EDSITEment | The Best of the Humanities on the Web

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The following websites have been approved for use in the classroom by EDSITEment. Browse websites by subject area.

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History & Social Studies

WhiteHouseTapes.org

Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political parties secretly recorded just under 5,000 hours of conversations. This site is designed as a service to the research community by making freely available all of the presidential recordings, along with relevant research materials, so that scholars, teachers, students, and the public can hear and use these remarkable tapes for themselves.

Art & Culture

Whole Cloth

Learning units explore American technological history through developments in textile manufacturing.

Literature & Language Arts

William Blake Archive

An online library of the visionary British poet's illuminated publications.

Literature & Language Arts

Wired for Books

For many years, most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. The one-on-one interviews typically lasted 30 to 45 minutes and then had to be edited down to a two-minute radio show. Listen to the voices of many of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.

Art & Culture

Witchcraft in a Salem Village

The site provides accurate information about the history of the Salem witch trials using primary documents almost exclusively. These texts include complete court documents, profiles of those involved, rare books and treatises about witchcraft and the Salem trials, and original maps.

History & Social Studies

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000

Research projects on the role women have played in the struggle for social justice.

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