MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT:

Minnesota Secretary of State Student Page
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/student/netscape4.html
What is Minnesota's state butterfly? What did Minnesota look like before it became a state? Where can you get a copy of the State Constitution? How did "Blue Earth County" get its name? The Minnesota Secretary of State Student Page has information on State symbols, territorial maps, important State documents, information on the "Origin of Minnesota County Names", and links to Homework Help, Your Government, How To Make Money, Elections, and Trivia.

North Star
http://www.state.mn.us/mainmenu.html
Official Minnesota State government web site with information about Minnesota and links to government offices.

Resources on Minnesota Issues
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/issues/issues.htm
Overviews and links to additional information about topics of interest to Minnesotans, prepared by Minnesota Legislative Reference Librarians. Some of the issues include: Unicameral Legislature, Light Rail Transit, Public Welfare, Charter Schools, Feedlots, and Minnesota's Graduation Rule.

State and Local Government on the Net: Minnesota
http://www.piperinfo.com/state/state_detail.cfm?state=Minnesota
Links to the Governor's Office and other departments and agencies of Minnesota's executive branch of government, and to Minnesota legislative and judicial branches, county government web sites, and to some Minnesota city government sites.

 U.S. GOVERNMENT:

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Ben Franklin shows how the federal government works. Find out about the U.S. Constitution, how laws are made, the three branches of government - even a few Quick Facts About Your State.

FirstGov
http://firstgov.gov
A quick way to find information at federal government web sites on virtually any topic.

Thomas
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Named for Thomas Jefferson, this federal government website has information about legislative committees and legislation, including the status of current bills and the text of bills and public laws, links to historical documents, and an explanation of the legislative process.

White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
Learn the history of the White House, look at "Historic Moments of the Presidency", meet some of the children - and pets - who have lived in the White House, or click on "The President" for a biographical sketch of President George W. Bush.

 MINNESOTA HISTORY:

Minnesota Guide
http://newdeal.feri.org/guides/mn/cont.htm
Depression-Era history and guide to the State of Minnesota written for the Works Project Administration.

Minnesota Historical Society
http://www.mnhs.org/
Information and photos about Minnesota and Minnesotans from 1849 to the present.

Minnesota State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
http://www.50states.com/minnesot.htm
Look here for Minnesota state symbols, interesting facts and an outline map of the State, a list of famous Minnesotans, and links to even more information about Minnesota.

Minnesota State University EMuseum
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/
Visit the E-Museum to learn about the Vikings in America, the Ojibwe and Dakota, and historical information about Minnesota.

 U.S. HISTORY:

Ad*Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
Advertisements, from health and beauty aids to transportation and entertainment, illustrate the changes in America from 1915 to 1955. Also has timelines that show what was happening in U.S. politics and government, world affairs, business and technology, humanities and the arts, and entertainment and sports.

America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Meet Amazing Americans like Harriett Tubman and George Washington, Jump Back In Time to Colonial America or the Jazz Age, Explore the States, Join America At Play at ball games, state fairs, and square dances, or sing along to old time songs.

American Civil War HomePage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Includes information about the causes of the Civil War, battles, Civil War photos, and public documents like the investigation into Lincoln's assassination.

American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
Over 2,300 former slaves tell in their own words what it was like to live before and after the Civil War.

Colonial Williamsburg Almanack
http://www.history.org/history/index.html
Experience Colonial Williamsburg as a silversmith, slave, jailer, teacher, representative to the Continental Congress, child, or even as an ox.

Documents for the Study of American History
http://kuhttp.cc.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
Need primary source documents? This is the place for documents that range from a 1494 letter from Christopher Columbus to Queen Isabella of Spain through President Clinton's 1993 State of the Union address.

European Voyages of Exploration
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor
Looks at the economic, political, and cultural reasons for the voyages of Vasco de Gama, Columbus, and other European explorers who sailed to Asia, Africa, Central and South America.

Explore the Amazing World of Early America - Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
Choose from Milestone Events, firsts, Pages From the Past, American Historical Documents, Maps, Writings, Portraits, or Lives of Early Americans to read the text and view images of historical documents from the 1700's, including the Declaration of Independence, Northwest Ordinance, Washington's Farewell Address, First Thanksgiving Proclamation, and The Adventures of Daniel Boone.

Eye Witness - History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
http://www.ibiscom.com/index.html
What was it like to live through the Civil War? To pioneer in the West? This site includes first-person accounts of life in the Ancient World, Medieval Europe, life in 18th, 19th, and 20th Century America, and of the Civil War, World War I, and World War II.

The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
Photos, timelines, and text show the history of the United States from the American Revolution through the 20th Century.

Monticello - The Home of Thomas Jefferson
http://www.monticello.org/index.html
Follow Thomas Jefferson through a typical day, read about some of the people who lived and worked at Monticello, or tour Monticello and its gardens.

Learning Page of the Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/learn/a.html
Photographs and interviews with people who lived in New York City 1898-1906, settled on the Northern Great Plains, witnessed the Great San Francisco Earthquake, survived the Dust Bowl drought of the 30's, toured America at the Turn of the Century, or were participants in other events in U.S. history are chronicled here.

National History Day
http://www.thehistorynet.com/NationalHistoryDay/02_contest/02.html
Print out a guide to this year's National History Day theme, "Frontiers in History", or jump to  National History Day in Minnesota for dates of regional History Day events.

NYC 100: Contents
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/nyc100/contents.html
See how one city, the "Big Apple", changed from 1898 through 1997. For each decade in the life of New York City, there's a summary of historical events, a  timeline, photos, and headlines from the New York Times newspaper.

Outline of American History
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/index.htm
American history from the first Native Americans to 1992.

Primary Sources and Activities for the Classroom
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/teaching.html
Primary source documents that include the Amistad Case, Fight for Equal Rights, Black Soldiers During the Civil War, Little House in the Census, Women's Suffrage and the 19th Amendment, Poster Art of World War II, and more.

20th Century USA
http://www.geocities.com:80/Athens/Forum/9061/USA/twenty/twenty.html
Includes these topics among others: Berlin Airlift, Business and Economic History, Civil Rights, Cuban Missile Crisis, Great Day in Harlem (jazz greats), Presidents, Prohibition, Rock and Roll, Transportation History, and Wars.

 WORLD HISTORY:

Ancient Egypt Webquest
http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
Decode the secret message hidden inside King Tut's burial mask and find out how to solve our current environmental problems.

Ancient Olympics @ University of Pennsylvania
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html
The Real Story of the Olympic Games and how they got started.

BBC Education - The Romans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/home.html
All about Rome and the Romans and their invasion of Britain in 55 BC.

Earth Station 1.com - The WWII Sounds and Pictures Page
http://earthstation1.com/wwii.html
Great primary source information about World War II as shown by photographs, propaganda posters, and sound files of radio broadcasts and speeches by Hitler, MacArthur, Mussolini, Roosevelt, and others.

Exhibits Collection - The Middle Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
What was it like to live in the Middle Ages? Explore feudal life - the towns, churches, homes, clothing, health, arts and entertainment - of this period.

Exhibits Collection - Renaissance
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
The Renaissance, during the 14th through the 16th Centuries, was marked by an interest in the world beyond Europe. See how this interest affected "Exploration and Trade", "Printing and Thinking", "Symmetry of Shape and Size", and why there was a "Focus On Florence" during this time.

History Channel
http://www.thehistorychannel.com/
Click on "Select century", then on a specific century or decade, for a list of important historical events from 500 B.C. to the year 2000 A.D.

History for Kids!
http://www.historyforkids.org/
Click on the icons near the top of the page to learn about the history, geography, philosophy, religion, people, clothing, food, language and literature, sports, science, math, art and architecture of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, West Africa, and the Islamic countries. Also includes the Middle Ages in Europe..

History Net - Where History Lives On The Web
http://www.thehistorynet.com/home.htm
Look here for a listing of events that happened "Today In History", for National History Day information, and for the full-text of 350 articles about U.S. and world history, courtesy of Cowles, a major publisher of history magazines.

History - Social Studies References
http://www.csun.edu/ ~hcedu013/res.html#HistorySocial
Links to world history - from Ancient Greece through the 20th Century.

Mummies of Ancient Egypt
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their dead relatives (and pets!)? How was it done?

Odyssey Online
http://www.cc.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/index.html
Explore the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, Africa, and the Near East and find out about their people, daily life, death and burial, myths, and writing.

World History: HyperHistory
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Use this timeline to find historical maps, biographical sketches of notable people and a hyperhistory of important events of the past 3,000 years.

World War I Document Archive
http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
This site has an image archive, biographical sketches of key players in the war, personal reminiscences, the text of conventions, treaties, and official papers, and links to additional sites  about World War I.