I'm a history teacher & I'm looking for free websites for kids to do research concerning the 20th century.

Question

My kids are doing a research paper & the library has limited resources. Are there any web sites (that do not require a subscription) that are user friendly to find info on people, events (US & world), daily life, etc.?

Answer 1

Here is a pretty good one with lots of topics.

http://www.teacher.oz.com/20thcent.htm

http://www.historycentral.com

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesus.htm

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S__History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/1920s/?skw=History+Websites+for+the+20th+Century

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

These are just a few. I had to do a project when I was getting my Masters in Ed. I had to write a webpage with links to some of the best history sites I could find and review them. I had tons on my page so I know there is a bunch out there for your students.

Answer 2

www.loc.gov
The Library of Congress has digitalized tons of information from American History.
This is a wonderful site for primary source documents.

Answer 3

http://www.history.com/

You may get a lot of reports about Hitler and Stalin.

Answer 4

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history
should be helpful

Answer 5

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/

http://www.achievement.org/

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/

http://www.teacheroz.com/20thcent.htm

http://www.didyouknow.cd/history/20thcentury.htm

http://melvil.chicousd.org/decsg.html

http://www.kids.gov/k_history.htm

http://history1900s.about.com/

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

http://www.pbs.org/