ICT 4 ELT Portals

U.S. History for advanced students and their teachers

Compiled and annotated by
Dalimil Šebesta.

• Worksheets about history and other subjects

  http://www.tlsbooks.com/kidspagearchive.htm

  On the Kid's Page Archive you'll find a variety of free printable worksheets for home and school use. Use free worksheets to help your students reinforce material they may already be learning. New worksheets are added every 1-2 weeks.

• Civil war quiz

  http://americanhistory.about.com/library/quizzes/blcwwhowants.htm

  Do you have what it takes to be considered a Civil War guru? Can you make it all the way to $1,000,000? Take this quiz to find out.

• The learning page

  http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/cwmaps/history.html

  This site gives students an opportunity to study the history of the American Civil War era through cartographic data. The maps of this collection portray the overall course and specific battles of the war between North and South.

• The History Place – Civil War

  http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

  The History Place contains many examples of man's inhumanity to man as well as notable examples of humans rising to the occasion to fight tyranny and preserve freedom.

• America's story – Civil War

  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil

  This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library. The site was designed especially with young people in mind, but there are great stories for people of all ages.

• American history

  http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/resources/education.asp

  Download creative and engaging strategies to help students learns how wars have been defining moments in both the history of the nation and the lives of individual Americans. These documents are in PDF format.

• HISTORYNET.COM – Civil War

  http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/american_civil_war

  Ten leading magazines provide the HistoryNet.com with a steady flow of high-quality editorial content and the authoritative input of editors who are among the leaders in their respective fields. Quite difficult texts but very useful for teachers to get the information they need.

• How Slavery Ended – from AmericanHeritage.com

  http://www.americanheritage.com/events/articles/web/20060131-slavery-thirteenth -amendment-abraham-lincoln-frederick-douglass-confederacy-civil-war.shtml

  Here you can find a lot of reading material about the people, events and places which are important in the U.S. history.

• How much do you really know about U.S. history?

  http://www.earlyamerica.com/games/

  If you believe you are well-informed about America?s historical heritage, this quizgame will reinforce your knowledge. The Quiz covers: The Colonial Period, The Declaration of Independence, The Revolutionary War, The Constitution, George Washington.

• International Information Programs – Outline of U.S. History

  http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/index.htm

  You can find here a variety of information initiatives and strategic communications programs, including Internet and print publications and information resource services.