Media Center: English

• Archive footage, pictures and Documents -- http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/before.htm
• the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum -- http://www.auschwitz-muzeum.oswiecim.pl/html/eng/start/index.php
• Holocaust Memorial Center -- http://holocaustcenter.org/
• Holocaust Memorial (Miami Beach) -- http://www.holocaustmmb.org/
• Holocaust Memorial Day -- http://www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk/
  Contains case studies dealing with resistance and life in the ghettos
• The Holocaust Education Trust (click on links) -- http://www.het.org.uk
  Promotes research and education about the Holocaust and its relevance today. It also provides teacher training, an outreach program for schools, teaching aids and resource material
• Interactive Conflict Map (NobelPrize.org) -- http://nobelprize.org/peace/educational/conflictmap/
• New England Holocaust Memorial -- http://www.nehm.org/
• Racism and Fascism today -- http://www.thinkequal.com/
• Silent Witness: the story of Lola Rein and her dress [Macromedia Flash Player] -- http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/silentwitness/
• Stories of Rescuers -- http://www.jfr.org/
• Survivors, Rescuers, Perpetrators, Resistance, Victims, Bystanders -- http://www.remember.org/witness/
• Testimonies of survivors -- http://www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk/
• Timeline of WWII -- http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum, with interactive encyclopedia -- http://www.ushmm.org/
• Video Archive of Holocaust testimonies -- http://www.library.yale.edu/testimonies/
• Yad Vashem Holocaust heroes and martyrs remembrance -- http://www.yadvashem.org/

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Shakespeare information on World Book

World Book Gold -- Login available from Media Center (purple sheet)

• Search Shakespeare. 
• Go to first article (Wadsworth) and Begin (note the index on the left side of the page)

 

Grammar

• Index of Grammar -- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm
• The Tongue Untied:  a Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and style -- http://grammar.uoregon.edu/toc.html
• The Basic Elements of English -- http://www.ucalgary.ca/uofc/eduweb/grammar
• Tameri Guide for Writers --http://www.tameri.com/index.html

 Ancient Greece

• Daily Life, Ancient Greek World
  http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
• Art & Architecture
  http://www.ancientgreece.com/
• Philosophers
  http://www.mrdowling.com/701-philosophy.html
• Sports (for sports click on the Olympia link)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml
• Ancient Olympics
  http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
• Odyssey/Greece
  http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/GREECE/homepg.html
• Philosophy, Art
  http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/index.htm
• Architecture
  http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/grkarch.html
• Philosophy of Aristotle
  http://www.hol.gr/greece/philoso.htm
• Reference Resources -- an excellent portal
  http://www.kidinfo.com/World_History/AncientGreece.html

ABC-CLIO: Ancient and Medieval History Password available in the Media Center AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR ANCIENT GREECE

Research Paper Introduction

Research Paper Grading Rubric

Jim Crow Essays

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/creating2.htm

Jim Crow images

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/scripts/jimcrow/gallery.cgi?collection=crow

Jim Crow –PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

Click on Narratives to hear stories

Click on “interactive maps” then “GO to the maps” then “Jim Crow Laws”

Jim Crow Quiz

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/tools_riot.html

Sampling of laws from various states

http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm

What was Jim Crow

http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/what.htm

Origin of Jim Crow

http://www.toptags.com/aama/docs/jcrow.htm

PBS - Strange Fruit

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/film.html

Ladyday – Strange Fruit

http://www.ladyday.net/stuf/vfsept98.html

About Lynching

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lynching/lynching.htm

Lynching Exhibit

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/01/18/lynching.photography/

Lynching and race riots in the US

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1979/2/79.02.04.x.html

Lynchings in America

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/african/2000/lynching.htm

Lynching in America – warning….graphic pictures

http://tiger.towson.edu/users/msanto2/page2.htm

Anti-lynching picketers

http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/4466/mcms.html

Black women in the NAACP

http://womhist.binghamton.edu/lynch/intro.htm

Lynching in America – Carnival of Death

http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/lynching/end_5.html?sect=8

• Mississipi Writers Page – Richard Wright
  http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/wright_richard/
  
• Richard Wright
  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/r_wright/r_wright.htm
  
• Richard Wright’s Life
  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/r_wright/wright_life.htm
  
• Richard Wright
  http://home.gwu.edu/~cuff/wright/
  
• Rise and Fall of Jim Crow – Richard Wright
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_wright.html
  
• Richard Wright – “Black Boy”
  http://www.itvs.org/RichardWright/
  
• Richard Wright - Chronology
  http://www.itvs.org/RichardWright/chron.html
  
• RHS Online Resources
  
  

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1930's (Ms. Krakaur's Class)

Dewey Decimal #s

Try the 330s or 973 (US History)

Don’t forget American Decades andAmerican Decades Primary Sources

Suggested Online Resources:

RHS Online Resources

Britannica Online

On the opening screen check the “EB” and “Britannica Internet Guide” Make sure you use” “ around any search that contains more than one word, i.e. “Pullman strike”.

In addition to “EB” articles, magazine article links and vetted internet links will be returned. (on the right side of the screen)

Proquest

Proquest will return both abstracts and full text. Read the abstract first to decide of the article is relevant.

TIP- try “History AND strikes” or “Labor relations”

Gale U.S. History Resources

Four types of information are available.

Make sure you click on each of the tabs:

• Edgar Lee Masters
• Edgar Lee Masters' Life and Career
• American Literature Web Resources: Edgar Lee Masters

• Culture of the 1950s:
• 1950s Rock'n'roll:
• The Authentic History Center: The 1950s - Features primary resources including audio, images, and more.
• Fifties Boulevard - A Graphic Portrait of the Fifties in America
• Fifties Web - Web site devoted to the 1950s.
• Film History of the 1950s
• The Literature and Culture of the American 1950s
• Rewind the 50s - Cars, idols, pictures and more.
• Top Ten Films of the 1950's
• http://www.magnetplace.com/RETRO/
• http://paperpast-archives.com/fifties/50kidstuff/PAGE_2/page_2.html 1959 Ward’s Christmas catalog –toys
• http://paperpast-archives.com/fifties/50music/

• History Matters -- http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

• Boomer's Fifties Teen Idol Magazine -- http://home.att.net/~boomers.fifties.teenmag/  

EBOOKS: get password from Media Center Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms:  Pop Culture of 20th Century American American Decades

**First check out Gale US History Resource Center (ask for password in the Media Center)

• The 60s ladies' style site www.geocities.com/SoHo/4473/
• American Cultural History - 1960-1969 kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade60.html
• Yahoo! Directory 1960s > Popular Culture ... American Cultural History 1960-1969 - aims to help the user gain a broad understanding and appreciation for the culture and history of the 1960s. ... dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/ 20th_Century/1960s/Popular_Culture/
• 1960s Flashback - http://www.1960sflashback.com/
• 20th Century Fashion History: 1960s
  Keywords: costume history, fashion history, baby boom fashions, 20th century fashion,
  mod fashions, 1960s fashions, hippie fashions, vintage clothing, fashion ...
  www.costumegallery.com/1960.htm
• The Vietnam War - http://www.vietnampix.com/index.html
• Vietnam Online: PBS -- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/
• Vietnam War Index The Vietnam War. Political and Military Figures. TeaLeonid Brezhnev, TCurtis LeMay. Bao Dai, Anastas Mikoyan. ... Vietnam War Websites. Vietnam Online, Vietnam Veterans. ...
  www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietnam.html
• The History Place: Vietnam War -- www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/
• Battlefield:Vietnam www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/
• New York Times: A Different War --- NY Times retrospective http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/vietnam-war-index.html
• Space Race Exhibition Space Race Logo, ... The Space Race grew out of the Cold War between the United Statesand the Soviet Union, the most powerful nations after World War II. ...
  www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm
• Newseum: Space Race www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/exhibits/ dateline_moon/space.htm
• African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era (Part 2)
  memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9b.html
• Black History - Civil Rights - African American History www.africanaonline.com/
• Historical Focus on Civil Rights Index ... Civil Rights Literature During the 1960s: This site features the civil rights movement in the larger context of literary trends and social change during the ... hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/BlackLeadership/ historicalindex.html

• African American Odyssey (Library of Congress)
• Online Newshour forum: Harlem Renaissance
• NYPL Schomburg Center for Black Culture
• Langston Hughes: A Renaissance Man (Library of Congress)
• Harlem Renaissance
• African American music and culture
• Marcus Garvey
• Afro-American Almanac
• Cora Unashamed – the Harlem Renaissance
•  
  Harlem: an African American Experience
•  
  Harlem History
  Harlem Renaissance
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  Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
• Literature & Life: the Harlem Renaissance (includes audio & video clips)
• Online Newshour Forum: Harlem Renaissance
• PBS: Harlem Renaissance
• Rhapsodies in Black
• Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Stories (links to personal narratives)
• A walk through Harlem: Interactive Map

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