Brinkman's Resources

http://www.historyforkids.org/

* This resource will be better when for research and study World History

http://www.kids.gov/educators/ed_social.shtml

* Variety of websites on a variety of history and social studies topics

http://pbskids.org/historydetectives/index.html

* History games

http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/history.htm

* Variety of websites on a variety of history and social studies topics

http://www.mnhs.org

* Minnesota Historical Society website*
This will be a BIG help when it comes to History Day

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633

* Today Show website - Good place to find weekly current events

www.gilderlehrman.org

Go to search in the top right corner – type topic in – hit search – hit simple search

www.archives.gov

National archives have a lot of government documents

www.loc.gov

Library of Congress has a lot of government documents

www.pbs.org

PBS is a good place to begin and get a better understanding of your topic.

www.si.edu

Smithsonian website

www.nytimes.com

Click on archives

http://reflections.mndigital.org

This website will help if your topic has anything to do with Minnesota.

The following is a list compiled by the Minnesota Historical Society

These sites will help with American and Minnesota topics.

•   Minnesota Historical Society Library
    On-line collections catalog and a variety of specialized collections. 
    http://www.mnhs.org/collections/index.htm

•   Minnesota Reflections
     Primary source photos and documents on Minnesota topics.
     http://reflections.mndigital.org/

•   Our Documents
     Provides on-line access to 100 milestone documents of American History.
     http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php/flash=true&

•   American Memory Project
     Primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. 
     http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

•   National Archives
     Federal agency that provides ready access to essential goverment records.
     http://www.archives.gov/index.html

•   American Journeys
     More than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration.
     http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp

•   Library of Congress
     Largest library in the world with more than 120 million items.
     http://www.loc.gov

•   Bartleby
     Internet publisher with access to historical documents, books and other resources.
     http://www.bartleby.com

•   The African-American Registry
     Database of secondary accounts of African-American history.
     http://www.aaregistry.com

•   Internet History Sourcebooks Project
     Links to a wide variety of historical texts from around the world.
     http://www.fordham.edu/halsall

•   Euro Docs
     Links to sites with full text and translations of documents from European History.
     http://eudocs.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Image Searches

•   Google Image Search
     http://www.google.com/imghp

•   Minnesota Historical Society - Visual Images Database
     http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/

Historic Places

Minnesota

•   Minnesota Historical Society and Historic Sites
     http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/index.html

•   James J. Hill Reference Library
     http://www.jjhill.org/

•   The Bakken Library and Museum
     http://www.thebakken.org/

National

•   Colonial Williamsburg
     http://www.history.org/

•   Edison National Historic Site
     http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/home.htm

•   Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
     http://www.hfmgv.org/

•   Gettysburg National Military Park
     http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

•   National Park Service
     http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/index.asp

•   Monticello - The Home of Thomas Jefferson
     http://www.monticello.org/

•   Smithsonian
     http://www.si.edu/

•   United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
     http://www.ushmm.org/

Presidential Libraries

•   William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
     http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/

•   George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
     http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/

•   Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
     http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/

•   Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
     http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/

•   Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
     http://www.ford.utexas.edu/

•   Richard Nixon LIbrary and Birthplace
     http://www.nixonlibrary.org/

•   Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
     http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/

•   John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
     http://www.jfklibrary.org/

•   Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
     http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/

•   Truman Presidential Museum and Library
     http://www.trumanlibrary.org/

•   Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
     http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/

•   Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
     http://www.hoover.archives.gov/