This is a guest post from Kelly Grotrian, an American History teacher at East Brunswick High School in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Far and away my favorite Google App for Education is Google Forms. Forms allows you to present a variety of primary sources to students in an organized fashion and to collect data on…
Wilmington, North Carolina 1898 New York City 1900 Atlanta, Georgia 1906 Springfield, Illinois 1908 East St. Louis, Illinois 1917 Chicago 1919 U.S. 1919 Ocoee, Florida 1920 Tulsa, Oklahoma 1921 Rosewood, Florida 1923 Harlem, New York 1935 & 1943 & 1964 Mississippi 1962 Watts, Los Angeles 1965 Detroit, Michigan 1967 Washington D.C. 1968 Los Angeles -Rodney…
Curated set of primary sources and other resources related to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) The NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom primary source set, includes teacher’s guide NAACP image set Historical newspaper coverage National Negro Committee 1910 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People articles from the Broad Ax 1895-1922…
Harlem Renaissance primary source set, includes teacher’s guide Harlem Renaissance primary source iBook Harlem Renaissance recollections: oral history Harlem Renaissance online exhibition Harlem Renaissance artists The Harlem Community Art Center and the WPA The Whites Invade Harlem WPA life history captured 1938 Harlem rent parties WPA life history captured 1939 Related resources Learning from the Source: The Negro Speaks…
Barack Obama first inauguration primary source set January 20, 2009 Barack Obama second inauguration primary source set January 21, 2013 President-Elect Obama To Take Oath of Office on Lincoln-Inaugural Bible News from the Library of Congress December 23, 2008 The Lincoln Bible used by Barack Obama at his first inauguration The Book Lincoln and Obama Have In Common video…
Archived web site: Official Campaign Web Site – George W. Bush George W. Bush inauguration primary source set January 20, 1989 Foreign Affairs oral histories mentioning George W. Bush Reports related to George W. Bush The dot-com bubble, the Bush deficits, and the U.S. current account 2005 After the re-election of President Bush : an outlook on…
Bill Clinton first inauguration primary source set January 20, 1993 Bill Clinton second inauguration primary source set January 20, 1997 Bob Hope and President Bill Clinton at National Medal of Arts presentations on the South Lawn of the White House October 5, 1995 Bill Clinton image set President Clinton mentions in the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection Bill Clinton…
Argentina primary source set from the World Digital Library Argentina images Videos related to Argentina Argentina maps Argentina songs Argentinian literary recordings Argentina books and documents (English & Spanish) U.S. historical newspaper articles mentioning Argentina Service in Argentina: U.S. veteran oral histories Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection interviews mentioning Argentina U.S. legislation related to Argentina Guide to…
Arctic Region maps Arctic image set Arctic Circle image set Foreign Affairs oral histories mentioning the Arctic Arctic sheet music Books related to the Arctic Books related to the Arctic Circle U.S. legislation related to the Arctic Arctic Circle historic newspaper coverage Arctic Region Library of Congress Places in the News November, 2011 Arctic National…
Panama country study Panama timeline BBC Panama: Places in the News Panama primary source set from the World Digital Library Panama images Panama films & webcasts Panama maps Panama songs Panamanian literary recordings Panama documents and books U.S. historical newspaper articles mentioning Panama through 1922 Service in Panama: U.S. veteran oral histories Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection…
Navajo image set More Navajo images Navajo books, reports & other documents Indian (Navajo) Land Cessions in the U.S. 1784-1894 Historical newspaper coverage: Navajo Indians The Navajo mentions in personal narratives Navajo related oral history audio recordings Oral history stories of the Long Walk Navajo code talkers veterans oral histories Code Talkers historical newspaper articles Navajo…
New Orleans at 300: The Crescent City’s Tricentennial Inside Adams blog January 9, 2018 Sheet Music Spotlight: New Orleans Turns 300 In The Muse October 4, 2018 War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans America’s Library Winning the Battle of New Orleans January 8, 1815 America’s Library The Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Folklife Today blog January 8,…