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Check out what happened in history on this date!
This Day in History
www.historychannel.com/tdih
Click here to learn about what happened in history on this date
There are a variety of topics to read about
You can learn about what happened on your birthdate as well
General Social Studies Sites
The Newseum
www.newseum.org
Check out today’s headlines in 281 frontpages from all over the world
Visit virtual exhibits surrounding a number of past news events
The Newpaper Map
http://newspapermap.com
Search for newspapers throughout the world on this huge map
When you determine which newspaper you want to view, either click on the paper or...
Ask for a translation - the site uses google translator to do its work
The Avalon Project
avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp
Find a number of primary source materials from various periods in history
From Yale Law School
Includes documents in: "Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government"
Atlases and Maps
National Geographic Maps
www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
Find some great maps here.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Current and historical maps from all over the world
From the University of Texas (Austin) Library
WorldMapper
www.worldmapper.org
This site offers cool maps (or cartograms)that differ in size to represent different variables such as population
Continents and Countries
General Information
BBC News: Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Learn about this history, politics, and economics of many countries
From BBC
Economist.com: Country Briefings
www.economist.com/countries
Provides an "analysis of world business and current affairs
Provides authoritative insight and opinion on international news, world politics, business, finance, science and technology
Offers overviews of cultural trends and regular industry
Shares business and country surveys"
Freedom House
www.freedomhouse.org
Tracks the spread of democracy throughout the world
Offers current news surrounding world-wide political and social rights issues
Learn about specific countries that are in transition
Library of Congress Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/f rd/cs/cshome.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page then click on your country of choice
World Fact Book
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
This offers tons of information on a variety of countries
World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Information on dealing with world poverty
Lots of economic information
Africa
African Voices
www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices
Includes African history, info about life in Africa, and some information on spirituality
Make sure to check out the additional links provided under resources
From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Europe
European Union
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
Click on the link in English, or whatever language you want - there are a lot of choices here
"The European Union (EU) is a family of democratic European countries, committed to working together for peace and prosperity"
Inventors and Inventions Today
You will find information on inventors on the page of World History Links
Invent Now
www.invent.org
Check out information about various inventors as well as information on the patent process
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
www.uspto.gov
Find a ton of information about patents and trademarks at this site
Need to search patents? Try this link within the USPTO site: www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
Want to search trademarks? Here you go: www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
United States Copyright Office
www.loc.gov/copyright/
Learn all about Copyright here
Military History
Center of Military History
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/
Learn about some US military history
The History Guy
www.historyguy.com
Scroll right down the page until you land on Military History and New and Recent Conflicts of the World.
There are other great links here as well.
Military.com
www.military.com
Click on Resources, then scroll down and explore the History and Remembrance area by selecting options in the drop-down menu.
Check out the equiptment guides while you are there.
Military History
http://militaryhistory.about.com
Check out this collection of links gathered for you by at About.com
Scroll your eyes down the left side of the page to find relevant links
Our Atlases
www.dean.usma.edu/departments/history/Atlases/Our_Atlases.html
View these great maps about various conflicts from the US Military Academy
History Channel
www.historychannel.com
Either Browse or search this site for relevant information
Castles
Castles of the World
www.castles.org
Castles, castles, castles
You will find picture and information about a ton of castles here
Check out the link on the right entitle Architecture
Castles of Britain
www.castles-of-britain.com
Make sure to check out the link entitled Castle Learning Center on the left side of the page
Castles of Wales
www.castlewales.com/home.html
The castle terminology part of this site is pretty cool
Scroll down until you find the link
Great Castles
www.great-castles.com
I am not sure that you will find much about how a castle is put together here, but there are many good link that will lead you to information about specific castles
Haunted Castles of the Netherlands
www.enctype.de/castles/entrance.htm
Sorry, I couldn’t resist
This is just fun!
Mot's Castle Page
www.castles.nl
This privately owned site has beautiful photos and some history – worth looking at
Vietnam War
The American Experience: Vietnam
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam
Offers transcripts of the PBS program and supporting materials such as a timeline, who's who and more
History Channel: Vietnam
www.history.com/states.do?action=state&state=Vietnam%20War&parentId=1968#
Offers both videos and text about the vietnam conflict
The Vietnam War
www.vietnampix.com
Offers information about the Vietnam War under the link entitled Background
View pictures of machines, people and more
Multicultural Sites
The Costumer's Manifesto
www.costumes.org
This site links to many articles, advertisements, etc. about clothing from many places
Popular Culture
Archive of American Television
www.emmytvlegends.org
Contains interviews about a number of television programs
Nashua
The History of Nashua
www.nashuahistory.com
Learn more about our town here
City of Nashua, History
www.gonashua.com
Find out all kinds of stuff about Nashua - for history go here:
www.gonashua.com/CityGovernment/Departments/CityClerksOffice/NashuaHistory/tabid/381/Default.aspx
Nashua Information
www.nashuachamber.com
From Nashua's Chamber of Commerce
Statistics and More Statistics
2012 Statistical Abstract: The National Data Book
www.census.gov/compendia/statab
Offers statistics on a number of topics.
The resulting page loads slowly and will give you links to pdf or Excel files for statistics on a myriad of topics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov
Here you will find LOTS of statistics about labor
FedStats
www.fedstats.gov
All kinds of statistics from the U.S. government
National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov
Look at the top bar on the website primarily under Table and Figures or Fast Facts
Nielson
www.nielsen.com/us/en.html
Click on News and Insights then Tens and Trends
Find rankings from TV shows, movies, books and more
PollingReport.com
www.pollingreport.com
Shares all kinds of statistics on United States Issues
Statistics in Sports
www.amstat.org/sections/SIS
On the left side of the page select Sports Data Resouces
From the American Statistical Association
UNdata
http://data.un.org
Contains internation social and economic data
Unicef
www.unicef.org/statistics/index_countrystats.html
Provides statistics about children and children's issues throughout the world
The World Bank
http://data.worldbank.org
Contains international statistics
Browse by: County, Topic, Indicators
World Health Organization
www.who.int
Information on health from all over the world
Updated: March 20, 2012
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