Website Spotlight: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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

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

~~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/The+1920s

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: Andrew Johnson

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

Opinions of Senators

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

~~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/Reconstruction

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: John Brown Trial

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

Brown on Brown and the Secret Six

~~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/The+1850s

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

Website Spotlight: Clinton Impeachment

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

From Monica to "Handsome" (letters from her to President Clinton)

Lewinsky's Hellish Day

~~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/Clinton

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: Barbary Wars

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

Online Exhibition at the Clements Library (University of Michigan)

"The Barbary Wars at the Clements"

Work your way through these tabs on the left sidebar:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



Website Spotlight: Lewis and Clark

Website URL: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

The following parts of this website are those I use in class:

The Corps
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_corp.html

To Equip an Expedition
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_equ.html

Circa 1803
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/idx_cir.html

Native Americans: Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/native/index.html

The Journals
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/archive/idx_jou.html

Sacagawea
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/living/idx_4.html

York's Experience
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/living/idx_5.html

Into the Unknown:

Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.html

Play Game
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/idx_game.html

Interactive Trail Map
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/trailmap/index.html


Kudos and Website review:

Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (PBS Ken Burns)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/22867

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