Guide to Studying History

Advice,  Statistics and Links

OUR TEXTBOOK

10th -

11th -

(This has many helpful links)

FINDING THE HISTORY AREA IN A LIBRARY

In a Dewey Decimal library, go to the 900s section.

909 is the General World History, 921 is the Biography Area, 973 is U.S. Area

Click Here for a more detailed breakdown of the 900 Section

In a Library of Congress style library, go to the 

D - for General History and the History of Europe

E & F - for U.S. History

Click Here for a more detailed breakdown of the History Section in the Library of Congress

H - social science (economics, psychology, anthropology, etc.)

J - political science (Government)

U and V - Military and Naval Science

DOCUMENTS

U.S. Constitution (divided by sections & Complete version)

Declaration of Independence 

 

STATISTICS/ DATA

World War I (The Great War) 1914-1919

World War II 1939-1945 (coming soon)

Presidents of the United States

Ranking of the Presidents (by Historians)

Past Presidential Election data

An Explanation of the American Political Parties

U.S. Census

ADVICE

Writing

Taking Notes

Studying for a Test

 

 

LINKS TO HELP YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT History

World-Wide Virtual Library of History

European Countries

Encyclopaedia of British History

United States

Inaugural Addresses of The Presidents

Los Angeles: Past Present and Future

My Favorite History Books