Teaching
History Online
Number
64: 15th December, 2002
Introduction
1.
Tudor Encyclopedia
2.
David
Lloyd George
3.
Architecture
of Wales
4.
South
Wales Coalfield Collection
5.
History
of Jim Crow
6.
Triangle Factory
Fire
7. Thirty
Years War
8. Cases
& Materials on American Federalism
Introduction
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Tudor Encyclopedia:
A collection of articles on the Tudor period. As well as 42 biographies
there are articles on the Battle of Bosworth, Act of Union, Agriculture
and Enclosures, Anglicans and Puritans, The Babington Plot, Catholics
and Protestants, Elizabethan Theatre, Elizabeth and Marriage, Henry
VIII and the Pope, Kett Rebellion, Poverty in Tudor England, The Protestant
Reformation, Pilgrimage of Grace, The Ridolfi Plot, The Spanish Armada,
Sports and Pastimes, The Throckmorton Plot, Tobacco in Tudor England,
Tudor Artists, Tudor Heretics, Tudor Monasteries, Tudor Parliaments,
Tudor Wales and the Tyndale Bible.
David
Lloyd George is probably the greatest international statesman
to come from Wales. His influence was very marked on the life of Wales,
the United Kingdom and Europe. He was a Liberal member of Parliament
for fifty years and served in government as President of the Board
of Trade (1905-08), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908-15), Arms Minister
(1915-16) and War Minister (1916). In December 1916 at the height
of the First World War he became Prime Minister and held that office
until 1922. This online exhibition was originally prepared in March
1995 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of his death and focuses
on both public and private aspects of his life.
Architecture
of Wales: The exhibits of this online exhibition are arranged
into nine themes some of which accord with building function, namely
Domestic Architecture; Public Architecture; Public Utilities; Industrial,
Commercial, and Military Architecture; Religious Architecture; Lost
Houses; Unfulfilled Conceptions; R.E. Bonsall : Examples from an Aberystwyth
Practice; Photographs and Postcards.
South
Wales Coalfield Collection was established in 1969 as an attempt
to preserve the documentary records of the mining community of South
Wales. The South Wales Coalfield Collection (SWCC) gives an insight
into the experience of the South Wales Valleys during a period of
industrial turmoil both from an institutional and personal perspective.
It contains records of trade unions (notably the South Wales Miners'
Federation, later the National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area)
and the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, miners' institutes, cooperative
societies, and individuals connected with the mining community.
History
of Jim Crow: The term Jim Crow originated in a song performed
by Daddy Rice, a white minstrel show entertainer in the 1830s. Rice
covered his face with charcoal paste or burnt cork to resemble a black
man, and then sang and danced a routine in caricature of a silly black
person. By the 1850s, this Jim Crow character, one of several stereotypical
images of black inferiority in the nation's popular culture, was a
standard act in the minstrel shows of the day. By 1900, the term was
generally identified with those racist laws and actions that deprived
African Americans of their civil rights by defining blacks as inferior
to whites, as members of a caste of subordinate people. This impressive
website provides an illustrated account of the history of Jim Crow.
Triangle
Factory Fire: This website provides a detailed look at the fire
that took place at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City
on 25th March, 1911. The fire claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant
workers. This incident has had great significance to this day because
it highlights the inhumane working conditions to which industrial
workers can be subjected. This outstanding website provides a detailed
account of the disaster as well as a large collection of relevant
documents and photographs.
Thirty
Years War: A narrative history of the Thirty Years War (1618-48).
The website contains a summary history on the home page, together
with more detailed year-by-year history deeper in the site. It also
includes links to other Thirty Years War related sites, a bibliography
of English-language sources and a map of Central Europe at the start
of the war.
Cases
& Materials on American Federalism: This website, produced
by Dr. Douglas G. Amber, of the Department of History & Political
Science at Purdue University, contains historical documents, a timeline,
a glossary, edited court cases, review questions, other materials,
and links to other free resources. These materials were developed
for use in American Government and Public Policy courses taught at
Purdue University.
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