Social Studies

Social Studies Resources

Primary Sources:
 

• History - Pacific Northwest - Primary Sources, Washington

• Library of Congress Primary Sources
   
• National Archives Primary Sources

Foreign Policy:

Edmonds School District Databases:

• Today's Foreign Policy Issues: Democrats and Republicans: Up-to-date GVRL eBook showing current Foreign Policy topics from both Democrat and Republican perspectives.
   
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Provides a range of perspectives on many Foreign Policy issues.
   
• Culturegrams:  Information on countries worldwide. Good for gaining background knowledge on your country.

External Websites:
 

• ProCon.org: Provides well-sourced pro, con, and related research on more than 50 controversial issues. Issues covered change, so check under "Issues We Cover" for your topic.

• Council on Foreign Relations: (an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.) Primary source documents from 1689 - present. Also provides analysis and context on international events and trends. We subscribe to Foreign Affairs, the journal published by the CFR.

• U.S. Department of State: Handles foreign affairs for the U.S. government. Main purpose is to promote American foreign policy worldwide. Go to A-Z list of countries and other areas, then to U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets, etc.
   
• CIA World Factbook: Information on history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Good background information.

• Library of Congress: The largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps, and manuscripts.
   
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Preserves and documents government and historical records.
   
• Wikipedia and Simple.Wikipedia.org:Open source online encyclopedia. Can not be used for citations. Good links to authoritative sources provided at end of articles.
   
•  Google. site: .gov  OR site: .edu and your topic. In advanced search, limit by date. For example, to search the cuba embargo, google site: .gov cuba embargo. This will limit your search to mostly government sites (or education sites if you use site: .edu.) Add 2018 to get the most up-to-date articles.

• New York Times: Highly regarded daily newspaper. Free articles from 1851-1922 and 1987-2017.

• The Economist: Weekly news and international affairs. British.

Human Rights Abuses Resources: 
 

•  Freedom House 
   
• Human Rights Watch
   
•  Amnesty International
   

Other Resources:

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CBAs (Classroom Based Assessments):

ESKO
 

 Renaissance Idol

Cornell Note Taking Form 

Renaissance Idol Assignment 2016

KRISKOVICH

CBA Foreign Policy Template: Use one copy of this document for note taking & citations on each source.

Social Studies Links:

Google Cultural Institute - The Cultural Institute includes the Google Art Project, which features high-resolution images of artworks from museums in over 40 countries (request copyright permission from each individual gallery); the World Wonders Project, which presents three-dimensional recreations of world heritage sites; and archival exhibitions, many in partnership with museums around the world. 

World History American History Special History Topics Ancient Civilizations Revolutionary War Washington State History Greece and Rome Civil War Mideast 2001 AP Euro Hist Renaissance Indian Education Terrorism & the Middle East World War 1 American Foreign Policy Imperialism Ancient Civilization Links Ancient World Cultures Worldwide Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html Ancient Egypt:   Discovering Egypt: Great starting point for Ancient Egyptian! http://discoveringegypt.com/ Guardian's Egypt: http://guardians.net/egypt/ The British Museum: http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.htm Egypt Web Search: http://touregypt.net/egyptantiquities/ Egyptology Resources(Univ of Cambridge,UK) http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/ Pyramids: The Inside Story(PBS): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid The Tomb of Tut(Nat Geog): http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/index.html Mesopotamia:   Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.htm Mesopotamia (The British Museum): http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html# China:   Chinese History for Beginners: http://asterius.com/china Chinese Culture: http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/index.html History of China: http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/welcome.html Silk Road Foundation: http://www.silk-road.com/ India:   History of India: http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/itihas/history.htm Government Museum Chennai: http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/02/07/indus.htm Images and info on Harappa: http://www.harappa.com/har/har0.html Mesoamerica:   Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/index.html El Centro's Pre-Columbian Peoples of the Americas: http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/ecc/early.html Mayan History: http://www.jaguar-sun.com/timeline.html Back to Top Ancient Greece and Rome   GREECE:   Ancient Greece: Awesome site! http://www.ancientgreece.com/ The Ancient Greek World: Daily Life http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html About.com: Greece and Rome: http://ancienthistory.about.com/homework/ancienthistory/index.htm Ancient Greece: Daily Life http://www.museum.upenn.edu/greek_world/Daily_life/index.html ROME:   Maecenas: Images of Ancient Rome http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/ World History: Rome http://history.evansville.net/rome.html Daily Roman Life: http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/life/index.html The Ancient Roman World: http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/RomanII.htm Ancient Rome/BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/index.shtml Rome Project: http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/ Forum Romanum: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/6946/rome.html Tour of Ancient Rome: http://www.kent.wednet.edu/curriculum/soc_studies/rome/Rome.html History of Plumbing (Rome): http://www.theplumber.com/eng.html Ancient Olympic Games http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/ Roman Art and Architecture: http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/ Alexander the Great: http://www.hackneys.com/alex_web/alexfram.htm http://www.pothos.co.uk/index.htm Back to Top Renaissance Web Links General Renaissance Links Renaissance History: http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/therenaissance/a/renaissance101.htm EuroDocs:Primary Historical Docs. from W. Europe. Contains links to selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations of Western European historical documents. http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/homepage.html Renaissance Art:   Artchive: http://www.artchive.com/ Art History on the Web: http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html Google Cultural Institute, Art Project: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/collections?projectId=art-project Web Gallery of Art:images usable for educational purposes http://www.wga.hu/index1.html Web Museum of Art: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/ Art and Architecture from the Mediterranean Basin: Lots of digital images of art and architecture from ancient Greece and Italy. http://rubens.anu.edu.au/ Uffizi Gallery: Website of the Uffizi Gallery, founded in Florence in 1581, by the De Medici family. Contains dozens of high resolution color pictures, comments, biographies and a glossary of artistic movements & techniques. http://www.uffizi.org/artworks/ Extended Tour of the Sistine Chapel:325 images of the Cappella Sistina http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sistine/0-Tour.html Albrecht Durer: http://www.boglewood.com/cornaro/xdurer.html Raphael Sanzio: From the Christus Rex et Redemptor Mundi virtual art museum comes this page devoted to Rapahel's work. Great number of images. http://www.christusrex.org/www1/stanzas/0-Raphael.html Rembrandt: From the WebMuseum, Paris, this page on the Dutch master Rembrandt contains some of his most famous paintings along with his life history. http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/ Vermeer: Contains Vermeer's history, thumbnails of his paintings, large size pictures of his paintings sorted by popularity and a chronological index http://www.ccsf.caltech.edu/~roy/vermeer/ Botticelli, Sandro: Contains some of his most famous paintings along with his life history. http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/paint/auth/botticelli/ Eyck, Jan van: This page on the Flemish painter Jan van Eyck contains some of his most famous paintings along with his life history. http://sunsite.unc.edu/louvre/paint/auth/eyck/ Renaissance Architecture   Great Buildings: http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/renaissance.html Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/itar/hd_itar.htm Renaissance Science:   The Art of Renaissance Science http://www.mcm.edu/academic/galileo/ars/arshtml/arstoc.html Leonardo da Vinci: http://www.mos.org/leonardo/ Leonardo DaVinci Museum: http://cellini.leonardo.net/museum/main.html IMSS - History of Science Museum - Florence Italy:Includes a multimedia catalogue of its Galileo room, a biography of Galileo, and short biographical texts of personalities connect to Galileo. Also contains Renaissance Engineers section. http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/ Scientific Community 16th and 17th Centuries:631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries. http://es.rice.edu:80/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/catalog.html Renaissance Writers/ Personalities: Erasmus: Dictionary of Philosophy: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/erasmus.htm Erasmus: The History Guide: http://www.pagesz.net/~stevek/intellect/erasmus.html Erasmus: Collected Works online: http://books.mirror.org/gb.erasmus.html Description of Thomas More by Erasmus: http://pw2.netcom.com/~rjs474/thomasmore/1519lett.html Thomas More: http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/tmore.htm Sir Thomas More: More about More: http://www.d-holliday.com/tmore/more.htm St. Thomas More: http://www.apostles.com/thomasmore.html Machiavelli: Dictionary of Philosophy: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/machiave.htm Machiavelli: http://www.ctbw.com/lubman.htm Life and Works of Niccolo Machiavelli: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Marble/5888/ Medici Family: http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/People/medici.html Medici Family Tree: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Marble/5888/ Back to Top World War 1 Web Links General Index Sites World War 1: Trenches on the Web(History Channel)AWESOME! http://www.worldwar1.com/ WW1 Reference Library: http://www.worldwar1.com/reflib.htm Doughboy Center: American Expeditionary Forces: http://www.worldwar1.com/ Selected Tours of WW1 Site: http://www.worldwar1.com/sfguide.htm#hist Special Feature Stories Index: http://www.worldwar1.com/sfguide.htm#hist The First World War:(encyclopedic reference): http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.h The Clock:(good overview of WW1): http://www.enteract.com/~jgins/wwI.htm World War 1 Links Index: http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/links.html World War 1 Links Index(British emphasis): http://www.sd68.bc.ca/dove/library/worldwar1.htm Canada in World War 1: http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ww1/index.html World War 1 Biographical Index( most are very short but helpful) http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~kansite/ww_one/bio/bios-home.html The Great European and World War: (good study guide): http://www.tulip.org/academy/gew/ The Great War: http://www.infosites.net/general/the-great-war/ The Great War and the Shaping of the 20thCentury: (From the PBS Documentary): http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ The Great War Society:(Index of a variety of info): http://www.worldwar1.com/tgws/ World War Web: http://library.advanced.org/12367/ Battles The Unfortunate Region:(WW1 Battlefields): http://www.igr.nl/users/vandenheuvel Battle of Verdun: http://war1418.com/battleverdun/ The Battlefields: http://www.hinchbk.cambs.sch.uk/btl/btlembark.html The Lusitania: http://members.home.net/vincebjs/Lusitania/lusi.html Technology World War 1 Aviation: http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.shtml World War 1 Naval Battles:(Also check theLinksfor more sites): http://www.geocities.com/darrenmilford/ Germany's Use of Chemical Warfare: http://members.tripod.com/Brian_Blodgett/Chemical.htm Primary Source Materials   World War 1 Document Archive:/ http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi World War 1 Photographs: http://www.wonderland.com/~dracon/WW1/index.html World War 1 Political Cartoons: http://geocities.com/Colosseum/Mound/5951/ww1/default.htm World War 1 Propaganda Postcards: http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/index.html Letters from a WW1 Soldier: http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/warletters_2.html Interview with an American Veteran of the Great War: http://www.pitt.edu/~novosel/veteran.htm Back to Top American History Link American Civil War The American Civil War Homepage: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ U.S. Civil War Center: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm The American Civil War (Dakota St. Univ.): http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm The Civil War Homepage: http://www.civil-war.net/ Civil War Resources/ V.M.I.: http://www.vmi.edu/~archtml/cwsource.html Civil War.Com: http://www.civilwar.com Civil War: An Illinois Soldier: http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/ Documenting the American South: http://metalab.unc.edu/docsouth/ Selected Civil War Photographs: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html The Virginia Civil War Site : http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/vacwhp.htm Texts About the American Civil War: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/civilwar.html Special History Topics Washington State History WA St- Official Tourism Page www.tourism.wa.gov/ Travel in WA www.travel-in-wa.com/ Washington State www.washingtonstate.worldweb.com/ Seattle History-Photographs http://www.seattlehistory.org/ History Link www.historylink.org/ Seattle Times-History http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/seattle_history WA St History Museum www.wshs.org/text/exhibits2.ht Univ Of WA Library http://content.lib.washington.edu/all-collections.htm SeattlePI-History http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/historypostcards/ Back to Top Terrorism & Middle East Research Links Terrorism Links Terrorism (Vanderbilt Univ): One-stop shopping for links to terrorism links. http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/terrorism.html Terrorism Links (Information Services Network): http://www.isn.ethz.ch/infoservice/index.cfm?service=linkslib&Parent=57 A Changed World (Christian Science Monitor): http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/sept11/index.html America’s War Against Terrorism (U of Michigan): Awesome Starting Point! http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html Recent Terrorism Events: Background and Context (Cogressional Quarterly): http://www.cqpress.com/context/ Terrorism Library: http://www.terrorismlibrary.com/ The Terrorism Research Center: http://www.terrorism.com/index.shtml CIA Terrorism Page: http://www.cia.gov/terrorism/ Response to Terrorism: US Dept of State: http://www.terrorism.com/index.shtml America Responds to Terrorism: White House page on terrorism http://www.whitehouse.gov/response/ The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism: Good resource but it has an Israeli slant. http://www.ict.org.il/ UN Responds to Terrorism: The official UN page on terrorism http://www.un.org/terrorism/ Terrorism Law and Policy( U of Pittsburgh Law School): http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm Terrorism (How Stuff Works): http://www.howstuffworks.com/terrorism.htm Middle East PBS - U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/uspolicy/ Middle East Review of International Affairs -Research Links Page: Great Starting Point! http://meria.idc.ac.il/links.html Center for Middle Eastern Studies (U of Texas): http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/ Middle East Times: http://www.metimes.com/2K2/issue2002-1/methaus.htm Middle East Research & Information Project: http://www.merip.org/ BBC News-Middle East: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/default.stm Middle East and Jewish Studies (Columbia Univ): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/ Middle East News Online: http://www.middleeastwire.com/specials/ Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs: http://www.wrmea.com/ Foundation for Middle East Peace: http://www.fmep.org/ Middle East-Global Issues.Org: http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/MiddleEast.asp Imperialist Oil War in Middle East: Strong leftwing slant but some challenging ideas about America’s role in Mid East Politics. http://www.chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/mideastwar.html   IMPERIALISM Crucible of Empire-PBS http://www.pbs.org/crucible Library of Congress-Hispanic Reading Room-(Search Spanish American War) http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic "The Spanish American War Centennial Website: http://www.spanamwar.com/ U S History.com http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3617.html Library of Congress-Chronology http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronology.html HistoResearch.com http://www.historesearch.com/spainamwarmil.html HistoryWorld.com http://history-world.org/Spanish%20America%20War.htm National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/spanish-american-war/ Smithsonian-Nat History Museum http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=7 Hal W. Neuman, "Civilize Them With a Krag" (article) www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3807/features/krag.html John Baker, "Effects of the Press on Spanish American Relations in 1898" www.humboldt.edu/~jcb10/spanwar.shtml/anchor412883 "The Age of Imperialism" www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html New York Public Library, "A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish-American Conflict" www.nypl.org/research/chss/epo/spanexhib/index.html Jim Zwick, "Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935" www.boondocksnet.com/ail98-35.html (A very rich site, ­choose any portion of it) Lincoln Cushing, "1898-1998: Centennial of the Spanish American War" www.zpub.com/cpp/saw.html "The Spanish American War Centennial Website: USS MAINE http://www.spanamwar.com/MaineNYTimes.htm