Website Spotlight: Seabiscuit

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


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

1. Introduction: Seabiscuit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/seabiscuit-introduction/

2. Biography of Seabiscuit
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/biography/seabiscuit-biography/

3. Racing in the Depression
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-racing-depression/

4. "Seabiscuit-itis"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-seabiscuit-itis/

5. A Jockey's Hard Life
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-jockeys-hard-life/

6. Racing and Radio Broadcasts in the 1930s
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/seabiscuit-broadcasts/

7. Frustration at Santa Anita Race Track
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/seabiscuit-santa-anita/

8. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/seabiscuit-teacher-resource/

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