Resources:
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem
American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
American Popular Music Before 1900
Kingwood College Library
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-1.html
This chronologically arranged web page is intended as an overview of American History through its music.
Archiving Early America
http://earlyamerica.com
Email: digital@tampabay.rr.com
The Archiving Early America website hosts a wealth of resources and a unique array of primary source material from 18th Century America. Scenes and portraits from original newspapers, maps, and writings come to life on your computer screen just as they appeared to this country's forebears more than two centuries ago. The Town Crier is an active forum of educators, historians, students, researchers and journalists with one common interest: Early America.
Avalon Project
Yale Law School
Lillian Goldman Law School
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06520
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon
Impressive online collection of hundreds of online digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government spanning many centuries.
Constitution Day Resources
Looking for reliable and interactive resources for Constitution Day for your classroom? Look no further than the Bill of Rights Institute website!
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Additional Resources Offered by the Bill of Rights Institute:
- A 20-page Celebrate the Constitution: Why Do We Have a Constitution? activity booklet. The full-color booklet featuers interactive games and content that informs readers about constitutional principles. - Classroom set price: 25 Copies for only $100. $4.95 Individually
- Pocket Constitutions containing the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, and an index to the Constitution. - Great Resouce for your classroom! Only $1 each. Discounts apply when ordering 25 copies of more.
For more information call (800) 838-7870 x22
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Declaration of Independence Exhibit
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara
This special exhibition is the second in a series of public previews of unique documents from the collections of the Library of Congress
Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Designed and developed to support the teaching of American History in K-12 schools and colleges and supported by the Department of History and the College of Education at the University of Houston. Site features a history textbook, hundreds of annotated documents, essays, audio and visual archives, film trailers, and dozens of inquiry-based interactive modules.
Do History/Martha Ballard's Diary
Film Study Center
Harvard University
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Center for History and New Media
George Mason University
http://www.dohistory.org/
DoHistory invites the public to explore the process of piecing together the lives of ordinary people in the past. It is an experimental, interactive case study based on the research that went into the book and film A Midwife's Tale, which were both based upon the remarkable 200 year old diary of midwife/healer Martha Ballard. Although DoHistory is centered on the life of Martha Ballard, teachers and students can learn basic skills and techniques for interpreting fragments that survive from any period in history.
ew Featured Document and New Podcasts from the Gilder Lehrman Institute
NEW FEATURED DOCUMENT:
In the U.S. Senate on May 19 and 20, 1856, Charles Sumner called the Kansas-Nebraska Act a "crime against Kansas" and verbally lambasted Senators Stephen Douglas of Illinois and Andrew Butler of South Carolina. Two days later, Butler's nephew, South Carolina Congressman Preston Brooks, along with fellow South Carolina Congressman Lawrence Keitt, approached Sumner on the Senate floor and accused Sumner of libel. Before Sumner could reply, Brooks began to beat him with the golden head of his cane. The assault became a symbol of the mounting conflict that would eventually explode into Civil War.
For more information, and to see a 1870 carte de visite of Charles Sumner, visit our featured documents page:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/doc.php
NEW PODCASTS:
Redeeming Martin Van Buren
Ted Widmer, author of Martin Van Buren argues that the “little magician” was a critical force in early American politics. To hear this podcast, click here:
http://gilderlehrman.org/wp/?p=254
The Real Treason of Aaron Burr
In this lecture, historian Gordon Wood argues that Burr’s true treason was not his actions in the West but his naked ambition, his lack of principals and character that made him a threat to the young republic. To hear this podcast, click here:
Eyewitness--History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
Using personal narratives, photographs, and other first-hand sources, this site chronicles eras, events, and experiences of the ancient world, middle ages, American Civil War, the old West, World War I, World War II, and the 17th through 20th centuries. Includes bibliographic references and links to relevant Internet resources.
Federalist Papers
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/federalist
The University of Oklahoma Law Center maintains this collection of 85 full text documents of the original Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers were a series of articles written under the pen name of Publius by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to gain support for the proposed Constitution. The original scanning of this set of documents was completed by Project Gutenberg.
First Day Cover Lessons
Are your U.S. history teachers looking for warm up or review lessons, or a way to compact content?
These First Day Cover Lessons are ready to use as is, or adaptable to student needs. Visual aids of artwork, postmarks and stamps help students remember the facts. Sample lessons are available to use in the classroom now. Check it out!
Gilder Lehrman Institute Podcasts
NEW PODCASTS:
CATHERINE CLINTON AND ANDREW DELBANCO
Our latest podcasts feature two Lincoln scholars. Andrew Delbanco examines the way that Americans have looked at Lincoln throughout history, and Catherine Clinton looks at how early tragedy helped prepare Lincoln for crises later in life.
NEW FEATURED DOCUMENT
In February 1778, Timothy Pickering Jr. received word from Massachusetts that his father was dying. An adjutant general in George Washington’s Continental Army, Pickering wrote his father this moving letter of farewell from his post in Yorktown, Virginia. To read his letter and more about the Pickering family, click here:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/documents.html LINCOLN RESOURCES
The Institute has partnered with NBC News on an new initiative to teach American history through archival news footage and primary documents. To explore this resource, go to:
http://www.iCue.com and search for Lincoln!
For the Institute's Lincoln page, visit:
Gilder Lehrman Institute Update
Issue 19, March 2009: The Great Depression
As Americans anxiously watch the stock market’s daily fluctuations, the rising unemployment rate, housing foreclosures and the scandals that have rocked the financial world, fear of another Great Depression hovers in our minds. The Gilder Lehrman Institute has asked a group of six distinguished contributors to examine the particular circumstances that created and surrounded the Depression of the 1930s, the impact of policies chosen and paths untaken. They remind us that many of the institutions, programs, regulations, and safeguards in place today were born in the crucible of an earlier era.
There could be no better time to re-examine the Great Depression and the New Deal than 2009.
Visit History Now at www.historynow.org, or click on the links below for each feature.
To sign up for the Gilder Lehrman Institute mailing list, visit www.gilderlehrman.org.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute Update
Since 1996, the Gilder Lehrman Historians' Forums have presented dozens of eminent historians discussing their latest books. Now you can hear these lectures on your computer or on a portable media player.
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Anthony J. Badger
"FDR's First 100 Days . . . and Obama's"
April 1, 2009, at the The Century Association
Anthony J. Badger is the author of the new book FDR: The First Hundred Days . He is Paul Mellon Professor of American History and Master of Clare College, Cambridge University. In this lecture, given last night in New York City, he talks about FDR's first 100 days and how they have been interpreted by historians across the political spectrum. |
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Make sure to post your comments about this lecture on our podcast discussion board: How is our current economic crisis similar to (or different from) the crisis in 1933?
Upcoming podcasts will feature Kenneth Jackson on the New York in the Gilded Age and Walter Isaacson on Benjamin Franklin, among others.
Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com
The Historical Text Archive publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects. It was founded in 1990 in Mississippi and is one of the oldest history sites on the Internet. The Historical Text Archive contains 682 articles catalogued by topic.
History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/classroom.html
A variety of resources available online from the cable television giant. Site features speeches and videos, This Day in History, maps, games, timelines, and study guides.
History Lab
http://www.historylab.org/index.html
Presented by the Washington State Historical Society, this website features engaging online activities that help students process historical resources and understand historical processes, curriculum, and information on professional development institutes for teachers.
History Works Tutorials
History Teaching Institute at Ohio State
207D Dulles Hall
230 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43202
614-292-0159
http://www.historyworksohio.org/tutorials/tutorials.cfm
Presents a series of in-depth “how-to” guides that teachers can refer to when analyzing and using a variety of historical artifacts and documents in the classroom. Developed by staff of a Teaching American History Grant project with Columbus City Schools, Ohio State University, and the Ohio Historical Society.
Home Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-Century Ohio
Library of Congress
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/ohio/ohio.html
Focuses on nineteenth-century Cincinnati, a major commercial center and a "Gateway to the West" for both long-time residents and recent immigrants seeking a new start in a new land. Parlor music is presented through audio recordings and sheet music, and focuses on themes that reflect the social, economic, and religious values of the time. The songs give special insight into the domestic life in which these values developed.
I Hear America Singing
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/ihashome.html
Music, theater, and dance collections from the LOC. Includes special presentations of patriotic melodies (tells the stories behind many of the songs that have now become part of the American national heritage) and Civil War sheet music (over 2500 pieces), complete with online music clips.
John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy
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The official print catalogue for this exhibition is available for purchase online at the History Shop.
 
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NEW ONLINE EXHIBITION
John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy
150 years ago, on October 16, 1859, John Brown and a band of followers, black and white, attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The raid was part of a larger plan to destroy the slave system by freeing and arming slaves, and it was one of the sparks that ignited the Civil War.
To see highlights from John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy, an exhibition of documents and artifacts from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on display at the New-York Historical Society from September 15, 2009 to March 25, 2010, click here:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/online/johnbrown/
NEW PODCAST
John Demos on Religion and Witchcraft
in Colonial America
John Demos, Professor of History Emeritus at Yale and the author of several books on early America and witchcraft, discusses the role of religion and witchcraft during the Colonial Era. He places the Salem Witch Trials in context and presents a larger picture of how early Americans viewed the spiritual world and their place in it.
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Labor Heritage Foundation
888 16th Street NW Suite 680
Washington, DC 20006
202-974-8040
http://www.laborheritage.org/
Works to strengthen the movement through the use of art and music. Site includes inventory of American labor landmarks and a calendar of labor cultural events, in addition to music and art selections.
Liberty Bell Virtual Museum
63B Brookwood Drive
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
860-571-2996
http://www.libertybellmuseum.com/index.htm
An on-line museum housing a collection of Liberty Bell memorabilia and souvenirs dating back to the 1800's. Includes a website for the promotion, study and appreciation of America's most widely recognized cultural icon of freedom-the Liberty Bell. Has advertisements, sheet music, historical documents, historical costumes, historic images, activities and educational resources
Library of Congress Exhibitions
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits
This website hosts dozens of online exhibitions on topics ranging from 1492 to Bob Hope. The exhibits feature narrative text and primary sources from the LOC collections.
Movietone
http://www.movietone.com
A British site that claims one of the world's great film archives. Has approximately 450 hours of material available on broadcast masters in New York covering the period 1896-1963. Site requires registration and login.
National History Education Clearinghouse
As you may already know, the National History Education Clearinghouse is a FREE online resource at http://teachinghistory.org, funded by the U.S. Department of Education and created by The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the Stanford University History Education Group. The NHEC is designed to help K-12 American history teachers access resources and materials to improve U.S. history education by bringing history content, reliable resources, teaching strategies, and current research together in one website.
We ask that you encourage your teachers and education colleagues to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter or biannual print newsletter. You and your fellow educators can easily sign up via http://teachinghistory.org. It’s a great way to stay informed about what’s going on in history education.
As always, let us know if you would like NHEC-related materials to distribute. Just email us with your address and the amount of materials you need.
New Gilder Lehrman Homepage
NEW HOMEPAGE WITH STATE PAGES
Visit
www.gilderlehrman.org to see our new homepage with easy access to all of our current programs, news headlines, and more. Click on the interactive US map to find out about GLI history programs in your state, as well as local teacher-recommended historic sites and museums. Have a recommendation for a site to add to your state's page? Write back to us at
gli@gilderlehrman.org .
NEW PODCAST: PATRICIA O'TOOLE
Theodore Roosevelt was only fifty years old when he left the White House in 1909, but his boundless energy kept him very much in the public eye until his death in 1919. In this lecture, historian Patricia O’Toole recounts the last decade of T.R.’s fascinating life, which included an unsuccessful run for the presidency as a third party candidate, an attempt to raise and then command a battalion of American soldiers in World War I, and the tragic death of his son Quentin. To hear the podcast, click here:
New Podcast: Edward Ayers
Since 1996, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has presented eminent historians discussing major topics in American history. Now you can hear these great historians on your computer, iPod, or other portable media player.
Our archive of more than fifty podcasts is available for free, simply by registering on our website at http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/podcasts. Listen to renowned historians such as Gordon Wood, Carol Berkin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and David Kennedy take you through some of America's most important moments, from the Colonial Era to the present.
To hear our newest podcast, click on the link below:
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Edward Ayers
"Slavery and the Early American Economy"
July 1, 2008
University of Richmond
In this lecture Edward Ayers, President, University of Richmond, tackles myths about slavery and describes how it grew into an American -- not just Southern -- institution. He discusses slavery's integral role in driving the global economy in the early 1800s.
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Make sure to post your comments about this lecture on our podcast discussion board.
What happened on this day in Lincoln's life or Civil War history? Follow the Gilder Lehrman Institute on twitter and find out! Daily facts about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be posted on our twitter feed: http://twitter.com/GLIAmericanHist
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New Podcast: Lewis Lehrman on Lincoln at Peoria
Since 1996, the Gilder Lehrman Historians' Forums have presented dozens of eminent historians discussing their latest books. Now you can hear these lectures on your computer or on a portable media player. New podcasts are launched weekly.
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Lewis Lehrman
"Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point"
April 28, 2009
In this lecture, given last week at the New-York Historical Society, Lewis Lehrman explores the origins and the consequences of one of Lincoln's most important speeches. Lewis Lehrman is the author of Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point and a Co-Founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute. |
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Make sure to post your comments about this lecture. Did Lincoln's speech at Peoria represent the rebirth of his political career? Would such a speech be possible in American politics today?
Recent podcasts include: James G. Basker on Anti-Slavery Literature in the Founding Era and Kenneth Jackson on The Establishment of Order in the Gilded Age, among others.
REMINDER : Calendars and posters are 50% off the regular price until May 31st. Visit the History Shop at http://www.gilderlehrmanstore.org !
NHEC Resources
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Virtual Fieldtrips
Field trips to museums and historic sites are great ways to generate enthusiasm and understanding about history. But budget cuts, logistics, and learning objectives on overload often bump class field trips to the bottom of the priority list. Virtual field trips can offer a low-cost, flexible alternative. Continue reading here. You might also want to explore Tramping Through History: Crafting Individualized Field Trips, a new teaching guide on the NHEC. Photo courtesy of Connor Prairie. |
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Website Review: Jews in America
The history of Jews in America from the 17th century to the present is explored in this website through essays, images, video presentations, and interactive timelines. Eight sections focus on particular time periods: 1654-1776; 1777-1829; 1830-1880; 1881-1919; 1920-1939; 1940-1948; 1949-1967; and 1968-present. Each section has short topical essays discussing the world events, politics, and daily life of the period, video and audio presentations, an image gallery, and books for further reading. More here. |
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Using Primary Sources: Making Sense of Letters and Diaries
In an attic or an online archive, coming across personal correspondence and diaries can open a tantalizing window into past lives. This guide offers an overview of letters and diaries as historical sources and how historians use them; tips on what questions to ask when reading these personal texts; an annotated bibliography; and a guide to finding and using letters and diaries online. Explore here. |
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Lesson Plan Review: Messages of Houses and Their Contents, 1780-1820
Personal possessions help us interpret the past, and this lesson from the Memorial Hall Museum in Massachusetts encourages students to think about the "stuff" that people owned in early America. Students examine photographs of reconstructed rooms, inventories of possessions, and house layouts from different time periods and are asked to make inferences about how changes in common household possessions reflect broader changes in society. Continue reading here. |
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Ask a Master Teacher: National Data
An NHEC user recently asked if there are any current, national data on student levels of understanding and knowledge of American history. Unfortunately, there are not many sources for this kind of data. The National Assessment of Educational Progress in American History (NAEP), referred to as the Nation's Report Card, is administered by an arm of the U.S. Department of Education and periodically assesses what students know and can do in various subject areas. Continue reading here. |
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New Video! Lessons Learned: Learning from the Experts
In this video Carol Berkin, professor of history at Baruch College, outlines the lessons she's brought back to her own classroom from her TAH Grant project work with educators. First, the best exchange and learning can happen between formal activities; second, teach to where students are, not to where you wish they were; and third, take advantage of "teachable moments" to explore questions with students. Watch the video here . |
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Tools for Teachers: Google Docs
Google Docs is a free, web-based word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation program that allows users to create, share, and collaborate to develop materials. Users can create documents and other presentations, upload existing files or create materials within the Google Docs program. The collaborative feature lends itself to student group projects as well as to faculty and administrative use. Users determine who has access and set editing privileges through invitational emails; files are stored online. Usage requires a Google account. Learn more here. |
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Ohio Social Studies Resource Center
Ohio Historical Center
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
614-297-2608
http://www.ossrc.org
Offers online resources for best teaching practices, content resources, and assessment items that align with and support Ohio’s Social Studies Academic Content Standards. Provides links to peer-reviewed instructional resources that have been identified by a review board of Ohio educators as exemplifying best or promising practices. Available resources also include content and professional resources as well as assessment and general education resources that will support the work of Pre K-16 classroom teachers and higher education faculty members
Ohio Treasure Chest of Technology Resources
Created by North Canton City Schools
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~techresources/
This site collects technology treasures for teachers to use and contains an archive of great web sites organized to match the indicators in the Ohio Academic Content Standards.
Opper Project
The Cartoon Research Library at the Ohio State University has developed a website, the Opper Project ( http://hti.osu.edu/opper), which provides information on using editorial cartoons to understand history. These resources advise instructors, students, and history enthusiasts about using editorial cartoons as primary documents.
Our Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true
Chance to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. Site includes downloadable posters plus tools for teachers, such as ways to integrate the documents into the classroom and descriptions of competitions for students and teachers.
Teach with Historic Places
Teach with Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/
Program of the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places. Uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom. Its products and services include a series of lesson plans; guidance on using places to teach; information encouraging educators, historians, preservationists, site interpreters, and others to work together effectively; and professional development publications and training courses.
Teaching with Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) uses properties listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places to enliven history, social studies, geography, civics, and other subjects. TwHP has created a variety of products and activities that help teachers bring historic places into the classroom. These include a series of lesson plans; guidance on using places to teach; information encouraging educators, historians, preservationists, site interpreters, and others to work together effectively; and professional development publications and training courses. TwHP lesson plans turn students into historians as they study primary sources, historical and contemporary photographs and maps, and other documents. The website and its education resources have won numerous awards and recommendations.
TeachingAmericanHistory.org Primary Resources
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Testing WGTE
www.wgte.org
The History Net
http://www.historynet.com/index.html
This website features online articles for a number of print history magazines, including Civil War Times. Website features also include a Picture of the Day, Today in History, a daily quiz, book reviews, and a forum.
The Learning Page
http://memory.loc.gov/learn
This Library of Congress site serves as the front door to more than 100 American Memory collections. It offers a teacher's eye view of some seven million documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio recordings. Teachers will find lesson plans, activities, tips, and tricks for using these collections in the classroom.
Using Music to Teach Social Studies
Songs for Teaching
Using Music to Promote Learning
6632 Telegraph Rd. #242
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
800-649-5514
http://www.songsforteaching.com/socialstudiessongs.htm
Includes background information on songs to use in American History and Government classes. Sounds clips are available for many songs.
