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Primary Source Websites
Map Collections http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Political Cartoon Database http://memory.loc.gov/pp/apphtml/appabt.html
American History Timeline http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/timeline/index.html
American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
American History Primary Source Database http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Supreme Court Decision Database: The Oyez Projecthttp://www.oyez.org/
The Hanover Historical Texts Project http://history.hanover.edu/project.html
The National Archives http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html
Harper's Weekly: American Political Cartoons http://www.harpweek.com/
Our Documents; List of 100 of the most important US documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&
 
Games, Films, Virtual Tours, Simulations and other Tools
BBC History http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
Vitrual Vietnam Wall http://www.virtualwall.org/
The History Channel http://www.history.com/
Wordle A unique way of looking at historical speeches and other texts http://www.wordle.net/
Hiroshima Virtual Museum http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/visit_e/vist_fr_e.html
 
Diversity
The National Holocaust Museum http://www.ushmm.org/
A Collection on African-Americans from American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=African%20American%20History
International Civil Rights Center and Museum http://www.sitinmovement.org/
African-American History Across North Carolina http://docsouth.unc.edu/highlights/roundup.html
Slave Narratives http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
Voices from the Days of Slavery http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/
The Museum of the American Indian http://www.nmai.si.edu/
Japanese-American National Museum http://www.janm.org/
National Women's History Project  http://www.nwhp.org/
The World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/
 
Resources for Civics/Government
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/
House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/
Senate http://www.senate.gov/
NC Governor http://www.governor.state.nc.us/
NC Legislature http://www.ncleg.net/
270 to Win: Interactive Electoral College Map http://www.270towin.com/
Landmark Supreme Court Cases http://www.landmarkcases.org/
National Constitution Center http://constitutioncenter.org/ncc_edu_Classroom_Resources.aspx
The Living Room Candidate: Collection of Presidential Advertisements/Commercials http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
Project Vote Smart http://www.votesmart.org/
Cagel Political Cartoon Database http://www.cagle.com/
PBS Current Events http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/
Constitution Finder: Constitutions from around the World  http://confinder.richmond.edu/
Election Guide http://www.electionguide.org/
BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/
 
Geography
Last Modified on March 25, 2010