Annotated u.s. history technology resources

U.S. H-1

United States History Standard 1:
Foundations of American Political and Social Thought
Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its
attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of
Independence.

WEBSITE: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

ANNOTATION: This site is a repository for historical documents that are easily
accessed by the user. These key documents represent U.S. political and diplomatic
history from pre-colonial times to the present.

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Independence.

WEBSITE: http://www.loc.gov/index.html

ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site is an outstanding for searching primary
and secondary documents, exhibits, map collections, prints and photographs, sound
recordings and motion pictures. The Library of Congress also offers a learning page that
provides activities, tools, ideas, and features for educators and students.

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Independence.

WEBSITE: http://dohistory.org/

ANNOTATION: Do History is an interactive site that presents students with historical
documents and engages them in the art of "doing" history. Based upon the 200 year old
diary of colonial midwife Martha Ballard, Do History includes a searchable copy of
Ballard's diary and thousands of original documents. Do History was developed and is
maintained by the Film Study Center at Harvard University and is hosted and maintained
by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University.

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Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-
to-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe.

WEBSITE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

ANNOTATION: This site provides an online textbook with primary source material and
recommended lessons. It provides multimedia resources and links for teaching American
history and conducting basic research, while focusing on slavery, ethnic history, private
life, technological achievement, and American film. It presents more than 600 documents
pertaining to American politics, diplomacy, social history, slavery, Mexican American
history, and Native American history. It is a valuable site for high school students and
teachers looking for comprehensive guidance from professional historians on the current
state of debate on many topics in American history.

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Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral,
social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty.

WEBSITE: http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=974

ANNOTATION: This site provides a lesson plan to instruct about the Great Awakening.
Web links are given and lesson plans are articulated for easy implementation.

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WEBSITE: http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/vclassroom/vclasscontents.html

ANNOTATION: This site offers the opportunity for an interactive project. The Valley
of the Shadow depicts two communities, one Northern (Franklin County, Pennsylvania)
and one Southern (Augusta County, Virginia), through the experience of the American
Civil War. Students explore the conflict via the thousands of sources for the period
before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin
County, Pennsylvania. They can write their own histories or reconstruct the histories of
others. The project is intended for secondary schools, community colleges, libraries, and
universities.

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WEBSITE: http://www.civil-war.net/

ANNOTATION: This site is a very comprehensive collection of the Civil War.
Primary source documents, films, photo galleries and a database of links offer excellent
tools for research.

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WEBSITE: http://www.gilderlehrman.org/

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This site is sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It offers
lessons, quizzes, activities and primary source documents on a variety of topics including
the reconstruction era.

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WEBSITE: http://wps.ablongman.com/long_carnes_an_11/0,7137,251530-,00.html

ANNOTATION: This site includes the student resources section of The American
Nation companion web site and features introductions to chapters, interactive quizzes,
flashcards, web links, an American History Glossary, and an American History
Appendix.

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WEBSITE: http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/index_cook.php?CISOROOT=/cook

ANNOTATION: This site depicts the African American people at the turn of the
nineteenth century. These photos are from the 1860s – 1930’s and exhibit the life of
these Virginians.

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Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth
century.

WEBSITE: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html

ANNOTATION: This web site provides text, photos, links, and video clips about
American imperialism at the turn of the century. It also includes a critical-thinking lesson
plan to help students understand what motivated the United States to adopt expansionism
and imperialism in the nineteenth century.

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century.

WEBSITE: http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/teacher.html#Outline

ANNOTATION: This web site "The Age of Imperialism" combines an engaging
narrative with the broad resources available to students on the Internet. A teacher could
use this chapter in place of a standard textbook treatment of nineteenth-century American
expansionism, or you can use it to supplement existing Social Studies materials.

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century.

WEBSITE: http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Progressivism.shtml

ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress web site focuses on immigration. It contains
student activities, educator guides, photos and links to useful resources. The presentation
was answers these essential questions: "Why did each immigrant group come to the
United States?" and "How did United States government policies and programs affect
immigration patterns?"

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century.

WEBSITE: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

ANNOTATION: This Smithsonian website uses Flash video and text to examine armed
conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each conflict
contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. The World War I
section contains a short essay on the conflict as well as historic images and artifacts.

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century.

WEBSITE: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/nfhtml/

ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress has sound recordings of speeches by
American leaders from 1918 to 1920. The speeches focus on issues and events
surrounding the First World War and the subsequent presidential election of 1920.
It also has artifacts from this period.

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century.

WEBSITE: http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/great-war-evaluating-treaty-versailles

ANNOTATION: This site has a lesson plan that provides many resources and
documents. Students are asked to analyze the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and then
analyze the German response. The lesson plan includes a copy of the treaty and Hitler's
1923 response. This is a High school level lesson plan.

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Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural
developments of the 1920s.

WEBSITE: http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/clash/default.htm

ANNOTATION: This site is informative and provides interesting information on
cultural tensions between the transition from 1910-1920. It gives images, documents,
commentary and photos on prohibition, immigration, the KKK, the New Woman, and the
Scopes Trial.

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WEBSITE: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html

ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site features materials from the 1920's that
illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer
economy, and the role of government in this transition.

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WEBSITE: http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html

ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress site features materials from the 1920's that
illustrate the prosperity of the Coolidge era, the nation's transition to a mass consumer
economy, and the role of government in this transition.

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WEBSITE: http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/scholars/mainscholars.html

ANNOTATION: This site is a repository for primary source documents, commentaries
and abstracts on the history of women in the United States. Suffragists, Native
Americans and prominent women in the early days of the movement are featured.
It includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools.
on the history of women social and political movements.

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Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New
Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.

WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/

ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by PBS and is an excellent resource for students
and teachers. It focuses on the FDR era and provides a resource guide with primary
sources, audio interviews, television program transcripts, and a teacher’s guide. Special
features include an FDR video biography, and a chance to vote on the issues in 1936.

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WEBSITE: http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm

ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Foundation. It is a comprehensive database of materials called the “New Deal Network “.
The site features 20,000 items including photographs, speeches, letters, documents, and
exercises from the New Deal era.

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WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/breadline/

ANNOTATION: This site is explores the massive unemployment in America during the
Depression and offers interviews, a timeline, and a teacher's guide. This site is sponsored
by PBS and was originally a television special.

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WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/

ANNOTATION: This site is examines the region in the Southwest renamed the "Dust
Bowl" because of a catastrophic eight-year drought. It includes a time line, maps,
eyewitness accounts, New Deal remedies, people and events from the era, and a teacher's
guide.

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WEBSITE: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/a-tale-of-two-leaders/

ANNOTATION: This site is examines the region in the Southwest renamed the "Dust
Bowl" because of a catastrophic eight-year drought. It includes a time line, maps,
eyewitness accounts, New Deal remedies, people and events from the era, and a teacher's
guide.

WEBPAGE: This site is sponsored by the New York Times. This particular lesson plan
allows students to use resources from The New York Times to compare the
circumstances under which the Great Depression came about to the current economic
crisis.

U.S. H-26

Students analyze America’s participation in World War II.

WEBSITE: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm

ANNOTATION: The Second World War is a Spartacus Educational website and
enables one to research individual people and events of the war in detail. The sources are
"hypertexted" so that the visitor can research the newspaper, organization that produced
the source. There are several subsections including those on: Background to the War;
Nazi Germany, Chronology of the War, Political Leaders, European Diplomacy, Major
Offensives, British Military Leaders, USA Military Leaders, German Military Leaders,
Japanese Military Leaders, The Armed Forces, The Air War, The Resistance, Scientists
& Inventors, War at Sea, Resistance in Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, War Artists,
Weapons and New Technology.

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WEBSITE: http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm

ANNOTATION: This site serves as a gateway to World War II sites appropriate for
students and teachers. Links revolve around the following topics: The Rise of Fascism-
Germany, Italy and Japan, Holocaust, Pearl Harbor and America's Response, D-Day and
the War in the Pacific, The Home Front, Plans for Peace and the Atomic Bomb,
Personalities, Literature, Propaganda, Women in the War, and Miscellaneous. The site
leads you to movie clips, virtual tours, stories of the war, biographies, films, photographs,
a links, and even a test.

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WEBSITE: http://www.recollectionsofwwii.co.uk/

ANNOTATION: Recollections of WWII is a directory of oral history collections which
contain recorded memories of individuals who lived through WWII. The collections
include interviews with servicemen and women from many nations, evacuees and
refugees, people who experienced the home front, and Holocaust survivors. Some
collections offer the opportunity to download transcripts, listen to MP3s, or watch videos
interviews. The site is independent and non-profit and has been created to provide a
resource for historians, students and researchers who wish to learn about the war from
those who experienced it.

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WEBSITE: http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/

ANNOTATION: This Smithsonian website integrates Flash video and text to examine
armed conflicts involving the U.S. from the Revolutionary War to the war in Iraq. Each
conflict contains a brief video clip, statistical information, and a set of artifacts. There is
also a Civil War mystery, an exhibition self-guide, and a teacher's guide. The World War
II section contains an introductory movie and short essay on the conflict as well as
historic images and artifacts.

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WEBSITE: http://www.ww2sci-tech.org/lessons/lessons.html

ANNOTATION: This site explores the technology advancements during World War II.
The National World War II Memorial has 8000 objects directly related to science and
technology. This impressive exhibit contains an animated timeline, activities such as
sending encrypted messages, expert audio responses to science and technology questions,
lesson plans, a quiz, introductory essays, and more. The lesson plans include: Moon
Phases and Tides in Planning the D-Day Invasion; How Waves Helped Win the War:
Radar and Sonar; and Math in WWII Application Questions.

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WEBSITE: http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii/

ANNOTATION: This Web Quest simulates the decision-making process that went into
President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The commentary of
the decision makers and a lesson plan is included.

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WEBSITE: http://chalk.richmond.edu/education/projects/webquests/wwii/

ANNOTATION: This site concentrates on Franklin Delano’s decision to institute
Japanese Internment. Lesson plans are included along with audio, video and narrations.
This site requires a subscription , but is free to schools and libraries.

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WEBSITE: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/

ANNOTATION: This student produced site on the Holocaust has projects, quizzes, and
an interactive timeline. Students can contribute art, poetry and essays to a living
memorial to victims of the Holocaust.

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Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II.

WEBSITE: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/mex_am/index.cfm

ANNOTATION: This web site is devoted to the history of Mexican American
immigration. It includes the contribution of Mexican Americans through interactive
activities, web links, primary source documents and biographies. It includes handouts for
use in the classroom. There are not many web sites devoted to this topic and this
particular site does an excellent job of demonstrating how Mexican Americans helped to
transform port-World War II society in the United States.

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WEBSITE: http://www.justicelearning.org/

ANNOTATION: This web site includes articles, editorials and oral debates from the
civil rights era. It includes curricular material from The New York Times Learning
Network for high school teachers and detailed information about how each of the
institutions of democracy (the courts, the Congress, the presidency, the press and the
schools) affect this issue. Lesson plans include: “Race & Education”,
”Whitewashing? History: Exploring Topics of Civil Rights from 1948-1964”,
”Birmingham Blues: Exploring the History of the American Civil Rights Struggle
Through Poetry”, “Civil Services: Exploring the Lasting Impact of the Civil Rights
Movement”, “Learning the Hard Way: Examining School Segregation Around the
World”, “Revisiting 'Separate but Equal': Examining School Segregation 45 Years After
Brown v. Board of Education.”

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WEBSITE: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/robinson/intro.html

ANNOTATION: This website sponsored by the Library of Congress has students
analyze primary sources from Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights,
1860s-1960s in American Memory. By reading two documents relating to Jackie
Robinson's breaking of the racial barrier in professional baseball, students will explore
racism in sports. The reading level can accommodate struggling readers.

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WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/

ANNOTATION: This website sponsored by Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBS)
examines the struggle of farm workers. Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement
is presented in both English and Spanish and features audio excerpts from Chavez
himself and an interview with his brother.

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Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II.

WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/peoplescentury/episodes/fallout/

ANNOTATION: This site by PBS examines the atomic age in the Cold War era. It
includes PBS episodes, a timeline, a thematic view and a teacher’s guide.

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WEBSITE: http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/

ANNOTATION: This site was created by former Alhambra High School teacher, Doug
Prouty. The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb provides information on the men who built
the Atomic Bomb and the urgency and circumstances surrounding its construction.
Categories include: Timeline, Competition, Exodus of Scientists, Physics, Those
Responsible, Research, Lesson Plans, and Resources.

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WEBSITE: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photos/av-photo.htm

ANNOTATION: This site is an excellent resource on Truman’s domestic and foreign
policy. Sample lesson plans can be found in the "Teacher Resource" portion of the
"Education" section of the Web site.

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WEBSITE: http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm

ANNOTATION: This site presents the Space Race as a product of the Cold War era. It
is a virtual exhibition and archive sponsored by the National Air and Space Museum.

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WEBSITE: http://vietnam.vassar.edu/

ANNOTATION: This site provides a comprehensive look at the Vietnam War. Primary
source documents, audio and video clips are contained and it is an excellent resource for
study of this era of United States foreign policy.

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WEBSITE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html

ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by PBS and takes a multi-media look at key
events and people who were significant in the Vietnam era. This site allows viewing of
Vietnam documentaries and other films. A teacher’s guide is included.

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Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights.

WEBSITE: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/index

ANNOTATION: This site is maintained by Stanford University and explores historical
information about Dr. King and the social movements in which he participated. It is an
excellent site for research as papers, speeches, sermons, books, scholarly articles, a
biography and a chronology are included.

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WEBSITE: http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/civil/

ANNOTATION: This site requires the teacher to sign-up, but it is free and worth the
effort. It features an impressive array of audio, video, and text sources from Frontline and
American Experience shows, Eyes on the Prize, and other sources. It also has an
interactive Civil Rights movement timeline and four lesson plans: Campaigns for
Economic Freedom/Re-Examining Brown/Taking a Stand/Understanding White
Supremacy.

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WEBSITE: http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/index.html

ANNOTATION: This site is a repository of the history of women in the United States.
The suffragist movement and women’s political issues are features. Current events that
affect women are also contained in this site.

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WEBSITE: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/suffrage/

ANNOTATION: This Library of Congress lesson plan utilizes close analysis of three
different primary sources (photos, broadsides and period articles) to explore the fight for
women's suffrage in terms of how and why women advocated change. Designed activities
focus on what inferences can be made from primary sources and how to evaluate the
efficacy of suffragists' arguments in the time period they were made.

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Students analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary
American society.

WEBSITE: http://edtechteacher.org/socialmobility.html

ANNOTATION: This group audio blogging activity calls on students to compare social
mobility and social inequality in America today with the "Gilded Age" of the late 19th
century. Voice thread is the software application that is used to blog and it costs $70.00
if you want to use it other than this activity.

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American society.

WEBSITE: http://www.cis.org/

ANNOTATION: This site is sponsored by the Center for Immigration. It features
current information regarding immigrant population, research on immigration and current
events and concerns regarding immigrant communities.

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American society.

WEBSITE: http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?
keywords=lessons+on+poverty&media=lesson

ANNOTATION: This site contains a compilation of teacher created lessons to share on
the war on poverty and other contemporary issues. There are over 200,000 free plans on
this site.

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