Following are links to online resources including supplemental textbooks, research aids, technology tools, and instruction.
Free Online Textbooks
The following online texts are not all replacements for the official, adopted texts that are issued to students. Nonetheless, they are valuable resources for reference and study.
American Government textbooks
American Government - a free online textbook from the ushistory.org website
This Nation – an online text from Dr. Jonathan Mott’s This Nation website
Economics textbooks
Economics: Principles in Action - This is a widely-used high school course textbook.
Principles of Economics - This text is somewhat advanced for a high school Economics course. Nonetheless, many students will find this resource valuable.
United States History textbooks:
American History: From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium (from ushistory.org) – a useful and well-organized free online textbook
Digital History - another well-organized, useful and free online U.S. History textbook from the University of Houston
Outline of U.S History – from the U.S. Government’s Department of State
World History
Ancient Civilizations – another excellent offering from ushistory.org
The following online texts are not all replacements for the official, adopted texts that are issued to students. Nonetheless, they are valuable resources for reference and study.
American Government textbooks
American Government - a free online textbook from the ushistory.org website
This Nation – an online text from Dr. Jonathan Mott’s This Nation website
Economics textbooks
Economics: Principles in Action - This is a widely-used high school course textbook.
Principles of Economics - This text is somewhat advanced for a high school Economics course. Nonetheless, many students will find this resource valuable.
United States History textbooks:
American History: From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium (from ushistory.org) – a useful and well-organized free online textbook
Digital History - another well-organized, useful and free online U.S. History textbook from the University of Houston
Outline of U.S History – from the U.S. Government’s Department of State
World History
Ancient Civilizations – another excellent offering from ushistory.org
History and Social Studies Links
These are basic reference and information links:
Altapedia Online - An online atlas
American Fact Finder – Census, mapping & other resources from the Census Bureau (U.S. Department of Commerce)
American Historical Association – Professional organization w/Perspectives On-Line & American Historical Review
American History TV on C-SPAN3 - An excellent resource presenting event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers.
American Memory – U.S. history pages from the Library of Congress (also see Research Tools)
*Archiving Early America – Primary and secondary material on eighteenth-century United States history
BBC: History – Excellent history resource from the British Broadcasting Corporation
Best of History Web Sites – A digest of links for teachers and students; “Ranked #1 by Google for ‘history web sites’”
Book TV on C-SPAN2 - Book event coverage, discussions, and interviews with authors and publishers.
Center for Teaching History With Technology - Mostly for teachers, but can be helpful for student ideas, too
CIA - The World Factbook – Basic introductory and statistical reference on nations of the world
Columbia Quotations – From Bartleby.com
C-SPAN - Live coverage of U.S. Congress and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided.
Digital History – Includes a variety of history resources plus an online, multimedia American History Textbook
Geography/Maps & Data - from the U.S. Census Bureau
History by Era - Gilder-Lehrman - An invaluable site for U.S. History students
The History Channel – Interesting although not a complete reference for research
History Matters - Mostly for college teachers, but some very useful information for high school students is here, too
History and Politics Out Loud - Multimedia database of audio content from American history and politics
IPUMS - IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.
The Library of Congress Country Studies – In-depth but less current than the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes
Links to the Past – U.S. history and culture from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Clark's History Quotations – Many of these are often misquoted, so here is a list with documented attribution
National Endowment for the Humanities - [P]romoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history.
*National Geographic - The web site of the National Geographic Society
The New Georgia Encyclopedia – Indispensable for Georgia history students - the best online reference of its type
NHGIS - The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides population, housing, agricultural, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for geographic units in the United States from 1790 to the present.
On-This-Day – Fun to browse & sparks your interest
Organization of American Historians - Society devoted to the study of American history.
PBS History – General, U.S. and world history resources
*TIGERweb – Map and data services from the U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets - from the U.S. Department of State
U.S. State Department Background Notes Archive – National sketches; more detailed than the CIA World Factbook
Wikipedia article on Firenze – Center of the Italian Renaissance
Wikipedia article on the Pantheon (Santa Maria ad Martyres) – A fascinating architectural structure; home of the Oculus
Xpeditions (National Geographic) – Activities for teachers and students; home to U.S. National Geography Standards
These are basic reference and information links:
Altapedia Online - An online atlas
American Fact Finder – Census, mapping & other resources from the Census Bureau (U.S. Department of Commerce)
American Historical Association – Professional organization w/Perspectives On-Line & American Historical Review
American History TV on C-SPAN3 - An excellent resource presenting event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers.
American Memory – U.S. history pages from the Library of Congress (also see Research Tools)
*Archiving Early America – Primary and secondary material on eighteenth-century United States history
BBC: History – Excellent history resource from the British Broadcasting Corporation
Best of History Web Sites – A digest of links for teachers and students; “Ranked #1 by Google for ‘history web sites’”
Book TV on C-SPAN2 - Book event coverage, discussions, and interviews with authors and publishers.
Center for Teaching History With Technology - Mostly for teachers, but can be helpful for student ideas, too
CIA - The World Factbook – Basic introductory and statistical reference on nations of the world
Columbia Quotations – From Bartleby.com
C-SPAN - Live coverage of U.S. Congress and other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided.
Digital History – Includes a variety of history resources plus an online, multimedia American History Textbook
Geography/Maps & Data - from the U.S. Census Bureau
History by Era - Gilder-Lehrman - An invaluable site for U.S. History students
The History Channel – Interesting although not a complete reference for research
History Matters - Mostly for college teachers, but some very useful information for high school students is here, too
History and Politics Out Loud - Multimedia database of audio content from American history and politics
IPUMS - IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.
The Library of Congress Country Studies – In-depth but less current than the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes
Links to the Past – U.S. history and culture from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Clark's History Quotations – Many of these are often misquoted, so here is a list with documented attribution
National Endowment for the Humanities - [P]romoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history.
*National Geographic - The web site of the National Geographic Society
The New Georgia Encyclopedia – Indispensable for Georgia history students - the best online reference of its type
NHGIS - The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides population, housing, agricultural, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for geographic units in the United States from 1790 to the present.
On-This-Day – Fun to browse & sparks your interest
Organization of American Historians - Society devoted to the study of American history.
PBS History – General, U.S. and world history resources
*TIGERweb – Map and data services from the U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets - from the U.S. Department of State
U.S. State Department Background Notes Archive – National sketches; more detailed than the CIA World Factbook
Wikipedia article on Firenze – Center of the Italian Renaissance
Wikipedia article on the Pantheon (Santa Maria ad Martyres) – A fascinating architectural structure; home of the Oculus
Xpeditions (National Geographic) – Activities for teachers and students; home to U.S. National Geography Standards
Research Aids
Here are a few resources to help you with general research and writing on history topics:
Bartleby.com Great Books Online - Encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and more
BBC - bbc.co.uk homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet - A dependable source for world news
Evaluating Resources - Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (UC Berkeley) – The title says it all
*Evaluating Web Sites – This is a great exercise about truth and reliability on the Internet
Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Consider: Categories – from the Cornell University Library, another excellent site on evaluation
Google.com - The most popular Internet search engine
The Library of Congress – America’s library: a wealth of U.S. and world history content as well as bibliographic data
OWL - The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University - writing resources and instructional material, including style guidelines for student papers
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) – Online research resource for documents and records
UCLA Library Catalog Basic Search – One of the largest and best public university library catalogs
The University of California, Berkeley Libraries – One of the largest and best public university library catalogs
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook - A handy online manual for writing research papers (includes grammar guidelines)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center's Chicago Style Guide - Online style reference for history papers
Written Document Analysis Worksheet - From the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
Yahoo! Search – Another reliable Internet search tool
Here are a few resources to help you with general research and writing on history topics:
Bartleby.com Great Books Online - Encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus and more
BBC - bbc.co.uk homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet - A dependable source for world news
Evaluating Resources - Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (UC Berkeley) – The title says it all
*Evaluating Web Sites – This is a great exercise about truth and reliability on the Internet
Evaluating Web Pages: Questions to Consider: Categories – from the Cornell University Library, another excellent site on evaluation
Google.com - The most popular Internet search engine
The Library of Congress – America’s library: a wealth of U.S. and world history content as well as bibliographic data
OWL - The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University - writing resources and instructional material, including style guidelines for student papers
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) – Online research resource for documents and records
UCLA Library Catalog Basic Search – One of the largest and best public university library catalogs
The University of California, Berkeley Libraries – One of the largest and best public university library catalogs
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook - A handy online manual for writing research papers (includes grammar guidelines)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center's Chicago Style Guide - Online style reference for history papers
Written Document Analysis Worksheet - From the U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
Yahoo! Search – Another reliable Internet search tool
Technology Links
Use these sites to learn about computing and to help keep you and your computer running smoothly:
Computer History and General Information
Computer History Museum - The best online museum site of its type
The History of Computing - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s computer history site
Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota’s Center for the History of Computer Technology
The Machine That Changed the World - From the PBS production of the same name
History of Windows - An official account from Microsoft
Apple Computer History Overview - At Thomson Technologies’ Computer Concepts textbook website
www.apple-history.com - Multiple award-winning site tracing Apple’s evolution
The World Wide Web History Project - A collaborative effort to record the WWW’s history
A Little History of the World Wide Web - W3C’s timeline of organizational and technical developments
History of the World Wide Web - From Va. Tech; includes a history of the internet, html and Java
Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive - browse web pages that no longer exist!
3 easy steps anyone can take now to back up a PC - by Lincoln Spector
How to create an image backup in Windows 10 and restore it - by Lincoln Spector
Note: No links for UNIX/Linux or other non-PC, non-Apple platforms are provided here because these platforms are not generally used in public school classrooms or labs or in home computing.
Computer Maintenance, Safety & Security
Anti-Virus Freeware: | avast! |
Anti-Virus Software: | Symantec | McAfee |
Anti-Spyware Freeware: | Ad-Aware | Spybot |
US-CERT’s Computer Virus Resources - Perhaps the best web site reference on viruses
Keeping Your PC Healthy - The Weekly Fab Five (weekly computer maintenance)
*The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics - A must-visit site for students
*OSHA Computer Workstations e-Tool - Free computer safety resource from the U.S. Dept. of Labor
Hewlett-Packard's Computer Safety and Comfort Guide - For healthy and safe computing
Web Basics
Writing HTML - Tutorial for creating web pages from scratch using HyperText Markup Language
w3schools.com -a web developers site, with tutorials and references on web development languages.
Note: HTML reference links are provided for informational purposes only. Most importantly, I do not recommend that students create web pages from scratch using HTML; instead, students should create web pages with a commercial web page editor, a free web page editor (see above) or an application that saves files in html format.
Other Downloads
Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) - Used for viewing .pdf documents, but before installing, make sure you
clear check marks for features or offers that you do not want.
*Items marked with asterisks are must-visit sites for students
Use these sites to learn about computing and to help keep you and your computer running smoothly:
Computer History and General Information
Computer History Museum - The best online museum site of its type
The History of Computing - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University’s computer history site
Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota’s Center for the History of Computer Technology
The Machine That Changed the World - From the PBS production of the same name
History of Windows - An official account from Microsoft
Apple Computer History Overview - At Thomson Technologies’ Computer Concepts textbook website
www.apple-history.com - Multiple award-winning site tracing Apple’s evolution
The World Wide Web History Project - A collaborative effort to record the WWW’s history
A Little History of the World Wide Web - W3C’s timeline of organizational and technical developments
History of the World Wide Web - From Va. Tech; includes a history of the internet, html and Java
Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive - browse web pages that no longer exist!
3 easy steps anyone can take now to back up a PC - by Lincoln Spector
How to create an image backup in Windows 10 and restore it - by Lincoln Spector
Note: No links for UNIX/Linux or other non-PC, non-Apple platforms are provided here because these platforms are not generally used in public school classrooms or labs or in home computing.
Computer Maintenance, Safety & Security
Anti-Virus Freeware: | avast! |
Anti-Virus Software: | Symantec | McAfee |
Anti-Spyware Freeware: | Ad-Aware | Spybot |
US-CERT’s Computer Virus Resources - Perhaps the best web site reference on viruses
Keeping Your PC Healthy - The Weekly Fab Five (weekly computer maintenance)
*The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics - A must-visit site for students
*OSHA Computer Workstations e-Tool - Free computer safety resource from the U.S. Dept. of Labor
Hewlett-Packard's Computer Safety and Comfort Guide - For healthy and safe computing
Web Basics
Writing HTML - Tutorial for creating web pages from scratch using HyperText Markup Language
w3schools.com -a web developers site, with tutorials and references on web development languages.
Note: HTML reference links are provided for informational purposes only. Most importantly, I do not recommend that students create web pages from scratch using HTML; instead, students should create web pages with a commercial web page editor, a free web page editor (see above) or an application that saves files in html format.
Other Downloads
Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) - Used for viewing .pdf documents, but before installing, make sure you
clear check marks for features or offers that you do not want.
*Items marked with asterisks are must-visit sites for students
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