USEFUL WEB SITES
AP Central http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/ all things AP
AP Central Teaching Tips
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/26977.html
AP Central: Advances in AP http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/ Check here for latest
announcements for new curriculum
Columbia University History simulations http://caho-test.cc.columbia.edu/main/sim/index.html
Historyteacher.net http://www.historyteacher.net/ A web site dedicated to AP US History teachers and
students. By Susan Pojer.
PowerPoints Palooza http://pptpalooza.net
The Duke University TIP site http://www.tip.duke.edu/ This site links to the TIP AP US History
curriculum. Well worth the purchase.
The Inflation Calculator http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ This sites calculates the value in 2001
dollars of money spent in any year back to 1800.
C-SPAN Presidents http://www.americanpresidents.org/survey/historians/
Smithsonian’s AP Site http://educate.si.edu/AP/
Smithsonian’s President site http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
The History Net http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html
History Sage http://www.historysage.com Similar to Ms. Pojer’s site.
Best History Sites http://www.besthistorysites.net Just what it says. Great links.
20th Century by Decades http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/decsg.html
Historic Timelines http://www.infoplease.com/spot/timelinearchive.html
AP History Tests and Flashcards
http://college.hmco.com/history/us/kennedy/am_pageant/12e/students/index.html
Practice Quizzes and Crosswords http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/quizzes.html
History Online http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/index.html Gilder Lehrman History online.
The Hypertext is loaded with great info.
History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/www.taf Very thorough.
U. S. History Resources http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/USHistory.html
Steve Armstrong’s AP website http://www6.district125.k12.il.us/~sarmstro/
Good friend, great site.
Harpers Weekly http://harpweek.com/ Great for Civil War to about 1912.
Glossary of American History http://www.hfac.uh.edu/gl/glossary.htm
A US History Curriculum
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/teacher/curriculum/curriculum.html
We Didn’t Start the Fire http://home.uchicago.edu/~yli5/Flash/Fire.html Fantastic visuals
Famous Trials http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
Great American History Fact-Finder
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_000107_entries.htm
History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/www.taf
History Now http://www.historynow.org/06_2005/historian4.html
Popular Culture Primary Sources
http://www.authentichistory.com/images/1900s/cartoons/1900s_cartoons01.html
History Online http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Hyper Text History: Our Online American History Textbook
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm
Presidential Elections by Steve Armstrong http://www6.district125.k12.il.us/~sarmstro/17892004.html
Teaching American Hisotry http://americanhistory.unomaha.edu/index2.php
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