Unit: Historical Fiction

iSearch

You can use the websites below to help you get started on your research.  We've listed great general sites

to start your search.  Go there are start to find out new information and new terms to use for search.  You

can also visit some sites divided into time periods below.  This should help you get started!  (Remember to

log your process in step 3 of your iSearch project.)

Wikipedia

www.pbs.com/history

The History Channel

www.historyplace.com/

The Peoples' History

Time Capsule

http://www.picturehistory.com/

The Smithsonian Institute

The Civil War

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=61670&milestoneid=6

http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

Segregation(Post Civil-War)

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

The Vietnam War

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/

http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1243686.stm

The Civil Rights Movement

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/civil_01.html

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

World War II (The Holocaust)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm

http://mrravin.pbwiki.com/Historical%20Research%20Webquest?edit=true