Website Spotlight: Barbary Wars

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

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

In this post, I limit myself to those specific aspects of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions (each student is required to bring a laptop to class) or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions.

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I ask the students to work through the following links:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/A+New+Nation

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT 

Website Spotlight: A Day in the Life of Thomas Jefferson

Website URL: http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/day-life-thomas-jefferson

Procedural Note: In each section below, there will be little black boxes to click on for other neat items: Dig Deeper, At-Home Activity, Fun Fact, Personality Profile, Design and Decor, and Modern Monticello.

Here are the sections:

A. I Rise with the Sun

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/i-rise-sun

Jefferson's alcove bed
Record-keeping
Morning preparations
Mechanical inventions

B. Drudging at the Writing Table

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/drudging-writing-table

A modern office
    Jefferson's copying machine
A full and genuine journal
Stepping away from the table

C. Our Breakfast Table

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/our-breakfast-table

Fresh from the oven
Seated around the table
Jefferson the grandfather

D. To Labour For Another

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/to-labour-another

Mulberry Row
Humming with Activity
Jefferson and Slavery

E. Attending To My Farm

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/attending-to-my-farm

Touring the farm on horseback (be sure to read this section)

F. Museum...in the Entrance to the House

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/museum-entrance-house

Arts and politics (be sure to read this section)

G. Dinner is Served

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/dinner-served

Dined at the Presidents
Half-Virginian, half-French style
Vines and wines
Vegetables...constitute my principal diet

Self-service

H. When the Flowers were in Bloom

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/when-flowers-were-bloom

(Read the parts that interest you)

I. A Delightful Recreation

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/delightful-recreation

Music and games
Little circle of readers
A room for celebration

J. Sanctum Sanctorum

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/sanctum-sanctorum

Architecture
Science
Accounting
Reading (don't miss this section)

K. All My Wishes End...at Monticello

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/all-my-wishes-end-monticello

"I wish most to be remembered" (read this part for sure)