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Famous Trials: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/ftrials.htm

Famous trials throughout history are reviewed.
Historic Cities: http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html

Search by city name or year.
The History Buff: http://www.historybuff.com/

"This site focuses primarily on HOW news of major, and not so major, events in American history were reported in newspapers of the time. In addition, there is information about the technology used to produce newspapers over the past 400 years."
Popular Culture: http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/popculture/

This website takes a look at popular culture throughout time.
You Be the Historian: http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/

"See if you can figure out what life was like 200 years ago for Thomas and Elizabeth Springer's family in New Castle, Delaware. At the same time discover what historians in the next century could learn about you if they found your house exactly the way it is today."

The 20th Century

20th Century Year by Year: http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

Learn about the 20th century world and American history by year.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: http://www.greatachievements.org/

A look at the top 20 engineering achievements and how they shaped the world. A timeilne is also included.
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm

Various maps from political mapping to country boundries.
The People's Century: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/

PBS companion website to the TV program captures the story of the 20th century.
Stories of the Century: http://www.newseum.org/century/

View the top news stories of the 20th century, as ranked by journalists and the public.

Great Speeches

America Transformed: 9/11 Speeches: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/americatransformed/speeches/

Speeches on and surrounding the 9/11 attacks.
Famous Historic Speeches: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/speeches/speeches.cfm?

Browse by name or search for specific speeches by keyword.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World: http://gos.sbc.edu/

From Sweetbriar College students can access famous women's speeches, searchable and browsable by name or year.
History & Politics Out Loud: http://www.hpol.org/

Northwestern University provides this searchable, politically significant audio archive.
History Channel: Speeches: http://www.history.com/search?search-field=speeches&asset-type=Speeches%20and%20Audio

Listen to famous speeches by world and American noteworthy people. Speeches by Ghandi, MacArthur, Truman, Armstrong, and more. Search for or browse speeches then listen to it online.
The Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University: http://vvl.lib.msu.edu/

Various speeches, discussions and other recordings by world-renowed people.
Vincent Voice Library: US Presidents: http://vvl.lib.msu.edu/findingaids.cfm?action=list&categoryid=3

Do you want to know what Theodore Roosevelt sounded like? Choose a president and listen.

Pirates

Age of Pirates: http://ageofpirates.com/

A Q&A about pirates.
Blackbeard the Pirate: http://blackbeardthepirate.com/blackbeard1.htm

His story, his house, and his ship!
British Council: Pirates: http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-pirates.htm

"Yo Ho Ho! A pirate is a sailor who attacks other ships and steals things. Practise pirate words, do a quiz, listen to a song about pirates and read and listen to a story about a treasure map. There are lots of activities to print and do too - would you be the captain of a ship or a pirate?"
Famous Pirates: http://pirateannie.fateback.com/pirates/index.html

"In this section you can read all about famous pirates like Blackbeard and the pirate Princess Alwilda."
Pirates: http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/pirates/

From Rochedale State School in Australia, this website provides a glossary of terms, biographies, treasure maps and a hunt, and more.
Pirates!: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pirates/

National Geographic provides this website about pirates. Go on a high seas adventure or learn more about the pirate Blackbeard.
Real Pirates! Real Life!: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/whydah/main.html

National Geographic provides some biographies of famous pirates.
Pirates of the Caribbean: http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/pirates/pirates.html

Facts, myths, and legends of pirates.
Queen Anne's Revenge?: http://www.qaronline.org/

Read more about this wreck discovered off Beaufort, North Carolina which could be pirate Blackbeard's flagship. From the Division of Archives & History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
What is a Pirate?: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.159

A Q&A about pirates.

This Day in History

dMarie Time Capsule: http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/

How much did a loaf of bread cost when you were born? Find out here. This website provides news headlines, popular songs, names of people born on your birthday and date, TV shows on the air at the time, toys invented that year, and books published. Click on Quick Page after entering the date desired to get a quick list of these items. Also included are that year's average costs for a loaf of bread, milk, eggs, a new car, a gallon of gas, cost of a house, stamps, average income, minimum wage, and the stock market's DOW average.
Black Facts Online: http://www.blackfacts.com/

Select a month and day to search then find out what significant events occurred in black history on that day.
This Day in History: http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/

By the History Channel, choose a month and day to find out what happened.
On this Day: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/

The New York Times highlights events throughout the years that occurred on this day in history.
Today in History: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

This Library of Congress website provides facts of what happened today in US history.

The Titanic

Titanic: http://search.eb.com/titanic/

From the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, this free feature provides photographs and a history of the Titanic.
The Grave of the Titanic: http://octopus.gma.org/space1/titanic.html

A brief history of the tragedy including several ideas for classroom activities.
NARA: http://www.archives.gov/search/

From the National Archives and Records Administration, this website digitized items and images from the Titanic disaster including a baggage claim ticket, the infamous iceberg, photograph of two lifeboats carrying Titanic survivors and more. To locate materials from this event, type in the keyword "titanic" and click search.
RMS Titanic: http://home.interlynx.net/~dclarke/Titanic.html

3-D images of the Titanic. Choose where you'd like to go and then view the images.
RMS Titanic's Final Resting Place: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/titanic.html

Find out about the 1985 discovery of the Titanic, the people who found it, and view video clips of the voyage down to the Titanic.
Titanic Historical Society: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/titanic.html

Take a ship tour, check the Journal of Record, and top ten frequently asked questions.
Titanic Memorandum: http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/american_originals/titanic.html

From the National Archives and Records Administration, this website provides am image of the U.S. Navy daily memorandum reporting the Titanic's collision with an iceberg, April 15, 1912.
Titanic and other White Star Line Ships: http://www.titanic-whitestarships.com/

Great photographs of crew, artifacts, passengers, technical facts, and the Halifax cemetery of many of the deseased.
Titanic's Lost Sister: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/titanic/

NOVA Online presents information about how the Titanic and other ships were built and the flaws that led to their demise.
The Virginia Newspaper Project Examines the News Covering the Sinking of the RMS Titanic: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/titanic/titanic1.htm

How did the newspapers report information about the Titanic disaster? Were they accurate? Were they biased? Learn more about how America learned of the tragedy at sea at this site. Headlines from newpapers, images of the actual newpaper articles, editorial cartoons, the aftermath and the inquiry in to the sinking, and more.

Women & History

300 Women Who Changed the World: http://search.eb.com/women/

"Encyclopedia Britannica has included both contemporary women who are changing today's world and those whose contributions have endured through the ages."
National Women's History Project Resource Center: http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/index.php

This website provides a variety of links to women and history, a long list of biographies, a quiz to test your current knowledge and more.
American Women's History: Digital Collections of Primary Resources: http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-digcoll.html

This website outlines primary resource links to digital collections dealing with women's history. The website is organized by topic and by state.
Civil War Women: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html

This website from Duke University's Special Collections Library presents Civil War diaries and other primary sources that allow students to explore women's lives and experiences during the war.
Celebrate Women's History Month: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/teaching-topics/celebrate-womens-history-month/

At this site from the New York Times Learning Network, you can view New York Times headlines of the past that reflect on the struggles and successes of women. Many lesson plans are also included.
Distinguished Women of Past and Present: http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Search for biographies of distinguished women by name or by field.
Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World: http://gos.sbc.edu/

From Sweetbriar College students can access famous women's speeches, searchable and browsable by name or year.
Homework Center: First Ladies: http://www.multcolib.org/homework/presidents.html#first

Information about the first ladies of the United States.
International Women's Suffrage: http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/wherearewe/suffrage_rights.html

Discover which countries around the world have given equal voting rights to men and women.
Internet Women's History Sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html

This website explores women in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Medieval Europe, Early Modern and Modern Europe, North America, Latin America, China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, Australasia, Africa, Islamic world, and more.
National Women's Hall of Fame: http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php

Biographies of women organized by last name or searchable.
Past Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics: http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women.html

Biographies of women in computing and mathematics as well as other links.
Places Were Women Made History: http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/

Historical locations where women made history around the US, like the Susan B. Anthony house.
The Shadow Story of the Millenium: Women: http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/millennium/m2/

This website includes a timeline of women's history in the United States.
Women Come to the Front: http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html

Read about female journalists, broadcasters, and photographers during World War II.
Women Nobel Prize Laureates: http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html

Biographies of women Nobel Prize laureates.
Women's History Month: http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/womenshistory/

A look at women throughout history, in education, math, science and every other aspect of life.