United States History

Letter Writing Campaign

 Useful Links:

United States Government:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ -
President Bush (White House)

http://www.house.gov/ -
United States House of Representatives website

http://www.senate.gov/ -
United States Senate

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/ -
United States Supreme Court

New York:
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/ -
New York State Governor

http://www.state.ny.us/ -
New York State Home Page

http://assembly.state.ny.us/ -
New York State website

http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/home?openform New York State Senate website

 
Who is my …?
Who is my United States Congressmen (Representative)?
http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Who are my United States Senators for New York?
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Who is my New York State Senator?
http://www.senate.state.ny.us/sws/kids2/index.html

Who is my New York State Assembly Representative?
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/

Who is the President of the United States?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Who is the Governor of New York?
http://www.state.ny.us/governor/

 
Significant American Documents
Declaration of Independence

Articles of Confederation

Federalist Papers

Constitution

The Bill of Rights

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address

 http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html -
Core Documents in United States History

 
References:
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html - Excellent information about the Founding Fathers and the Constitutional period.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States - Good general information about the Founding Fathers and the Constitutional Period.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html -
Virtual Reference Shelf (Library of Congress)

http://www.firstgov.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/ - A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies

http://www.kids.gov/k_gov.htm - Federal Citizen Information Center (Links to various governmental websites)

Census:
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html -
Factfinder for “kids” (U.S. Census Bureau)

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/index.html -
Quick facts about each state

http://www.census.gov/ -
Official website of the U.S. Census Bureau

A geography matching game

Miscellaneous:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html -
The U.S. Government Printing Office (You can read actual bills proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives here, among other things.)

 http://www.aoc.gov/ -
The Architect of the Capitol (Responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex.

 http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/fsa/index.html -
Federal Student Aid

http://www.9-11commission.gov/ -
9/11 Commission Report