A great site for studying for US History exams and Regents!
http://www.regentsprep.org
Geography and more!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Laurens Central School's Home Page
http://www.laurenscs.org
Colonial Williamsburg virtual field trip. A visit from your armchair to one
of the premier museums in America. Experience 18th Century life via the
computer!
http://www.history.org/history
A virtual tour of an ancient Roman villa.
http://www.villa-rustica.de/tour/toure.html
The Library of Congress. Hundreds of exhibits and items to learn about U.S.
History and society. This .gov site should be considered very reliable and
a "must see" for research projects.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/
The National Gallery of Art. Check out the "On-line Tours" page.
http://www.nga.gov
The David M. Robinson Collection of Antiquities at the University of
Mississippi. The paintings and artifacts on this site represent the fields
of archeology, art, anthropology, history, and decorative arts from ancient
Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/classics/museums.html
The burning of the Capitol building in The War of 1812. This abolitionists
1817 engraving is seen as "divine Judgement. Titled "A View of the Capitol
of the United States after the Conflagration in 1814" done by the artist
Jesse Torre 1817.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/kkfrty6.jpg
In defense of slavery, this political cartoon shows the "benefits" of
slavery. The southern press espoused the "paternal nature" of slavery and
preached that slavery fed and clothed otherwise "heathen" blacks.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3b30000/3b36000/3b36700/3b36701r.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/082_slave.html&h=640&w=410&sz=48&tbnid=ZJtMWjKQXCYJ:&tbnh=135&tbnw=86&hl=en&start=18&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsl
This Civil War era photograph has been labeled the "Map of Servitude." It
shows the harsh physical abuse that many slaves were forced to endure in
slavery. One might venture to say that a photograph does not lie.
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/%A5Artist%20GIF%20Images/Slave-Louisiana-1863.jpg
In 1850, Congress passed this controversial law, which allowed slave-hunters
to seize alleged fugitive slaves without due process of law and prohibited
anyone from aiding escaped fugitives or obstructing their recovery. The law
threatened the safety of all blacks, slave and free, and forced many
Northerners to become more defiant in their support of fugitives.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/s33a.1.jpg
A slave auction advertisement. Slave traders used broadsides to advertise
the sale of human beings. Broadsides provided prospective buyers with
information on the sex, age, and skills of the slave, and prices were based
on these qualities. By the 1850's, an experienced field worker could sell
for more than fifteen hundred dollars; a skilled artisan was worth more than
three thousand dollars.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chicagohs.org/AOTM/nov97/graphics/ichi2200.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.chicagohs.org/AOTM/nov97/nov97fact2a.html&h=301&w=380&sz=38&tbnid=yBaXEQFDJy4J:&tbnh=94&tbnw=119&hl=en&start=353&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslave%26
From the very beginning of the Atlantic slave trade, conversion of the
slaves to Christianity was viewed by the emerging nations of Western
Christendom as a justification for enslavement of Africans. When Portuguese
caravels returned from the coast of West Africa with human booty in the
fifteenth century, Gomes Eannes De Azurara, a chronicler of their
achievements, observed that "the greater benefit" belonged not to the
Portuguese adventurers but to the captive Africans, "for though their bodies
were now brought into some subjection, that was a small matter in comparison
of their souls, which would now possess freedom for evermore."
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cultural-expressions.com/slave/runaway.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cultural-expressions.com/slave/slave.htm&h=295&w=208&sz=24&tbnid=dhVXZlFsuIAJ:&tbnh=111&tbnw=78&hl=en&start=520&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslave%26start
"Timetable of the Lowell Girls." Southern slaveowners often implied that
their treatment of slaves was no worse than, and in fact, better than the
treatment of those working in northern and English factories. This time
table seems to bolster their argument.
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/americanstudies/lavender/graphics/ttable.jpg
A "Lowell Girls Peom" comparing life in the textile mill with slavery.
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/americanstudies/lavender/lowetext.html#1834poem
A proslavery view of plantation life titled, "Negro Village on a Southern
Plantation." This woodcut shows a happy slave family dancing and singing,in
an 1852 magazine.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/proslav/prhp.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/proslav/prhp.html&h=299&w=330&sz=74&tbnid=3pd7I4UMMiwJ:&tbnh=103&tbnw=114&hl=en&start=20&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dproslavery%26sv
This site is a collection of some of the most famous and most memorable
quotes of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is one of history's spectacular orators.
His words are lyrical and poetic. This collection refers to everything from
views on slavery to views on education.
http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln78.html
Civil Rights. Test your knowledge of the Civil Rights era with this fourteen
question quiz!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/king/quiz.html
This "National Geographic" site takes you on an interactive trip on the
Underground Railroad. The participant is given situations and choices that
will allow you to either continue the journey or be returned to the master.
The site is meant for middle school students but its information and unique
discernment of knowledge makes this a valuable visit for all learners.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad
News articles and illustrations from "Harpers Weekly" on the slave trade,
slavery,the Dred Scott case, John Brown's raid, and abolitionists. These
primary documents lets the scholar explore the issues of the day in the
context of the news that surrounded it. An excellent site for study or
interest.
http://www.harpersweekly.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/1/products_id/71
Primary sources on Emancipation and the Civil War assembled by the Freedman
and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland. This excellent
site allows the browser to peruse through hundreds of original artifacts to
learn about the era.
http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/
Edited versions of slave narratives including Venture Smith and Olaudah
Equiano. It is usually save to assume that .edu sites are more reliable
than .com sites and this one is very good. However, you need to note that
these entries are EDITED versions of longer works and the whole scope of the
work is not present. The 2,000 to 5,000 word versions are, however, an
efficient method of investigating important works.
http://www.vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/primary.htm
During the Great Depression the U.S. government, through the Works Progress
Administration (WPA), funded the Fedral Writers' Project. One of the group's
enduring achievments was the assemblage of the Slaves Narrative Collection.
This site provides stories straight from the memories of 80-90 year old ex-
slaves. Fascinating stories and pictures.
http://www.newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn00.htm
This PBS site features a link titled "Africans in America. It includes
images, documents, stories, biographies, and commentaries. Like most that
PBS does, this is an excellent reference.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/
This is "the mother of all history sites." Access to many areas of history
via an easy to follow menu of well laid out subjects. Designed for the
scholar or novice. Have fun!
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
Slave narratives recorded between 1936 to 1938 under the auspices of the
Work
Progree Association (WPA). An online anthology with narratives and
photographs.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/wpa/wpahome.html
The Watts Riots in Los Angeles in 1965 came just days after the signing of
the Civil Rights Act of 1965. It is ironic that the gains being made in the
Civil Rights struggle were offset by urban rioting in the summers of 1965-
68. This site also offers some excellent companion links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_riots
This site looks at the summer of 1967 race riots in Newark, N.J., and
Detroit, MI. The "summer of love" was not a happy time everywhere as the
Civil Rights struggle still waged.
http://www.67riots.rutgers.edu/introduction.html
This Rutgers University site focuses on the 1967 Detroit Civil Rights riots.
It offers interviews with witnesses, a chronology of events, and maps
depicting important actions.
http://www.67riots.rutgers.edu/d_index.htm
This University of Pennsylvania site offers the April, 1963 Martin Luther
King "Letter from the Birmingham jail" which was his personal response to
Alabama clergymen who were criticizing Martin Luther King for interfering
with Alabama affairs and "pushing the issue." In this famous, poetic letter,
MLK spells out his plan for non-violent action, the difference
between "just" laws and "unjust" laws and the reason why African Americans
can not wait for change to come gradually.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
This PBS site gives its take on the 1965 "Watts Riots" in L.A.
http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/times/times_watts.html
This site makes use of extensive primary documents to reveal the positions
that JFK took on the granting of more Civil Rights to African Americans. JFK
had to juggle the votes and support that he received from African Americans
with the support of a heavily democratic Party affiliated Southern United
States.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/civil_rights_documents_index.html
This site details Lincoln's Second Inauguaral Address given March 4th, 1865.
One month before his assassination. Its conciliatory
tone gives a sense of how reconstruction may have been IF Lincoln had lived.
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/inaug2.htm
This site features wood-cuts and propaganda that supports a pro-slavery
view. Included is a life on a plantation print showing well-fed dancing
slaves enjoying their life of servitude.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/proslav/prhp.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/proslav/prhp.html&h=299&w=330&sz=74&tbnid=3pd7I4UMMiwJ:&tbnh=103&tbnw=114&hl=en&start=20&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dproslavery%26sv
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. This site provides size adjustable
versions of this document that freed the slaves in states of rebellion. The
actual pages are displayed as well as transcribed text.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/
The Surrender at Appomatax Court House as witnessed by Union General Horace
Porter. This is an eye witness account and narrative of the communication
between Lee and Grant that led to the surrender of the Army of Northern
Virginia, the event that led to the eventual cessation of all hostilities in
the Civil War. This account includes the Genral's own comments as well as
transcripts of the letters written between the leaders of the Union and
Confederate Armies.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/surrender.htm
"The trial of Lincoln's Conspirators." This site is dedicated to the
assassination of President Lincoln on April 9, 1865 and the subsuquent hunt
for, and trial of accused conspirators. There is some "glitz" at this site
but it contains many useful primary documents that are relavent to the
subject and are very easily accessible. The site shys away from ridiculous
conspiracy theories and focuses more on known facts and events.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/lincolnconspiracy.html
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address delivered on the steps of the Capitol
Building on March 04, 1865 was very brief. This concilliatory speech,
written
and delivered just one month before the demise of Lincoln, is a prelude to
Lincoln's vision of reunion and reconstruction. Lincoln's oft repeated words
of "malice toward none" and desire to "bind up the nation's wounds" could
not
be realized the way Lincoln had directed. This short document begs the
audience to ask, what if?
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/lincoln2.htm
This site offers many links, in an easy to use format, that investigate the
1868 Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. The "Photos, sketches,
cartoons" page is especially interesting as it shows period photographs of
the main participants, sketches of the Senate trial, and a "spectators
ticket" to the proceedings. Four Thomas Nast political cartoons are included
and give a feel for how the case was presnted to the public via the press.
This site is no-nonsense, scholarly, yet, user-friendly. A good, concise
explanation of this important event in American history.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/impeachmt.htm
Hitler's Germany, a study in totalitarism. This site offers links to explain
the rise and fall of the Nazi leader. It includes maps, photos, and
analysis. A very interesting place to go.
http://mars.vnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/hitler/welcome.html
Available Now:
Gene Wilder tells the story of the 1893 Columbian Exposition at Chicago.
EXPO - Magic of the White City DVD
www.ColumbianExpo.com
On Amazon.
Also: www.AmericaComesOfAge.com
http://www.ColumbianExpo.com
This site offers a virtual tour and description of the significant 1936
Berlin Olympics. Students can study the nationalism, anti-Semitism, plans and
goals of the Nazis as it pertains to international athletics.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/zindex.htm
This site discusses the military origins of the space race.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/SpaceRace/sec200/sec200.htm
This site describes the testing of an atomic bomb by the Soviets.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX53.html
Truman's response to Soviet's testing of an atomic bomb.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/decad244.asp
The New York Times "Looks Back" at Sputnick and space race events of 1957 & 1958.
http://www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/special/sputnik/after.html
A look at Sputnik.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/masterworks/medialib/timelines/timelineimages/sputnick.gif&imgrefurl=http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/masterworks/medialib/timelines/0920thcentury/sputnick1.html&usg=__10aZp2wUcy2DGOU5XtrIq8Iw3_4=&h=161&w=220&sz=9&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=YDHHvIxCPfoXNM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3DSputnick%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den
How did American Presidents react to Sputnik?
http://www.vibrationdata.com/SpaceRace.htm
Memorandum from JFK to LBJ asking for an evaluation of the American space program.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid={3BF2B938-43EE-44CC-AE9A-06FD7A4C63AF}&type=Image
Moon Landing site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/07/99/the_moon_landing/396037.stm
LBJ and the space program.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/396/1
NASA's Home Page. Worth a look! Very cool!
www.nasa.gov/
A chronology of the American space program.
www.solarviews.com/eng/craft2.htm
The race to the moon.
http://www.time.com/time/reports/space/spacerace.html
Greatest space events of the 1960s.
http://www.space.com/news/spacehistory/greatest_space_events_1960s.html
Soviet firsts in the space race.
http://spaceracehistory.tripod.com/soviet.shtml
Japanese endeavors in space.
http://unit.aist.go.jp/energy/groups/spacetech-g_e.htm
NASA Telescope Technology Program.
http://ranier.oact.hq.nasa.gov/Sensors_page/Optics/TeleOV.html
Utica Children Museum Space Exhibit
http://www.museum4kids.net/SpaceScience.htm
United Nations and Space.
http://www.unescap.org/unis/UN_ESCAP_News_Bulletin/Oct-04/Oct04.asp
Soviet Space Program.
http://www.vsm.host.ru/e_vosvos.htm
More Soviet Space Program.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/galleries/gal114/SpaceRace/sec300/sec330.htm
Soviet Lunar Program.
http://www.fas.org/spp/eprint/lindroos_moon1.htm
1960s Space Race: achievments.
www.sixties.net/space.htm
NASA History.
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/diagrams/diagrams.htm
NASA Gemini Program.
http://www.thespaceplace.com/history/gemini2.html
The Apollo Program.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/apollo/apollo.htm
Apollo 11. "The Eagle has landed."
www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/apollo11/index.html
NASA: Project Apollo.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/
"Astronauts Gear Up."
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/