Hyperlinks
The following websites have information you might find useful. Due to the ever-changing nature of the Internet, Clairmont Press does not guarantee the reliability of these sources.
GENERAL OKLAHOMA WEBSITES:
www.ok.gov
Oklahoma state government.
newsok.com/theoklahoman/archives
This web site provides access to more than 100 years of The Oklahoman. You must register, but registration is free.
www.kidskonnect.com/Oklahoma/OklahomaHome.html
The Oklahoma page at the KidsKonnect.com web site, a safe Internet site for kids.
www.lsb.state.ok.us
Oklahoma Legislature.
www.odl.state.ok.us
The Oklahoma Department of Libraries’ link for biographies of all the governors and many of the state of the state speeches.
www.ok-history.mus.ok.us
Oklahoma Historical Society.
www.okhistory.org/enc/OkEncyclopedia.htm
Home page for the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/folk/flc1.html
The Oklahoma Folklife Center.
www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/okl/OKHistLinks.html
The Oklahoma History Society’s page of hyperlinks.
www.oklahomacentennial.com
Oklahoma Centennial Commission.
www.oklahomaparks.com
Home page for the Oklahoma state parks and resorts.
www.sde.state.ok.us/home/defaultie.html
Oklahoma State Department of Education.
www.travelok.com/index.asp
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department.
CURRICULUM RESOURCES:
rubistar.4teachers.org
This site helps teachers develop and use rubrics.
www.awesomelibrary.org
An Internet library database sponsored by Evaluation and Development Institute, which includes lesson plans dealing with social studies.
www.marcopolo-education.org
The website for MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom Program.
ECONOMICS RESOURCES:
www.econedlink.org
This web site of the National Council on Economic Education has lesson plans on current events. The Weblinks tab has links to such sites as the Federal Reserve Banks and the Stock Market Game.
www.e-connections.org
This web site has a number of economics-related lesson plans.
www.italladdsup.org
This web site helps young people with personal finance. There are five interactive modules – on getting and using a credit card, buying a car, handling a budget, saving and investing, and going to college.
www.themint.org
This web site emphasizes personal financial literacy with an emphasis on “earning, saving, spending, investing, and borrowing.”
GENERAL RESOURCES:
lcweb.loc.gov
The Library of Congress.
lii.org
The Librarians’ Index to the Internet.
www.biography.com
Website for the popular PBS series.
www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
The superintendent of documents and the Government Printing Office.
www.cnn.com
The CNN site. Other news sites include www.reuters.com, www.msnbc.com/news, www.abcnews.com, www.cbsnews.com, and www.foxnews.com.
www.cr.nps.gov
The National Park Service’s Links to the Past page.
www.distinguishedwomen.com
Includes biographies of distinguished women past and present.
www.envirolink.org
The Envirolink Network.
www.interest.com/top100.html
Links to the one hundred most popular newspapers in the country.
www.ipl.org
The Internet Public Library, an online public library of the Internet.
www.pbs.org
Home page for the Public Broadcasting Service.
www.puzzlemaker.com
Allows users to create various types of puzzles.
www.si.edu
The Smithsonian Institution.
www.vote-smart.org
The Vote Smart site.
www.zillions.org
The Zillions Education Center is sponsored by Consumer Reports. Its purpose is to teach kids how to evaluate ads and see through the hype. There are lesson plans.
GEOGRAPHY RESOURCES:
members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
Geography World website.
nationalatlas.gov/about.html
The National Atlas of the United States.
www.indo.com/distance
The Distance Calculator gives the distance between two cities and exact latitude and longitude measurements of the two cities.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
University of Texas ’s huge collection of maps.
www.nationalgeographic.com
National Geographic.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
The CIA's World Factbook.
www.usgs.gov
The U.S. Geological Survey.
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES:
bensguide.gpo.gov
Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids.
thomas.loc.gov
Legislative information on the Internet.
www.fedstats.gov
The federal government’s statistical information site.
www.firstgov.gov
A good place to start looking for information on or from the federal government.
www.house.gov
Home page for the U.S. House of Representatives.
www.piperinfo.com/state/index.cfm
Links to current state and local government information.
www.senate.gov
Home page for the U.S. Senate.
www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Links to current state and local government information
www.whitehouse.gov
Home page for the White House.
HISTORY RESOURCES:
docsouth.unc.edu
Documenting the American South website.
fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus
The Historical U.S. Census Data Browser; provides census data for states and counties for the period 1790-1960.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html
Home page for the Library of Congress's "American Memory" section.
www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
The Best of History Web Sites features sites for prehistory, world history, U.S. history, art history, maps, and general resources.
www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
The “Teaching with Historic Places” page of the National Park Service.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
An online U.S. history website. Contains resource guides, an online textbook, encyclopedia, biographies, essays, timelines, and primary sources.
www.earlyamerica.com
Archiving Early America.
www.historychannel.com
The History Channel.
www.ourdocuments.gov
Contains a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration.
www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/oralhist.htm
Contains a list of questions that could be used for an interview or to take an oral history.
www.sbrowning.com/whowhatwhen
Provides graphic timelines of periods in history, as well as timelines of the lives of individuals.
www.sohp.org
The Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
www.tntech.edu/history/edocs.html
Contains information on using electronic documents and has links to many historical documents, collections, radio broadcasts, online history books, and more.
www.toptags.com/aama
The Afro-American Almanac, from the slave trade through the civil rights movement to the present.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
The Avalon Project at Yale University, documents in law, history, and diplomacy.
TRIBAL WEB SITES:
www.astribe.com
Official web site of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.apachetribeofoklahoma.org
Web site for the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.caddonation-nsn.gov
Official web site of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.
www.cherokee.org
Official web site of the Cherokee Nation.
www.cheyenne-arapaho.org
Official web site of the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
www.chickasaw.net
Official web site of the Chickasaw Nation.
www.choctawnation.com
Official web site for the Choctaw Nation.
www.potawatomi.org
Web page for the Citizen Bank of Potawatomi Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.comanchenation.com
Official web page for the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma.
www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us
Home page for the Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.easternshawnee.org
Home page for the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.iowanation.org
Web site for the Iowa Nation of Oklahoma.
www.kawnation.com
Official web site of the Kaw Nation.
www.kickapootribeofoklahoma.com
Web site of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.miamination.com
Web site of the Miami Nation of Oklahoma.
www.modoctribe.net/home.html
Home page for the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov
Official web site of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.
www.osagetribe.com
Official web site of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma.
www.omtribe.org
Official home page of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.pawneenation.org
Official home page of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
www.peoriatribe.com
Official web site of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/1388
Official web page of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.
www.seminolenation.com
Official web site of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
www.geocities.com/seneca_cayuga
Web page for the Seneca-Cayuga Tribes of Oklahoma.
www.wichita.nsn.us
Web page for the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes.
www.wyandotte-nation.org
Home page for the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma.
www.euchee.org
Official web page of the Yuchi (Euchee) Tribe of Oklahoma.
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