_battles/history/innovations/higgins_boat

 

Jeeps

http://www.rensjeep.com/history.html 

 

Submarine Technology

http://www.fleetsubmarine.com/subtech.html 

 

Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/sub.htm

 

The Science behind the U-boat War

http://uboat.net/technical/  

 

American Aircraft of World War II

www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/

 

Saratoga Aircraft Carrier

http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv03-saratoga/cv03-saratoga.html

 

 

Weapons

Strategies, Battles, Weapons, People and Intelligence

www.2worldwar2.com

 

Infantry Weapons of World War II

http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/mchs/WWIIWeapons.htm 

 

Weapons

www.world-war-2.info/weapons/

 

Developments in weaponry, communication, aviation, and medicine during WWII:

Scroll down for many topics –

Sulfanilamide, Morphine, Penicillin, Plasma, Weapon Mobility

http://www.dsusd.k12.ca.us/users/scottsh/Developments%20in%20weaponry%20communicationr.htm 

 

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Scientists

 

Scientists and the Second World War

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWscientists.htm

 

Historic British figures – use the clickable alphabet to find your person

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures

 

R.V. Jones and Electronic Warfare

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D81E3FF93AA25751C1A961958260

 

Barnes Wallis

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wallis_neville_barnes.shtml

 

Barnes Wallis

http://www.solarnavigator.net/inventors/barnes_wallis.htm

 

Robert Watson-Watt

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/robert_watson_watt.htm

 

 

General Links & Databases

 

World War II searchable database

http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/frame1.htm

 

World War II links from the Windward School

http://www.windwardny.org/home/content.asp?id=88

 

World War II – general links

www.teacheroz.com/wwii.htm

How Stuff Works     A great place to learn about how things work in the world around you. Excellent explanations and great illustrations. 

Grolier Online        SIX encyclopedias, The New Book of Popular Science AND Lands and Peoples! 

Encyclopedia Britannica           Britannica Online School Edition 

Student Resource Center Junior      Includes 82,000 biographies, 15,000 maps and photos, 16,000 timeline event descriptions, 41,000 source documents, including diary entries & letters, and much more.

World War I

American Posters of World War I

BBC History – World War One

Encyclopedia of the First World War    Great information, scroll down to get past advertising on the top of the page.

Grolier Online        SIX online encyclopedias! Over 100,000 articles -- maps, flags, timelines and more! 

PBS: The Great War

Trenches on the Web     World War I biographies, maps, documents, timelines and more.

Veterans Affairs Canada: The First World War    Canada's involvement in World War I.

World War I Document Archive     An international archive of primary documents relating to the Great War.  Includes a long list of "Links to Other Resources."

World War I -- Trench Warfare

Life in the Trenches    Death, rats, frogs, lice, and the smell!

The Trenches    Links to "Life in the Trenches," "The Trench System," and "Trench Warfare" from the online Encyclopedia of the First World War.

Trench Warfare in World War One    A site full of information on all aspects of trench life.

Vintage Photographs -- Trenches    archive photos of trench scenes taken during, before and after the war

World War One  includes virtual tours and other good information

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