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History
"Women of Protest: Photographs from the
Records of the National Woman's Party"
presents 448 photos documenting the National Woman's Party's push for
ratification of the 19th Amendment & passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Taken from 1875-1922, these photos include portraits of leaders & tactics used
by the organization -- picketing, pageants, parades, demonstrations, & hunger
strikes. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/
"Civil War Treasures from the New York
Historical Society"
offers materials for teaching about the Civil War. It includes recruitment
posters, sketches, photos, a prison camp newspaper, & letters Walt Whitman wrote
to wounded servicemen.
Special sections examine the 1860 election, secession, war, African Americans in
the Civil War, & recruitment & conscription. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/treasures/
"Cuneiform Tablets: From the Reign of Gudea of Lagash to Shalmanassar III"
presents clay tablets, cones, & brick fragments inscribed using the
ancient writing system known as cuneiform. The Sumerians invented this writing
system, which uses a wedge-
shaped reed stylus to make impressions in clay. These 38 cuneiform tablets
include school tablets, accounting records, & commemorative inscriptions. They
are dated from the reign
of Gudea of Lagash (2144-2124 B.C.) to Shalmanassar III (858-824 B.C.). (LOC)
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/cuneihtml/cuneihome.html
"Black History Month 2005 Feature Stories"
offers 28 public service announcements for radio. Each 60- second
sound clip tells the story of one African American who
made significant contributions in architecture, art, automobile manufacturing,
dance, chemistry, drafting, engineering, fashion design, law, medicine, military
service, ophthalmology, physics, poetry, teaching, or another field or
profession. (USCB)
http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/radio/bhfeb.html
"The E Pluribus Unum Project"
examines Americans' attempt to make "one from many" in three pivotal
decades: the 1770s, 1850s, & 1920s. Each decade is
framed by an introductory essay with links to key topics & primary documents,
including the Declaration of Independence, newspapers, & the rhetoric of the
Revolution; reform, cultures of the North & South, religion, & popular
movements; and prohibition, Broadway, evangelical Protestantism, & the Roaring
Twenties. (NEH)
http://www.assumption.edu/ahc/
"The Elizabeth Murray Project"
looks at the eventful life of Elizabeth Murray as a window into the
world of revolutionary America. Murray was a shopkeeper in 18th-century Boston
(selling imported British fashions) and married three times. Her friends
included officers in both the Colonial & British armies, & her home was used as
quarters by both armies. (NEH)
http://back.acs.csulb.edu:8080/emurray/
"Henry Luce"
is the companion website for a film about the missionary's son who founded
"Time" & "Life" magazines & became, in the late 1930s, America's most powerful
mass communicator. The website includes an essay, career timeline, video clips
not in the film, & an interview with the filmmaker. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/luce_h.html
"The Most Dangerous Woman in America"
is a companion website for a film that examines the case of Typhoid Mary, a cook
who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s. The site
includes a history of quarantine, a letter Mary Mallon wrote when petitioning
the courts for her release, an examination of whether public health officials
were to blame for Mallon's behavior, & a mysterious "disease outbreak" for
students to solve. (NEH)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid
"Presidents:
The Secret History"
exposes quirky facts about our first 42 presidents. What would kids do
if they were president? What qualities do kids think make a good
president? (IMLS)
pbskids.org/wayback/prez/
"The Price of Freedom: Americans at War"
features a timeline of America's wars, from the Revolution to
Iraq. Watch an interactive presentation on each war -- slideshows & movies,
text & photos, & dozens of artifacts
(firearms, flags, uniforms). Read an overview of each conflict; learn about
its causes, major events, & consequences. Gain a sense of how wars have
shaped our history. (NMAH)
americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/
"CivilWar@Smithsonian"
examines the Civil War through collections
of artifacts.
Topics include slavery & abolition, Abraham
Lincoln, the first
Union officer killed, soldiering, weapons,
leaders, cavalries,
navies, life & culture, Appomattox, Winslow
Homer, & Mathew
Brady. A Civil War timeline is included. (SI)
civilwar.si.edu
"Herblock's History"
features 150 cartoons by Herb Block, the
editorial cartoonist who chronicled our
political history for The Washington Post from
1929 through 2000. Cartoons are organized
chronologically & accompanied by explanations
of events that inspired them. Topics include
the Depression, fascism in Europe, Nazi
aggression, the nuclear arms race, 12
presidents (from Hoover to Clinton), & more.
The cartoon in which Blockcoined the phrase
"McCarthyism" is included. (LOC)
Visit the link now
"World History Matters"
offers guides & model strategies for analyzing
images, maps, newspapers, & other primary
sources. Case studies, written byteachers,
discuss the teaching of 16 primary sources,
from Hammurabi's Code to 20th century Great
Britain. A guide to "100 top online primary
source archives" presents resources by region
(e.g., Africa, Europe) & time period (e.g.,
early
civilization, revolutions). (NEH)
Visit the link now
"Helping Your Child
Learn History"
offers activities parents can use to help
young children (preschool through Grade 5)
learn about history. It includes suggestions
about how parents can work with teachers &
schools to help children succeed in school.
(ED)
Visit The Link Now
"Independence Day:
Today in History"
tells how we've celebrated July 4 since that
day in 1776, when the Second Continental
Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration
of Independence. Independence Day celebrations
became commonplace after the War of 1812, when
events like the ground-breaking ceremony for
the Erie Canal were scheduled to coincide with
July 4 festivities. By the 1870s, July 4th was
our most important secular holiday. (LOC)
Visit The Link now
"Ulysses. S. Grant"
provides insights into U.S. history topics --
frontier life, westward expansion, the
Mexican-American War, military strategy,
slavery, abolition, race relations,
Reconstruction, black suffrage, international
relations, & the Presidency. See battle
re-creations & political cartoons. Meet Civil
War generals. Learn about his greatest
battles, Black Friday, the Panic of 1873, the
disputed election of 1876, & more. (NEH)
Visit The Link Now
"Vistas: Visual
Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820"
examines colonial-era Spanish America -- a
region that covered much of the Americas,
extending from California to Chile from the
16th century to the early 19th century.
Primary sources, essays, & 70 images are
provided. (NEH)
Visit The Link Now
"Mapping My Spot in
History"
helps students become proficient at observing
& interpreting maps, learn architectural &
cartographic terms, appreciate their own role
in affecting history, & contribute to a
panoramic map of their town. (LOC)
Visit The Link Now
"Brown v. Board of Education
National Historic Site"
features Monroe Elementary, the school
attended in 1950 by third grader Linda Brown.
Because she was black, Brown was barred from
attending a white school much closer to her
home. The cases brought by father &
others led to the Supreme Court's unanimous
decision in 1954 that racial segregation in
public schools was unconstitutional. (NPS)
Visit The Link Now
"The Civil War through a
Child's Eye"
is a lesson plan that uses historical fiction
& primary sources to expand students'
perceptions of the Civil War era. Photos,
non-fiction, & literature (Paul Fleischman's
"Bull Run") help students see this era from a
child's perspective.
(LOC)
Visit The Link Now
"From Fantasy to Flight"
provides photos, letters, articles, &
resources for learning about the history of
flight -- aircraft & balloons, Alexander
Graham Bell's aerodynamic studies, the Wright
brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Igor Sikorsky's
helicopters, & Amelia Earhart. (LOC)
Visit The Link Now
"From Slavery to Civil
Rights"
is a timeline of African-American history.
Photos, broadsides, maps, & other items are
organized around time periods: slavery,
abolition, antebellum, Civil War,
reconstruction, progressive era, World War I,
between the wars, World War II, & civil
rights. (LOC)
Visit The Link Now
"Reconstruction: The Second
Civil War"
provides clips from the documentary, as well
as transcripts, a look behind the scenes, & a
teacher's guide. Among the featured topics: 40
acres & a mule, plantations in ruins, African
American legislators, Northerners in the
South, & from slave to sharecropper. (NEH)
Visit The Link Now
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