American
History Online Spans more than 500 years of political,
military, social, and cultural history, highlighting
the important people and events of the American experience.
To use American History Online at
home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass
INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name
and password. If you
need help accessing this resource at home, watch this
online tutorial.
CQ
Researcher The Congressional Quarterly Researcher
is a complete source on the most current and controversial
issues of the day with complete summaries, pros and
cons, bibliographies and more.
To use CQ Researcher PASSWORDS email
on the FirstClass homework folders for user name and
password. If you need
help accessing this resource at home, watch this online
tutorial.
Biography
Resource Center Use this Gale (InfoTrac) database
to research important people throughout history!
To use Biography Resource Center
at home, enter a library card number from Fay School
(see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass
INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public
library in Massachusetts in the box below. If
you need help accessing this resource at home, watch
this online tutorial.
WEB SITES
Create
Your Own Timeline Start by giving the timeline a
title and an author (that would be you) and when it
asks you to choose a "Unit of Measure" click
on Date. Then, fill in your events one by one in chronological
order. The only way to save it is to print it. (From
ReadWriteThink)
American Memory American Memory is a gateway to
rich primary source materials relating to the history
and culture of the United States. This Library of
Congress site offers more than 7 million digital items
from more than 100 historical collections.
100
Milestone Documents Consider the rights and responsibilities
of citizens in our democracy, by exploring 100 influential
documents of American history from 1776 to 1965. View
the actual documents and transcripts.
Popular
Songs in American History "American folk and traditional
music with lyrics, midi files, tune information and
history behind the folksongs and ballads, with folksongs
arranged by time period."
Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy To provide American citizens direct
online access to the basic Federal Government documents
that define our democratic society, a core group of
current and historical government publications is
available for free, permanent, public access.
The
Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Avalon Project mounts digital
documents relevent to the fields of Law, History,
Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. There
is a wealth of primary source material at Avalon.
To use American History Online at
home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass
INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name
and password.