NHEN Update April 5, 1999
1. Social Studies Resources on the Web
From: "Kickbush, Peter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Information from & about the U.S. Department of Education
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Subject: 60+ New Resources Added to FREE (Message 2)
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 16:14:00 -0500
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Social studies
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"Anti-Railroad Propaganda Poster: The Growth of Regionalism,
1800-1860" uses a poster decrying the disruptive influence of
railroads on local culture to launch a discussion on local
differences & their effect on American politics. Explanatory text,
materials for teachers, & links to further resources accompany the
documents. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/1830rr.html
"Become A Historical Detective" gets the reader to search the
Library of Congress website & decide whether Billy the Kid was
really killed by Pat Garrett at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/detectiv.html
"The Big Picture" is a weekly jigsaw puzzle from the Library of
Congress's photo collection. Once the photo is assembled, the
reader then searches the Library's website to identify it. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/puzzle/puzintro.html
"The Blue Angels Homepage" describes the popular Navy air
demonstration shows that are seen by 10-15 million enthusiasts each
year in cities throughout the U.S. The site shows photos &
descriptions of the Blue Angels aircraft & its staff. (NAVY)
http://www.blueangels.navy.mil/
"Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada,
1945-1982" presents documentation of a northern Nevada
cattle-ranching community, with a focus on the family-run
Ninety-Six Ranch & its cowboys, known as buckaroos. This
collection presents 41 motion pictures & 28 sound recordings of the
ranch. In addition there are 2,400 still photographs portraying
the people, sites, & traditions on other ranches & in the larger
community. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ncrhtml/crhome.html
"By Popular Demand: Jackie Robinson & Other Baseball Highlights,
1860s-1960s" presents 2 baseball collections, "Baseball, the Color
Line, & Jackie Robinson, 1860s-1960s" & "Early Baseball Pictures,
1860s-1920s." All told, there are about 60 images: photos,
baseball cards, schedules, & various ephemera. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/jrhtml/jrhome.html
"By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents & First Ladies,
1789-Present" is an online illustrated reference aid showing the
likeness of each President & most of the First Ladies. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/preshome.html
"By Popular Demand: Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920"
is an online illustrated reference aid that includes photographs of
suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, & an anti-suffrage
display, as well as cartoons commenting on the movement -- all
evoking the visible & visual way in which the debate over women's
suffrage was carried out. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
"Cultural Resource Management" is an online magazine of the
National Park Service. The site presents every issue, available in
pdf format, from its beginnings as a quarterly 1978 to monthly plus
supplements today. The articles are searchable by such categories
as archaeology, technology, & ethnography. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/crm/
"Facts on Saving & Investing Campaign -- New for 1999!" offers free
downloadable software & brochures for making sound investments for
retirement. The campaign itself is sponsored by a wide variety of
commercial, nonprofit, & government organizations to increase
financial literacy among Americans. (SEC)
http://www.sec.gov/consumer/camp99/getfacts.htm
"The Federalist Papers" gives the complete text of the famous
series of articles in support of adopting the U.S. Constitution,
either as one file or as 83 separate files for each paper. (LOC)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/fed/fedpapers.html
"George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, & First in the
Hearts of His Countrymen" consists of 3 lessons examining George
Washington's leadership in the French & Indian War, at the Federal
Convention, & as chief executive. They are based on primary source
documents from the George Washington Papers, 1741-1799. The
lessons are intended for secondary students, grades 8-12. The
documents from Washington's Letterbooks include focus questions
that may be used in Socratic seminars & in cooperative learning
groups. (LOC)
http://learning.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/gw/gwintro.html
"George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741-1799"
describes the Library's collection of 65,000 documents, which makes
up 95% of all extant Washington documents. In its online
presentation, the George Washington Papers collection provides
approximately 147,000 images. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html
"Images of the American Revolution" is a collection of 8 paintings
& facsimile documents of the war with Great Britain, together with
explanatory text & materials for teachers. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/amrev.html
"The Lewis & Clark Expedition" presents 13 facsimiles of documents
& photographs pertaining to the famous trip of Meriwether Lewis &
William Clark during 1804-6 to explore the newly acquired Louisiana
Territory. Explanatory text, materials for teachers, & links to
further resources accompany the documents. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/lewis.html
"Peace Corps Kids World" gives a grade-school level view of the
agency, what it does, its history & what it's like to be a member. (PC)
http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/index.html
"Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage in the West" gives a
facsimile of the handwritten petition of the suffragist, editor, &
temperance leader, but who was, to many of her contemporaries, most
associated with the so-called Bloomer costume. Bloomers, man-like
trousers underneath a shorter-than-fashionable skirt, fit what was
known as "The Move Toward Rational Dress." Explanatory text,
materials for teachers, & links to further resources accompany the
documents. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/bloomer.html
"Pioneering Women in American Memory" features photographs of women
throughout American history who have forged ahead to make a better
life for themselves, their families, & their society. These women
include pioneers who journeyed across the country to settle western
territories, as well as women who struggled for recognition as
equals in politics, in the workforce, & in their communities. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/women/women.html
"Port of Entry: the American Journey of Immigration" is a game in
which the viewer will assume the role of historical detective,
searching for clues about photographs & eyewitness accounts of
immigrant life in America. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/activity/port/start.html
"Railroad Maps of North America" include progress report surveys
for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional
maps, maps showing land grants & rights-of-way, & route guides
published by commercial firms. (LOC)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
"Sigmund Freud: Conflict & Culture" offers 27 enlargeable photos,
letters, & manuscripts by or dealing with the founder of
psychoanalysis. The site tells about the exhibition, which opened
at the Library of Congress, but which is moving to New York,
Vienna, & Los Angeles. (LOC)
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/
"The Sioux Treaty of 1868" gives a facsimile of the Treaty &
related documents, including a photograph of the Indian leader,
Spotted Tail. In the treaty, signed at Fort Laramie & other
military posts in Sioux country, the U.S. recognized the Black
Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation & set it aside for
exclusive use by the Sioux. Explanatory text, teacher materials, &
links to other resources accompany the documents. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/sioux.html
"Tally of the 1824 Electoral College Vote" uses a facsimile of the
vote tally of a Presidential election, in which the winning
candidate, John Quincy Adams, received fewer popular votes than the
runner-up, Andrew Jackson, to spark a discussion of the complex
system of election rules in our Constitution. There is text of
several printed pages, materials for teachers, & links to further
resources. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/electcol.html
"The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo" presents facsimiles of documents
pertaining to the treaty, which brought an official end to the
Mexican-American War (1846-1848). The treaty was signed on
February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital
where the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S.
forces. Explanatory text, materials for teachers, & links to
further resources accompany the documents. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/treatygh.html
"United States v. Thomas Cooper: A Violation of the Sedition Law"
presents facsimiles of 8 printed & hand-written documents
surrounding the case of Thomas Cooper, a lawyer & newspaper editor
in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, who was indicted, prosecuted, & convicted
of violating the Sedition Act after he published a broadside in
1799 that was sharply critical of President John Adams. The case
is famous in the annals of the First Amendment in the Bill of
Rights. (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/cooper.html
"We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
National Register Travel Itinerary" provides web links to 41
historical places that were important during the civil rights
movement. (NPS)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/index.htm
Acronyms
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ED -- U.S. Department of Education
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA -- Federal Emergency Management Agency
NARA -- National Archives & Records Administration
NASA -- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NAVY -- Department of the Navy
NSF -- National Science Foundation
NGA -- National Gallery of Art
NPS -- National Park Service
LOC -- Library of Congress
PC -- Peace Corps
SEC -- U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
SI -- Smithsonian Institution
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