The Conway Home Page
Conway's U.S. History Web Site Links
(listed by sequential time period)
Pre-1600:
"Discoverers Web": Exploration, discovery, and explorers site
"1492: An Ongoing Voyage": Library of Congress Columbus exhibit
Primary Documents on Explorers / Colonies
1600-1775:
"William Penn: Visionary Propriotor": devoted to the founder of Pennsylvania
"The Salem Witch Museum 1692": includes informative FAQ link
"Montcalm and Wolfe: The French and Indian War": digital history site
Timeline of United States Pre-History (1600-1699)
Primary Documents on Explorers / Colonies
ColonialLife
Colonial America 1600- 1775 K12 Resources
1800-1830:
"Lewis and Clark: the journey of the corps of discovery (PBS.org)"
"The War of 1812": from History Central.Com
1830-1865:
"Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the intenet": Duke University site
"Civil War primer exam": Interactive quiz
The American Civil War Homepage
1865- 1876:
1876-1900:
"Andrew Carnegie": the American Experience
1900-1919:
"Ellis Island": see Immigrant Experience link
"World War 1: Trenches on the Web"
1920s:
"The 1920s": a very comprehensive site!
"American Temperance and Prohibition"
1930s:
The Great Depression and the New Deal : George Burson
site includes analysis of causes and effects of the New Deal
New Deal Network
: High quality, educational site funded by the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
The Great Depression and the New Deal Gilder Lehrman site
Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History lecture &
info. resources...
... The
Crash and the Great Depression
... The
New Deal & Great Depression site
... Dr.
New Deal or Dr. Win the War: New Deal critiques info.
Learn about the Great Depression (more Gilder Lehrman)
Roosevelt's
New Deal: Rankin's extensive lecture outline notes
Mr. Feldmeth Great
Depression site
The
Great Depression and the 1990s (The Learning Page)
America's Great
Depression links page
two dozen links to sites on all aspects of the depression
About.com
Great Depression links page
"Every
Picture Tells A Story: Documentary Photography and the Great Depression":
Includes Dorothea Lange
EDSITEment
lesson plans: Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs.
Spend a day with a model American family and the photographer who molded
our view of their lives.
"Franklin
D. Roosevelt library and museum"
Crossroads site: The
Age of Franklin Roosevelt 1932-1945
Grapes
of Wrath (Weedpatch Camp) Companion Site
Nicki Maxwell (resource specialist) review: This site is a wonderful companion
to
John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.While writing
the book, John Steinbeck visited
Bakersfield, California and based his book on Arvin Federal Government
Camp
which he portrayedas "Weedpatch Camp." This site includes the history
and pictures
of thecamp as well as personal reminiscences and music of the time.
The
Magpie Sings the Great Depression
Nicki Maxwell (resource specialist) review: This website presents almost
200 poems,
articles, and short stories andmany graphics and photographs from The
Magpie,
literary magazine of Dewitt Clinton High School, encompassing the years
1929 to 1942.
Have students catch a glimpse of student life in New York City during
the years of the
Great Depression and the power of literacy magazines.
1940s:
"World War II: The Home front": student made site for Thinkquest
"World War II Commemoration": (Grolier) comprehensive site with bios and practice quiz
"What did you do in the war Grandma?": Women and WWII
1950s/1960s:
Cuban Missile Crisis mini-simulation
"A War Of Ideas: A history of the Cold War": Game to test overall knowledge of the Cold War
"The National Archives Learning Curve: Cold War"
"Cold
War: Thinkquest": A description of the
people, the conflict, and the coalitions involved in
the cold war.
"Cold War": About Communism
"Governments Around The World": thinkquest link to information about different government systems.
"The Cuban Missile Crisis": Thinkquest link to the the players involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Sites Containing Various Era's from U.S. History
US History on the Web : Excellent site with tremendous links for every era!
American History – Homework Center
300 Women that Changed the World
"A Curriculum of United States Labor History for teachers"
