• US: Civil War
  Resources from our database.
• American Civil War
  Users will find information on many aspects of the American Civil War. Viewers can chat with other visitors at the site about battles and other topics related to the Civil War.
• American Civil War Home Page
  This is a simple, one page site that has a VERY comprehensive set of links to Civil War Resources on the internet.
• Valley of Shadow: Two Communities in American Civil War
  The Valley of the Shadow Project looks at two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the lens of the American Civil War. The project is an extensive archive of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Those sources include newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, and maps, plus church, census and military records.

18-year old AIDS victim Ryan White died (1990)

• HIV/AIDS Education Isn't Only for Health Class! (It's for English, Math, Science, Spanish…)
  A special multidisciplinary curriculum has transported HIV/AIDS education out of it relegated position in America's school health classes and moved it into other areas of the curriculum where it belongs!

Mouth of the Mississippi discovered (1682)

• State History: Mississippi
  Resources from our database.
• Across the Sea: Europeans Explore the New World
  Looking for information and activities about the intrepid adventurers who first voyaged to the New World? Check out these Internet sites and help your students explore the earliest explorers.
• Millenium Series: The Great Explorers!
  This week, Education World presents the second in our year-long Millennium Series. Last month we explored the Middle Ages; this month we turn our sites to the great explorers of the millennium. In the stories listed below you'll find resources and activities for exploring the great explorers -- from Leif Eriksson to Neil Armstrong!
• Explore the Explorers Online!
  Columbus and the other early explorers provide your students with the opportunity to explore new worlds -- as well as worlds of knowledge and discovery! This week, Education World delivers a shipload of sites and activities guaranteed to keep your lessons afloat -- and your curriculum current.

Tennessee named (1796)

• State History: Tennessee
  Resources from our database.