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Use this Gale database to research people, events, and topics in U.S. history. It includes primary sources, images, and video. (Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) FULL SUITE OF GALE DATABASES
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Use this Gale database to research important people throughout history! (Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) FULL SUITE OF GALE DATABASES
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Primary sources, images, maps, charts, and more about important individuals, events, and topics in U.S. history.
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WEB SITES

Inventors & Inventions
A Fay School Library page of great links!

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 provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience."

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.

American History in Song
Musical primary source material.

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 provides documents relevent to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government and organized by century. There is a wealth of PRIMARY SOURCE material at Avalon.

The Great Depression
Links to information surrounding the Great Depression.

Civil Rights
Links to information about the civil rights movement in the U.S.

The American Experience
Based on the PBS television series. Each episode features a timeline, maps, people and events.

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updated 06/09/2011