Social Studies
Please visit the following KP teacher's
websites for additional resources.
Social Studies Department Home Page
KPHigh/history/history.html
GENERAL TOPICS
- Commonwealth of
Mass. http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/
Information on the Commonwealth, government, laws, demographics,
etc.
- National
History Day http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/
official page.
- **Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/ Web page for humanities research. Very well
organized links to a large variety of subjects from anthropology
to women's studies brought to you by the English Department at the
University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Avelon
Project http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm Full text
historical documents in law, history and diplomacy by the Yale
University Avelon Project. Very comprehensive.
MUSEUMS AND ORGANIZATIONS
WORLD CIVILIZATIONS AND MODERN WORLD HISTORY
- Artcyclopedia
http://artcyclopedia.com/
the fastest way to find art on the internet
- The
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by The Manhattan
Engineer District,
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/abomb/mpmenu.htm This report
describes the effects of the atomic bombs which were dropped on
the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9,
1945, respectively.
- Bynzantine
and Medieval Links Index
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medweb/
Fordham University links by subject.
- David
Boldt Goya pages
http://www.knowfear.net/~cameron/intro.htm
Site devoted to Goya and his works.
- Richard
Geib's personal web page
http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/french/french.html
Not necessarily authoritative but has some paintings and
information about French Revolution and artists of the time.
- Nicolas Pioch École Nationale Supérieure des
Télécommunications, Paris.
http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/
Provides copies of paintings and biographies in France during the
French Revolutionary period. Very comprehensive. Theme and Artist
Index
- NM's
Creative Impulse, The Development of Western Civilization -
World History - Revolutions.
http://history.evansville.net/revoluti.html
Links to many related sites to the American Revolution, French
Revolution, Political Revolutions, Scientific Revolution and Art.
- Omaha
Beach http://normandy.eb.com/normandy/week2/Omaha_Beach.html
"Omaha" was the code name for the second beach from the right of
the five landing areas of the Normandy Invasion. It was the
largest of the assault areas, stretching over 6 miles (10
kilometres) between Port-en-Bessin on the east and the mouth of
the Vire River on the west. This site is an excellent source for
the Normandy Invasion.
- Leo Szilard
Online http://www.dannen.com/szilard.html
Welcome to the world of physicist, biophysicist, and "scientist of
conscience" Leo Szilard (1898-1964). How do you say it? Say
sil'-ahrd. Szilard's ideas included the linear accelerator,
cyclotron, electron microscope, and nuclear chain reaction.
Equally important was his insistence that scientists accept moral
responsibility for the consequences of their work.
- Staples
High School (CT) Vietnam site
http://www.stapleshigh.net/shsira/Vietnam.html Very comprehensive
site with many good links.
- Three
images & the Protest Movement (Vietnam War)
http://www.middlebury.edu/classes/fall97/ac400/group2/priest/brady.html
The Effects of Photojournalism on the Protest Movement during the
Vietnam War.
- Vietnam
War History Internet Sites
http://www.hc.cc.tx.us/library/histvn.htm from the Howard College
Library.
- World
History: HyperHistory Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html Over 1800
files covering 3000 years of world history.
U.S. HISTORY AND POLITICS
- American
History : A Documentary Record 1492 - 1973
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/chrono.htm The significant
documents which record the history of the United States in
chronological order.
- American Memory
(Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/
Premier web site for primary historical sources.
- Atomic Bomb:
Decision http://www.dannen.com/decision/
Documents on the decision to use the atomic bomb are reproduced
here in full-text form. In most cases, the originals are in the
U.S. National Archives.
- Battle
Of Gettysburg
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/44gettys/44gettys.htm
This site from the National Parks Service gives you all of the
details surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg -- including the
major actions of the armies during each day of the battle, as well
as the motives and experiences of several of its participants.
- George Washington
http://gwashington1999.org
This site is designed to support the national celebration and to
educate people across the nation about the contributions of George
Washington.
- The Underground Railroad
http://www.ugrr.org
- New England
Indians http://users.javanet.com/~smartin/
Photo album of bronze sculptures of early Sachems of Southern New
England, poetry and other information about local indians.
- A
Radio "First" in Vinton, Iowa
http://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/radio-vinton.html
Vinton, which is near Cedar Rapids, is the location of the first
radio station owned and operated by a woman. This is her
story.
YOUTH, LAW AND CITIZENSHIP
- Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/
Best site for nonpartisan information-biographies, campaign
finance, issue stands, and more.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ISSUE
GUN CONTROL ISSUE
- ABC
News on Gun Control
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/guns_ends.html Few
issues have so inflamed American public debate. From coast to
coast, channel to channel, the nation is engaged in a deafening
argument over guns.
- Coalition for
Gun Control http://www.health.usyd.edu.au/cgc/ This site
provides evidence-based information with full references and
regular updates for Australians and New Zealanders concerned to
reduce gun violence in their communities. Links to sites on both
sides of the issue.
- The Gun
Control Act of 1968, Public Law 90-618
http://www.atf.treas.gov/pub/gca.htm An Act to amend title 18,
United States Code, to provide for better control of the
interstate traffic in firearms. Text of the Act.
- Gun
Control American Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/library/aaguns.html The ACLU has often been
criticized for "ignoring the Second Amendment" and refusing to
fight for the individual's right to own a gun or other weapons.
This issue, however, has not been ignored by the ACLU.
- **Gun Laws, Gun
Control and Gun Rights http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/guns/
JURIST: The Law Professors' Network presents this guide on Gun
Laws, Gun Control & Gun Rights as an educational resource for
individuals on all sides in the ongoing controversy over the legal
status of guns in the United States.
- Of
Holocausts and Gun Control
http://www.wulaw.wustl.edu/WULQ/75-3/753-4.html This essay seeks
to reclaim a serious argument from the lunatic fringe. We argue a
connection exists between the restrictiveness of a country's
civilian weapons policy and its liability to commit genocide[1]
upon its own people.
SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
- Selfharm.com
http://www.selfharm.com/ Our self-injury web site offers
links to free information about self-harming behavior,
self-injury, self-mutilation, self-abuse, & cutting, plus
coping skills, alternatives to self-injury, support groups,
personal cutting stories, & ways to stay safe.
ECONOMICS
ANTHROPOLOGY