Teachers Discovering
History As Historians |
Seventies:
Primary Resources & Websites |
|
|
|
YOU ARE HERE >
Main > Teacher Resources >
-
The following link from a United States History Advanced Placement Course
includes an exceptional list of recommended web sites and primary source documents
related to this topic:
-
-
The Seventies: Web Links
(Click for
100+ topic specific primary sources and websites)
-
- The original list of
resources for this historical time period were compiled
by educators at from Horace Greeley High School in
Chappaqua, New York at
http://www.historyteacher.net/index.htm
Visit this site for exceptional materials and additional
historical links.
We wish to fully credit their enormous and highly
beneficial effort. However, due to a number of dead or
forwarding links, we have created a parallel listing on
our Teachers Discovering History as Historians website
which we will attempt to update
every sixty days.
Two exceptional electronic textbooks the Title will take
you to the entire text. The specific chapters/resource
guides related to
this topic are noted below the description:
- We recommend you combine the digital text with THE
ANNENBERG VIDEO SERIES--
Biography of America
at http://learner.org/resources/series123.html#
an exceptional FREE video instructional series for high
school and college students produced by WGBH Boston in
cooperation with the Library of Congress and the National
Archives and Records Administration. These 26 thirty minute
lectures incorporate first person narratives, photographs,
film footage and documents related to various historical
time periods—from New World Encounters through Contemporary
History.
-
-
National History Education
Clearinghouse
- Welcome to the National
History Education Clearinghouse, the central online
location for accessing high-quality resources in K-12
U.S. history education. This site began in 2008 and is
rapidly becoming one of the best sources for United
State History Educators including access to History
Content, Teaching Materials, Best Practices, Issues and
Research, Professional Development, and TAH Grants.
-
http://teachinghistory.org/
-
-
Best of History Web Sites
- The Best of History Web Site is an incredible portal
created for teachers, students, and general history
enthusiasts. After accessing your historical subject or
topic of choice, sites are listed by historical topic with a
description of what you will find and an evaluation. A
keyword search function is also available. Scroll beyond
the sites provided and you will find time period specific
lesson plans, activities and teacher guides.
-
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
-
-
An Outline of American History
- This hypertext provides textbook information, documents,
biographies, timelines and links for each chronological
topic.
-
Chapter 12: Decades of Change
-
-
American Cultural
History: 1970-1979
- The
purpose of this web/library guide is to help the user gain a
broad understanding of this decade of the twentieth
century. A wide range of internet sources related to the
cultural history of the time is provided: General
Demographic Facts, Historic Events, Technology, Music,
Movies, Fashions, Fads, Famous Persons and others. An
interesting, enjoyable and educational site--a few links are
no longer valid
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade70.html
-
-
Academic Info: U.S. History
- Access to thousands of internet sites related to
specific time periods and topics of United States History.
A recommend source to visit for a wide range of
materials--do not allow the advertisements to irritate you.
http://academicinfo.net/histus.html
-
-
Eyewitness to History
- 100 Eyewitness accounts, most from United States History
(1608-1971). View the index or search by time period
or event.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Check the index here:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/eyindx.htm
-
American Women Through Time
-
This is a new website featuring
the best internet based materials related to American Women
from pre 1599 to Present.
Each section includes
two sections: 1. A timeline that links specific events with
relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters,
photograph collections, and lectures by historians 2. Each
section also includes a guide to research sources that
simplify access to sources covering specific time periods.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html
-
-
American Women's History Research Guide
-
Provides citations to print and Internet reference
sources, as well as to selected large primary source
collections—covering a wide range of topics from
Abolitionist to Writers.
-
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-intro.html
-
-
-
WWW-VL
History of the United States
-
The
introductory page for the entire U.S. History collection.
The World Wide Web: Virtual Library provides a comprehensive
collection of internet sources for a variety of topics
including United States History. Links are
provided for gateway Sites, Maps, Timelines, Documents,
Lecture Notes, Journal Articles, and other related items.
The
introductory page for the entire U.S. History collection:
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/
Women's
History (general and by time periods):
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/women.html
African-American History (general and by time periods):
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html
Military
History of the U.S.
http://www.kwanah.com/vl/military.html
Urban
History in the United States
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/urban.html
-
-
Modern History Source Book
- Professor Halshall has compiled an incredible collection
of history sourcebooks utilizing the wealth of information
available on the internet. The Modern History Source
Book provides historical material from the Reformation
through the new millennium.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Other Sourcebooks by Professor Halshall:
Ancient History Sourcebook
Medieval Sourcebook
Women's History Sourcebook
African History Sourcebook
East Asian History Sourcebook
Global History Sourcebook
-
A Listing of
Exceptional United States History Programs from PBS
- Information, photographs, documents, lesson plans, etc.
for various American history topics. EXCEPTIONAL! Works well with the BOCES PBS Collection.
-
http://www.pbs.org/history/history_united.html
-
-
Enterprising Women Exhibit
- Two hundred and fifty years of history related to forty
women who impacted American business--Visit stories and
games.
-
http://www.enterprisingwomenexhibit.org/
- SOURCES FOR DIGITIZED DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES AND
BOOKS
-
The
Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
- Pre 18th century through 21st Century Documents with an
Alphabetic Author/Title List of ALL Project Documents.
Exceptional!!
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
-
-
Bartleby: Great Books On Line
- Free access to great works of literature, reference and
verse. An incredible collection with a simple search
process.
-
http://www.bartleby.com/
-
-
The University of Virginia Hypertext Project
- Over sixty hypertexts of various great works--with many
from the 19th century. This collection is especially
helpful to United States History teachers as it features
some of the classic works from Cooper, Crane, DuBois,
Jefferson, Louis and Clark Journals, Madison,
Sinclair, Turner, Twain and others.
-
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html
-
-
On Line Books and Authors
- A collection of
hypertext versions of hundreds of literary works,
- Easy search by author or title.
-
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/authors.html
|
|
|
|
Jamestown Public Schools
197
Martin Road
Jamestown, NY
14701
|
Project Director:
Paul Benson
716.483.7112
Fax: 716.483.7104 |
Web Design and
Research Team:
Paul Benson
Pam Brown
Rick Bates
Carol Shick
Rick Walters
Mike Swanson
|
|