Website Spotlight: Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

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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The best part of this website is the interactive timeline entitled "A Century of Segregation."
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html

The timeline is divided into 5 chronological sections.

To read a pop-up screen about that particular subject, just click on the tab.

I ask the students to concentrate on the following items from each section:

A. 1863-1880
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation.html

Reconstruction Begins
Ku Klux Klan
Hayes-Tilden election (1876)
End of Reconstruction

B. 1881-1900
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation2.html

Tuskegee Institute
Atlanta Compromise
Plessy versus Ferguson
Spanish-American War
The Blues

C. 1901-1920
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation3.html

Souls of Black Folk
NAACP
Segregation in the U.S. Government
Birth of a Nation

D. 1921-1938
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation4.html

Harlem Renaissance
Scottsboro Case

E. 1939-1954
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/segregation5.html

March on Washington
Jackie Robinson
President Truman Supports Civil Rights
Brown versus Board of Education

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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/Civil+Rights

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: Freedom Riders

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/

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:

I. The Rides
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/rides

Follow the stops on this excellent interactive map and read the captions for each screen.

II. The People

a. Freedom Riders

Ralph Abernathy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/ralph-abernathy

James Farmer
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/james-farmer

John Lewis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/john-lewis

Joan Mulholland
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/joan-trumpauer-mulholland

James Peck
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/james-peck

Jim Zwerg
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/jim-zwerg

b. Movement Leaders

Diane Nash
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/diane-nash

Fred Shuttlesworth
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/fred-shuttlesworth

c. U.S. Federal Government

J.Edgar Hoover
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/j-edgar-hoover

Robert F. Kennedy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/robert-f-kennedy

John Seigenthaler
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/john-seigenthaler

d. Other Figures

Eugene "Bull" Connor
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/eugene-bull-connor

John Patterson
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/john-patterson

Howard K. Smith
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/howard-k-smith-cbs

III. The Issues

Jim Crow Laws
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/issues/jim-crow-laws

Slow Progress
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/issues/slow-progress

The Solid South
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/issues/the-solid-south

The Cold War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/issues/the-cold-war

The Media
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/issues/the-media

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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/Civil+Rights

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: Lyndon Johnson

Website URL: http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson 

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.

Among the many worthwhile aspects of the Miller Center (University of Virginia) site, I ask the students to concentrate on the following four essays:

Life Before the Presidency
http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/essays/biography/5

~~For a review of the Miller Center website:

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14722

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For additional quality material about President Johnson:

1. Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/

~~For a helpful review of this website--with clear guidelines on how best to navigate the site:
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/24401

a. Timeline Lyndon B. Johnson
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=36

b. Exhibits Lyndon B. Johnson
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

The Gulf of Tonkin, August 2-10, 1964
A Year in Cotulla, 1928 - 1929

c. Gallery Lyndon Baines Johnson
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=36

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2. Living Room Candidate: A History of Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964

a. The text box on the right side of the screen displays information about the election: Overview, candidates, results.

b. Commercials: horizontal columns toward the bottom of the screen, grouped by candidate.

c. "For Teachers." Several excellent lesson plans.

d. "Online Resources." Great links to other resources about this election.

~~For reviews of this website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6406/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14630
Richard Byrne (Free Tech 4 Teachers)
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/06/living-room-candidate-history-of.html

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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 modules on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+Rights
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Vietnam

2. 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: Eyes on the Prize

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

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:


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


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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/Civil+Rights

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: Emmett Till

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

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:

Primary Sources: Correspondence is good.


Teens and Segregation: Chicago and Mississippi


Killers' Confession in LOOK Magazine


Lynching in America


Sharecropping in Mississippi


Citizens' Councils

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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/Civil+Rights

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: Martin Luther King

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

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:

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."

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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/Civil+Rights

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: Mississippi Burning

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

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 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

~~For reviews of the Famous Trials website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4908/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14636

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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/Civil+Rights

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