History

• Aboard the Underground Railroad

  Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary introduces travelers, researchers, historians, preservationists.

• African American Odyssey

  This Library of Congress exhibition, The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the Library's incomparable African American collections. The special presentation is not...

• American Folklife Center

  The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress

• American Memory Project

  The home page for the American Memory Historical Collections from the Library of Congress. American Memory provides free access to historical images, maps, sound recordings, and motion pictures...

• Brain Pop (the more you know, the more you know)

  Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts & Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school homework help for K-12 kids.

• Castles of the World

  Extensive collection of castles, palaces, fortresses and monasteries. Organized with search engine, maps, descriptions, photos and a directory.

• HyperHistory

  Amazing clickable chart covering 3,000 years of world history.

• National Civil Rights Museum

  Offers an overview of the civil rights movement in exhibit form. Located in Memphis, Tennessee.

• National Geographic

  National Geographic provides free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures, history, world music and travel.

• National Geographic for Kids

  Games and facts about animals, archaeology, cultures, and more.

• National Museum of the American Indian

  The National Museum of the American Indian is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native...

• Native American – First Nations History

  An ongoing web project that aims to provide extensive histories of all major tribes of Native Americans.

• The People’s Century 1900-1999

  PBS's People's Century. History of the People, for the people, as told by the people who lived it.

• U.S. Government for Kids

  Worldwide directory of government and non-government sites grouped by subject.

• Veterans History Project

  Home Page for the Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Motivated by the urgent need to collect the stories and experiences of war veterans while they are still...