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(from theUniversity of Virginia Center for Politics)
- A Guide to Campaign Ad Types - It's de Lemos-approved, folks. Part of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, this website gives samples of eight typical campaign ads, using Quicktime Movies of actual advertisements--from "Mudslinging" to "Cardstacking," and "Plain Folks" to "Bandwagon."
- EASE History Campaign Ads - An interactive website created by Michigan State University where video clips of historical presidential campaign ads are entry points to learn about campaign issues and their historical context, as well as the persuasive techniques and strategies that are part of political campaigns.
- AOL Presidential Match 2004 - Can't decide which candidate to vote for? Answer a step-by-step questionnaire which matches your views on the issues with the positions taken by all the presidential candidates. This site will then give you the best match for your vote, and rank the remaining candidates accordingly.
We the People
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United States Government |
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The United States Mint - It's de Lemos-approved, folks. All about our money--past, present, and future. This site even lets you comment on design proposals for new coins.
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CNN.com Law Center - It's de Lemos-approved, folks. Look for the Special Report on the Supreme Court.
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Project Vote Smart - A nonprofit organization that provides information about politicians. The site is organized around three areas: Candidates, CongressTrack, and Government and Politics. To find out who your representatives and senators are, just type in your nine-digit zip code. They also provide an up-to-date listing of all State Officials of Colorado.
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The President |
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The American Presidency - Do you have to do a report on a president? This is the place to go. Information from three different Grolier Encyclopedias, sound bites from presidential speeches, and results from all presidential elections.
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The Hall of Presidents - A picture of each president, and a short biography. If you click on the small picture of the president, you can see a much larger version of the picture.
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The Presidential Elections: 1860-1912 - It's Dumas-Approved, folks. Created by Harper's Weekly magazine, this website features poticial cartoons, historical context, campaign overviews, biographical sketches, and a review of each era's major issues
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Heads of State in all Countries of the World |
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Rulers - listing of current and past rulers of all the countries of the world.
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CNN Election Watch - Select a region of the world, and then pick the country--this site will give you everything you need to know: the type of government, the candidates, the population, and the election results. Information provided by the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
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Other Government Information |
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| Online Timeline Creators |
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Time Line Tool - Although the interface is a little clunky, this site lets you include an unlimited number of events.
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Time Line Maker - It's clean and it's simple, but it limits you to six (6) events on a horizontal time line, or nine (9) events on a vertical time line.
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Best of History Web Sites - A user-friendly link list that you help you find a good web site for any period in world history, from the beginning of time to the present.
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Essays in History - Online version of the journal from the history department at the University of Virginia.
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Eyewitness - Provides short, illustrated essays on historical events with perspectives from folks who were actually there.
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OSSHE Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource - Includes interactive and static maps on topics in European, North African, Middle Eastern, and North American history. Using the Shockwave plugin, you'll be able to view interactive maps on topics such as the spread of slavery in North America and the journeys of Lewis and Clark.
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The Presidential Elections: 1860-1912 - It's Dumas-Approved, folks. Created by Harper's Weekly magazine, this website features poticial cartoons, historical context, campaign overviews, biographical sketches, and a review of each era's major issues.
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The American Presidency - Do you have to do a report on a president? This is the place to go. Information from three different Grolier Encyclopedias, sound bites from presidential speeches, and results from all presidential elections.
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The Presidents of the United States - Biographies, and inaugural addresses. This is a good site to visit if you need information on the presidents' wives. From the White House.
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The Hall of Presidents - A picture of each president, and a short biography. If you click on the small picture of the president, you can see a much larger version of the picture.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships includes extracts and images from the multi volume print work arranged by ship type and numeric designation or name. An image archive of ships from several countries is also available online.
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Political Graveyard - Includes indexes by name or cemetery to burial locations of U.S. politicians. Features trivia: number of politicians named "George Washington", killed in duels, and other useless but interesting facts.
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American Immigration - This work of a 10th grade American history class includes information about: Who were/are the immigrants to the U.S.?; Peaks/waves of immigration; Methods of transportation and ports of arrival; Process of entering the U.S.; and Destination/places where they settled.
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American Memory - Consists of primary source and archival materials relating to American culture and history. The collections include photographs, sound recordings, documents and movies. Searchable. The WPA Life Histories collection includes life histories of people who lived in Colorado.--- although the material was not collected in Colorado. The Detroit Publishing Company photographic archive includes photographs taken from 1880-1920---with many Colorado locations pictured. Watch for frequent updates to the American Memory Collections.
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Treasures at the Library of Congress - An online exhibit of some of the most significant materials in the collections of the Library. Rare drawings, manuscripts, and other materials. Includes descriptive text.
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NativeWeb Resource Center - Indexes include Nations, Geographic Regions, Subjects, Historical Materials, and Tracing Your Roots, as well as a quick search engine for all topics. This Week in American Indian History - Includes major events which happened to or affected Native Americans. With links to related information. Native Americans - This page has many links to sites with Native American information.
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Colonization to Revolution |
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1492 : An Ongoing Voyage - A Library of Congress site on fifteenth century European navigation, the myths and facts surrounding the figure of Columbus and the differences and similarities between European and American world views at the time of contact.
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The Mayflower Web Page - The Mayflower Compact, the Mayflower passenger list, and lots more information on the first permanent settlement in New England.
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Archiving Early America - Tons of historical documents: facsimiles of newspapers, maps, and writings from America in the 1700's
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Colonial House (PBS) - Indentured servitude. No baths or showers. Public punishments. Welcome to daily life in the year 1628! Think colonial life was all about pious Pilgrims, powdered wigs and freedom for all? Think again! Two dozen modern-day time travelers find out the hard way what early American colonial life was really like.
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Charters of Freedom - From the National Archives and Records Administration includes information about the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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From the Constitutional Convention to the Civil War |
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From Reconstruction to 1900 |
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The Presidential Elections: 1860-1912 - It's Dumas-Approved, folks. Created by Harper's Weekly magazine, this website features poticial cartoons, historical context, campaign overviews, biographical sketches, and a review of each era's major issues.
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The American West - This site covers just about everything related to the west - Native Americans, cowboys, trails, immigration, outlaws and ghost towns.
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American on the Move - Based on an exhibit at the National Museum of American History, this website covers 1876 thru 2000, and explores the role of transportation in American history. See the changes that new transportation networks brought -- cities change, suburbs expand, and farms and factories become part of regional, national and international economies. Meet people as they travel for work and pleasure.. Short descriptive paragraphs accompany signs, postcards, and photos.
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The Photography Collection - Over 50,000 photographs documenting the history of Colorado and the American West from the Denver Public Library's Western History Department collection.
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Overland Trail - Thorough and easy to follow, this site covers all the stops along the trail, and the colorful people who traveled on it.
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The Oregon Trail - Read about the history of the trail and the pioneers who traveled along it. Visit important sites along the trail.
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The Age of Imperialism - The history of the US during the late 19th and early 20th century. Expansion of the US interests to Pacific and Latin America.
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Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine - An amazing Real Audio collection of music from the early decades of the 20th Century--Bessie Smith, Caruso, Ella Fitzgerald, etc. Download the file you want, and insert it in your Power Point presentation.
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When Work is Done - Use historic photographs to analyze the way that Americans spent their leisure time at the turn of the century. Part of the Library of Congress American Memory website.
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World War I: Trenches on the Web - Start your visit at the Reference Library page where you will find links to timelines, photos, biographies, and maps. Much of the material is contributed by students.
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The Great War - Interactive page based on the PBS series. Includes time line, topical interviews with historians, illustrations, and other information.
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World War I Document Archive - International in scope. This archive can be accessed by year, country, includes links to images and biography. Features treaties, newspaper articles, personal narrative and other types of information
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The Legacy of Sacco and Vanzetti - The crime, the trial, and the debate that still rages over it. Photographs, headline stories from the times, cartoons, folk songs, trial transcripts, and links to other references.
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New Deal Network - If your topic concerns the New Deal, start here. A mammoth website with over 20,000 photographs, political cartoons, and texts (speeches, letters, and other historic documents from the New Deal period).
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The 1920s - A well-organized page of links, arranged by topics that make it easy to find just the information you need.
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National Archives: A New Deal for the Arts - During the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930s and into the early years of World War II, the Federal government supported the arts in unprecedented ways. For 11 years, between 1933 and 1943, federal tax dollars employed artists, musicians, actors, writers, photographers, and dancers. This site explains the program--and portrays the era--through countless works of art.
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FDR Cartoon Archive - A history project created by the students at Niskayuna High School in New York which includes thousands of political cartoons.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Includes online documents, educational materials, a searchable photographic database, records from Auschwitz, excerpts from the Nuremberg trials, and links to related sites. Try a search of the photographic database with a word such as "women" or "children." Each photograph includes a caption.
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CNN - Cold War - The web version of CNN's documentary series. Navigate interactive maps • See rare archival footage online • Learn more about the key players • Read recently declassified documents • Tour Cold War capitals through 3-D images
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Our Timelines.com - This site allows you to scan a range of years anywhere from 1000 AD to the present, giving you all important historical events, and then allows you to insert 10 events of your own.
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Time Line Tool - Although the interface is a little clunky, this site lets you include an unlimited number of events.
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Time Line Maker - It's clean and it's simple, but it limits you to six (6) events on a horizontal time line, or nine (9) events on a vertical time line.
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Today in History! - It's fast. It's huge. And it's fully searchable for events, births, and deaths.
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Best of History Web Sites - A user-friendly link list that you help you find a good web site for any period in world history, from the beginning of time to the present.
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Ancient Greece - Save yourself some time and start here. This site from the Multnomah County Library in Oregon has links to all the best sites on Ancient Greece, up-to-date and clearly explained.
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Ancient Rome - Save yourself some time and start here. The folks at Multnomah County Library in Oregon already found all the best sites on Ancient Rome, up-to-date and clearly explained.
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures - A well-organized site focusing on eight ancient cultures: The Near East, India, China, Greece, Rome, The Early Islamic World, and Medieval Europe.
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Daily Life in Ancient Greece - A short and simple site that covers it all: families, clothing, hairstyles, school, toys, pets, weddings, houses, dance, and food.
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Women's Life in Greece and Rome - Primary source material derived from the writings of Aristotle and others which documents the legal, private and public lives of women in classical civilizations.
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Perseus Project - A database of information about Ancient Greece. Consists of texts, encyclopedia, images, lexicons, information on teaching with Perseus, links to related sites, and other information. The project plans to add information on Ancient Rome.
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Includes information on and illustrations of each of the ancient wonders, and information on other wonders, forgotten, modern, and natural. Of the original seven, only the Great Pyramid at Giza survives. The "forgotten" wonders include pictures, links, and information about world-renowned antiquities in the Middle East, Central and South America, and Asia
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Ancient Rome - Save yourself some time and start here. The folks at Multnomah County Library in Oregon already found all the best sites on Ancient Rome, up-to-date and clearly explained.
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The Roman Empire Page - An well-organized, student-produced page that covers eleven basic topic areas. The army, the baths, the emperors, the clothes, the politics--this is a good place to start your Roman Research.
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NetSERF - An alphabetically-arranged Hot List of links to everything Medieval
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Luminarium - The focus here is on literature: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century
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Medieval Technology Pages - The Subject Index for this site alphabetically lists technology developed and used between 500 and 1600 AD in Western Europe. Or, view the timeline that shows the approximate year certain technologies were introduced in Europe. From Agricultural Tools to the Wine Press, learn how inventions and adaptations made a difference in how people lived their lives.
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The Armoury - Lots of pictures of armor and weapons used in the ancient and medieval world.
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Renaissance Art and History Sites |
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Mark Harden's ARTCHIVE - For Renaissance works of art, start here. Over 2,000 scans from more than 200 artists. By clicking on an artist's name, you get a collection of his work.
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Virtual Renaissance - For information on daily life during the Renaissance, start here. A time travel site that lets you meet and listen to a cast of interesting characters who will demonstrate the live and times, technology and medicine, in a variety of places. Includes a chronology and a terrific list of links.
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Sixteenth Century English Renaissance - A huge list of links, covering all of these headings: History and Politics, Royalty, Images, Religion, Women in the Renaissance, Renaissance Science and Medicine, The Plague, Renaissance Music, Renaissance Theatre, Renaissance Dance, Renaissance Art, Renaissance Architecture, Renaissance Costume, Renaissance Printing, Renaissance Food and Drink,
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Medieval/Renaissance Food Homepage - This site will show you "How to Pig Out With 130 of Your Friends." Provides recipes for specific dishes, instructions on how to plan a feast, and pictures of dishes and utensils.
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Welcome to Tudor England, 1485-1603 - Provides information on Henry VII, Henry VIII, (and all those wives), Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth--and a good of overview of what life was like.
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Labyrinth - Links up with just about every Medieval and Renaissance site on the Web. Take a trip to Florence and check out amazingly detailed Botticelli images.
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Galileo Project - A "hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time." Includes time lines, documents, illustrations, and a searchable database of over 600 of Galileo's scientific contemporaries.
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Luminarium - The focus here is on literature: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century
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