A Guide for AP U.S. History and National History Day Projects

Recommended Web Sites

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/

Avalon Project

http://americanhistory.si.edu                          

Smithsonian Institute Collections for U.S. History

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/                                   

National Archives Founding Documents Exhibit

http://theworldwar.org                                    

World War I History

http://nationalmap.gov/historical                    

Historical U.S. Maps

http://www.nmai.si.edu/                                 

National Museum of the American Indian

http://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/         

American Revolution website created by Colonial Williamsburg (www.history.org)

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/                    

Using new technology to enhance research

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/                    

America’s Story (Library of Congress website)

http://www.history.army.mil                                                 

U.S. Army Center for Military History

http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/home

Landmark Cases of the US Supreme Court

http://www.presidentialtimeline.org

Information about President Hoover through President Bush

http://www.archives.gov/education/history-day/online.html

http://docsteach.org/home/national-history-day

http://docsteach.org/documents

Primary sources from the National Archives

http://loc.gov/collections

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Primary sources from the Library of Congress