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Additional Resources

Content Resources

Moundville Archaeological Museum
http://moundville.ua.edu/home.html
This site features information about the Moundville Archaeological Park in Alabama.

AnthroNotes
http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/anthnote/anthronotes.html
On this site, you can access issues from the Museum of Natural History Publication for Educators, including one with an article entitled "A New Look at PreColumbian Mesoamerican Collections."

National Museum of the American Indian
http://www.nmai.si.edu/
This site contains resources and exhibits dedicated to teaching people about Native communities and their traditions.

Unmasking the Maya
http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/maya/
This comprehensive site delves into Mayan tradition in the past and present, looks at connections between the Mayan civilization and the United States, and includes images of ancient Mayan art.

Ice Mummies of the Inca
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/worlds/
This site provides information about the ancient Incan Empire through an archeologist's search for sacrificial mummies in Peru.

Native Americans and the Land
http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us/tserve/nattrans/ntecoindian.htm
On this site, you will find a collection of essays by scholars reflecting on early America.

Fagan, Brian. Kingdoms of Gold, Kingdoms of Jade: The Americas before Columbus. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991.

Jennings, Francis. The Founders of America: From the Earliest Migrations to the Present. New York: Norton, 1993.

Josephy Jr., Alvin M. America in 1492: The World of the Indian Peoples before the Arrival of Columbus. New York: Vintage Books, 1993.

Pauketat, Timothy R. The Ascent of the Chiefs: Cahokia and the Mississippian People in Native North America. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1994.

Schaffer, Lynda. Native Americans before 1492: The Moundbuilding Centers of the Eastern Woodlands. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1992.

Smith, Bruce D., ed. The Mississippian Emergence. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990.

Strategy Resources

National Museum of American History: Classroom Resources
http://americanhistory.si.edu/educators/resources.cfm
This site includes teachers' manuals, pre-visit guides, and online activities on a variety of topics in American history, as well as lesson plans that address the National Standards.

National Archives: Online Exhibits
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/index.html
This site features online exhibits on a variety of topics in American history, and includes images, documents, letters, and diaries.

The Library of Congress: Exhibitions
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
On this site, you can view companion Web sites to an extensive number of exhibits on topics throughout American history.

Virtual Libraries Museum Page
http://icom.museum/vlmp/
This site features a comprehensive directory of online museums and museum-related resources around the world.

Memorial Hall Museum Online: American History and Art from New England
http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html
This site features a digital collection of more than 2,000 artifacts, teacher resources, interactive activities, and virtual exhibits on life in New England.

The History of Jim Crow
http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/resources/lessonplans/ hs_lp_createmuseum.htm
This site features a lesson plan in which students create a Jim Crow political cartoon for a classroom museum exhibit.

The Cold War Museum: Online Exhibits
http://www.coldwar.org/museum/exhibits.html
On this site, you can view more than 10 exhibits on topics related to the Cold War.

The National Women's History Museum
http://www.nmwh.org/
This site features four "cyber museums" about the historic contributions of American women.

Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/resources.html#museums
This site provides an extensive list of American history museums and their Web sites.

Fagan, Brian M. Ancient North America: The Archaeology of a Continent. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995.