WPL Homework Help K-5 History

Today in History
General History
Colonial America
Westward Expansion
Immigration
Women's History
Black History and Culture

Today in History

Today in history is brought to you by the Library of Congress. This site gives you facts on what happened in history on this date.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html

Another similar site by the History Channel.
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/

Other "This Day in History" sites.
http://datadragon.com/day/
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/
http://dmarie.com/timecap/

This day in sports history.
http://www.nationalpastime.com/
http://www.thefootballsearchengine.com/cgi-bin/Football-History/today2.pl
http://www.hhof.com/HTML/hhset.shtml
http://www.famousfoto.com/history/basketball/index.php
http://www.on-this-day.com/cgi-bin/otd/sportsotd/sportsotd.pl

General History

America's story from the Library of Congress. Meet amazing Americans, explore the states, jump back in time and much more.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

1492: An Ongoing Voyage, an exhibit of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/Intro.html

History links from all periods for kids.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/history.htm
http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml

The Dust Bowl era.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312210/Dustbowl.html

The Great Depression.
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Depression/index.htm
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums
/hismus/1900-75/depressn/index.html
http://www.usd.edu/anth/epa/dust.html
http://www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery06/gallery06.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001569/
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761584403/Great_Depression_
in_the_United_States.html

Compare prices during the Great Depression to prices today.
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19268_20778-52530--,00.html

How the Depression affected children.
http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/er2a.htm
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails/

The Great Depression in Colorado.
http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blygd25.htm
http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=7164&tour_id=6043

Colonial America

The first pilgrims in America.
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/Pilgrims/Pilgrims.htm
http://www.pilgrimhall.org/1stthnks.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761557909

How the pilgrims dressed.
http://members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html

The first Thanksgiving.
http://members.aol.com/calebj/thanksgiving.html

Go back in history with the colonial kids and discover what their world was like.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0826

The history of the original 13 colonies.
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/Colonies/Colonies.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/graphics/13mapnew.htm
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/thirteencolonies/2_thirteencolonies.htm
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/wis/teachers/dtewhey/
webquest/colonial/13_original_colonies.htm
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000153.shtml

Amusements in Colonial New England.
ttp://noahwebsterhouse.org/amusements.html

Colonial kids.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
http://www.history.org/kids/

Colonial currency.
http://www.nd.edu/~rarebook/coins/ColCurrency/

Be a history detective. Go back in time and investigate the daily lives of the Daggetts, a colonial family from northeastern Connecticut. Collect clues to uncover answers to 7 questions about colonial life in the 1700s. Then prove your skills as a history detective by discovering "What's wrong with this picture?"
http://www.seeamerica.org/sp?keywords=daggett&wId=11822&sId=
0&catId=-9&p=moreresultsfromsite

American flag timeline.
http://members.tripod.com/kkenkuri2/american_flag.html
http://www.tooter4kids.com/ourflag/flag_timeline.htm
http://www.refdesk.com/usflag.html

Westward Expansion

Louisiana Purchase
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/LouisianaPurchase/LouisianaPurc.htm
http://americanhistory.pppst.com/louisianapurchase.html
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/louisianapurchase.htm
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/louistxt.html
http://www.gatewayno.com/history/LaPurchase.html

The California Missions Web Site, with a brief history of each mission.
http://missions.bgmm.com/
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/Missions/Missions.htm

For the study of the California Missions, Presidios, Pueblos, and Ranchos and their Native American, Hispanic, and Early American Past.
http://www.ca-missions.org/links.html

The westward expansion includes the gold rush, buffalo soldiers, pony express, maps and much more.
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/Westward_Expansion/
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/history/westward.html

From PBS, a complete history of the gold rush with map and timeline.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/

California Gold Rush.
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CalGoldRush/CalGoldRush.htm

Immigration

Ellis Island: first port of entry.
http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island.asp
http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html
http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/serv02.htm
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssimmigration.html

Angel Island: western port of entry.
http://www.angelisland.org/historic2.htm
http://www.donaldlaird.com/landmarks/counties/500-599/529.html
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssimmigration.html

Ben's guide to U.S. Government on citizenship.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/index.html

Many facts and the history about the Statue of Liberty presented by the National Park Service.
http://www.nps.gov/stli/prod02.htm

History of immigration and find records of your ancestors.
http://immigration.about.com/cs/aboutimmigration/
http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/immigration/
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssimmigration.html
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/immigrant/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrat/index.htm

Women's History

Women's History is a venture into the lives and perspectives of women from the Tampa Bay Tribune.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/whm
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenshistory1.html
http://www.pocanticohills.org/womenenc/womenenc.htm
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcsswomenshistory.html

Distinguished Women of Past and Present has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
http://search.eb.com/women/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/index.htm

African American History and Culture

Timeline of African American History, 1852-1925.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aap/

African American culture web connections to poetry, art, authors, businesses, churches, history, entertainment, and more.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/Black_History.html
http://www.aawc.com/Zaawc0.html

Recent population statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html

This site gives a brief account of the Amistad event, you can choose between text or animation.
http://www.cultures.com/features/amistad/index.html

September 2008