Teaching
History Online
Number
69: 19th January, 2003
Introduction
1.
British
History: 1600-1750
2.
Gunpowder
Plot Society
3.
Equal
Rights Amendment
4.
Diary
of Samuel Pepys
5.
Journal for
Multi-Media History
6.
American
Revolution
7. North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
8. Germany:
1900-45
Introduction
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British
History: 1600-1750:
As well as 112 biographies there are articles on important events
from this period (The Civil War, Cromwell's Commonwealth, Glorious
Revolution, Great Fire of London, Gunpowder Plot, Jacobite Rebellion,
Pride's Purge, Putney Debates, Restoration, Rye House Plot, Ship Money,
Test Acts); religious and political groups (Anabaptists, Anglicans,
Baptists, Congregationalists, Diggers, Fifth Monarchists, Independents,
Levellers, Presbyterians, Puritans, Quakers, Tories and Whigs); and
military groups and battles (Cavaliers, Culloden, Edgehill, Marston
Moor, Naseby, Newbury, New Model Army, Roundheads, Roundway Down).
Gunpowder
Plot Society: On November 5, 1605, a solitary figure was arrested
in the cellars of Parliament House. Although he first gave his name
as John Johnson, a startling series of events gradually unfolded under
torture. Guy Fawkes, as he was really called, was one of thirteen
who had conspired to blow up the parliament, the King, and his Lords,
thereby throwing the country into turmoil, out of which these traitors
hoped to raise a new monarch, sympathetic to their cause, and return
England to its Catholic past. The circumstances surrounding what drove
these thirteen disaffected Catholics, led by the charismatic Robert
Catesby, to such a desperate act are the focus of the Gunpowder Plot
Society. This website covers everything from the history of the period,
the various facts and theories, profiles on the conspirators and other
key characters, comprehensive genealogical database, sites of historical
importance, and an extensive downloadable archive of source material,
manuscript and document translations, correspondence, and legal transcriptions
(including confessions).
Equal
Rights Amendment: The 1920s debate between supporters and opponents
of the Equal Rights Amendment in America generated antagonisms among
feminists that continue to the present day. The disagreement in the
1920s was both strategic (what strategies best advanced the rights
of women) and philosophical (what it meant to be a "woman").
One side supported the amendment out of a conviction that all women
would benefit from a legal strategy that equated women's rights with
men's rights. Others opposed the amendment because they thought that
women needed to claim some rights different from men. This website
provides an overview of the debate, a collection of relevant documents
and biographies of the women involved in the debate.
Diary
of Samuel Pepys: This website, produced by Phil Gyford, is a presentation
of the diaries of Samuel Pepys, the renowned 17th century diarist
who lived in London. A new entry written by Pepys will be published
each day, with the first appearing on 1st January 2003. For those
involved in historical research there is a useful list of people and
places mentioned in the text.
Journal
for Multi-Media History: The website journal is produced by the
history department of the University at Albany. The idea behind the
journal is to present and disseminate historical multimedia projects
as discrete electronic journal articles. It also attempts to provide
a centralized forum where scholars, students, and the public could
read, view, and hear distinguished multimedia research in all fields
of history, or enjoy reviews that offered audio and video samples
from the works reviewed.
American
Revolution: This website, Liberty, produced by KTCA-TV and Middmarch
Films, provides a collection of resources on the American Revolution.
It begins in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and ends with
the creation of the Constitution. It includes Chronicle of the Revolution
(a potpourri of information on the American Revolution), Perspectives
on Liberty (daily life in the Colonies, military information) and
the Road to Revolution (a game that can be used in the classroom).
North
Atlantic Treaty Organization: On 1949 April - Twelve states -
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United States - sign the
North Atlantic Treaty in Washington DC. This BBC website provides
a chronology of key events in the history of Nato.
Germany:
1900-45: A comprehensive encyclopaedia of Germany. So far there
are sections on the First World War (82), German Art (18), German
Scientists (26), Weimar Republic (16), Political Parties (8), Political
Leaders : 1900-1930 (42), Foreign Policy: 1930-40 (12), Military Leaders
(42), Nazi Germany (34), Nazi Political Leaders (74), German Resistance
to Nazism (52), Holocaust (46).
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