Website Spotlight: Summer of Love

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

Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/filmmore/fd.html

Take the Online Poll: Would You Have Gone to San Francisco?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/sfeature/poll.html

Looking Back
Read through each of these short pieces, beginning with Sandi Stein and ending with Mary Kasper.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/sfeature/back_01.html

Underground News
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/sfeature/oracle.html

The Year of the Hippie
Work through the dates that intrigue you.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/sfeature/timeline.html

Teacher's Guide
Which one of these questions would you give as an assignment to your classmates?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/tguide/index.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/Vietnam

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: Richard Nixon

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

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

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 Richard Nixon
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/timeline.php?id=37

b. Exhibits Richard Nixon
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/timeline/bin/

Ping Pong Diplomacy: Nixon’s Trip to China, February 21-28, 1972

c. Gallery Richard Nixon
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/html/gallery.php?id=37

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

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1968
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1972

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/Nixon

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: 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: Vietnam Online

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/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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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 Vietnam: A History.

For a course I teach on Vietnam, I provide my students a reading guide for that book--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 brief sketches of key figures of the war.

IV. In The Trenches

Work through these two sections:

Weapons of War (Note: there are 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

Read especially the following:

Vietnam: Few Heaven-Born Captains (David Hackworth)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/hackworth.html

An Amerasian Childhood in Da Nang
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/langworthy.html

The Vietnam War and Vietnam
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/chung.html

Why I Went to War (A Female Red Cross Worker)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/farish.html

The Volunteer
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/ehrhart.html

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

Make your choice from several wonderful suggestions.

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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/Vietnam

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: Two Days in October

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

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:

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

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

Read at least 5 of these firsthand accounts.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/stories/index.html

Enlisted Men in Vietnam
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/peopleevents/p_soldiers.html

Viet Cong Fighters
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/peopleevents/p_vietcong.html

Student Protestors
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/peopleevents/p_protest.html

Policing Student Demonstrations
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/peopleevents/p_police.html

Student Antiwar Protests and the Backlash
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/peopleevents/e_antiwar.html

Questioning Authority
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/peopleevents/e_questioning.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/Vietnam

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: Return with Honor

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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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/Vietnam

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: My Lai Trial

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

Questions for discussion
Opinion Polls

~~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/Vietnam

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: Patty Hearst Trial

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

~~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/Vietnam

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