Website Spotlight: Riding the Rails

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rails/

The parts of this website which I find particularly useful are the following:

1. Introduction: Riding the Rails
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/rails-introduction/

2. Railroads and their Musical Heritage
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/rails-chord/

3. Railroad Maps
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/map/rails-map/

4. Timeline of the Great Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/timeline/rails-timeline/

5. Added Obstacles for African Americans
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/rails-added-obstacles/

6. Personal accounts: "Tales from the Rails"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/interview/rails-tales/

7. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/rails-teachers-guide/

Make your choice from several wonderful suggestions.


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S. History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression