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Social Studies Homework Help - A resource provided by Discovery
Education to guide students and provide Social Studies Homework help
to students of all grades
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AmericanPresident.org - AmericanPresident.org offers two
perspectives on the presidency: the Presidency in History, and the
Presidency in Action
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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents is published every Monday by the Office of the
Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration and contains statements, messages,
and other Presidential materials released by the White House during the preceding week
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The Clinton Years
- An examination of Bill Clinton and his presidency, as told by key White House staff, advisors and cabinet officers during Clinton's eight year presidency.
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Theodore Roosevelt - His Life and Times on Film
- Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to have his career and life chronicled on a large scale by motion picture
companies (even though his predecessor, William McKinley, was the first to be filmed).
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Abraham Lincoln Papers
- The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress consists of
approximately 20,000 documents. The collection is organized into three "General Correspondence" series which include incoming and outgoing
correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material
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George Washington Papers
- The online version of the George Washington Papers at the Library of
Congress offers access to the complete collection from the Library's Manuscript Division. This consists of approximately 65,000 items (152, 000 pages). Correspondence,
letter books, commonplace books, diaries and journals, reports, notes, financial account books, and military papers accumulated by George Washington from 1741 through 1799 are organized into 8 Series
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The American Presidency
- The Smithsonian Institute's complete history of the Presidency, from
the Foundations of the Office to campaign trails to life and death in the White House to the Institution itself. You will find this site rich in history and resources for all visitors, including materials for teachers and students
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Presidential Inaugurations
- "I Do Solemnly Swear . . .": Presidential Inaugurations is a collection of approximately 400 items
or 2,000 digital files from each of the 62 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to William
Jefferson Clinton's in 1997, and will include items from the 63rd inauguration of 2001. This
presentation includes diaries and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed inaugurations,
handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses, broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints,
photographs, and sheet music
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Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace
- The Nixon Library's mission, in addition to preserving and protecting the legacy of the 37th
President, is to educate our visitors -- including tens of thousands of schoolchildren who visit
free of charge each year -- about the era in which President Nixon lived and served. President Nixon
was in the public arena for half of the 20th century
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Lady Bird Johnson -
PBS presents the biography of one of this nation's greatest First Ladies
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JFK Link -
JFK LINK is an ongoing archive of material relevant to the life,
administration, death and legacy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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George Washington - A National Treasure
- George Washington: A National Treasure exhibition is a historic tour from
the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, celebrating our nation's first president - the man, the icon, the hero. As Gilbert Stuart's George
Washington Lansdowne portrait travels across the country for the first time,
Americans of all ages will be able to experience the most important visual document of our nation's founding. This Web site encourages visitors to
learn about the enduring legacy of George Washington and gain an understanding of art history through the exploration of interactive
portraits. The site also includes educational activities, and a forum for visitors to exchange ideas
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Ulysses S. Grant
- The dramatic story of one of America's most paradoxical
leaders. The greatest hero of the Civil War, Grant was an ineffective president whose two terms in office were rocked by racial conflict and corruption scandals
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William Howard Taft
- Biography of William Howard Taft, the twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909-1913)
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Calvin Coolidge -
A "primary resource for information about our thirtieth president. To
that end, we are working with historians, researchers and educators to
make available the best and the latest material on Coolidge, his
political ideas, and his life and times."
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Rediscovering George Washington
- Rediscovering George Washington features historical documents, lesson
plans, timelines, and images related to the American Revolution and founding, the Revolutionary War, American history and government, the
Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the founding fathers
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