Teaching
History Online
Number
44: 14th July, 2002
Introduction
1.
Gilder
Lehrman Insititute of American History
2.
FBI
Electronic Reading Room
3.
El
Alamein War Museum
4.
Cartoons
of the Progressive Era
5.
The
Suffrage Movement
6.
Best
of History Web Sites
7.
European
Citizenship
8.
Hutchinson
History Reference Suite
9.
Comrades
in Conscience
Introduction
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Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History: This website was designed
and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12
schools and colleges and is supported by the Gilder Lehrman Institute
and the College of Education at the University of Houston. The materials
on this website include a U.S. history textbook; over 400 annotated
documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on deposit at the Pierpont
Morgan Library, supplemented by primary sources on slavery, Mexican
American and Native American history, and US political, social, and
legal history; succinct essays on the history of film, ethnicity,
private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; and reference
resources that include a searchable database of 1,500 annotated links,
classroom handouts, chronologies, glossaries, an audio archive including
speeches and book talks by historians, and a visual archive with hundreds
of historical maps and images. The site's Ask the HyperHistorian feature
allows users to pose questions to professional historians.
FBI
Electronic Reading Room: These FBI documents have been taken from
the Freedom of Information Act Reading Room at FBI Headquarters in
Washington, D.C. These FBI documents have been scanned from paper
copies as released to FOIPA requesters over the years. The material
is organized under the headings: Espionage, Famous Persons, Gangster
Era, Historical Interest, Unusual Phenomena and Violent Crime. All
of these documents are in PDF (Portable Document Format) and to view
them you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in installed
on your computer. The Reader can be downloaded free from Adobe's website.
Cartoons
of the Progressive Era: This website, maintained by Ohio State
University, contains cartoons produced during what has become known
as the Progressive Era. The material is organized under the following
headings: Career of Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Anti-Trust
Movement, Anti-Imperialist Movement, William McKinley and the 1900
Presidential Campaign.
The
Suffrage Movement: Throughout the nineteenth century women played
a prominent role in the fight for political rights. Some progress
had been made towards women being able to control their own affairs
but this was limited. This website, produced by the Public Record
Office, looks at the role of the National Union of Women's Suffrage
Societies (NUWSS) and the Women's
Social and Political Union (WSPU) in gaining the vote.
Best
of History Web Sites: Designed for history educators and students,
Best of History Web Sites is a useful portal that provides convenient
access to many of the best history resources online. The portal provides
descriptions and ratings of hundreds of excellent history-oriented
web sites, all organized into ten main categories: Prehistory, Ancient
History, Medieval History, US History, Early Modern European History,
20th Century History, World War II History, Art History, General History
Resources, and Maps. There are also three special categories: Lesson
Plans/Activities, Multimedia, and Research. Best of History Web Sites
also contains a special informative section on Teaching With Technology
that offers articles and advice about integrating computers in the
classroom. In this section you will also find links to dozens of useful
resources on educational technology.
History
of the European Union and European Citizenship: This
lesson is focused on two main subjects. Firstly, the process of European
integration, from the Inter-war period (Koudenhove-Kalergi’s
Movement Pan-Europa, Aristide Briand’s initiatives, etc.) to
the Treaty of Nice and the current challenges that the EU has to face
(enlargement, badly needed reforms, a possible European constitution,
etc.). Secondly, the lesson tackles the new legal notion of European
citizenship, established by the Maastricht treaty. The legal features
of the citizenship of the Union, supporters and detractors, the possible
birth of a sort of European identity. A glossary with the main concepts
to understand the subject, a collection of biographies, an extended
chronology and a selection of links to webs in different languages
complement the lesson. This lesson is available in three languages:
English, Spanish and Portuguese.
El
Alamein War Museum: In 1942, the Germans, led by Rommel, and the
Allies, led by Montgomery, fought one of the most decisive battles
of World War II: The Battle of Alamein, a small town about 120 Kms
West of Alexandria. The victory, which went to the allies, saved Egypt
for the Allies and led to the defeat (1943) of the Axis powers in
North Africa. As a result, this area is now full of war artifacts,
and land mines, that still sweep lots of the desert around. This museum
was erected to mark the battle.
Hutchinson
History Reference Suite: This superb CD-ROM contains over 21,000
entries covering topics such as world events, ideas, and trends from
pre-history to modern times. The material comes from 6 top-selling
Hutchinson reference books: Dictionary of World History, Concise Chronology
of World History, Dictionary of Biography, Dictionary of Ideas, Directory
of History Websites and the Helicon Book of Days. The CD-ROM contains
over 3 million words, 500 illustrations and a chronology of 12,000
events.
Book
Section
Comrades
in Conscience: Comrades in Conscience is a groundbreaking study
of opposition to the First World War in one locality - Huddersfield
- where a unique consensus of Nonconformist Liberals and a vigorous
labour and socialist movement earned it the reputation of being 'a
hotbed of pacifism'. Using local sources, including the weekly socialist
newspaper The Worker, the records of anti-conscription organizations,
as well as the testimonies of conscientious objectors themselves,
Cyril Pearce portrays a community largely unenthusiastic about the
war and tolerant of those who resisted it, and goes on to question
widely-held assumptions
about the war's popularity. (Cyril Pearce, Francis Boutle Publishers,
ISBN 1 903427 06 1)
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