American History and Culture Pathfinder
http://www.americanheritage.com/
http://americanhistory.si.edu/
http://www.multied.com/USHistory.html
http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History_American.shtml
http://www.ashp.cuny.edu/who-we-are.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
(a little more complicated to search but good info on some topics)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/teachers/index.html
(videos, etc. May have to be accessed from a home computer)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
(Research topics from the green sidebar on the left-hand side)
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/