Social Studies Links

Below are links that offer enrichment exercises and information for the time period we study this year.

Enjoy! If you know of other sites that would be beneficial to my students, please email them to me at: aaron_garrett@bms.batesville.k12.in.us

• Historical Sites of Various Interest
  • 1776 Characters and Biographies
  • History Teacher: This is a site designed by a teacher with great links
  • Lives: The Biography Resource
  • The American Bar Association: 30 years of law related documents and materials
  • National Anthem: A recording with first verse
  • PBS Online
  • Puzzlemaker: Create your own puzzles!
  • Quotes: Popular quotes on multiple subjects
  • Smithsonian Home Page
  • Scholastic Homepage
  • The History Place
  • U.S. History Site
  • Virtual Jamestown
  • American President: A study of the presidency
  • CongressLink
  • The Papers of George Washington
• U.S. Government Sites
  • U.S. House of Representatives
  • U.S. Senate
  • White House
  • United States Department of the Treasury
  • United States Census Bureau: Data and information on the U.S. population
  • Democratic Party
  • Republican Party
• Search Engines
  • INSPIRE: Created by the State of Indiana for educational purposes
  • Google
  • Ask Jeeves?
  • Yahoo
• Primary Sources Sites
  • American Memory: Primary Source Materials
  • U.S. Historical Documents Archives
  • Library of Congress
  • History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
  • American Heritage Library
• Women's History
  • U.S. Women's History Workshop
  • Women and Social Movements in the U.S., 1775-2000
• The West
  • Lewis and Clark: The Corps of Discovery
  • Gold Rush!
  • New Perspectives on the West
  • The Photography Collection: Western History
• The Civil War
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
  • Documenting the American South
  • Documents of Civil War Women
  • Major Battles of the Civil War
  • Civil War Index: A Nation Divided
• American Family Immigration Center: Ellis Island
• Genealogy Information: Create your own FAMILY TREE!