U.S. History I 4th Marking Period Project Resources

U.S. I History

4^th Marking Period Project – Social Change

2013

RESOURCES

Secondary Sources

PBS Series Africans in America ( Good place to start)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/rb_index.html

U.S. History Survey Course on the Web

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

Rapping History is a supplementary method for American History instruction, converting chapters of two popular history books (Zinn's liberal People's History and Schweikart's conservative Patriot's History) into short poetic segments and setting them to a variety of musical forms. The goal is to make history more appealing to young people, and perhaps even entertaining

http://www.rappinghistory.org/

An Online Reference Guide to African American History

Quintard Taylor, Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History

University of Washington, Seattle

http://www.blackpast.org/

A Student’s Online Guide to History Reference Sources

http://tinyurl.com/83pnyhn

Americans Who Tell The Truth

http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/

Digital History

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

PBS Learning Media

(NOTE: You will have to create an account. Great resource with video clips)

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/

PBS American Experience Documentary “The Abolitionists” (video clips and primary sources)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/abolitionists/

Teaching History: National History Education Clearinghouse

http://www.teachinghistory.org/history-content

PBS American Experience Documentary: “Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided”

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/lincolns-abolition/

The Abolition Project

http://abolition.e2bn.org/index.php

Primary Sources

A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/introduction.html

Teaching History: National History Education Clearinghouse

http://www.teachinghistory.org/history-content

William Lloyd Garrison

http://www.theliberatorfiles.com/

Digital History

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ (Great site for primary sources, images, etc.)

National Archives

http://docsteach.org/documents

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/groupings/expansion-reform-1800-1860

Civil War Primary Documents, Personal Diaries, Journals, Letters, Cartoons, Art, Images, Poetry, Literature, & Music

http://www.teacheroz.com/Civil_War_Documents.htm