Arms and Armor
Numerous links on weapons of war.
http://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=all&keywords=weapons&title=Weapons
http://webclipart.about.com/cs/military/
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/planesw1.htm
Armor and weapons of war from the Portland State University.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/war/index.htm
Armor and weaponry of the knights.
http://historymedren.about.com/cs/armorandweaponry/index.htm
Make your own helmet.
http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/art/haveago/armor.html
Make your own chainmail.
http://www.historyforkids.org/crafts/projects/chainmail.htm
A catapult project with links.
http://www.trebuchet.com/plans.html
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/cottonballcatapult.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0810830.html
Illustrations of trebuchets, leverage artillery, from 14th to16th century sources.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html
French and Indian Wars
Links for the French and Indian Wars.
http://kids.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=FrenchNI
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/FrenchIndian/FrenIndWar.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0819645.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0858256.html
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Eighteenth_Century/French_and_Indian_War/
http://www.state.me.us/sos/kids/allabout/historydetail.htm
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French Revolution
History of the French Revolution and the French People.
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Europe/French_Revolution/index.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/frenchrevolution.htm
http://faculty.unlv.edu/gbrown/hist462/resources/chrono.htm#1787
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Revolutionary War
Biographies of the founding fathers of the United States.
http://www.colonialhall.com/biography.asp
Liberty! The American Revolution as brought to you by PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Valley Oak Elementary's Room 9 presents: "The Timeline of the Revolution".
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/vme/vo/
The Revolutionary War from the Open Directory Project site.
http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Social_Studies/History/
By_Region/North_America/United_States/Wars/Revolutionary_War/
You will learn about the American Revolution and the people behind it at this History Place site.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/index.html
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/AmericanRevolution/AmerRevolution.htm
This site will provide links that will take you on a tour of the Revolution and its War.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/revolutionarywar.htm
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War of 1812
Facts on the War of 1812.
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/warof1812.htm
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/War1812/War1812.htm
U.S.-Mexican War
Information on all the Mexican War and others.
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/MexAmerWar/MexicanWar.htm
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/UsaHistoryIndex.htm
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/cgi-bin/search/hyperseek.cgi?Terms=Guadalupe+Hidalgo+Treaty&submit=Go
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0832957.html
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Civil War
Lots of information on Abraham Lincoln and his times.
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln.html
The Civil War homepage has information and links to other sites.
http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CivilWar/CivilWar.htm
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
Pictures of the Civil War from the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
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World War I
World War I in text and photographs.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm
Lots of Information on World War I, the Great War on the History net.
http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/worldwar1/
The complete history of World Wars I &II with pictures, weapons, and machines.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/wwarI.html
Weapons, ships and aircraft of World War I and II.
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/youth/jcssworldwars.html
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World War II
Kids' view of World War II.
http://www.usd230.k12.ks.us/espictt/
Kids guide to World War II.
http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/worldwar2.htm
The Holocaust of World War II
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Holocaust.html
Japanese-American internment camps.
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/japan_internment_camps.htm
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Korean War
Korean War from the Encyclopedia.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0828118.html
Korean War as presented by PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX58.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/maps/koreaintro.html
The Korean War in pictures.
http://history.searchbeat.com/koreanwar/korea1952.htm
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War for kids, also links to the Korean War, World War II and Pearl Harbor.
http://www.surfnetkids.com/vietnam.htm
http://www.42explore2.com/vietnam.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001292.html
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Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War as found in the encyclopedia.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838511.html
Sites discussing the Persian Gulf War.
http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/persiangulfwar/
http://history1900s.about.com/cs/persiangulfwar/
http://www.historyguy.com/GulfWar.html
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