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U.S. History - The Great Depression: Websites
| American Experience
As television's longest-running, most-watched history series, PBS's American Experience brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that helped form this nation. Now in its twentieth season, the series has produced over 200 programs and garnered every major broadcast award. |
| American Memory Project (Library of Congress)
Archival resources for exploring many aspects of American history and culture. |
| American President
A wealth of information about the history of the American Presidency, including an archive of essays on the year 2000 general election. |
| American Studies at the University of Virginia
The site is a repository of scholarly concentrations on such humanities topics as the 1930s, cultural maps, American literature, avant-garde and postmodern art exhibitions, and the U.S. Capitol building as an American icon. The site houses hypertexts of several American authors, including: Harriet Jacobs, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
| BackStory with the American History Guys (NEW)
(NEW) BackStory is a brand-new public radio program that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us today. |
| Conversations with History
Interviews with a broad range of historical figures from the latter half of the twentieth century. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project (George Washington University) (NEW
(NEW) A project dedicated to bringing Eleanor Roosevelt's writings (and radio and television appearances) on democracy and human rights before an audience as diverse as the ones she addressed. |
| F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
The site offers a comprehensive view of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life, works, and influence on American literature. Links to audio clips, film clips, and quotations from Fitzgerald and other notable figures deepen visitors' understanding of the author. |
| Harlem 1900-1940: An African-American Community
Created by the School of Information at the University of Michigan with exhibits from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, this site gives students an exhaustive overview of the culture, community, and organizations of the Harlem Renaissance. |
| Humanities Interactive (NEW)
(NEW) The Texas Council for the Humanities places its resources in the hands of teachers and librarians in an interactive format. |
| In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
Until recently, people of African descent have not been counted as part of America's migratory tradition. The transatlantic slave trade has created an enduring image of black men and women as transported commodities, and is considered the defining element in the construction of the African Diaspora, but it is centuries of additional movements that have given shape to the nation we know today. This is the story that has not been told. |
| Jazz: A Ken Burns Film
This highly interactive site offers many ways to introduce jazz as a musical genre and cultural tradition. An interactive map features hot places for jazz in America; a lounge defines jazz with recordings of key elements and genres; and audio files feauture nine different songs of nine artists. Artists featured on the site include: Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan. |
| New Deal Network
Documentary resources for the study of FDR and his Depression-era programs. |
| Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Features comprehensive virtual tours of the institution’s current exhibits. A timeline maps the history of the United States through artifacts that are in the museum’s collection. The “Our Story In History” link leads to information on the museum’s educational programming that includes several interactive activities. Both teachers and students may browse the site’s recommended reading list, either by century, or ethnic history. |
| Teaching American History
A comprehensive and in-depth online resource on American History from the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs. |
| The Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century (NEW)
(NEW) Provides a single point of access to an ever-growing selection of digitized assets from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives. Includes documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video relating to the events of the presidents’ lives (U. of Texas, Presidential Libraries). |
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