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"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


"Westpoint in the Making of America, 1802-1918"
looks at the history of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, its contributions to American history, & accomplishments of selected West Point graduates. Proposed by George Washington in 1783 & created 20 years later, West Point became an important American institution before the Civil War. http://americanhistory.si.edu/westpoint/index.html 

  "Vote: The Machinery of Democracy"
looks at the history & variety of voting methods in the U.S. - the voice vote, "party ticket" (paper ballots listing candidates from just one party), Australian ballot, gear & lever machine, & others. Voting reforms of the early 1900s, when the U.S. electorate doubled, are described. Kinds of voting equipment used in counties across the U.S. are shown on a map. Innovative design improvements are discussed.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/

  "What in the World Is That?"
examines 16 inventions: the submarine, battery radio, cotton gin, reaper, electron microscope, telephone, gramophone, telecommunication cable, snow gauge, ornithopter, airphibian, & others. (LOC)
memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/science/flash.html


"After the Great Earthquake & Fire, 1897-1916"
provides 26 films of San Francisco from before & after the Great Earthquake & Fire. The earthquake struck on April 18, 1906, along the San Andreas Fault, damaging most central
California cities & killing more than 3,000 people. These films show Market Street, Chinatown, a parade, San Francisco viewed from a balloon, & vast devastation from the 8.3 magnitude earthquake & 3-day fire. (LOC) memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/sfhome.html

"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/


"World Treasures of the Library of Congress: Beginnings"
explores the creation, heaven & earth, & the founding of civilizations, all from the viewpoint of 50 cultures. 170 images & stories from Bali, China, Ethiopia, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Japan, Java, Mexico, Rome, Russia, Yoruba, & elsewhere are organized around three questions: Where did the universe come from? How can we explain it? How can we record our experience of it? (LOC) www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/

"American Women: A Reference Guide"
is a "first stop" for using Library of Congress resources to do research in the field of American women's history. It presents some digital items; however, it serves primarily as a comprehensive guide to the entirety of the Library's holdings on women's history. It includes exhibits that feature women &
how to find women within exhibits where they're not featured. Essays examine women as a symbol 1590-1800, the women's suffrage parade of 1913, & the equal rights amendment. (LOC) memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html

"The Dream of Flight"
presents photos, letters, & diary excerpts from the experiments & efforts that led to the Wright brothers' December 17, 1903, achievement of the first sustained, powered, & controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying
machine. The site includes a flight timeline & examines the notion of flight as a universal aspiration -- a desire expressed in civilizations from classical times to the 20th century. (LOC) www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-home.html

"After the Day of Infamy"
offers 12 hours of interviews recorded in the days & months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than 200 individuals in cities & towns across the U.S. Audio & transcripts of the interviews are provided. (LOC)
memory.loc.gov/ammem/afcphhtml/afcphhome.html

"National Constitution Center"
offers lessons on the Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, electoral process, executive branch, federal powers, war making, First & Fifth Amendments, freedom of speech, Founding Fathers, jury duty, separation of powers, & suffrage. "Teaching with Current Events" features news stories relating to the Constitution, discussion starters keyed to the news, &
perspectives by commentators & elected officials. (NCC)
constitutioncenter.org/education/CurriculumResources/LessonPlans/

"America on the Move"
tells how transportation changed America. A classroom activity guide looks at foods & families on the move (1880s), workers & products (1920s), early highways (1930-40s), suburban communities (1950-60s), & movement of the world's people & products (1970-2000). A collection of 1,000 artifacts & photos can be searched by region, time period, or type of transportation (air, road, water) or vehicle. (SI) americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/learning

"The United States Air Force Academy: Founding a Proud Tradition"
recounts the history of aviation & the military: aviation's introduction into the military during World War I, Germany's use of air power early in World War II, Pearl Harbor, the Berlin Airlift, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, & President Eisenhower's declaration that our first line of defense would be an air atomic strike force. The site examines the design of the Air Force Academy, authorized in 1954 after 30 years of struggle. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP) Visit the  link now

"War & Peace"
exhibits photos, maps, & documents related to America's wars. Features include a Civil War timeline, letters from soldiers, homefront contributions during World War I & II, American women workers during World War II, man-on-the-street interviews after Pearl Harbor, "The Stars & Stripes" newspaper (for Army troops in France 1918-19), Winston Churchill, the Marshall Plan, Ansel Adam's book of photos of a World War II internment camp, & the Veterans History Project. (LOC) Visit the link now

"Zoom into Maps"
offers hundreds of historical maps -- maps showing European exploration of the Americas; migration, population, & economic activity; the growth of roads, railways, canals, river systems, telephone systems, telegraph routes, & radio coverage; landforms, recreational, & wilderness areas; troop
movements, battle routes, & campsites during major U.S. military conflicts; & more. The collection features a 2003 map of U.S. congressional districts. (LOC) Visit the link now

"Lewis & Clark"
offers maps, manuscripts, timelines, & photos related to the famed expedition. It includes resources for learning about Meriwether Lewis, Sacagawea, Congress's role in the Louisiana Purchase, & Thomas Jefferson's life-long commitment to western exploration. (LOC) Visit the link now

"Tinker, Tailor, Farmer, Sailor"
is a lesson in which students use primary sources to determine why Europeans settlers were drawn to particular regions of America. Among the geographic conditions they consider: access to water, arable land, natural resources, & the growing season. The lesson focuses on New England, the South, & Middle Atlantic colonies. (LOC) Visit the link now

"Tracking Down the Real Billy the Kid"
is a lesson in which students learn about the role of
gunfighters in the settling of the West & analyze interviews with people who knew William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid. (LOC) Visit the link now 

"Woodrow Wilson & the Birth of the American Century"
is the companion website for a film about our 28th President. Discover the issues that made the 1912 election important. Learn how Wilson opposed U.S. entrance into World War I, but how ultimately he committed the nation to war. Examine the impact of Wilson's presidency through the eyes of historians. A teacher's guide provides lessons on women's suffrage, Wilson & African Americans, the 1912 election, & World War I. (NEH) 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

"Reporting America at War"
explores the role of journalists in covering America's wars. The website, companion to a PBS documentary, offers a teachers guide with lessons on press censorship, message control, the power of pictures, finding the right words, & works by Ernie Pyle & Edward R. Murrow. The documentary examines the challenges of reporting from the front lines & the role of the correspondent in shaping how wars have been understood & remembered. (NEH) Visit The Link Now

"The Grandparent/Elder Project -- Lesson, The Learning Page"
is a lesson in which students learn about World War I & the Great Depression by locating & studying primary & secondary sources & by interviewing a grandparent or other elder. (LOC) Visit The Link Now

"Her Story -- Community Center, The Learning Page"
presents photos, diaries, & timelines for learning about women pioneers, women during the Civil War, women's suffrage in the Progressive Era, eight women who served "on the front" during World War II, First Ladies, literature about women & discrimination, African-American women in the sciences, women in Muslim societies, Native American women writers, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mead, research in women's history, & more. (LOC) Visit The Link Now 

 "I Hear America Singing -- American Memory Collections"
features recordings, scores, & histories of dozens of
patriotic songs -- America the Beautiful, the Star Spangled Banner, & others. Its collection of sheet music published from 1800 to 1922 includes 9,000 pieces. Also included are scores, audio excerpts, & photos of Gerry Mulligan, a jazz musician, composer, & band leader. (LOC) Visit The Link Now

"Tupperware"
offers insights into U.S. history: our economy after World War II, the plastics industry, direct selling & business history, women in society & the workplace, the rise of American consumerism, the American Dream, & more. Meet people who built their lives around Tupperware. Learn how a new billiard ball launched the plastics industry. See the "invention notebooks" of Earl Tupper, who grew up dirt poor & dreamed of becoming a millionaire. (NEH) 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

"What Exit? New Jersey & Its Turnpike"
tells the story of the most heavily traveled toll road in the nation -- how it was built, what it meant in its time, & how people have given it life. Built in two years in the 1950s, the 118-mile long New Jersey Turnpike is a major conduit between New York & Philadelphia. Its story offers insight into a 20th century phenomenon: the rise of the automobile &
growth of highways. (NEH) Visit The Link Now

"There She Is: A History of Miss America"
accompanies a film that tracks the contest from its inception in 1921 as an exuberant local seaside pageant. The website includes a transcript of the film & learning activities related to history, geography, economics, culture, & civics. The film offers insights into various topics in American history -- the Jazz Age, the Depression, World War II, the Baby Boom, feminist & civil rights activism of the 1960s, the women's liberation movement, & others. (NEH) Visit The Link Now

"Nature's Fury"
invites students to read personal accounts of natural
disasters in the U.S. during the late 1800s & early 1990s -- the great Chicago fire (1871), the Johnstown Flood (1889), the San Francisco earthquake & fire (1906), the Titanic (1912), the 1918 Flu Epidemics, the Dust Bowl (1930s-40s). Students research a disaster & create a presentation in which they assume the role of a witness to the event. (LOC) Visit The Link Now

"On the Homefront"
features posters & images illustrating some of the ways American's at home contributed to war efforts overseas during World Wars I & II. The images are presented in 5 categories: volunteer work, civil defense, conservation, economic initiatives, & patriotic support. (LOC) Visit The Link Now


"Fill up the Canvas"
features journal entries from 20 points in the journey of Lewis & Clark: mission preparations, winter in St. Louis, first council with Indians, death of Sergeant Floyd, first killing of a buffalo, Sioux camps, near run-in with Teton Sioux, Rocky Mountains, Nez Perce, falls of the Columbia River, & others. The site also provides letters from Thomas Jefferson to Lewis & Clark; images of people, places, plants, & animals; & maps. (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

"Remembering Jim Crow,"
companion to a radio documentary, examines the system that, for much of the 20th century, barred many African Americans from their rights as U.S. citizens. Read personal histories of segregation. See a sampling of Jim Crow laws. Learn how African Americans fought economic hardships imposed by Jim Crow & how they built social institutions to combat segregation. (NEH)
Visit The Link Now

"With Wings as Eagles: From Fantasy to Flight"
documents the history of human flight. Photos, drawings, & articles are presented in six categories: myth & fantasy, early science, balloons & airships, kites & gliders, the Wright brothers, & after the Wright brothers. (LOC) Visit The Link Now

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