American Memorials and Monuments Pathfinder

American Memorials and Monuments Pathfinder

8^th Grade Social Studies

Olmsted Falls Middle School

Created By: Mrs. Kosik

The resources listed below will help you with your American Memorials and Monuments Project! As you scroll down the page you will see that I have listed many active web links that you can click on and go directly to the website. I also have listed a number of non-fiction and reference books as well as videocassettes that we have on reserve for you in the library.

Internet Sources:

http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/monuments/ Links to 8 different memorials.

http://usparks.about.com/ Contains information on different U. S. Parks such as Mount Rushmore, Minute Man Historical Park, etc.

http://www.abmc.gov/ Lists all American war memorials; World War I, World War II, Viet Nam, Korea, etc.

http://www.awildorchid.com/monuments2.htm Contains military monuments and memorials of Washington DC.

http://thewall-usa.com/ Many links to good information about the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

http://www.nps.gov/gwmp/usmc.htm The official link to the Iwo Jima Memorial.

http://www.gettysburg.com Many memorials and monuments connected to the Civil War

INFOhio Sources:

http://school.eb.com/ This link will take you directly to Encyclopedia Britannica Online. You will want to click Britannica Student Encyclopedia in Step 1. Enter in the name of your memorial or monument in the search box and press Go! Be sure to put quotations around the name of your monument/memorial for best results. Ex: “Statue of Liberty”

http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/index.html A website with memorials and monuments located in Ohio

Non-Fiction and Reference Books:

Remembering Korea : the Korean War Veterans Memorial / Brent Ashabranner ; photographs by Jennifer Ashabranner. Ashabranner, Brent K., 1921-