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History / Government / Social Studies

EDSITEment History and Social Studies
http://edsitement.neh.gov/tab_websites.asp
EDSITEment contains a variety of links to other websites and references to resources available through government, nonprofit, and commercial entities.

Exploration Through the Ages
http://ww2.mariner.org/exploration/index.php
Retrace the steps of the great explorers from ancient Egypt to the North Pole and beyond...

History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Designed for high school and college teachers and students of U.S. history survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents, and guides to analyzing historical evidence.

History…It’s Happening
http://www.ebscohost.com/flashPromo/historyhappenings/index.html
From EBSCO Publishing, access a variety of video and links to valuable history websites.

States and Capitols
www.50states.com
Fast facts for all 50 states and commonwealths/territories including information on states flags and a printable blank map of the state.

The World Fact Book
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
a collection of maps and flags, a guide to world leaders and comprehensive geographic information for every country and territory in the world.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html/Login.aspx
Historic and modern online maps from The University of Texas at Austin.

Country at a Glance
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
up-to-date country profiles.

World Atlas
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
descriptions, graphics, maps, photos and videos of world countries.

GOVERNMENT

United States Senate
www.senate.gov
Information about United States senators, committees, legislation and records, as well as art and history of the senate.  Organized by subject, includes a virtual reference desk that is a clearinghouse of Senate information on the Web.

United States House of Representatives  
http://www.house.gov/
information on the legislative branch of the United States government.

The White House
www.whitehouse.gov
up-to-date information on issues concerning the United States.

The United States Official Web Portal
http://www.usa.gov/
the place to go for any information provided by the agencies of the US government.

Federal Statistics
http://www.fedstats.gov/
provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic.

GeoHive
http://www.geohive.com/
a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more.