NAACP Papers is one of History Vault’s top collections and it is an outstanding collection for the study of the civil rights movement. In this presentation use cases from universities are presented.
History vault-black-freedom-naacp-researchProQuest
ProQuest offers researchers an amazing collection of resources on the NAACP and the Black Freedom Movement. This presentation lists 75 topics that can be research using ProQuest History Vault and other ProQuest resources. Many of the 75 topics can be divided into multiple other topics. Several years ago, for example, in a discussion with one of our advisers, it was suggested that there should be a thesis or dissertation on almost every NAACP branch. there are more than 200 NAACP branches document in the NAACP Papers collection in History Vault.
Women Through Time - ProQuest History VaultProQuest
This document provides an overview of the ProQuest History Vault database. It summarizes that the database provides access to archival collections from various institutions across the United States, including the National Archives and Library of Congress. These archival records are unique unpublished documents that are organized to preserve the original archival context. The document describes some of the collections available in the database related to topics like slavery, the civil rights movement, women's rights, and the Vietnam War. It also outlines upcoming expansions to the database in 2013.
ProQuest History Vault Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizati...ProQuest
In October 2014, ProQuest published its latest module in ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2.
This module is highlighted by the records of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), records of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Africa-related papers of Claude Barnett, and the Robert F. Williams Papers.
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2 is the 9th module on ProQuest History Vault focusing on the 20th century fight for civil rights. It joins 2 earlier modules in the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century Series, as well as 6 modules of the NAACP Papers. With the publication of Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2, ProQuest History Vault now includes major collections on SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), arguably the four most important civil rights organizations of the 1960s.
The following slides show images from the collections in Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
History Vault Black Freedom and NAACP Use CasesProQuest
ProQuest offers various resources for researching topics related to the Black freedom struggle and civil rights movement in the 20th century, including the History Vault collections, newspapers, and ebooks. The document provides examples of four potential research topics - the Montgomery Bus Boycott, civil rights organizations and voting rights, African Americans in the military, and the 1963 March on Washington - and suggests relevant primary sources within ProQuest to investigate each topic.
ProQuest History Vault Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th CenturyProQuest
The document summarizes the contents of the ProQuest History Vault module "Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2". The module contains records from key civil rights organizations like SNCC and CORE, as well as papers of individuals involved in the movement like Robert F. Williams. It provides images and examples of primary sources within the collections.
History Vault Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the...ProQuest
Presentation showing documents in the History Vault module entitled Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. This module consists of 14 collections sourced by ProQuest from the Wisconsin Historical Society.Presentation showing documents in the History Vault module entitled Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. This module consists of 14 collections sourced by ProQuest from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Researching this pivotal event...ProQuest
On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 people participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. During the march, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, delivered his now famous “I have a dream” speech, a speech that 50 years later continues to be one of the most famous speeches in American History.
On the 50th anniversary of the March, ProQuest staff is looking back at the 1963 March via ProQuest History Vault
ProQuest offers several resources that can help students complete research on topics related to the Black freedom struggle and civil rights movement in the 20th century, including the ProQuest History Vault, Black Historical Newspapers, and the NAACP Papers. These collections contain primary sources from civil rights organizations, government records, personal papers, and African American newspapers that can be used to research topics such as the history of the NAACP and other organizations, important people and events in the civil rights movement, and forms of racial discrimination. The document provides 75 example research topics that could be explored using these ProQuest sources.
History vault-black-freedom-naacp-researchProQuest
ProQuest offers researchers an amazing collection of resources on the NAACP and the Black Freedom Movement. This presentation lists 75 topics that can be research using ProQuest History Vault and other ProQuest resources. Many of the 75 topics can be divided into multiple other topics. Several years ago, for example, in a discussion with one of our advisers, it was suggested that there should be a thesis or dissertation on almost every NAACP branch. there are more than 200 NAACP branches document in the NAACP Papers collection in History Vault.
Women Through Time - ProQuest History VaultProQuest
This document provides an overview of the ProQuest History Vault database. It summarizes that the database provides access to archival collections from various institutions across the United States, including the National Archives and Library of Congress. These archival records are unique unpublished documents that are organized to preserve the original archival context. The document describes some of the collections available in the database related to topics like slavery, the civil rights movement, women's rights, and the Vietnam War. It also outlines upcoming expansions to the database in 2013.
ProQuest History Vault Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizati...ProQuest
In October 2014, ProQuest published its latest module in ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2.
This module is highlighted by the records of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), records of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Africa-related papers of Claude Barnett, and the Robert F. Williams Papers.
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2 is the 9th module on ProQuest History Vault focusing on the 20th century fight for civil rights. It joins 2 earlier modules in the Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century Series, as well as 6 modules of the NAACP Papers. With the publication of Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2, ProQuest History Vault now includes major collections on SNCC, CORE, NAACP, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), arguably the four most important civil rights organizations of the 1960s.
The following slides show images from the collections in Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2
History Vault Black Freedom and NAACP Use CasesProQuest
ProQuest offers various resources for researching topics related to the Black freedom struggle and civil rights movement in the 20th century, including the History Vault collections, newspapers, and ebooks. The document provides examples of four potential research topics - the Montgomery Bus Boycott, civil rights organizations and voting rights, African Americans in the military, and the 1963 March on Washington - and suggests relevant primary sources within ProQuest to investigate each topic.
ProQuest History Vault Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th CenturyProQuest
The document summarizes the contents of the ProQuest History Vault module "Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Organizational Records and Personal Papers, Part 2". The module contains records from key civil rights organizations like SNCC and CORE, as well as papers of individuals involved in the movement like Robert F. Williams. It provides images and examples of primary sources within the collections.
History Vault Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the...ProQuest
Presentation showing documents in the History Vault module entitled Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. This module consists of 14 collections sourced by ProQuest from the Wisconsin Historical Society.Presentation showing documents in the History Vault module entitled Students for a Democratic Society, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement. This module consists of 14 collections sourced by ProQuest from the Wisconsin Historical Society.
1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Researching this pivotal event...ProQuest
On August 28, 1963, an estimated 250,000 people participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. During the march, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, delivered his now famous “I have a dream” speech, a speech that 50 years later continues to be one of the most famous speeches in American History.
On the 50th anniversary of the March, ProQuest staff is looking back at the 1963 March via ProQuest History Vault
ProQuest offers several resources that can help students complete research on topics related to the Black freedom struggle and civil rights movement in the 20th century, including the ProQuest History Vault, Black Historical Newspapers, and the NAACP Papers. These collections contain primary sources from civil rights organizations, government records, personal papers, and African American newspapers that can be used to research topics such as the history of the NAACP and other organizations, important people and events in the civil rights movement, and forms of racial discrimination. The document provides 75 example research topics that could be explored using these ProQuest sources.
American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971ProQuest
American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971 is part of ProQuest History Vault’s category of collections on American Politics and Society.
This module consists of a variety of collections from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections from the Chicago History Museum, as well as selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration.
One of the highlights of this module is the focus on American Indians in the first half of the 20th century, a period that has not been studied in as much detail as the calamitous 19th century.
The two major collections from the 20th Century are the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and records from the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes. In addition, there are a number of excellent collections on American Indians in the 19th century, with a focus on the interaction among white settlers, the U.S. Federal government and Indian tribes, particularly in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
Other records highlight the tensions caused by westward expansion of the post-Civil War years. A series of records on Indian Removal to the West rounds out this collection, consisting of letters and reports by Indian agents, government employees, individual Indians and other citizens about the removal process.
ProQuest offers many resources for researching topics related to the Black freedom struggle and civil rights movement in the 20th century, including the History Vault collections, newspapers, and ebooks. Specifically mentioned are the NAACP Papers and records from the FBI, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Congress of Racial Equality that provide primary sources on events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, African Americans in the military, voting rights efforts, and the 1963 March on Washington.
The document summarizes the activities of the University of Arkansas at Monticello chapter of the history honor society Phi Alpha Theta over the 2010-2011 school year. It describes events like visiting historic sites, volunteering with cemetery preservation projects, hosting speakers, and recognizing members' achievements. It concludes by thanking the faculty advisors for their support.
This document outlines the schedule and program details for the 2016 Graduate History Conference hosted by the History Graduate Student Association at Louisiana State University on March 4-5, 2016. The conference included several panels on Friday and Saturday covering various historical topics. Keynote speakers were Professor John D'Emilio on Friday evening and a panel discussion on teaching LGBT history on Saturday. The document provides titles and presenters for each panel session as well as biographical information about the keynote speakers.
AAPB as a Digital Library for Teaching Media LiteracyRyn Marchese
Webinar with Professors Kathryn Ostrofsky and Joshua Glick about using AAPB as a Digital Library for Teaching Media Literacy.
More information at https://americanarchivepb.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/upcoming-webinar-oct-16th-aapb-as-a-digital-library-for-teaching-media-literacy/.
History Connected Workshops and Institutes 2010-2011Kara Gleason
This document summarizes a grant-funded professional development program for middle and high school U.S. history teachers called "History Connected." The program focuses on the theme of "War, Society, State, and Citizenship" from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War. It includes school day seminars taught by historians, book discussion groups, and a summer institute providing learning opportunities, resources, and graduate credit or PDPs for participating teachers.
Students will learn about the many roles that Washington engaged in throughout his life and create their own “George Washington’s trunk” of objects that reflect these activities
Students will use primary images as a model for creating their own "display" of states and choosing a "centerpiece" that defines our nation today. This lesson can accompany the distance learning broadcast, Primarily George.
This document provides an overview of McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the United States during the 1950s. It discusses Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee, who accused many citizens of being communists or communist sympathizers. People were blacklisted or lost their jobs. The period led to fears and restrictions on free speech. It also references Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, which was an allegory for McCarthyism.
This document discusses using an inquiry-based approach to teach students about the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1956. It provides guidance on developing an essential question to focus the inquiry, such as "Why did Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat spark a national controversy?". Teachers are encouraged to have students explore this question by examining primary sources related to Parks' arrest and the launching of the bus boycott to understand why it became a matter of national importance. The document outlines steps for students to interrogate sources, consider different perspectives, and develop their writing skills to explain what they learned.
African American History Month Pictorial PresentationQHathawayHervey
The document outlines 7 themes and corresponding grade/course standards for teaching about the history of African Americans and the civil rights movement:
1. Themes cover early African history, slavery and suffering, progress from slavery to freedom, reconstruction and segregation, achievements and leaders, and the modern civil rights movement.
2. Standards address the development of the slave trade, the Dred Scott decision, the role of blacks in gaining freedom, the leadership and ideas of significant African Americans, and the importance of culture in the fight against segregation.
3. Additional standards examine racism in the late 19th century, key events and effects of the civil rights movement, and political, social, and cultural developments among African Americans
This document contains summaries of several sources related to the civil rights movement:
1) A book summary describing Philip Randolph's fight for civil rights through organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and establishing the Fair Employment Practice Committee.
2) Website summaries of BlackLivesMatter.com, created after Trayvon Martin's murder, and crmvet.org, a civil rights movement veteran-created site hosting first-hand accounts.
3) Article summaries about Title VII's role in combating workplace discrimination, and how a history lesson plan teaches about the civil rights and Black Power movements. Evaluations provide background on the authors.
This document provides resources for teaching about the 1969 moon landing, including sources and materials about the space race between the US and USSR. It discusses using documents and photographs in case studies and questions to analyze historical significance. Key concepts covered are technological development, military spending, and the leadership of Kennedy and Johnson. The document aims to help students understand the political and scientific factors that led the US to be the first to land on the moon.
Women's history secondary resources march 2011[1]mediaminx
The document provides resources for Women's History Month, including online databases that contain encyclopedia articles, primary sources, multimedia files, and lesson plans on topics like women's suffrage and equal rights. It lists several databases like Grolier Online, Facts on File Online, Gale, SIRS Knowledge Source, and World Book Online that contain these reference materials. It also includes some related websites for further information on celebrating Women's History Month.
This document summarizes a Teaching American History grant program that provides professional development for middle and high school U.S. history teachers. The three-year, $999,818 grant aims to improve teacher knowledge of history through seminars, book discussions, and summer institutes focusing on themes of equality, citizenship, war and society, and American cultural encounters. Teachers can receive honoraria of $1,600 or $800 for participating in various program elements, including seminars, discussions, and producing required work. Graduate credits are also available for participation.
This document discusses expanding archives to include zines created by radical women and girls. It provides examples of zine titles held in various collections and topics they cover such as fat empowerment, self-defense, and Palestine. It also notes that archives previously held materials like scrapbooks and diaries by girl activists before zines. Finally, it discusses the role of archivists as activists in creating and making accessible collections of radical materials.
Education was essential for African Americans to define their own culture after emancipation from slavery according to Foner's thesis. Education united former slaves and free black men while also establishing courageous community leaders to aid the progress towards total equal rights. Taking initiative to acquire wisdom through education with the aid of organizations and community despite opposition was central to achieving freedom and unity between North and South. The rapid educational progress of African Americans in the years after the Civil War represented "a century in a year."
The document summarizes key events and figures in the American civil rights movement from the late 1940s to the 1960s. It discusses the establishment of Jim Crow laws and the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision that legalized "separate but equal" facilities. It then outlines pivotal court cases and events that challenged segregation like the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 and Rosa Parks' 1955 arrest, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. The document continues detailing nonviolent protests, sit-ins, freedom rides and marches that aimed to integrate public spaces and gain voting rights, amid violent responses from authorities in some cities.
World Conflicts - 20th Century Military and Political Events. U.S. Military I...ProQuest
ProQuest® History Vault U.S. Military Intelligence Reports collection offers comprehensive documentation of developments and events in the key nations of the world during the period from World War I to the final campaigns of World War II. This presentation covers use cases for this exciting collection.
This document summarizes the implementation of the discovery service RULDiscovery at Regent's University London and how it has impacted information literacy instruction. It discusses how RULDiscovery was purchased in 2012 and implemented in 2013. While the discovery tool has made it easier for students to search, it has not diminished the need for information literacy instruction. The library has adapted its teaching methods to be more interactive, targeted, and flexible to teach important concepts like evaluating different source types, keywords, and peer-review within the context of using RULDiscovery.
American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971ProQuest
American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971 is part of ProQuest History Vault’s category of collections on American Politics and Society.
This module consists of a variety of collections from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections from the Chicago History Museum, as well as selected first-hand accounts on Indian Wars and westward migration.
One of the highlights of this module is the focus on American Indians in the first half of the 20th century, a period that has not been studied in as much detail as the calamitous 19th century.
The two major collections from the 20th Century are the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and records from the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes. In addition, there are a number of excellent collections on American Indians in the 19th century, with a focus on the interaction among white settlers, the U.S. Federal government and Indian tribes, particularly in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
Other records highlight the tensions caused by westward expansion of the post-Civil War years. A series of records on Indian Removal to the West rounds out this collection, consisting of letters and reports by Indian agents, government employees, individual Indians and other citizens about the removal process.
ProQuest offers many resources for researching topics related to the Black freedom struggle and civil rights movement in the 20th century, including the History Vault collections, newspapers, and ebooks. Specifically mentioned are the NAACP Papers and records from the FBI, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and Congress of Racial Equality that provide primary sources on events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, African Americans in the military, voting rights efforts, and the 1963 March on Washington.
The document summarizes the activities of the University of Arkansas at Monticello chapter of the history honor society Phi Alpha Theta over the 2010-2011 school year. It describes events like visiting historic sites, volunteering with cemetery preservation projects, hosting speakers, and recognizing members' achievements. It concludes by thanking the faculty advisors for their support.
This document outlines the schedule and program details for the 2016 Graduate History Conference hosted by the History Graduate Student Association at Louisiana State University on March 4-5, 2016. The conference included several panels on Friday and Saturday covering various historical topics. Keynote speakers were Professor John D'Emilio on Friday evening and a panel discussion on teaching LGBT history on Saturday. The document provides titles and presenters for each panel session as well as biographical information about the keynote speakers.
AAPB as a Digital Library for Teaching Media LiteracyRyn Marchese
Webinar with Professors Kathryn Ostrofsky and Joshua Glick about using AAPB as a Digital Library for Teaching Media Literacy.
More information at https://americanarchivepb.wordpress.com/2019/10/04/upcoming-webinar-oct-16th-aapb-as-a-digital-library-for-teaching-media-literacy/.
History Connected Workshops and Institutes 2010-2011Kara Gleason
This document summarizes a grant-funded professional development program for middle and high school U.S. history teachers called "History Connected." The program focuses on the theme of "War, Society, State, and Citizenship" from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War. It includes school day seminars taught by historians, book discussion groups, and a summer institute providing learning opportunities, resources, and graduate credit or PDPs for participating teachers.
Students will learn about the many roles that Washington engaged in throughout his life and create their own “George Washington’s trunk” of objects that reflect these activities
Students will use primary images as a model for creating their own "display" of states and choosing a "centerpiece" that defines our nation today. This lesson can accompany the distance learning broadcast, Primarily George.
This document provides an overview of McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the United States during the 1950s. It discusses Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee, who accused many citizens of being communists or communist sympathizers. People were blacklisted or lost their jobs. The period led to fears and restrictions on free speech. It also references Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, which was an allegory for McCarthyism.
This document discusses using an inquiry-based approach to teach students about the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1956. It provides guidance on developing an essential question to focus the inquiry, such as "Why did Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat spark a national controversy?". Teachers are encouraged to have students explore this question by examining primary sources related to Parks' arrest and the launching of the bus boycott to understand why it became a matter of national importance. The document outlines steps for students to interrogate sources, consider different perspectives, and develop their writing skills to explain what they learned.
African American History Month Pictorial PresentationQHathawayHervey
The document outlines 7 themes and corresponding grade/course standards for teaching about the history of African Americans and the civil rights movement:
1. Themes cover early African history, slavery and suffering, progress from slavery to freedom, reconstruction and segregation, achievements and leaders, and the modern civil rights movement.
2. Standards address the development of the slave trade, the Dred Scott decision, the role of blacks in gaining freedom, the leadership and ideas of significant African Americans, and the importance of culture in the fight against segregation.
3. Additional standards examine racism in the late 19th century, key events and effects of the civil rights movement, and political, social, and cultural developments among African Americans
This document contains summaries of several sources related to the civil rights movement:
1) A book summary describing Philip Randolph's fight for civil rights through organizing the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and establishing the Fair Employment Practice Committee.
2) Website summaries of BlackLivesMatter.com, created after Trayvon Martin's murder, and crmvet.org, a civil rights movement veteran-created site hosting first-hand accounts.
3) Article summaries about Title VII's role in combating workplace discrimination, and how a history lesson plan teaches about the civil rights and Black Power movements. Evaluations provide background on the authors.
This document provides resources for teaching about the 1969 moon landing, including sources and materials about the space race between the US and USSR. It discusses using documents and photographs in case studies and questions to analyze historical significance. Key concepts covered are technological development, military spending, and the leadership of Kennedy and Johnson. The document aims to help students understand the political and scientific factors that led the US to be the first to land on the moon.
Women's history secondary resources march 2011[1]mediaminx
The document provides resources for Women's History Month, including online databases that contain encyclopedia articles, primary sources, multimedia files, and lesson plans on topics like women's suffrage and equal rights. It lists several databases like Grolier Online, Facts on File Online, Gale, SIRS Knowledge Source, and World Book Online that contain these reference materials. It also includes some related websites for further information on celebrating Women's History Month.
This document summarizes a Teaching American History grant program that provides professional development for middle and high school U.S. history teachers. The three-year, $999,818 grant aims to improve teacher knowledge of history through seminars, book discussions, and summer institutes focusing on themes of equality, citizenship, war and society, and American cultural encounters. Teachers can receive honoraria of $1,600 or $800 for participating in various program elements, including seminars, discussions, and producing required work. Graduate credits are also available for participation.
This document discusses expanding archives to include zines created by radical women and girls. It provides examples of zine titles held in various collections and topics they cover such as fat empowerment, self-defense, and Palestine. It also notes that archives previously held materials like scrapbooks and diaries by girl activists before zines. Finally, it discusses the role of archivists as activists in creating and making accessible collections of radical materials.
Education was essential for African Americans to define their own culture after emancipation from slavery according to Foner's thesis. Education united former slaves and free black men while also establishing courageous community leaders to aid the progress towards total equal rights. Taking initiative to acquire wisdom through education with the aid of organizations and community despite opposition was central to achieving freedom and unity between North and South. The rapid educational progress of African Americans in the years after the Civil War represented "a century in a year."
The document summarizes key events and figures in the American civil rights movement from the late 1940s to the 1960s. It discusses the establishment of Jim Crow laws and the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision that legalized "separate but equal" facilities. It then outlines pivotal court cases and events that challenged segregation like the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954 and Rosa Parks' 1955 arrest, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Martin Luther King Jr. The document continues detailing nonviolent protests, sit-ins, freedom rides and marches that aimed to integrate public spaces and gain voting rights, amid violent responses from authorities in some cities.
World Conflicts - 20th Century Military and Political Events. U.S. Military I...ProQuest
ProQuest® History Vault U.S. Military Intelligence Reports collection offers comprehensive documentation of developments and events in the key nations of the world during the period from World War I to the final campaigns of World War II. This presentation covers use cases for this exciting collection.
This document summarizes the implementation of the discovery service RULDiscovery at Regent's University London and how it has impacted information literacy instruction. It discusses how RULDiscovery was purchased in 2012 and implemented in 2013. While the discovery tool has made it easier for students to search, it has not diminished the need for information literacy instruction. The library has adapted its teaching methods to be more interactive, targeted, and flexible to teach important concepts like evaluating different source types, keywords, and peer-review within the context of using RULDiscovery.
The document contains a chapter on periodicity of elements with 35 multiple choice questions about periodic tables, properties of elements, groups and periods. It tests knowledge of Mendeleev's periodic table, concepts like atomic number and mass, properties of groups including alkali metals and noble gases, and the discoveries of isotopes and electronic configuration that improved understanding of the periodic table. The answer key is provided at the end.
This document discusses what history is and why it is important to study. It defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. Key reasons to study history include: to understand the roots of our current culture, learn from past mistakes, examine trends that repeat throughout history, learn historical facts, and understand how society has been shaped over time. The document outlines that historians investigate the past through a variety of primary and secondary sources. Primary sources were created during the time period being studied, while secondary sources interpret and analyze primary sources.
Studying history provides several benefits. It develops strong research, communication, analytical, and ICT skills that are valuable for many careers and everyday life. History helps understand how societies change over time and provides context for current world issues. Studying historical events, documents, and sources enhances critical thinking and helps explain modern life, traditions, and identities. The skills learned from a history education are seen positively by employers and it prepares students for active participation in society.
1. The document discusses key concepts for studying history, including themes, interactions between societies, change and continuity over time, technology and demography, social and gender structures, and culture.
2. It also provides an outline called "PIRATES" to analyze different aspects of civilizations, including their politics, intellectual developments, religion, arts, technology, economics, and social structures.
3. The document encourages brainstorming about factors that influence history and analyzing where civilizations are located on maps in relation to geographic features.
This document discusses definitions and perspectives on education. It provides two definitions of education as the process of learning and acquiring information through both formal schooling and informal life experiences. The document also shares two quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. that characterize education as enabling one to think critically and discern truth, and that true education develops both intelligence and strong moral character.
The document discusses different definitions and concepts of education from various perspectives. It explores the etymological meaning of education, words used in other languages, synonyms, visual images, Indian concepts from ancient texts and thinkers, western concepts from philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, thinkers like Dewey, definitions from commissions and theorists, and the narrow vs broad meaning of education over time. It also examines the modern concept and process of education.
BLAIS: Barnard Library and Information Services 2013 Jenna Freedman
The document provides details on various research consultation topics, library instruction activities, staff news and accomplishments, collections additions, exhibits, presentations, publications, events, and professional contributions at Barnard College's library in 2013. Key details include over 2,400 students reached through instruction, the hiring of new staff and promotion of existing staff, additions of over 5,500 items to collections including zines and archives materials, and staff participating in conferences, publishing works, and taking on leadership roles in professional organizations.
Presentation slides for "Reparative Processing in the Digital Humanities Classroom," by Mattie Burkert and Kate Thornhill, presented at Digital Pedagogy Institute 2022.
This gathering is brought to you in partnership with federal, provincial and local libraries, archives and museums. This report covers participants expectations and feedback for the library and archives gathering hosted from December 6 and 8, 2017 at the Maskwacis Cultural College Library, Archives & Research Centre.
Tansi! welcome to INDG 2015. This term I’m opening up some aspects of the course to the public. So feel free to read along with whichever texts you can. I’ll post weekly versions of the course powerpoints, with links, discussion questions and summaries of the materials. Feel free to share your thoughts about (and/or artistic, audio-visual or other responses to) the week’s readings and concepts using the hashtag #INDG2015 on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If I have the capacity throughout the term, I may also upload some other materials as we go. We’re so excited to have you join us in thinking through these important ideas.
Development of a Graduate Certificate in Archives & Special Collections at So...Teresa S. Welsh
The document discusses the development of a Graduate Certificate in Archives & Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi School of Library and Information Science. It provides background on the SLIS program and describes the approval process for the certificate. The certificate consists of 18 credit hours of archival-related coursework including courses on history, theory, methods, organization, ethics, and a practicum. It aims to prepare students for careers as archivists and meet the increased interest and demand for archival training.
Washington State American Indian Educator's Conference March 2012. Project to share culturally relevant youth resources for Northwest Coastal and Inland Plateau tribes as well as Pan-Indian and Urban experiences.
Students will learn about the Newburgh Crisis and Washington’s Newburgh Address through primary and secondary sources, then write a persuasive essay that compares Washington’s character to a leader of their choosing who has overcome a difficult obstacle.
This document provides an overview of National History Day (NHD) in Washington state. It discusses what NHD is, how it works, the annual themes and project categories. Students research historical topics, analyze sources, and create exhibits, papers, performances or websites. Projects can be entered into local, regional, and state competitions. The document shares student stories and outlines the benefits of NHD, such as developing skills in research, critical thinking, and presentation. It provides a sample calendar and resources to help teachers implement NHD in their classrooms.
Using Primary Sources in the Social Studies Classroomlindsayoakes
This document discusses using primary sources in social studies classrooms and provides examples of a case study and student project on westward expansion in the United States. It encourages analyzing historical events from multiple perspectives by using primary sources to develop a richer understanding. Examples of primary sources on westward expansion are presented, along with questions historians ask to critically analyze primary sources by considering their context, purpose, and potential biases. The document concludes by discussing multigenre writing projects that have students creatively synthesize and present what they have learned from multiple historical sources.
Overview of the process C.O.P.S./Metro Alliance, a community organization in San Antonio, Texas, used to get their historical materials (archives) into a local university's Special Collections. Part of a panel presentation delivered at the 2014 Texas Library Association Annual Conference on April 8, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. Powerpoint slideshow file.
Naked - A Cultural History of American Nudism_140321221956.pdfSumni Uchiha
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4. NAACP Papers: Board of Directors, Annual Conferences, Major
Speeches, and National Staff Files
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14. ProQuest History Vault – NAACP Papers: Special Subjects
Use Case #1: Student in Africana Studies Department at Dickinson College writing
paper on NAACP’s relationship with Hollywood for “Writing in Africana Studies” class
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Use Case #2: College of Wooster – Independent Study Thesis.
Topic: The NAACP’s relationship with Black Nationalism and Black Power
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Use Case #4: University of California – Berkeley, History 124B: U.S. from WWII to the Great
Recession. Topic: NAACP and the Nixon Administration
17. ProQuest History Vault – NAACP Papers: Branch Department,
Branch Files and Youth Department Files
Use Case #1: Ph. D. student writing dissertation on NAACP Branch Department leaders
18. ProQuest History Vault – NAACP Papers: Branch Department,
Branch Files and Youth Department Files
Use Case #2: Ohio State University M.A. Student: Seminar in African American History
writing paper comparing NAACP branches in Ohio and Mississippi
Two pages from the new collateral piece that covers all 8 NAACP modules
Eric Arnesen
John Bracey
August Meier
Trademark collection for UPA
NAACP Papers is one of History Vault’s most high profile collections and it is an outstanding collection for the study of the civil rights movement. The NAACP is arguably the most important civil rights organization of the 20th century.
For students of women’s studies, one important fact about the NAACP is that many of its important leaders, both at the national and local level were women. Here we see a leader of the Chicago NAACP branch, Miss Josephine Fulton, a letter from Ella J. Baker, the director of branches in the 1940s, and longtime and influential NAACP regional director Ruby Hurley.
This document is from the NAACP 1963 annual convention. It shows the NAACP national officers and field secretaries in 1963, 8 of whom are women.
Over the years, the following women held key leadership roles in the NAACP. History Vault includes documents by or about each of them:
Mary White Ovington
Ruby Hurley
Juanita Jackson MitchellDaisy Lampkin
Daisy Bates
Ella Baker
Rosa Parks
Althea Simmons
Constance Baker Motley
Myrlie Evers
Lulu B. White
Mildred Bond
Bobbie Branche
June Shagaloff
Gertrude Gorman
Tarea Hall Pittman
Lucille Black
Now let’s turn to the content in the 3rd NAACP module – this went live on April 5, 2013. This module is The NAACP’s Major Campaigns—Scottsboro, Anti-Lynching, Criminal Justice, Peonage, Labor, and Segregation and Discrimination Complaints and Responses – these were the key early campaigns that built the foundation of the NAACP, allowing it to grow into one of the key civil rights organizations.
One of the highlights of this module are the documents on the Scottsboro case – one of the most important criminal cases of the 20th century.
The Scottsboro case began when nine black teenagers were accused of raping two white women who had hitched a ride on the same freight that the black teenagers were on. 16 days after they were arrested, 8 of the 9 were were sentenced to death in the electric chair. The young men escaped execution when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark decision of Powell v. Alabama that they had been inadequately represented by counsel. They had talked with their lawyers for less than 30 minutes before their trials began. There were several additional cases after Powell v. Alabama, including the landmark case of Norris v. Alabama in 1935, the Supreme Court again made another key ruling – overturning the verdict on the grounds of the complete absence of blacks from the jury lists.
Trials continued to be held in Alabama even after the decision in Norris v. Alabma and 5 of the 9 defendants were convicted in 1936 and 1937 despite the fact that one of the victims recanted her testimony. It was not until 1943 that these 5 men were released from prison.
The NAACP Papers pertaining to Scottsboro include correspondence among participating attorneys regarding
legal strategy, financing the case, and competition between the NAACP and the Communist Party. There are also many prison letters from the
Scottsboro defendants and communications with their parents and relatives. There is also a large body of legal documents relating to the five separate series of trials and appeals, including trial transcripts, bills of exception, appellate briefs, and copies of judicial decisions.
Here we see an early summary of the case by one of the local attorneys involved in the first set of cases and by the NAACP to the legendary attorney Clarence Darrow asking for his help in the case.
The second major topic covered in this module , very closely related to the Scottsboro files, is the NAACP’s campaign against lynching.
Lynching is defined in this content as a mob of three or more members who acted abitrarily and without legal standing to inflic injury and death upon a victim who may or may not have been guilty of some actual or imagined violation of law or local sensibilities.
From 1882 to 1964 there were 4,742 recorded lynchings in the United States, 3,445 of them black men and women. Mississippi had the most lynching with 539 black victims and an additional 42 whites.
The annual number of lynchings declined noticeably from the mid-1920s onward, and the NAACP began its campaign for a federal anti-lynching law in 1918.
The issue of lynching became a key issue around which the NAACP mobilized the black community and white allies. These included civil libertarians, industrial unionists, ethnic organizations, women’s groups, and other white liberals
Here we see a page from an NAACP report on lynching, and a letter from NAACP Secretary Walter White about a luncheon in honor of one the NAACP’s key investigators. White writes about how dangerous this work is and the need to keep the investigator’s name secret. Also notice that the price of the luncheon was 85 cents.
Here we see 2 more documents from the criminal justice series of records. On the left is a broadside for a meeting held by the Jersey City, New Jersey NAACP branch. During the meeting, Sam Buchanan told the story of his imprisonment in Georgia. And on the right, you see a press release describing the meeting. So these two documents are an example of the variety of document types researchers will find in the NAACP Papers. And on the bottom right is a telegram from Walter White to the Governor of Michigan regarding the possible extradition of Dove Ballard back to Alabama, and he refers to the inflamed tensions in Alabama since the Scottsboro case.
Beyond the criminal justice records, this third NAACP also includes material on complaints about segregation and exclusion in places of public accommodation and recreation between 1940 and 1955. Complaints involving hotels, clubs, hospitals, restaurants, parks, playgrounds, beaches, common carriers, and transportation depots poured into the NAACP national office from branches and individuals all across the country. In addition, there are a few small files that shed light on the fight against employment discrimination and a small series devoted to segregation in organized sports. Here we see a telegram regarding the desegregation of professional baseball by Jackie Robinson, and a letter regarding the important Supreme Court case Morgan v. Virginia, in which the Supreme Court overturned the Virginia law that required segregation on interstate carriers. The Morgan decision inspired other challenges to discrimination in transportation, and there are related files in other NAACP modules as well as the Black Freedom modules.
Here is an example from a 100 level class at the University of California-Berkeley, In this class History 124B: U.S. From WWII to the Great Recession, students will write a 10-12 page research paper on a topic of their choice within the scope of this course. The paper’s main argument and analysis must be based in primary-source research rather than in secondary sources, although secondary sources can be used for background information and for mining primary sources.
Using the NAACP Special Subjects collection, students could write about the NAACP’s troubled relationship with the Nixon administration. As part of his “southern strategy” to win votes in southern states, Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell of Florida and Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. of South Carolina to the U.S. Supreme Court. The NAACP opposed both nominees because of their poor records on civil rights and civil liberties. This edition of General Office Files contains materials on the NAACP’s successful campaigns to defeat these two nominees. The Carswell files (Reel 5, Frames 0261–0476) include NAACP press releases and correspondence by Roy Wilkins, John A. Morsell, and NAACP Washington Bureau director Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. expressing the reasons for the association’s opposition to Carswell. The NAACP regularly referred to a 1948 speech in which Carswell defended segregation, his participation in privatizing a Florida golf course in order to circumvent a desegregation order, and the fact that several of his decisions in school desegregation cases were reversed by higher courts. The Carswell files also include a press release by Bayard Rustin, executive director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, praising the work of the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the AFL-CIO in defeating Carswell. Files pertaining to Haynsworth’s nomination (Reel 5, Frames 0499–0986) also consist of NAACP press releases and other statements critical of Haynsworth. For example, there is an NAACP pamphlet entitled “Haynsworth is not ‘with it’” that emphasizes that several of his school desegregation decisions were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 1971, the NAACP again opposed the Nixon administration when Nixon nominated William Rehnquist for the U.S. Supreme Court. The files concerning Rehnquist’s nomination (Reel 6, Frames 0001–0109) include a report by the legislative representative of Americans for Democratic Action on several statements made by Rehnquist on school desegregation, civil rights legislation, privacy rights, demonstrators, and First Amendment rights. The report also mentions an incident in which Rehnquist allegedly intimidated voters at a polling place in 1964. There is also a memorandum from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and a statement by Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. before the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing Rehnquist’s nomination. Both the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and Mitchell cited a Rehnquist statement regarding discrimination in public accommodations and his opposition to school desegregation. Although the NAACP failed to defeat Rehnquist, these files are indicative of their strained relationship with President Nixon. Other materials pertaining to Nixon’s record on civil rights can be found in the “Government, Federal” files, the files of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the correspondence of John A. Morsell (Reel 16, Frame 0403), and the files of Roy Wilkins (Reel 20, Frames 0247–0340 and Reel 22, Frame 0062). Morsell’s files contain several letters from just prior to the 1972 election in which Morsell sharply denounces Nixon’s civil rights record.
The sixth NAACP module in History Vault’s NAACP Papers collections is the Branch Department, Branch Files, and Youth Department Files.
In this use case, a Ph.D. Student is writing a dissertation on the NAACP Branch Department leaders. There are many angles the student could take in this dissertation. First, the branch department files contain significant documentation on Gloster B. Current who was the NAACP director of Branches for a 30 year period from 1946-1976. He oversaw a huge growth in branches and memberships and his overall administration of the branch department are clearly documented in the papers
Current established the regional office network, beginning in the late 1940s, in order to provide a full-time professional staff to link the local branches with the NAACP’s national headquarters in New York. Current required his field staff to submit detailed monthly and annual reports summarizing their activities; the status of NAACP initiatives in school desegregation, employment, housing, political action, legal defense, memberships, and fund-raising; and any other major developments in their areas.
It is also possible to study the work of the regional staff in detail.
Regional staff performed many roles. They provided leadership training and ready access to the NAACP legal staff at a time when the association was expanding its legal operations. Regional officers also worked to increase membership, establish new branches, raise money, and maintain good relationships with the media. In fulfilling these duties, regional officers traveled widely among local black communities, recording a substantial amount about local NAACP leaders and campaigns. Among the regional officers whose activities are well documented in this microfilm edition are Donald Jones, U. Simpson Tate, Noah W. Griffin, Franklin H. Williams, Ruby Hurley, and Tarea Hall Pittman. The careers of Hurley and Pittman are particularly significant because they reveal the important leadership roles played by women in the struggle for civil rights. The Regional Office Files not only reveal the interaction between the local and national levels of the NAACP but also illustrate the extent to which each branch pursued a local agenda. Because of this local variation, the reports of the regional officers each have slightly different emphases. For example, on the West Coast, NAACP leaders showed substantial concern for charges of communist influence within their organization. The NAACP did all it could to distance itself from the Communist Party and other radical left-wing organizations. In the northern and midwestern states, where de facto rather than de jure segregation was generally the rule, the desegregation of housing and recreational facilities emerged as major NAACP campaigns.
The Southeast Regional Office was led by Ruby Hurley from its founding in 1951 until her retirement in 1979.
The West Coast Regional Office covered the states of Arizona,
California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. It was led during this period by Regional Director Leonard H. Carter and Field Director and Legislative Advocate Virna M. Canson
Also possible to study local leaders, many of whom were women:
These include Daisy Bates from Arkansas; Vivienne R. Chisholm and June T. Tennille from the District of Columbia; Fannie Fullerwood from Saint Augustine, Florida; Osceola A. Dawson and Helen L. Phelps from Kentucky; Doretha A. Combre from Louisiana; Lillie M. Jackson and Juanita Jackson Mitchell from Baltimore, Maryland; Vera Mae Pigee from Mississippi; Modjeska M. Simkins from South Carolina; and Lulu B. White and Christia V. Adair from Texas. At the regional level, Ruby Hurley was one of the NAACP’s most dynamic leaders
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Branch files
In a March 3, 1960, telephone conversation with NAACP national branch director Gloster B. Current, Cincinnati branch president William Bowen explained the branch’s decision to picket Cincinnati Woolworth and Kress stores. Bowen said that in part the pickets were initiated to support the sit-in movement in the South, but it was also done because there were no African American employees in thirteen Kress and Woolworth stores in the Cincinnati area. The branch used the momentum from these demonstrations to launch actions against other companies with discriminatory employment practices. In 1961, efforts primarily focused on The Coca-Cola Company. As of May 18, 1961, Coca-Cola employed only two African Americans, both as janitors. The branch demonstrated at Coca-Cola’s factory in Cincinnati and at grocery stores selling Coca-Cola. The slogan for the campaign was “It’s No Joke,
We’re Not Buying Coke.” In addition to the campaign against Coca-Cola, the branch also instituted boycotts against the Avondale-Berling Dairies, the Canada Dry Bottling Company, and the McAlpin Company.
The Coahoma County, Mississippi, branch is one of the best documented branches in this edition (Reel 10, Frame 0012 through Frame 0296). These files contain regular reports and correspondence about the freedom movement in Coahoma County written by branch leader Aaron Henry. Henry, a Clarksdale businessman and pharmacist, was one of the NAACP’s many courageous and dynamic local leaders. In addition to leading the Coahoma County branch, in 1960, Henry was selected president of the Mississippi State Conference of NAACP branches, and in 1962 he helped to bring the Council of Federated Organizations to Coahoma County. Henry was also a key figure in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, a political party originally formed to challenge the segregationist Mississippi delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Topics covered in Henry’s reports and correspondence include an NAACP-led boycott of Clarksdale businesses, civil rights demonstrations, voter registration, and harassment and arrests of Henry and other local activists. Other records in the Coahoma County files include letters to the mayor of Clarksdale listing movement demands, testimony by Henry on conditions in Mississippi before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, a detailed summary of events in Clarksdale entitled “The Clarksdale Story,” and a report on economic conditions in the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta. Additional material on NAACP activity in Coahoma County, particularly the activities of Aaron Henry, can also be found in other parts of UPA’s Papers of the NAACP. These include Supplement to Part 4, Voting Rights General Office Files, 1956–1965; Supplement to Part 16, Board of Directors Files, 1956–1965; Part 20: White Resistance and Reprisals; Part 21: NAACP Relations with the Modern Civil Rights Movement; Part 22: Legal Department Administrative Files, 1956–1965; and Part 23: Legal Department Case Files, 1956–1965, Series A: The South.