History of the United States > Introduction Early America | The Colonial Period | Revolutionary Period and New Nation | Slavery, Civil War and Westward Expansion | Growth and Transformation | War and Prosperity | The Great Depression and the New Deal | World War II | Postwar America | Decades of Change | Towards the 21st Century | The 21st Century

What kind of information materials are available?
Background · A Biography of America (Annenberg/CPS) · A Portrait of the USA CD · American Memory (Library of Congress) · An Outline of American History CD · An Outline of American Literature CD · An Outline of U.S. Government CD · Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy CD · History Place.com · US-Geschichte Up to 1864 | 1865 - 1929 | 1929 - 1990s CD · US History in Brief (IIP) · Zahlen & Fakten US Geschichte CD Original Documents · Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents (University of Oklahoma) · Famous Speeches CD · Fundamental Documents CD · Historical Maps of the United States (University of Texas at Austin) · Historical Voices (U. of Michigan) · Making of America (MOA) · Presidential Speech Archive (University of Virginia)   American Memory - historical collections from the Library of Congress History does not exist for us until and unless we dig it up, interpret it, and put it together. Then the past comes alive, or, more accurately, it is revealed for what it has always been - a part of the present. Frederick W. Turner III, 1971 History is the study of the human past. Historians study records of conditions or events of a particular time and place. The United States of America is at once a very new nation and a very old nation. The first settlers - Asian hunters and nomads - reached North America about 30,000 years ago. However, the United States of America did not come into being until 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. The history of the United States is the story of many different peoples who together compose the United States of America. Since the first Europeans arrived in 1492, millions of people from many different countries have entered the United States and made the country their new home. See also: About the USA > U.S. Government
Exhibits - Digital Images · A Few of Our Favorite Things: Virtual Tour of Selected Objects from the Collections of the National Museum of American History · American Centuries - Views from New England (Memorial Hall Museum - Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association) · Harpers' Week: Explore History · National Archives Online Exhibit Hall · National Museum of American History · National Park Service's Links to the Past · Within These Walls: 1 House, 5 Families, 200 Years of History (Smithsonian National Museum of American History) Statistics · Historical U.S. Census Data Browser (University of Virginia Geospatial and Statistical Data Center) For High School Students · Educate Smithsonian - History and Culture (Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies) · Jump Back in Time (Library of Congress) · Kid Info.com: American History · United States History Map (Interactives) · Year by Year 1900 - 2008 (Learning Network - Information Please)   Teacher Resources · Discoveryschool.com: Lesson Plans Library: U.S. History · Educationindex.com: Guide to education-related sites on the Web: History · Federal Resource for Educational Excellence: History (Dept. of Education) · Freedom: A History of US (PBS) · History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web (City University of New York) · History Online (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History) · National Archives Digital Classroom  · National Archives Presidential Libraries · State Digitial Resources: Memory Projects, Encyclopedias, Historical & Cultural Materials Collections (LoC) · Teaching with Historic Places (National Park Service) · USA: Geschichte, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft (Informationen zur Politischen Bildung) Deutsch Link Lists · American Studies Web: History and Historical Culture Studies (Georgetown University) · American Women's History: Research Guide (University of Middle Tennessee) · Best of History Websites: U.S. History · Edsitement: Top Humanities Websites · Rutgers University Library: Subject Research Guides: American and British History · Virtual Library History: United States · Yahoo Directory of U.S. History Sites
Texts are abridged from U.S. State Department IIP publications and other U.S. government materials.
What kind of information materials are available? CD: These documents are available in fulltext format on the About the USA CD-ROM. Teachers: Request a copy for classroom use. L: Selected documents are available in German as well as other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Persian and Turkish.

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