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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Website Spotlight: Barack Obama

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

Website Spotlight: John F. Kennedy

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

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/kennedy/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/kennedy/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/kennedy/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/kennedy/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 Kennedy:

1. American Presidents (American Experience)

The Kennedys
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/kennedys/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

The Truth about Indochina (1954) [Kennedy critical of American involvement]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-indochina/

Address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-minister/

Correspondence during Cuban Missile Crisis between Kennedy and Khrushchev
Some 10 items are available.

Letter from Kennedy to Ngo Dinh Diem 1961
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/jfk-indochina/

~~For reviews of the American Presidents website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4106/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14714

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2. 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 John F. Kennedy
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=35

b. Exhibits John F. Kennedy
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

The Peace Corps, March 1961

c. Gallery John F. Kennedy
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=35

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

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1960

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 module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Cold+War

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: Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

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/eisenhower/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/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 Eisenhower:

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 Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=34

b. Exhibits Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

The Little Rock School Integration Crisis, September 1957
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Supreme Court, 1953 - 1961
Publicizing the Horrors of the Concentration Camps, April - June 1945

c. Gallery Dwight D. Eisenhower
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=34

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

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1952
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1956

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

b. Commercials are positioned in the 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 module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1950s

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: Harry S. Truman

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

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/truman/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/truman/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/truman/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/truman/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 Truman:

1. American Presidents (American Experience)

Truman
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Early Career
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/truman-early/

Entries from his diary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-diary/

Truman Doctrine speech to Congress
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-trudoct/

Declaration of Israel's Independence
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-israel/

~~For reviews of the American Presidents website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4106/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14714

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2. 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 Harry S. Truman
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=33

b. Exhibits Harry S. Truman
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bombs, July - August 1945
The Berlin Airlift, June 1948 - May 1949
Desegregation of the Armed Forces, July 1948 - October 1954

c. Gallery Harry S. Truman
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=33

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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/Cold+War

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: Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/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 Roosevelt:

1. American Presidents (American Experience)

FDR
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/fdr/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Third Anniversary of CCC
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/fdr-anniversary/

Take the Army out of the CCC
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/fdr-army-ccc/

~~For reviews of the American Presidents website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4106/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14714

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2. 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=32

b. Exhibits Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt and The Supreme Court, 1933 - 1945

c. Gallery Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=32

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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/Great+Depression
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+II

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

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Website Spotlight: Herbert Hoover

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

Website Spotlight: William Howard Taft

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

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/taft/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/taft/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/taft/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/taft/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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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/Eyes+Abroad

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: Theodore Roosevelt

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

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/roosevelt/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt/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 Roosevelt:

TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (American Experience)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tr/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Photo Gallery: Political Cartoons Featuring Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/photo-gallery/tr/

General Article: Early Career
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tr-early/

General Article: Presidential Politics
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tr-politics/

Interview: David McCullough, Biographer
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/interview/tr-mccullough/

General Article: Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/tr-panama/

Primary Resources: Letters to His Children, 1903-1918
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/tr-children/

Primary Resources: Letter to Charles Doolittle Walcott, 1908
Roosevelt seeks taxidermists to go with him on an African safari.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/tr-africa/

For reviews of the American Presidents website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4106/

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14714

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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/Eyes+Abroad

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: William McKinley

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

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/mckinley/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/mckinley/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/mckinley/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/mckinley/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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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/Eyes+Abroad

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: Abraham Lincoln

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

Website Spotlight: James K. Polk

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

Website Spotlight: Andrew Jackson

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

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/jackson/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/jackson/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/jackson/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/jackson/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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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/Expansion

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: James Madison

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

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/madison/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/madison/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/madison/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/madison/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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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/Constitution

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: George Washington

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

Friday, December 30, 2011

Website Spotlight: Ulysses Grant

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

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