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Created by the EIU History Department to assist students of Eastern Illinois University in meeting the Illinois state standards for specialization in the social sciences.
History - Standard 1 Links
The following web-site links have been compiled because they may assist you in your study of this standard in preparation for your certification test.

http://www.usahistory.info/timeline/
Basic timeline for colonization.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
Extremely rich site, includes links, bibliographies, lesson plans, etc. Recommended.

Early Colonies/Colonization:
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
Rich site, deals with early English settlement of America.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/socialstudies/projects/jvc/unit/broad/amer_lect.html
Lecture notes dealing with early (post-Colombian) settlement.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial
Site geared toward education about early colonies, includes primary documents.

American Revolution:
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/
Revolution to reconstruction - source materials, analysis.
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/
Detailed site with extensive information on the Revolution - people/documents.
http://www.ushistory.org/march/
Virtual tour of the battles of the Revolution - analysis and solid research.

Early Industrial Revolution:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
Extensive site, dealing with 17th-18th century, source documents.
http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Industrial.html
Stable site, designed for teachers, includes numerous links.

Slavery:
http://www.innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html
Citation of sources, early slavery chronology.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
PBS site, includes extensive links, documentation, and lesson plans.
http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/
Slavery image gallery, useful for context.

Early Political Systems:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/MarcoGrams/Feb2003.html
Lesson plans/activities, source documents.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
1774-1873 - papers, plans, analysis.

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Web-Site Last Updated 4-14-2005