Here’s a link to a great site about Pennsylvania history from pre-colonial times to the present. The information is from The Pennsylvania Manual, a comprehensive guide to Pennsylvania’s government produced by the government of Pennsylvania. The site is maintained by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
The Delaware Historical Society offers a wonderful interactive resource for learning more about the state of Delaware and its history.
The site offers history, geography, and famous people pages, and even offers an FAQ page for all the commonly asked questions about the state.
The Vermont Historical Society offers wonderful online resources for teachers.
The Society has created teaching packets and units aligned with state teaching standards. The packets cover significant periods of Vermont History. They are not only information rich, but come with photographs, images, letters, and other historical documents that provide exciting ways to share Vermont history with students. Activities and other classroom ideas are included in each unit.
View the online resources here.
The Mississippi Historical Society authors a great online resource for researching the history of the state of Mississippi.
Mississippi History Now, is an award-winning web site that offers essays on the history of Mississippi. The content covers the periods from prehistory through the 20th century.
The site was launched in 2000, and has wide applicability from the history lover, to the student, to the general reader. History teachers will welcome the lesson plans that accompany each essay.
Minnesota is home to more than mosquitos in summer and epic snowfall and cold weather the rest of the year. At the end of the summer each year, it is host to one of the largest and longest continually held state fairs in the country.
State Fairs used to be held in every state and were a source of 19th Century state pride with each state attempting to out-do the other. As the year progressed, however, state fairs lost their importance in many areas of the country and many states got rid of the events all together.
Minnesota however continues to hold their fair and has extensive permanent grounds for the fair north of the state capital in St. Paul, MN.
For more information on the history of the Minnesota State Fair, click this link.
The headline says it all – and then some. Rhode Island officially has the longest name of any state. It has the other states beaten by a minimum of three words in every case.
It is the smallest state and hence also the most densely populated.
Read about the history of this fascinating place by clicking here.