WEBSITE LINKS
A vast collection of documents developed into theme lessons for either high school or university. Look for the slide shows as well!!
H-Net includes links to over a dozen helpful College Syllabi related to US History 1917-45. These, and the others linked below, will give you a clear idea of what texts and resources specialists in your field are using in their university courses as well as how teachers are using technology to enhance their curriculum and activities.
1918-1945 Resources for Teaching (has thirteen links)
Themes in United States History: 1914-1945
Syllabus for Senior Seminar: The New Deal
The Great Depression and the Meaning of America
H-High-S facilitates an ongoing discussion of curriculum, instructional strategies, and educational resources involved in teaching history, social studies, and related subjects in American secondary schools. This would be a place to look if you were interested in making links with US high schools, or discussing resources with American teachers.
Best of History Web Sites
Created by a high school teacher who has founded The Center for Teaching with Technology. Look under U.S. History and then for the pages for the 20s, 30s, Cold War etcetera as well as the link for Lesson Plans/Activities
History Matters: a dynamic gateway for teachers of U.S. History. This is part of the Center for History and the New Media at George Mason University.
Digital History, including online textbook Hypertext History and encyclopedia
A full resource of links to other US history sites
American Memory at the Library of Congress
From Revolution to Reconstruction and What Happened Afterwards (includes hypertext versions of US Information Agency accounts of US history and how they changed over time - very useful for historiography!!)
The New Deal Network at the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Photography of Dorothea Lange (Great Depression)
EDSITEment from the National Endowment for the Humanities
E Pluribus Unum: America in the Twenties
Teaching with Historical Places from the National Register of Historical Places
Lecture notes for a university American history course with useful content and links
America's Story from the Library of Congress
The Choices Program at Brown University based on US foreign policy alternatives
Advanced Placement US History Syllabus (has huge number of links and Document Based Questions)
American Social History Project (CUNY)
A very useful source of insightful documents, with background information and lesson questions, has been made available on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration in Washington. Look under the Digital Classroom and then the Teaching with Documents link.
Kingwood College Library gives concise coverage of each decade that provides an introductory purview:
"American Cultural History: 1920-29"
"American Cultural History: 1930-39"
Alameda County Library Teen Room: brief lists of valuable links for the "1920s" and "1930s"
Great American Speeches: features some audio as well as text.
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