General and Miscellaneous Social Studies Resources 

• AskPhilosophers.org
  "This site puts the talents and knowledge of philosophers at the service of the general public. Send in a question that you think might be related to philosophy and we will do our best to respond to it."
• BBC: History
  Part of the BBC's large selection of educational offerings.
• Best of History Websites
  "Award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History."
• Culture Crossing
  "An evolving database of cross-cultural information about every country in the world. This user-built guide allows people from all walks of life to share essential tips with each other about how to navigate our increasingly borderless world with savvy and sensitivity."
• Current Value of Old Money
  Links and a bibliography of sources that try to answer the question "how much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?".
• ehistory at OSU
  "Unlike a traditional encyclopedia entry or journal article, which is largely text-based, a multimedia history blends images, audio, video and graphics with text."
• eHistory.com
  "eHistory consists of over 130,000 pages of historical content; 5,300 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 350 biographies; and thousands of images and maps."
• Early Modern Resources Home Page
  Guide to primary and secondary web resources about early modern Europe, circa 1500-1800.
• Global Issues That Affect Everyone
  "This web site looks into global issues that affect everyone and aims to show how most issues are inter-related."
• Google News Timeline
  "Google News Timeline is a web application that organizes search results chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline."
• Guide to Public Opinion Poll Websites
  "This compilation focuses on significant Internet sites concerning general public opinion polls, especially those providing polling results in usable formats." Also includes sites about polling principles and methods.
• Heritage Key
  Online virtual 'tours' of museum exhibits and sites of historical and archeological interest (like King Tut's Tomb). Includes information, photos, videos, blog, quizzes, and more.
• Histor eSearch
  "Histor eSearch was created for students, history teachers and history buffs. We now features links to K-12 history lesson plans and activities. All resource material has been previewed for academic content and relevance to national and state history curriculum content standards."
• History Link 101
  "The cultures of Africa, Aztec, China, Egypt, Greece, Mayan, Mesopotamia, Rome, Olmec, Prehistory, Middle Ages and World War II are divided into categories of Art, Biographies, Daily Life, Maps, Pictures and Research and more."
• Holidays
  • General and Miscellaneous Holidays  Calendars, Important Dates, and Time (US gov) Celebrate! Holidays in the USA Chinese New Year Cinco De Mayo Día De Los Muertos Earth Calendar History of Cinco de Mayo History.com: Halloween History.com: Thanksgiving Holidays on the Net How We Celebrate (Jewish) Jewish Holidays JewishHolidays.org NOLA.com: Mardi Gras Origins of Labor Day Yahoo! Holidays
  • Memorial Day  Americans Killed in Action History.com: Memorial Day  MD at Davis Virtual Market Memorial Day History and Information Memorial Day Resource Guide National Memorial Day Concert  Veterans Affairs: Memorial Day Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
  • Veterans Day  BBC: Armistice Day in Pictures History.com: Veterans Day Making Light: The Great War, Ninety Years On Military.com: Veterans Day MSNBC: Those Who Fought for Us VA: Veteran's Day Wikipedia: Armistice Day Wikipedia: Remembrance Day Wikipedia: Veterans Day
  • Easter  Ashes to Easter Easter in Cyberspace Easter Traditions and Origins Holidays on the Net: Hoppy Easter Memorial Day Resource Guide How Easter Works PBS: National Memorial Day Concert  How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs Yahoo: Easter Around the World
  • Winter Holidays  Beliefnet - Advent Calendar Christmas.com Christmas on the Net Christmas 'Round the World Festivals of Light Hanukkah: Festival of Lights History of the Advent Calendar NORAD Tracks Santa Official Kwanzaa Website Online Menorah Urban Legends: Christmas
• Internet for History
  "Would you like to learn how to use the Internet for historical study and research? Use this free, interactive tutorial to improve your Internet research skills."
• IPL: History
  IPL: Social Sciences
  Links to resources in history and social science from the Internet Public Library.
• Philosophy
  "The Philosophy Manuscripts cover many aspects of the subject, aimed at helping the beginner navigate his or her way around the terminology, concepts and arguments."
• Spartacus Educational
  British and American history, arranged by subject. Also German history from 1900-1945.
• This Day in History
  • America's Library
  • Associated Press
  • BBC
  • History.com
  • New York Times
• UChannel
  Princeton University presents "videos of academic lectures and events from all over the world available to the public. It is a place where academics can air their ideas and present research in a full-length, uncut format." Recordings are also available in audio-only format.
• Voice of the Shuttle
  Extensive set of links to humanities resources online, arranged by subject.
• World History - HyperHistory
  This is an excellent reference covering people, events, and maps over 3,000 years of history. (Requires Java.)
• World War I Document Archive
  "This archive of primary documents from World War I has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). The archive is international in focus and intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War."
• WWWVL: The History Index
  A super site for finding links to lots of pertinent topics from the World Wide Web Virtual Library.

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