Castle High School Library - Social Studies Links
AcademicINFO - Annotated subject guides for various Internet resources
Background Notes - Excellent U.S. State Department information on geographic entities and international organizations
Best History Web Sites - portal to annotated links to quality history web sites and teacher resources
Chiefs-of-State - Chiefs of state and cabinet members of foreign governments
Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia - Outstanding reference work features 17,000 articles with
more than 170,000 links to other resources on the Web
Conversations with History - Produced by the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and features interviews with over 150 distinguished men and women.
Discovery Channel - TV schedule, themes, lesson plans
European Governments Online - For the fifteen EU member states, the site provides annotated links to the executive branch, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and sometimes other important national civil service sites, as well as several unannotated links to other governmental bodies.
FirstGov - Official website for searching the U. S. Government
Fedstats - More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government produce statistics of interest to the public. This site provides easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies for public use.
History Channel - Click here to search for any topic in history-decades, etc.
History Place - excellent resource for teachers and students
Holocaust - Reflections on the Holocaust - a thorough, inclusive and well-organized site
Hurisearch - human rights search engine over 5,000 human rights websites
PeopleSpot - Records, statistics, opinions, reference tools, biographies, service organizations and more.
Schindler's List Teaching Guide
Southwest Indiana Development Council - Statistical data for eleven southwest Indiana counties
Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History - Teacher website has a table of contents with a plethora of sites by subject, topic and era.
THOMAS - Legislative information on the Internet
U.S. Census Bureau: 2010 Census - Population, vital statistics, elections, nutrition, energy, transportation and more
Virtual Religion Index - Rutgers University Religion Department
Webgator - Site indexes and categorizes Web-based resources for public records searches.
Countries/Maps/Facts/Statistics
A+ Country Reports - Information on population, geography, economy, history, and politics plus audio clips of national anthems and links to current weather reports
Anthems, Flags, Maps, and Nations of the World
Atlapedia - Statistics and key facts on countries of the world as well as full color physical and political maps
CIA World Factbook - Geography, population and demographics, government, economy, communications infrastructure, transportation systems, military strength, and transnational issues
Geography Home Page - Countries, maps, cultures, blank maps, statistics
Infonation - A U.N. site that lists nations by their countries
Library of Congress Country Studies - Information on countries
Lonely Planet - Click a location on the map or type in the search box to access information on countries and cities
National Geographic Map Machine - Political/satellite maps, thematic maps, and printable maps
Portals to the World - Library of Congress site for business, commerce, economy, culture, education, government, politics, law, and history
States and Capitals - State and county information, vital records, public records, and more
U. S. Gazatteer - Obtain census data from the1990 census
VGSBooks - database with links that provide information on world nations: facts, statistics, maps, photographs, audio versions of national anthems, history, government, demographics, economics, tourism and geography. A great resource for reports or projects.
Biographies of Presidents and First Ladies
Civil Rights James Earl Chaney
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
Civil Rights - National Park Service site
Civil Rights PBS Eyes on the Prize
Lewis and Clark: Native Americans - PBS Online site with links to native American sites plus more
Smithsonian Education - History and cilture, profiles of our nation's Presidents
U.S. States - Official webpage for 50 states from Global
World War I Posters - Special Collections Department at Georgetown University
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
Letters from an Iowa Soldier in the Civil War
United States Civil War Center
Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War
British History - Kings and Queens through time
Middle Ages: Religion - An Annenberg/CPB project - What was it like to live in the Middle Ages
Netserf - Medieval resources
Web Gallery of Art - European paintings and sculptures created between the years 1150 and 1750 with biographies of significant artists
Supreme Court and State Courts Links
Findlaw - browse legal information
LII and Hermes Collection - LII Hermes Collection of Current Decisions (1990-present) from Cornell University
OYEZ USSC media - look up cases
Big Charts Historical Quotes - Enter symbol and click Historical Quotes
Federal Reserve Today - Monetary policy, structure, and history of the Federal Reserve Bank
Hoover's Online - Company Profiles, Stock quotes, etc
Indiana Stock Market Simulation
Yahoo Finance - Stock quotes, closing prices, tract entire portfolio plus more
Charters of Freedom - founding documents of the American Republic such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Magna Carta of 1215
Founding Fathers - brief biographies of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention
FirstGov - Official website for searching the U. S. Government
THOMAS - Legislative information on the Internet
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
U. S. House of Representatives
Great Disasters - Links from Infoplease Almanac for a variety of disasters such as storms, earthquakes, nuclear power, floods, fires, shipwrecks, airplane crashes, railroad accidents, and oil spills
Major Commerical Airline Disasters
Disasters - U. S. weather disasters from 1980-1998
The Great Chicago Fire - Exhibition created by the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University
Meltdown at Three Mile Island - Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania nuclear reactor meltdown disaster in 1979
History Channel - Search for any topic in history-decades, etc.
20th Century Decades - Click a decade link for a list of selected links.
Indiana Department of Education - Numerous links to Indiana education sites
Southwest Indiana Development Council - Statistical data for eleven southwest Indiana counties
