Ephrata Area School District - Ephrata High School

Teaching Staff: Mr. Davis (Room 218), Mrs. Mellinger (Room 125), Mr. Mitchell (Room 123), and Mr. Price (Room 127)

	Election 2008
Click here to link to information about the presidential candidates for the 2008 election.

American History --- Presidency
http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/preshome.html
*Contains biographical information, sound bytes, photographs, election results, and other valuable information about America’s Presidents. Great for any area of American History which requires understanding of Presidents and/or elections.

American History – General Index
The History Net
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
*The History Net provides an encyclopedic overview of aspects of American History and utilizes both primary and secondary documents. Also has a photo library and archives.

American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/amhome.html
*Broad collections of various archival text and photographs (ie: Civil War). Some useful links under Search (History) and Learning Page.

Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
*A collection of primary sources, biographies, ethnic American groups, and multimedia designed to spice up digital American historical research.

The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
* This site has a variety of options for exploring history. It is particularly useful for programming information about The History Channel. This site often provides lesson plans, worksheets, etc., daily quizzes and trivia, and topical searches by decades. It is a good "current" history site.

Documents for Study of American History
http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/docs/amdocs_index.html
*Categorized by Centuries, this site provides teachers and students access to many primary source documents (unedited) important for understanding and analyzing American History. Recommended especially for AP History students.

Rough Riders
http://tnt.turner.com/movies/tntoriginals/roughriders/home.html
*Theodore Roosevelt was commissioned by President McKinley in 1898 to lead a unique regiment of the volunteer cavalry to fight the Spanish in Cuba -- a diverse group of rugged men from the Southwest Territories. Though officially known as the First US Volunteer Cavalry, the regiment was more appropriately dubbed the "Rough Riders." This site provides background information about the topics covered in the TNT movie about the Spanish American War.

The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/theme.html
*The Library of Congress Learning Page provides Themes, Topics, Disciplines or Eras for several different lessons. The page directs you to several web pages within specific catagories.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm
*This site contains county records of births, deaths, census, land holdings, cemeteries, etc. and is useful for genealogical research as well as local history research. Immigration may also be assessed as statistical information may be found here.