An account of the situation after the war of 1848/49 and Bismarck's unique contributions to German history, making imperial Germany a huge success.

An EXTENSIVE biography on the life of entertainer Bob Hope from his early life through the USO shows to his television career. Great examples of images and personal notes and memorabilia.

From the Library of Congress American Memory project, this extensive online archive contains first-person narratives of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves that were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration.

This online presentation, California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties, comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in 12 languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians. It includes sound recordings, still photographs of the performers, drawings of folk instruments, and written documentation from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in northern California in the 1930s.

The Library of Congress offers a digitized collection of caricature, cartoon, and animated art. The collection is searchable and short histories of cartoonists, types of cartoons, and animation are included.

This Library of Congress site features the complete history of the American icon, the Harley-Davidson. Great image gallery accompanies the article.

Excellent coverage of the Chinese immigration story. Begins with early dreams of gold, describes decades of struggle, and continues to contemporary Chinese American life.

An interactive online exhibit about Churchill's life and especially his relationship with the United States.

From the archives of the Library of Congress read the pamphlet that explained the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in plain language. Find out all the different issues the law addressed and what one could do if the law wasn't being followed. A very interesting primary source.

The Library of Congress provides a large collection of maps dating back to the Civil War. The collection consists of reconnaissance, sketch, coastal, and theater-of-war maps which depict troop activities and fortifications during the Civil War. There is a special section on mapping during the Civil War, and a "Collection Connections," with teaching suggestions and direct links to maps to fulfill the lesson suggested. Access the maps by using the topics in "Browse Collection by:"

Investigate the importance of mapping to both the Union and the Confederates in planning their military strategy. From the Library of Congress.

A series of questions guides students as they view, decipher, and analyze the contents of a photo taken during the Civil War. Organized into six sections to help students look closely at its details, this single photo will aid students in drawing conclusions about the Civil War and its participants. RI.9-10.7 different mediums

This site from the Library of Congress provides overviews of the South and North during the Civil War include soldiers' stories from both sides. There are primary documents on these topics as well as Freedmen and the Reconstruction.

The text of the amendments to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

Collection of primary resources having to do with the constitution throughout American history.

Set the class up for reading a primary source of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States in 1787. This lesson demonstrates the value of identifying and drafting documents the process to achieve the final document.

This site provides a collection of material regarding the work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Content includes a focus on how the Revolutionary War was organized, fanning the flames of patriotism, incorporating the western territories, relations with Native Americans, identifying defects in the Confederation, and creating the U.S. Constitution.

Europe following the Thirty Years War, focusing on the rivalry between Germany and Austria, in particular the competition between the Hohenzollern Dynasty of Brandenburg and Prussia, and the imperial Habsburgs of Austria.

The rise of Adolf Hitler to dictatorial power as the leader of the NSDAP, the failed putsch of 1923, the Great Depression and its consequences for the growth of nationalistic ideas in Germany in the thirties.

The Library of Congress provides this site on Bangladesh, part of a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.