- �Mexifornia?
About Mexican families who recently moved to California. Shares their stories, their traditions, and their culture.
- 50 States.com
Provides state and U.S. territory information including state symbols, flags, nicknames, songs, birds, flowers, elected officials, and many other facts. Also includes links to official state homepages.
- A Trip To Illinois
Learn about the geography, government, famous folks, and history of Illinois.
- A Virtual Journey into San Francisco's Chinatown
In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Chinatown is a distinct culture within a culture. Use your mouse to navigate Chinatown's streets and alleys, and see how the old ways mingle with the new.
- AFRO-Americ@: Kids Zone
African American children are encouraged to be proud of their roots. Brainteasers about African geography and anthropology, black American history quizzes, and African fables.
- America's Library
Discover the stories of America's past. Meet amazing Americans from the past and present, explore the states, and read about everyday life.
- ClassBrain's State Reports
Resources for research projects on U.S. states including official state websites, clipart, report templates, and puzzles.
- CultureGrams: USA
Fun cultural facts, country flag and its symbolism, national anthem, map, and demographic data.
- DiscoverySchool.com: State Assembly
Articles, maps, and facts related to each of the 50 states. Based on World Book Encyclopedia.
- Flag Education and Etiquette: Pledge of Allegiance
Explains what each line of the United States Pledge of Allegiance really means. From the American Legion.
- From One Life to Another
An in-depth look at the flood of immigrants who arrived on America's shores during the 19th century. Virtual tours show how they lived beforehand and how their migration transformed not only their lives, but the culture of a nation.
- Golden Crescent
Introduces the region of the Golden Crescent, a wide swath that runs along the Atlantic Coast from Savannah to Cape Canaveral and inland towards Tallahassee. Includes a look at its rich history and the many diverse cultures which meet within its bounds.
- Immigration: The Living Mosaic of People, Culture, and Hope
Covers several different ethnic groups' introduction to the U.S. Includes timeline of immigration, personal stories of both immigrants and workers at Ellis Island, and a discussion of The Statue of Liberty.
- Indian Health Services: Kids
Explore Native American culture, health, safety, and legends.
- Indian Kids
Describes family life in the New World. Includes Theodore de Bry's Native American engravings, search index of towns, rivers and regions.
- Kids Commonwealth
Provides information and links about Virginia, its government, history, and geography. Also offers learning games and maps.
- Mapzones: USA
Covers political and physical geography, currency, people, religion, education, economy, government, history, culture, and statistics.
- Mr. Lincoln's White House
An account of Abraham Lincoln, the White House as it was during his Presidency, and Washington in Lincoln's time.
- Name that State
An interactive quiz that will test your knowledge of the states.
- Not Everyone's American Dream
Learn about the homeless sub-culture in the United States. Explore who the homeless are and how they get that way.
- Our American Heritage: A Patchwork Quilt
Focuses on the many different cultures that came to Texas and the United States of America and the contributions members of these cultures have made.
- Pickatrail
Identifies the location of every state on a world map. Includes information on state birds, flowers, trees, flags, quick links, backpacking in Europe, compass, and GPS resources.
- Sugar Roots
Explore how the sugar industry drew people from many ethnic and cultural backgrounds to the state of Hawaii.
- The First Americans
Explore the distinct Native American cultures that existed before the first European settlers landed on American shores.
- The New Americans
Follows the lives of immigrants from Nigeria and the Dominican Republic. Includes a brief look at how immigration served as the foundation of American society and culture, as well as an interactive timeline of immigration. From PBS.
- The Tepee: A Short History
Describes how nomadic Plains Indians built and used tepees. Includes a diagram.
- TimeKeeper: Cultures of the Southwest
Presents both basic and detailed information about the cultures of the American Southwest. Also includes glossary and audio clips of the Hopi and Navajo languages.
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