W 2/2

Loewen, ch. 4 – Red Eyes

Woodrow Wilson's 1913 "address to American Indians"- audio file (MP3 stream from the Internet Archives.

Culture and life of Dine' people in the 1950s - 11-minute 1954 documentary of the Navajo indians that reside in Arizona and New Mexico; "offering us a great glimpse into Native history and customs of the day. It shows us their housing, food, and industry against the harsh land they were forced to flee to." From the Internet Archives. Both modem and high-speed QuickTime and RealPlayer stream.

The Illustrating Traveler - Illustrated traveler's narratives and original art by travelers in the U.S. and Caribbean from 1760-1895.

a different website than you examined for Monday's readings

F 2/4

Hollitz, ch. 4 – Evaluating a Historical Argument: American Manhood and Philippine Annexation

The Spanish-American War - General overview with interactive maps, photos of the Maine wreckage, a movie of The World being delivered.

Effects of the Press on Spanish-American Relations in 1898 - analysis of media coverage on the Spanish-American crisis in early 1898.

The Spanish-American War Centennial Website - not directly related to the reading; contains information and photos of ships, weapons, personnel, and units. etc.

The Spanish American War 1898 - short U.S. Dept. of the Navy Naval Historical Center overview of the war.

What's Good About Yellow Journalism - from the Newspaper Association of America, written by journalism professor and author of Yellow Journalism: Puncturing the Myths, Defining the Legacies.

The Bandit Press- A tract on American journalism written by anti-imperialist Morrison I. Swift in 1899. From Jim Zwick's excellent website Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935".

How Yellow is Today's Journalism? - 1996 article by Allan R. Andrews, Editor, Pacific Stars and Stripes, Tokyo, Japan, with background on Hearst.

M 2/7

Hollitz, ch. 5 – The Problem of Historical Motivation: The Bungalow as the “Progressive” Home

National Arts and Crafts Archives - annotated historic photos (click on the thumbnails for a large image) and information about people associated with the movement.

Twin Cities Bungalow Club Website - website contains information and resources regarding bungalows and the Arts & Crafts movement in America. Most useful sections are the newsletter and gallery sections.

Bungalow Courts in San Diego: Monitoring a Sense of Place - a history of bungalows in Southern California from the Journal of Sand Diego History. Note images from this article.

Bungalow/Craftsman: Lubbock, TX - lists Craftsman/Bungalow homes in the area as part of its "architectural heritage" information; interesting photographs.

W 2/9

Hollitz, ch. 6 – Ideology and History: Closing the Golden Door

Federation for American Immigration Reform - Historical Immigrant Admission Data: 1821 to 2002 provides immigration statistics by decade and geographic region, and a History of Immigration Legislation offers brief summaries of immigration-related legislation adopted from 1790.

Laws Restricting Immigration - from The American Immigration Home Page, which began as a high school American History class project.

Linking the Past to the Present - History of the Asian Americans, including immigration and policy, from the Asia Society, with A Chronological History: 1763-1992.

Immigration - 1946 Internet Archives movie reviews the history of immigration to the United States up to the restrictive law passed in 1924. A dramatized scene in a European steamship office is used to show the economic, political and religious motives for immigration. Contains scenes of Ellis Island and New York City in the early 20th century. (10.5 minutes) Both modem and high-speed QuickTime and RealPlayer stream.

Ellis Island History - historical gateway through which more than 12 million U.S. immigrants passed between 1892 and 1954.

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - extensive special exhibit, part of the Library of Congress's American Memory Collection.

F 2/11

Hollitz, ch. 7 – History “From the Top Down”: Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) - From the White House web page, portrait and biographical sketch ER.

Training Women For War Production - This film is valuable for the introduction by Eleanor Roosevelt. She narrates this 1940s film about the National Youth Administration which prepared both young men and women for homefront jobs during WWII. From the Internet Archives. Both modem and high-speed QuickTime and RealPlayer stream.

The American Experience - Eleanor Roosevelt - PBS resources for their in-depth look at Eleanor Roosevelt.

Eleanor Roosevelt: American Visionary - National Parks Service website

The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, the human rights years, 1945-1962 - online resources about ER's activities after WW II.

Internet sites about the Great Depression and New Deal:

• The New Deal Network - an online educational guide to the Roosevelt Administration and the Great Depression of the 1930s with many primary source documents and photos.
• WPA Life Histories Home Page - Library of Congress life histories written by the staff of the Folklore Project for the U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The histories describe the informant's family education, income, occupation, political views, religion and mores, medical needs, diet and miscellaneous observations. You might want to check the "Making Due: Women and Work" life histories section.

M 2/14

Hollitz, ch. 8 – History “From the Bottom Up”: The Detroit Race Riot of 1943

Midterm Paper Due (LTDs should include reading due by 2/11/05)

Library of Congress African American Odyssey Exhibit, World War II, Segregation Abroad and at Home - text and photos

The 1943 Detroit race riots - background and photos of the riot in "rearview mirror" article from the Detroit News.

Detroit Race Riots 1943 - historical background from a PBS American Experience show on Eleanor Roosevelt.

AP & UPI Photos from the 1942 Detroit race riot from the Middle Passage and African American History Museum - 8 photos (scroll down on page to "Race Riots"

The Negro Holocaust: Lynching and Race Riots in the United States,1880-1950 - places the 1943 Detroit riot in historical context.

Detroit Riots, 1967 - extensive information and online resources about a later riot in Detroit, from Rutgers University Riots - 1967 website.

W 2/16

Hollitz, ch. 9 – Popular Culture as History: The Cold War Comes Home

CNN's Cold War website - features text, audio and video interviews, glossaries, interactive maps, study guides, and more.

On Guard! The Story of SAGE - IBM Corporation, Military Products Division movie: Innovations in computer technology as weapons in the Cold War. 12-minute movie from the Internet Archives, originally released circa 1956. Both modem and high-speed QuickTime and RealPlayer stream.

Atomic Alert (Elementary Version) - 1951 civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students. From the Internet Archives. Both modem and high-speed QuickTime and RealPlayer stream.

Cold War Hot Links - web resources on the CIA, HUAC, Rosenbergs, McCarthy, Espionage, the Red Scare, etc., even Dr. Seuss. Read the extensive list of links and select a few that interest you and note which ones you looked at on your LTD with your comments. (Note: a number of the links are not working any more.)

The Cold War International History Project - extensive primary source documents from the Smithsonian Institute's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. (same directions as Cold War Hot Links site.)

Harvard Project on Cold War Studies - with many resources including an interesting online document archives.

The Cold War Museum - list of online resources (same directions as Cold War Hot Links site.

The Pogo Page

F 2/18

Campus Closed - Presidents’ Day Observed

Learn more about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

M 2/21

Hollitz, ch. 10 – History and Popular Memory: The Civil Rights Movement

African American Odyssey: The Civil Rights Era - from the Library of Congress, provides an overview of significant events of the Civil Rights movement.

Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise - examines the legacy and impact of Brown v. Board of Education, a Supreme Court decision that ended legal segregation in U.S. education. From PBS

Civil Rights Documentation Project - includes transcripts of oral history interviews, a civil rights timeline, and bibliography. From the University of Southern Mississippi.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement - annotated, from 1954 - 1968.

"The New Negro" - Early 1960s NBC TV Open Mind Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King and Judge J. Waites Waring from The Internet Archives. (28 minutes)

National Civil Rights Museum Virtual Tour -  features Brown vs. the Board of Education, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Summer, Marches, Sit-Ins and more.

W 2/23

Loewen, ch. 8 – Watching Big Brother: What Textbooks Teach about the Federal Government

U.S. Diplomatic History Resources Index - an index of resources available to historians of U.S. foreign policy on the Web. Pick out a subject from the reading and find a related link.

U.S. Information Agency - USIA is part of the executive branch of the U.S. Government. The site is produced and maintained by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs.

Nicaraguan Contras and Cocaine - Selections from the Senate Committee Report on Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy chaired by Senator John F. Kerry. Also see other documents related to the Iran/contra affair.

F 2/25

Hollitz, ch. 11 – Causation and the Lessons of History: Explaining America’s Longest War

Please select a different website for each reading.

American Experience: Vietnam Online - companion web site to the PBS/WGBH series program on the Vietnam War. Features timeline, statistics, documents, first-hand accounts, and more.

The Vietnam Project - from Texas Tech University, contains an oral history project and virtual Vietnam archive.

Vietnam Interactive Portfolio - photographs taken in Vietnam from 1969-70.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War - site includes many documents and photos, and the full text documents.

Vietnam Veterans Home Page - many resources including a section on Reflections, Memories, and Images of Vietnam Past.

Lyndon B. Johnson - Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia on-line biography of our 36th President.

M 2/28

Loewen, ch. 9 – Down the Memory Hole: The Disappearance of the Recent Past

W 3/2

Hollitz, ch. 12 – Gender, Ideology, and Historical Change: Explaining the Women’s Movement

The Feminist Chronicles, 1953-1993 - descriptive timeline of events, issues and the backlash to the women's movement. Scroll down the page and see Part II.

A History of the National Organization for Women - Follow-up to the 1966 "Statement of Purpose" from NOW's website.

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement - transcribed texts and scanned images of articles, pamphlets, flyers, and booklets from the early years of the U.S. Women's Liberation Movement. From Duke University Special Collections.

Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement
1848 - 1998 - includes a history of the movement that puts "the second wave" in historical context and a detailed timeline.

How and Why Did the Guerrilla Girls Alter the Art World Establishment in New York City, 1985-1995? - explores the history of the Guerrilla Girls in the 1980s and 1990s, a group of women artists and art professionals who fought discrimination against women in the art world of galleries, museums, and art criticism. (Click on the linked documents in the article.) From Women & Social Movements in the US

Women in American History - how women helped shape U.S. history, from the Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes biographical articles, a media gallery, a study guide, and recommended reading. See the Modern America, 1920 - present section.

F 3/5

Loewen, ch. 10 – Progress is Our Most Important Product

The Idea of Progress - A bibliographic essay on the idea of progress throughout Western history by Robert A. Nisbet.

A Short History of Progress - overview of a 2004 lecture and ideas of Ronald Wright on the subject from a Canadian university.

Coming of Age - Entrepreneurs and business experts discuss how the 80s changed the way they think about business. (Inc. Magazine On-line Archive)

Earth Day 2004 Fact Sheet - environmental progress since 1970 and Fact Sheets from The Earth Day Network.

Wheels of Progress - 1927 movie that reviews the history of transportation in the U.S. and promotes the economic and social benefits of more and better public roads. From the Internet Archives. Both modem and high-speed QuickTime and RealPlayer stream. (14 minutes)

M 3/7

Hollitz, ch. 13  - Why Historical Interpretation Matters: The Battle over Multicultural Education

A Brief History of Multicultural Education (1991) - part of McGraw Hill's Multicultural Philosophy Series.

Multicultural Education Internet Resource Guide - assists multicultural educators in locating educational resources

National Association for Multicultural Education website for a current perspective. See Resource Center.

W 3/9

Loewen, ch. 11 – Why is History Taught Like This?

Are U.S. History Textbooks Still Full of Lies and Half-Truths? - History News Network article by Ray Raphael with discussion board responses. (Sept. 2004)

New Study High School History Textbooks Are Inadequate - History News Network post by Chester Finn, from the foreword to A Consumer's Guide to High School History Textbooks (Feb. 2004)

A Consumer's Guide to High School History Textbooks - summary review of 12 widely used U.S. and world history textbooks by Diane Ravitch (Feb. 2004)

Frances Fitzgerald - Sept. 30, 1999 audio interview "On the state of historical pedagogy," given after the publication of the second edition of America Revised: History Textbooks in the 20th Century (scroll down page)

more about some educational theorists

• Jonathan Kozel
• Paulo Freire
• Henry Giroux
• Henry M. Levin
• Walter Karp
  

F 3/11

Loewen,ch. 12 – What is the Result of Teaching History Like This? and
Afterward: The Future Lies Ahead – and What to Do about Them
1 LTD guide

James Loewen's university website - read Tips for Teachers and take the American History Quiz.

optional only after Loewen's site
History Matters - 2001 film that examines the cyclical nature of reality, suggesting that an appreciation of this basic precept can be valuable in understanding both the large events that shape our times, and the smaller circumstances of our everyday lives. Much of the footage for History Matters originated in films available at the Internet Archives, and has been repurposed for entirely different ends. Available as a 19 MB QuickTime download. (4 minutes)

M 3/14

 FINAL EXAM - 7:00 – 9:00 AM
Please bring 1 Scantron 882E and a #2 pencil.

Test Preparation and Taking - a useful guide