LibGuides: Sutton Middle High School Library: History and Social Sciences

Suggested Websites

Biography of America
This page is the companion to the video series and telecourse, A Biography of America. You can find links and information relating to 26 topics in American history.
Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook
"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, a World Oceans map, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map."
Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
A chronology of U.S. historical documents including primary sources curated by the University of Oklahoma, College of Law.
Famous Trials
Contains original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world history.
History.com
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Library of Congress
"The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office."
National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper.
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Suggested Books from Our Library

Encyclopedia of World History by Patrick K. O'Brien (Introduction by)
Call Number: R 903 ENC

An alphabetical reference comprising more than 6,500 entries on world history, with more than one thousand color illustrations, maps, and diagrams; a time line from 15,000 B.C. through 2000 A.D.; and other reference features.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture by Sara Pendergast; Tom Pendergast; Sarah Hermsen
Call Number: REF 391 PEN

Contains articles that describe the clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear traditional to cultures around the world, covering a period that ranges from prehistory to the early twenty-first century, and includes photographs, and a time line.
Rage in the Streets by Jules Archer; Kathleen Krull (Foreword by)
Call Number: 303.6 ARC

A history of mob violence in the United States, from the time of the American Revolution to the riots in Los Angeles in 1992.
The Cambridge World History of Food by Kenneth F. Kiple (Editor); Kriemhild Coneè Ornelas (Editor)
Call Number: 641.3 CAM

A two-volume set which traces the history of food and nutrition from the beginning of human life on earth through the present.
Failure Is Impossible! by Martha E. Kendall
Call Number: 301.41 KEN

Traces women's struggle for rights in America from the colonial period to the 1990s.
The History Puzzle by Susan Provost Beller
Call Number: 901 BEL

A collection of nineteen stories that attempt to piece together events in history when not all the information is available, and includes stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Martin's Hundred, the Great Wall, Herculaneum and Pompeii, and Custer's Last Stand.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe by T. C. W. Blanning (Editor)
Publication Date: 940.55 OXF

An illustrated history of Europe, tracing the developments in politics, industry, the military, and economics from the late eighteenth century through 1995.

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