A History "How To"

The Hunting for Everyday History is a multimedia web-based project for grades 3-5. The site contains lesson plans and materials for helping students find history in their own backyard.

The Ohio Bicentennial

MBK Consulting features Course Materials for the Ohio Bicentennial and the Community Memory Projects, along with other key links for teachers and students.

The Official Ohio Bicentennial Website: www.ohio200.com

Ohio History Links - General

Rick Sowash, Heroes of Ohio
Lesson plans for teaching with Heroes of Ohio

African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 is hosted in the American Memory Project at Library of Congress and at Ohio Historical Society

Along the Ohio Trail: A Short History of Ohio Lands version for school children, compatible with 4th grade history curriculum

Cincinnati Historical Society features information about the president and presidency at a site geared for school children

Evolution of Ohio is an encapsulation of Ohio's History, migration, population, industry and settlement by Land Surveyor Division.

The First American West: The Ohio River Valley 1750-1820 l

History of Flight Museum -- www.ohioflight.org -- features an online tour of Ohio's contributions to the history of flight.

Ohio Bicentennial Homepage -- www.ohio200.org -- Events and bicentennial markers listed for each county.

Ohio Biography -- www.ohiobio.org
Biographical sketches of Governors, Presidents, Actors and many others.

Ohio Center for the Book / State Library of Ohio

Ohio Historical Society -- www.ohiohistory.org
Select: Links for other sites and organizations Resources for digital collections On-line catalog for their holdings

Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central is a dynamic online encyclopedia that includes information about Ohio's natural history, prehistory and history.

Ohio Lands
Adult version of the history of the division of Ohio Lands and their settlement.

Ohio Memory Project -- www.ohiomemory.org
An online collection of images of Ohio from settlement through 1903.

Ohio Pix Online has an image database created by the Ohio Historical Society's Archives/Library to provide online access to photographs, paintings, prints and objects from the Ohio Historical Society's collections. Don't forget about their museum.

Ohio Preservation Association -- www.ohiopreservation.org
Site focuses on preservation of historical landmarks, buildings and sites.

Ohio River Explorers -- www.ohioriverexplorers.org -- is a cross-curricular, interactive website in which students can contribute Ohio information.

State Library of Ohio features resources and information at the State Library of Ohio

Underground Railroad Sites: www.undergroundrailroad.org

War of 1812

Western Reserve Historical Society -- www.wrhs.org
Lots of links to sources, collections and Ohio History including a virtual tour of 1850 in "Urban Childhood" - part of their interactive history project

Ohio History Links - Cincinnati

Greater Cincinnati Memory Project memory.gclc-lib.org Web site contains images of the Cincinnati area reflecting the history, architecture and people of the area.

Ohio History Links - Cleveland

Cleveland Digital Library
Bibliographies, text, maps, and images focus on the history of Greater Cleveland and the Western Reserve region of northeastern Ohio. Links to local Ohio history sites are included. This site is supported and maintained by Special Collections in the Cleveland State University Library.

Cleveland Memory Project -- www.clevelandmemory.org
Online images, manuscripts, texts, histories and e-books from the collections of the Cleveland State University Special Collections.

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
All of the articles from both The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History and The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography.

Ohio History Links - Columbus

Ohio State University features Historic Columbus Ohio USA with photographs and information about turn-of-the-century central Ohio.

General Ohio Links

Jim Petro, Auditor of State Kids Room
Lots of great information on the state of Ohio.

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Webquest
This requires students to research the Underground Railroad and design a monument.

Ohio Center for the Book
Authors and Illustrators living in Ohio

Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Kids webpages about the natural resources of Ohio with games and activities.

Ohio Geography Alliance
Source for great geographic resources

Ohio Public Library Information Network: Ohio Defined

Young Ohioans
Information about state government

Ohio History and the United States

American Presidency: A Glorious Burden

C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits website -- www.americanpresidents.org

Library of Congress - American Memory Project & THOMAS -- www.loc.gov
Aside from the vast resources of the Library of Congress, there are historical documents including full text of the Federalist Papers and Continental Congress America's Library is full of games and materials on the history of the US and every state in the Nation

National Archives and Records Administration -- www.archives.gov
The archives and resources of the federal government and its many agencies are found here.

The National Park Service has "Links to the Past" for information on historic landmarks, buildings, structures, archaeology and landscapes.

Our Documents - historical documents for the classroom: www.ourdocuments.gov

The National Portrait Gallery has biographical sketches of famous Americans -- www.npg.si.edu

Political Graveyard -- www.politicalgraveyard.com
A website that includes information about politicians, active and inactive, dead and alive. This site also includes information about cemeteries and graveyards.

POTUS - Presidents of the United States

Smithsonian Institution -- www.si.edu
This site is full of rich resources of North American Indians, explorers, artwork and history.

Ulysses S. Grant
Lots of photos and history

Selected Print Resources
(* indicates children's and young adult )

Along the Ohio Trail: A Short History of Ohio Lands. Auditor of State of Ohio ©2001. School version of Ohio Lands, compatible with 4th grade history curriculum *
Cayton, Andrew R.L. The Frontier Republic: Ideology and Politics in The Ohio Country 1780-1825 Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press ©1986
Dornbush, C.E. Regimental Publications & Personal Narratives of the Civil War: A Checklist. NY: New York Public Library ©1961. An extensive bibliography listing books about Civil War Regiments and their famous officers. Some focus on events in the war, some are specifically about a regiment.
Eckert, Allan W. "Narratives of America" series - his books deal with Ohio, Wars with the Indians before and after the Revolutionary War, and explorers. Some of his books are written for Young Adults*, most contain extensive bibliographies.
Foster, Emily ed. The Ohio Frontier: An Anthology of Early Writings Lexington, KY: The University of Kentucky Press © 1996
Fradin, Dennis Brindell Ohio from Sea to Shining Sea series Chicago: Childrens Press ©1993, 1994 *
Grant, H. Roger Ohio in Historic Postcards: Self-Portrait of a State Kent, OH: Kent State University Press © 1997
Gieck, Jack A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era 1825-1913. Introduction written by George Knepper Kent, OH: Kent State University Press ©1988, 1992.
Hall, Susan G Appalachian Ohio and the Civil War 1862-1863 Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company Inc Publishers 2000
Hurt, R. Douglas The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest 1720-1830 Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press ©1996
Jedick, Peter Cleveland: Where the East Coast Meets the Midwest Cleveland, OH: Fine Line Litho, Inc 1993 1980 *
Kennedy, Roger G. Hidden Cities: The Discovery and Loss of Ancient North American Civilization NY: Macmillan © 1994 (about early American Indians, Indian mounds, etc and their archaeological discovery)
Killoran, James, Stuart Zimmer and Mark Jarrett Ohio Its Land and Its People Lake Ronkonkoma, NY: Jarrett Publishing Company 1994 *
King, Rufus Ohio: First Fruits of the Ordinance of 1787 Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Company © 1888, 1903
Marking Ohio’s History Ohio Historical Society, The Reinberger Foundation, Ohio Council for the Social Studies and Ohio Bicentennial Commission Columbus, OH: Ohio Historical Society © 2002*
Marsh, Carole Ohio Facts & Factivities CD-ROM and Ohio Facts & Factivities CD-ROM: A Teacher's Guide Peachtree City, GA: Gallopade Publishing Group © 1998 This book contains activities that focus on the 4th grade curriculum and standardized examinations.*
Martin, Michael A. Ohio: The Buckeye State World Almanac Library of the States series Milwaukee, WI: World Almanac Library ©2002 *
McConnell, Michael N. A Country Between: The Upper Ohio Valley and Its Peoples 1724-1774 Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska Press ©1992
McNutt, Randy Ghosts: Ohio's Haunted Landscapes, Lost Arts and Forgotten Places Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer Press 1996 *
Miller, Carol Poh and Robert Wheeler Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1990 Bloomington & Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University Press ©1990
Mollenkopf, Jim The Great Black Swamp: Historical Tales of 19th century Northwest Ohio Toledo, OH: Lake of the Cat Publishing 1999 *
Ohio Authors and Their Books 1796-1950. Edited by William Coyle. Sponsored by The Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association Cleveland & NY: The World Publishing Company ©1962
Ohio Lands. Auditor of State of Ohio. Multiple dates. (2002 revision written by George W. Knepper) A history of the division of Ohio Lands and the history of their settlement.
The Ohio Guide compiled by workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. NY: Oxford University Press © 1940, 1973
Peck, G. Richard Chillicothe. OH (Images of America Series) Charleston, SC: Arcadia an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc ©1999.
Pollock, Mabel V. Our State, Ohio 1803-2003: A Bicentennial History Bloomington, IN: 1st Books © 1999, 2001*
Quaife, Milo Milton Chicago and the Old Northwest 1673-1835 Introduction by Perry R. Duis. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press 2001 (Originally published University of Chicago Press 1913)
Reid, Whitelaw Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen. Her Generals and Soldiers Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin ©1868
Schneider, Norris F. The National Road: Main Street of America Columbus, OH: The Ohio Historical Society © 1975
Schneider, Norris F. and Clair C. Stebbins Zane's Trace: The First Road in Ohio Zanesville, OH: Mathes Printing Company © 1973
Sears, Alfred Byron Thomas Worthington: Father of Ohio Statehood Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press © 1958, 1998
Skaggs, David Curtis The Old Northwest in the American Revolution: An Anthology Madison, WI: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin © 1977
Smith, Thomas editor An Ohio Reader: 1750 to the Civil War Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company © 1975
Taylor, Robert M. Jr. editor The Northwest Ordinance 1787: A Bicentennial Handbook Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society © 1987
Whitson, Skip Ohio 100 Years Ago Albuquerque, NM: Sun Books Sun Publishing Company 1977 *

Collected Biographies or Biographical Sketches

Bakeless, John The Eyes of Discovery: America as Seen by the First Explorers NY: Dover Publications ©1961
Booth, Stephane Elise Buckeye Women: The History of Ohio's Daughters Athens, OH: Ohio University Press 2001
Chernow, Ron Titan: The Life of John D. Rockerfeller, Sr NY: Random House © 1998
Davis, Russell H. Memorable Negroes in Cleveland's Past Cleveland, OH: Western Reserve Historical Society ©1969
The Founders of Ohio: Brief Sketches of the Forty-Eight Pioneers who, under command of General Rufus Putnam landed at the mouth of the Muskingum River on seventh of April 1788 and commenced the first white settlement in the North-west territory. Cincinnati Robert Clark & Co ©1888
Geld, Ellen Bromfield The Heritage: A Daughter's Memories of Louis Bromfield NY: Harer Brothers © 1962
Georgoady, Nicholas, Louis Romano and Alice Effron Ohio Women Kettering, OH: Agree Publications © 1995 -----. Ohio Men Kettering, OH: Agree Publications © 1995
McCluskey, John A. editor Blacks In Ohio: 7 Portraits Cleveland, OH: The New Day Press, Karamu House 1976 *
Parkman, Francis La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West Introduction by Rick Bass Jon Krakauer series editor NY: The Modern Library © 1999
Pearsall, Shelley Remarkable Ohioans Vermilion, OH: Eden Valley Enterprises © 1997 1999
Sowash, Rick Heroes of Ohio: 23 True Tales of Courage and Character Bowling Green, OH: Gabriel's Horn Publishing Company © 1998 *

Children and Young Adults - selected authors

Katherine Ayers North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad and Family Tree
Allan W Eckert Incident at Hawks Hill Boston: Little, Brown, [1995], c1971 and many others
Janet Hickman - Blue Zoar New York: Macmillan, c1978 Susannah NY: William Morrow and Company 1998
Virginia Hamilton The Bells of Christmas Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers 1989
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1993
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1985 and many others
Milton Meltzer Underground Man NY: Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers 1990, 1972
Doreen Rappaport Freedom River Illustrations by Bryan Collier NY: Hyperion Books for Children 2000
Scott Russell Sanders Floating House New York: Macmillan Books for Young Readers, c1995 (and other picture books)
Marcia Schonberg B is for Buckeye Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, c2000 Cardinal Numbers Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press c2002
Rebecca Steffoff - Tecumseh and the Shawnee Confederation (Library of American Indian History series)
Wendie C. Old - The Wright Brothers: Inventors of the Airplane (Historical American Biographies series)
Patricia Willis Danger along the Ohio and Out of the Storm

Other Resources for Information

Conrad, James H. Developing Local History Programs in Community Libraries Chicago, IL: American Libraries Association © 1989 A practical guide for small or medium size libraries to create local history and genealogy collections.
Coyle, William editor Ohio Books and Their Authors 1796-1950 Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company 1962 (Ohioana Library Association Publication)
Phillips, Faye Local History Collections in Libraries Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited © 1995 This manual is designed for librarians and archivists who are setting up an local history collection.
Latrobe, Kathy Howard Exploring the Great Lakes States through Literature Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press 1994
Ohioana Library Association www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm?ID=773
Ohio Historical Society www.ohiohistory.org
City, county and regional historical and genealogical societies
Ohio Genealogical Society www.ogs.org
Librarian Index to the Internet www.lii.org
Internet Public Library www.ipl.org
OPLlN www.oplin.lib.oh.us
OPLIN is the public library's on-line source for lots of information on Ohio, its history, people, resources and libraries. Look under History and Discover Ohio
- OHIO Defined,
- Ohio's County Almanac,
- Ohio counties, municipalities and much more
- Evolution of Ohio.
- Ohio's Governors
and many other links.