Website Spotlight: Zoot Suit Riots

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/

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

I. The Film & More

Several items in the "Further Reading" section were especially useful to me:

"1943 Newspaper Clippings"

"Zoots by Zuavecito" (where you can buy a zoot suit today)

II. Special Features

The "Online Poll" can elicit discussion about those who wore a zoot suit to their high school prom.

Don't miss the article "Zoot Suit Culture."

III. Timeline

This comprehensive timeline is comprised not just of dates but a sentence or two explanation of each date.

IV. Gallery

Interesting series of photos of prison life at San Quentin.

V. People & Events

Great summary article: "The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943"

VI. Teacher's 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/World+War+II

Website Spotlight: Woodrow Wilson

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/

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

I. The Film & More

Several excellent selections in the "Primary Sources" section.

II. Timeline--useful but nothing extraordinary

III. Wilson: A Portrait

Separate articles, the most useful of which are these:

Woodrow Wilson
Legislative Victories
America at War
Women's Suffrage
League of Nations

IV. Special Features

Wilson's Legacy

V. People

Carrie Chapman Catt
William Jennings Bryan
Colonel Edward House
Henry Cabot Lodge

VI. Gallery

Poster Art of World War I

VII. Teacher's Guide

Lesson 4: War and Peace is terrific


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

Website Spotlight: Vietnam Online

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html

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

I. About the TV Series

This website is the internet companion to Stanley Karnow's book (Vietnam: A History).

For a course I teach on Vietnam, I use a reading guide which can be accessed at this URL: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Karnow

The videos (titles below) in the TV series are among the best available on Vietnam:

Roots of War
America's Mandarin
LBJ Goes to War
America Takes Charge
America's Enemy
Tet 1968
Vietnamizing the War
Cambodia and Laos
Peace is at Hand
Homefront USA
The End of the Tunnel

II. Timeline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/timeline/

This is really terrific.

III. Who's Who
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/whos/index.html

This section provides a helpful array of brief sketches of key figures of the war.

IV. In The Trenches

Weapons of War (two parts: US and enemy)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/weapons.html

Language of War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/trenches/language.html

V. Primary Sources

State Department White Paper on Vietnam
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/psources/ps_north.html

VI. Maps
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/maps/index.html

An incredible series of interactive maps. Not to miss.

VII. Reflections on a War: Personal Essays
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/index.html

VIII. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/tguide/index.html

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/Vietnam

Website Spotlight: Two Days in October

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/

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

I. The Film & More

Read all three of the "Primary Sources."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/filmmore/ps.html

II. Special Features

Take the online poll: Is it unpatriotic to question government policies during wartime?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/sfeature/sf_poll.html

III. Firsthand Accounts

Take your choice from 10 different accounts.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/stories/index.html

IV. Timeline

This timeline blends events in Vietnam and Madison, Wisconsin.

V. People & Events

All of the selections are good. Note especially these five:

Enlisted Men in Vietnam
Viet Cong Fighters
Student Protestors
Policing Student Demonstrations
Questioning Authority

VI. Teacher's 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/Vietnam

Website Spotlight: Harry Truman

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

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

I. The Film

Interview Transcripts--read those by Walter LaFaber.

II. Special Features--don't miss the following:

Early Career

Foreign Affairs

Presidential Politics

Legacy

III. Timeline--nothing extraordinary

IV. Gallery--skip this

V. Primary Sources--good collection

"Leaflets dropped on Japanese cities warning civilians"

"Truman Doctrine"

"Declaration of Israel's Independence"

"Entries from President Truman's Diary"

VI. Teacher's 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/Cold+War

Website Spotlight: Triangle Fire

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

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

1. Introduction: The Triangle Fire
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/triangle-intro/

2. Photo Gallery: The Price of Fashion (1910)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/triangle/

3. What is a shirtwaist?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/triangle-shirtwaist/

4. New York Times coverage of the fire (March 26, 1911)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/triangle-nyt/

5. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/triangle-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/The+1920s

Website Spotlight: Race for the Superbomb

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/

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

I. The Film & More

In the "Reference" section: Don't miss the impressively-rich array of interview transcripts with program participants.

The primary sources are equally complete.

II. Special Features

"Destruction of a Nuclear Blast"

"Tour a Secret Government Bunker" at the Greenbrier Resort

III. Timeline

Effective, as expected from American Experience.

IV. Maps

Pay particular attention to the map showing locations of Nuclear Weapons Test Sites.

V. People & Events

This section is also rich-- in its coverage of both people and events.

VI. Teacher's 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/Cold+War

Website Spotlight: Sister Aimee

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/sister/

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

I. The Film & More

Not much of particular note in this section.

II. Special Features

Each of the items in this section is worth reviewing:

A. Online Poll

B. "The Angelus Temple" lays out how services were organized.

C. "God or Gorilla?" section has good material to use with the Scopes Trial.

D. In the "Interview Excerpts" two professors offer their reactions.

III. Gallery

Check out the photos in this section.

IV. Teacher's 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/The+1920s

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

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

Website Spotlight: Return with Honor

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/

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

I. The Film & More

POW's Code of Conduct
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/filmmore/ps_code.html

Geneva Convention
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/filmmore/ps_geneva.html

II. Special Features

Being the wife of a POW
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/sfeature/sf_stockdale.html

The Tap Code
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/sfeature/sf_tap.html

POW Prisons
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/sfeature/sf_prisons.html

III. Timeline

Though this timeline is well conceived, there is an even better timeline on the Vietnam Online website:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/timeline/

IV. Gallery of Mike McGrath's drawings and commentary of how he was tortured. Don't miss this.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/gallery/index.html

V. People & Events

The Consolidation of POWs
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/peopleevents/e_consolidation.html

The Hanoi March
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/peopleevents/e_march.html

Paris Peace Talks
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/peopleevents/e_paris.html

VI. Teacher's 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/Vietnam

Website Spotlight: Quiz Show

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow/


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

I. The Film & More

Nothing here.

II. Special Features

"Play 'Twenty One'" is worth the time.

III. Timeline

This timeline is disappointing, dealing with 100 years of crime, a broad brush that I did not need.

IV. People & Events

This section includes the two key names: Herb Stempel and Charles Van Doren

V. Teacher's 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/The+1950s

Website Spotlight: Nuremberg Trials

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nuremberg/

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

I. The Film & More

Further Reading: The section on website links is particularly helpful.

II. Special Features

The "Online Poll" could serve as a discussion starter.

The "We Were There" section highlights day-to-day work.

III. People and Events

Work through the succinct bios and summaries of key events.

As a sometime linguist, I particularly enjoy the "Simultaneous Interpretation" explanation.

IV. Timeline

I appreciate this particular American Experience timeline since it provides not just dates but a sentence or two explanation of each date.

V. Gallery

Check out these dozen photos of Berlin, 1945-1946.

VI. Teacher's Guide

You will come up with your own activities, but these are great to start with.


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

Website Spotlight: Nixon's China Game

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/

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

I. The Film & More

Interview Transcripts with program participants. Note the interview with the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.

II. Special Features

Worthwhile is the interview with Henry Kissinger as well as the brief sketch of the visit.

III. Timeline

Wow! What a richly-developed detailed timeline of U.S.-China relations.

IV. Maps

Excellent interactive map.

V. People & Events

Chou En-Lai's sketch is intriguing.

Your students will enjoy the material about "ping- pong diplomacy."

VI. Teacher's 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/Cold+War

Website Spotlight: Monkey Trial

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/


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

1. Courthouse tour
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/sfeature/sf_courthouse.html

2. Monkey music
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/sfeature/sf_music.html

3. Cartoons
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/gallery/index.html

4. More about evolution
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/sfeature/sf_evolution.html

5. The Drugstore in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/e_drugstore.html

6. The Social Gospel and Fundamentalism
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/e_gospel.html


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S. History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s

Website Spotlight: MacArthur

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/

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

I. The Film & More

Interview transcripts. It is hard to choose only a few from this terrific array of interviews. Enjoy!

Primary Sources. These all can be used in different spots in my U.S. History survey course.

The letters "From Mother's Pen" are striking.

II. Special Features

The "Online Poll" of whether President Truman should have fired MacArthur can facilitate some spirited class discussion.

III. Timeline

I am much less enthused about the completeness of this timeline compared to the usual high standard found in other American Experience websites which I use.

IV. Maps

The interactive maps are particularly well done. Maps from three different wars (WWI, WWII, and Korea) remind us of MacArthur's lengthy career.

The Korean War maps beat anything I have seen elsewhere.

V. People & Events

Concise material on the "Bonus March."

Note the article on MacArthur's father's role in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

VI. Teacher's 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/World+War+II

Website Spotlight: Charles Lindbergh

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/

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

I. The Film & More

Interview transcripts offer many choices.

II. Special Features

Each item in this section has value. Your choice.

III. Timeline

For my purposes, this timeline, since it deals broadly with "Aviation Milestones," is less useful than are the normal American Experience timelines.

IV. Map

This is great: an interactive map of his entire flight!

V. Teacher's 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/The+1920s

Website Spotlight: John Brown (AE)

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/

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

I. The Film & More

In the "Reference" section, check out the transcripts of interviews with four historians.

II. Special Features

History of the famous song: "John Brown's Body

John Brown's Failures

III. Timeline of events in John Brown's life

IV. Map coded to 19 events in John Brown's life

V. People & Events

"The Secret Six" who supported Brown's abolitionist cause

"The Harpers Ferry Raid"

VI. Teacher's Guide

Make your choice from several wonderful suggestions.


Kudos and Website review:

John Brown's Holy War: American Experience
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/23405

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


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S. History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1850s

Website Spotlight: Influenza 1918

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

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

Introduction: Influenza 1918
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/influenza-introduction/

Interview: Alfred Crosby
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/interview/influenza-alfred-crosby/

Primary Resources: A Letter from Camp Devens:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/influenza-letter/

General Articles: City Snapshots--Philadelphia
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/influenza-philadelphia/

General Articles: City Snapshots--Boston
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/influenza-boston/

General Articles: City Snapshots--San Francisco
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/influenza-san-francisco/

See also:

1. National Archives pictures: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/

2. "There Wasn't a Mine Runnin' a Lump O' Coal": A Kentucky Coal Miner Remembers the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/107

3. "He'll Come Home in a Box": The Spanish Influenza of 1918 Comes to Montana
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/14

4. "Please, Let Me Put Him in a Macaroni Box": The Spanish Influenza of 1918 in Philadelphia
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/13



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

Website Spotlight: Ulysses Grant



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

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

Biography: Ulysses Grant

Primary Resources: Cyrus Boyd, a Union soldier at Shiloh

Primary Resources: Henry Stanley, a Confederate soldier at Shiloh

General Article: In His Shoes (Grant bio details)

General Article: You're the General

General Article: Kids in the Civil War

General Article: Rise of the Ku Klux Klan


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

Website Spotlight: Gold Rush

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/

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

Gold Rush (American Experience)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/
Special Features: Online Poll--Journey of the Forty-Niners
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/poll.html
a. Over the Oregon-California Trail
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_oregon.html
b. Panama shortcut
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_panama.html
c. Around Cape Horn (the tip of South America)
http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/journey_capehorn.html
Special Features: Gold Rush Game: Strike it Rich
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/sfeature/game.html
Best of History Web Sites: http://www.besthistorysites.net/

I. The Film & More

The websites noted in "Further Reading" are particularly well chosen.

II. Special Features--all three of these are worth the time

A. Online Poll--Journey of the Forty-Niners

1. Over the Oregon-California Trail
2. Panama shortcut
3. Around Cape Horn (the tip of South America)

B. Native Americans in the Gold Rush

C. Interactive Gold Rush Game: Who Will Strike it Rich?

1. White man from upstate New York
2. Californio man from Los Angeles
3. Chinese man
4. Chilean man
5. White woman from Missouri

III. People & Events--several help highlight the complicated racial and ethnic mix

"Mexicans in the Gold Rush
"Chinese Immigrants and the Gold Rush"
"Stephen Spencer Hill and African Americans in the Gold Rush"

IV. Map
Excellent map shows 8 major "strikes" in the California Gold Rush

V. Timeline

This timeline is especially well annotated.

VI. Teacher's 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/Expansion

Website Spotlight: Fidel Castro

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/


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

I. The Film & More

Nothing special in this section.

II. Special Features

Read the following interview excerpts:

"Cuba and the Revolution"
"The Bay of Pigs Invasion"
"The Cuban Missile Crisis"

III. Timeline

Thorough. Not just dates but a sentence or two explanation of each date.

IV. Map

Excellent interactive.

V. People & Events

Succinct bios of Castro, Che Guevara, and Batista.

Check out the sketches of "Pre-Castro Cuba" and "Castro and the Cold War."

VI. Teacher's 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/Cold+War

Website Spotlight: Eyes on the Prize

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/index.html

For each topic I select, I like to use the following parts:

Introduction
Context
Press
Video

Here is the complete list of topics:

1 Emmett Till's Murder
2 The Montgomery Bus Boycott
3 Southern School Desegregation
4 Non-Violent Protests
5 The Freedom Rides
6 The Limits of Non-Violence
7 Project "C" in Birmingham
8 The March on Washington
9 Freedom Summer
10 The Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, AL
11 The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X
12 Chicago Freedom Movement
13 Riots in Detroit
14 "Power to the People"
15 Poor People's Campaign
16 Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement
17 The Black Panther Party
18 The Attica Prison Riot
19 Blacks Define Themselves
20 The First Black Southern Mayor
21 School Desegregation in Boston
22 The Bakke Case and Affirmative Action
23 Riots in Florida
24 Conflict in Chicago
25 Operation PUSH
26 Civil Rights Today


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

Website Spotlight: Emmett Till

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/

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

I. The Film & More

"Primary Sources: Correspondence" is good.

II. Special Features--check these out especially

"Teens and Segregation: Chicago and Mississippi"
"Killers' Confession" in LOOK Magazine

III. Timeline

Skip this.

IV. People & Events

"Lynching in America"
"Sharecropping in Mississippi"
"Citizens' Councils"

V. Teacher's 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/Civil+Rights

Website Spotlight: Surviving the Dust Bowl

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


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

1. Introduction: Surviving the Dust Bowl
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/dustbowl-introduction/

2. Mass Exodus from the Plains
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-mass-exodus-plains/

3. Photo Gallery of an eyewitness
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photogallery/dustbowl/

4. Black Sunday, April 14, 1935
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/dustbowl-black-sunday/

5. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/dustbowl-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

Website Spotlight: Crash of 1929

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

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

1. Primary Resources: Newspaper Headlines
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/crash-headlines/

2. Photo Gallery: The Roaring 20s
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/crash/photoGallery/

3. Further Reading: Good suggested economics-related web links
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/further-reading/crash-further-reading/

4. Teacher's Guide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/teachers-resources/crash-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/The+1920s

Website Spotlight: Martin Luther King

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/


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

I. The Film & More

The "Primary Sources" section is extremely complete.

II. Special Features

Non-Violence

III. Timeline

This section provides links to six other websites which have timelines.

IV. Map

Interactive map of 23 civil rights "hot spots."

V. Teacher's 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/Civil+Rights

Website Spotlight: Civilian Conservation Corps

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


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

1. Introduction: The Civilian Conservation Corps

2. Photo Gallery

3. CCC Camps Across America (total persons, arrayed by state)

4. Great interview with author Neil Maher

5. Interactive map of CCC projects across the United States

6. Teacher's Guide

Five excellent lesson plans to choose from.

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

Website Spotlight: Jimmy Carter



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

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

Flash Interactive: Brokering Peace

General Article: The Iranian Hostage Crisis

General Article: Reactions to the Hostage Crisis

General Article: Peace Talks at Camp David

General Article: Carter's Greatest Legacy: The Camp David Negotiations

General Article: Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" Speech

General Article: Guinea Worm Disease

Primary Resources: Proposed Energy Policy

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

Website Spotlight: George H.W. Bush



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


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

A. "Prudent Decision Making" section

1. The End of the Cold War
2. "No New Taxes" Pledge
3. The Gulf War

B. "Bonus Videos" section

1. Going Negative against Dukakis
2. Parachute Jump

C. "Learn More" section:

1. Domestic Politics
2. Election of 1988
3. The Persian Gulf War
4. Election of 1992

D. "Teacher's Guide" section--2 activities especially appeal to me

1. What's right versus what's popular
2. Reconsidering the Gulf War

On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S.History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Bush+41

Website Spotlight: Berlin Airlift

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/

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

I. The Film & More

In the "Further Reading" section, the suggested web links are especially well
chosen.

II. Special Features

All three features--Online Poll, Newspaper Accountd, and The Chocolate Pilot--
are worthwhile.

III. People & Events

Don't miss the sketch of Gail Halversen.

IV. Maps

These four interactive maps are the best part of this entire website.

V. Timeline

Wonderfully-detailed chronology with effective annoations of each date.

VI. Teacher's 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/Cold+War

Website Spotlight: Andrew Carnegie

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/

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

I. The Film & More

Nothing to note in here

II. Special Features

Meet Andrew Carnegie (consists of five brief sketches)

Philanthropy 101 (of the six parts, the "Carnegie Legacy" is crucial)

Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way (This section is the best part of all. Don't miss it.)

III. Timeline

This timeline is pretty weak compared to others in the American Experience series.

IV. Gallery: Millionaires' Row

These are worth viewing.

V. People & Events

The Homestead Strike

VI. Teacher's 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/Industrialization

Website Spotlight: America and the Holocaust

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/

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

I. The Film & More

Transcripts of interviews with four program participants.

Incredibly useful collection of primary source documents

II. Special Features

Kurt Klein's Story: selected letters

III. Timeline

Timeline of America's reaction to the Holocaust

IV. Maps

This interactive section is terrific. Don't miss it.

V. People & Events

Be sure to read the sketches of Rabbi Stephen Wise, Henry Morgenthau, and Charles Coughlin.

VI. Teacher's 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/World+War+II

Website Spotlight: John Adams

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/

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

I. The Film and More

The Primary Sources section has useful entries, in particular:

Abigail Adams: "Remember the Ladies" letter
Alien Act
Sedition Act

II. Special Features

These special features are wonderful:

Online Poll
The Choice for Revolution
Dearest Friend (letters between John and Abigail Adams)
Adams and Jefferson

III. People & Events

For a quick look at nasty politics in Adams day, check out James Callender:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/peopleevents/p_callender.html

These "Events" work well for a well-rounded view of John Adams:

The Courtship
The Boston Massacre
The Revolutionary War
"Remember the Ladies"
Declaration of Independence
The Presidency
The Alien and Sedition Acts

IV. Maps

The material within these interactive maps (look particularly at Boston and Philadelphia) is terrific. The material is connected to entries from the Adams
diary.

V. Timeline

This timeline is especially well detailed.

VI. Behind the Scenes--you can skip this section

VII. Teacher's Guide

I particularly like using these:

Teacher's Guide: Government
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/tguide/index.html
Question #1

Teacher's Guide: Politics
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/tguide/index.html
Question #1
Question #2


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

Website Spotlight: My Lai Trial

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Questions for discussion
Opinion Polls


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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Scopes Trial

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Genesis Stories
Observer's Account
Dayton, Tennessee
Trial Pictures and Cartoons
The Evolution Controversy (this has a ton of material)
John Scopes Reflects (40 years after the trial)
Hell and the High Schools
Trial Jeopardy--could be fun to play with your class.


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S.History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Nuremberg Trials

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nuremberg.htm

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

The movie "Judgment at Nuremberg"

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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Rosenberg Trial

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROSENB.HTM

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following item (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Final letter to the sons


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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Alger Hiss Trial

Website URL: Alger Hiss Trials

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Selected video clips:

Nixon: Answer for Trisha (his daughter)
Pumpkin Papers (don't miss this one)
Nixon Tapes relating to the Hiss case


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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

See also:
The Alger Hiss Story
https://files.nyu.edu/th15/public/home.html

Website Spotlight: Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/Hauptmann.htm


I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S.History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Haymarket Trial



Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haymarket/haymarket.html

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Attention: Workingmen
News accounts
Cartoons


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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Patty Hearst Trial





Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hearst/hearsthome.html

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Wanted poster
Video of the robbery
Audio messages
SLA communiqé


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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Sacco-Vanzetti Trial

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

The Red Scare


On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S.History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/triangle/trianglefire.html

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Newspaper Accounts
List of victims (note victims' ages and the poignant comments)


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


For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Andrew Johnson

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/impeachmt.htm

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Opinions of Senators

Wonderful!: Harper's weekly account (extensive website)

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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: John Brown Trial

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/johnbrown/brownhome.html

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

Brown on Brown and the Secret Six

On my Learning Professor wiki, this website fits within the following U.S.History survey course module:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1850s

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

Website Spotlight: Mississippi Burning

Website URL: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/price&bowers/price&bowers.htm

I recommend you begin your enjoyment of this website by reading Douglas Linder's overview essay. [middle of the home screen, underneath the picture]

Each of the websites in this "Famous Trials" series has standard sections on the left sidebar labelled (more or less) as follows:

A. Chronology
B. Biographies/Key Figures
C. Selected Images
D. Excerpts from trial transcripts/Summary of evidence
E. Bibliography and Links

Follow your interests in deciding what parts of this main material to use.

Going beyond these normal categories, I myself found the following items (on the left sidebar) particularly intriguing:

In Quotes
FBI Poster
Ku Klux Klan documents (20 reasons why you should join the KKK)
"Mississippi Burning": The Movie

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

For reviews of the Famous Trials site itself, see the following:

1. History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/

2. TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636