Website Spotlight: Barbary Wars

Website URL: http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-introduction.php

Online Exhibition at the Clements Library (University of Michigan)

"The Barbary Wars at the Clements"

Work your way through these tabs on the left sidebar:

1. Introduction
http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-introduction.php

2. Timeline
http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-timeline.php

3. Background to the Conflict
http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-background.php

4. Early American Interactions with the Barbary Pirates http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-early-interactions.php

5. The First Barbary War: The Tripolitan War http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-first-war.php

6. Between the Wars: America's Presence in the Mediterranean, 1805-1812 http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-between-wars.php

7. The Second Barbary War: The Algerine War http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-second-war.php

8. Aftermath: America's Presence in the Mediterranean http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-aftermath.php

9. Barbary Captivity Narratives
http://www.clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/barbary/barbary-captivity.php



Website Spotlight: Lewis and Clark

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

The following parts of this website are those I use in class:

The Corps
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html

To Equip an Expedition
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_equ.html

Circa 1803
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_cir.html

Native Americans: Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/index.html

The Journals
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_jou.html

Sacagawea
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/living/idx_4.html

York's Experience
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/living/idx_5.html

Into the Unknown:

Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html

Play Game
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/idx_game.html

Interactive Trail Map
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html


Kudos and Website review:

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (PBS Ken Burns)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/22867

Best of History Web Sites: http://www.besthistorysites.net/