Fact Monster U.S.
State Facts for Students
History is Fun!
Lizard Point Geography
Practice memorizing your nations and capitals through games.
Study IslandStudents can access their Study Island assignments here.
The History ChannelPBS Online
A great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement their television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, primary sources, a glossary, photos, maps, and links to relevant sites. PBS productions include American Experience, Frontline and People's Century.
WorldAtlasOutlines of every continent, latitudes, longitudes, oceans, lakes and more.
Games.Co.ZaTest your knowledge of topography here in one of our maps of the world games. Pinpoint the right country, city, state, river or mountain range on the map. Choose from maps of different parts of the world and improve your knowledge of them. Do you need an atlas, or can you do it by heart?
Learn Out LoudLearn Out Loud provides an extensive directory of free audio books, lectures, speeches, interviews, and other educational audio and video resources. All of the materials within the directory can be downloaded as mp3 files or streamed online.
USHistory.orgThe Plymouth Colony Archive Project
This Plymouth Colony Archive presents a collection of fully searchable texts, including: court records, colony laws, seventeenth century journals and memoirs, probate inventories, wills, town plans, maps, and fort plans; research and seminar analyses of numerous topics; biographical profiles of selected colonists; and architectural, archaeological and material culture studies.
The GILDER LEHRMAN Institute of American HistoryDiscover, explore, and learn about the stories that make up the history of the United States.
Smithsonian EducationFeatures an interactive "Secrets of the Smithsonian" that teaches about the special collections at the Smithsonian.
Library of CongressAn outstanding and invaluable site for American history and general studies. Contains primary and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound recordings and motion pictures.
Lewis & Clark: The National Bicentennial ExhibitionThe online exhibit has two sections. One is a thematic approach that highlights the content from the main galleries of the exhibit. The other is a map-based journey that follows the expedition and introduces primary sources along the way, including interviews with present-day Native Americans.
Jamestown Online AdventureDoHistory
DoHistory invites you to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard.
Digital HistoryPresents more than 600 documents pertaining to American politics, diplomacy, social history, slavery, Mexican American history, and Native American history, searchable by author, time period, subject, and keyword, and annotated with essays of 300–500 words each. The site offers a full U.S. history textbook and more than 1,500 searchable and briefly annotated links to American history-related sites, including approximately 150 links to historic Supreme Court decisions, 330 links to audio files of historic speeches, and more than 450 links to audio files and transcripts of historians discussing their own books.
U.S. Department of StateU.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
National Geographic KidsThe go-to resource for all things geographic.
Kids GeoA fun, online geography textbook written for kids.
Global TrekA great site if you’re traveling to another country, or if you just want to travel virtually and learn about other places and cultures.
Geo EduGeoEdu is an atlas and an educational game that helps players learn geography. The game contains more than 100,000 questions and allows players to choose from multiple levels of play. Download required.
Ducksters GeographyLearn more about the countries of the world. Get all sorts of information on any country including a map, a picture of the flag, population and much more.
50 StatesProvides fun facts and other information about all 50 states, as well as U.S. commonwealths and territories.
Shmoop- Shmoop offers an excellent collection of fun and lively study guides created by teachers and education experts. The site provides guides to literature, bestselling books, poetry, Shakespeare, U.S. history, civics, music, economics, and more.
The Valley of the ShadowThe Valley of the Shadow depicts two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the experience of the American Civil War. The project focuses on Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and it presents a hypermedia archive of thousands of sources that creates a social history of the coming, fighting, and aftermath of the Civil War.