People & Places

Government

People

Places in History

Government

About the Mayor of New York City
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/om/home.html

Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Information and activities specifically tailored for educators, parents, and students in K-12. These resources teach students about our government and how it works.

Election 2004
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/election2004/index.asp

FirstGov for Kids
http://www.kids.gov/k_gov.htm
Links to kids pages in many different federal government departments.

How Laws Are Made
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/lawmaking/index.html

New York City Council
http://www.nyccouncil.info/

New York State Governors 1777-Present
http://www.iloveny.com/kids/governors.asp

Presidential and Parliamentary Government
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/presidents/index.htm
What are some of the differences between a parliamentary and constitutional government? Presented by Scholastic.

Symbols of US Government (Statues, the Flag, Songs and more)
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/symbols/index.html

United Nations Cyber School Bus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.html

White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

People

4000 Years of Women in Science
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html
Women, with the entire universe to play with, to study and to enjoy, contributed much to the history of science. Read their stories here.

African-American History & Culture
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=840
Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts.

American Indian History & Culture
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=813
Covering more than 5,000 years of culture, legends, and leaders of over 500 Native American groups, this database provides entries on primary source documents, biographies, maps & charts, images, and timelines. It also features searchable tribe and culture area indexes, as well as the ability to search for tribes by region.

American National Biography
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=21
Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.

American Women's History
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=814
Provides direct access to thousand of entries—biographies, historical and topical entries, speeches, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and photographs—that are essential to understanding the experiences of American women throughout our nation’s history.

America's Story from the Library of Congress
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Biography Resource Center
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=67

Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Particularly strong on contemporary personalities and entertainers.

Native American Cultures
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/native_americans/index.asp
This project explores ancient and modern-day Native American cultures of New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. Presented by Scholastic.

Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
Background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.

Stamp On Black History
http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Stamps.htm
Find out more about the men and women honored by the US Postal Service for their contributions to society.

Places in History

Ancient Egypt Webquest
http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and Archeology.

Arte Historia
http://www.artehistoria.com/
Historia y biografias en Español. History and biography resources in Spanish.

At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/

CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Civil War Photographs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html

Empires Past
http://library.thinkquest.org/16325/indexot.shtml
A comprehensive resource on ancient empires.

History of Costume
http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html
Plates of the book by the same name, originally published between 1861 and 1880.

Lands & Peoples
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=827
NYPL Library Card Required for Home Access. An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events geared to student readers.

Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
From National Geographic.

Middle Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

New York State History
http://www.iloveny.com/kids/history_pre_1900.asp

Pegasus: Greek Myths, Heroes & Heroines, and Animals
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4553/
Greek mythology, heroes and heroines, and animals.

Secrets of the Lost Empires: Medieval Siege
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/
Learn about life in medieval castles and how to operate a catapult.

Stately Knowledge: Facts About the United States
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
Facts about the States, from the Internet Public Library.

Today in History
http://www.440.com/twtd/today.html
Explore famous events and birthdays. Site has a fully searchable archive.

Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
An interactive site, from National Geographic.