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American Revolution |
"...it
is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be
considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or a curse, not to
the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn
millions be involved." - George Washington,
Newburgh (NY), 1783 |
PBS: Liberty! The American Revolution (teacher's
guide, game, extensive bibliography and other resources)
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Archiving Early America ("a unique array of primary
source material from 18th Century America" - games, newspapers,
portraits and more)
http://www.earlyamerica.com/
Teaching With Historic Places (National Park Service)
http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/
American Revolution (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
USHistory.org
http://www.ushistory.org/index.html
Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution - The
Philadelphia Campaign 1777
http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html
Join the Revolution (Education World's Kid-friendly
site about the American Revolution)
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson175.shtml
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French Revolution |
"The consequences of things are not always
proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have
produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was
expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much
was expected, produced little."
- Charles Caleb Colton |
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Exploring the French
Revolution (includes images and songs of the revolution)
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/
The French Revolution (Encarta)
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761557826/French_Revolution.html#s1
The French Revolution (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
The French Revolution (timeline, biographies,
multi-media)
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/default.shtml
PBS - Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/
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Haitian Revolution |
"But
the prejudice of race alone blinded the American people for the debt
they owed to the desperate courage of 500,000 Haitian Negros who
would not be enslaved." - Henry Adams,
Historian |
The Haitian Revolution (University of Albany, SUNY)
http://www.albany.edu/~js3980/haitian-revolution.html
The Haitian Revolution (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution
The Louverture Project Haitian History Resource
(includes letters, proclamations and other source material)
http://thelouvertureproject.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
The Haitian Revolution and the Forging of America
http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/34.1/thomson.html
The Toussaint Louverture Historical Society
http://toussaintlouverturehs.org/
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Womens' Movement |
"Men—their rights and nothing
more. Women—their rights and nothing less. Principle, not
Policy. Justice, not favors." - Susan B.
Anthony
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First Wave Feminism (Wikipedia overview)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-wave_feminism
PBS: Not For Ourselves Alone - The Story of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (fantastic multi-media interactive
site!)
http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ click on "explore the
women's movement"
Seneca Falls Convention
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Falls_Convention
Seneca Falls Convention Portraits
http://www.npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm
Declaration of Sentiments (text of declaration plus
links to information on many of those who signed the document)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Sentiments
Stanton's Address (Seneca Falls Convention)
http://www.nps.gov/archive/wori/address.htm
American Treasures of the Library of Congress (views
of actual clippings from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's scrapbook)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr040.html
National Women's Hall of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org/home.php
National Organization for Women (NOW)
http://www.now.org/
Second Wave Feminism (Wikipedia overview)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism
Gloria Steinem (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Steinem
National Women's Studies Association
http://www.nwsa.org/
Third Wave Feminism (Wikipedia overview)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-wave_feminism
Feminist.com - current feminist issues and action
http://www.feminist.com/
National Council of Women's Organizations
http://www.womensorganizations.org/
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Abolition Movement |
"I had
reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a
right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would
have the other." - Harriet Tubman |
Notable Opponents of Slavery (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_opponents_of_slavery
American Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights Timeline
http://www.ushistory.org/more/timeline.htm
Historic Documents (key documents to be familiar with)
http://www.ushistory.org/documents/index.html
PBS - Africans in America (4 parts - each with
historical narrative, resource bank and teacher guide)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
Social Studies for Kids - The Underground Railroad
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/undergroundrailroad.htm
National Geographic - The Underground Railroad
(interactive site)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/index.html
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
http://www.freedomcenter.org/index.html
National Park Service - Aboard the Underground Railroad, Historic Sites
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/states.htm
Excerpts from Slave Narratives
http://www.vgskole.net/prosjekt/slavrute/primary.htm
American Visionaries: Frederick Douglas (includes
virtual tour of Douglass home)
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/douglass/
Harriet Tubman
http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm
Harriet Tubman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman
Harriet Tubman Home (Historic Site in Auburn New York)
http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/
Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture: Abolition
1830-1850 (archived texts and images)
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/abolitn/abhp.html
John Brown's Farm - Elba, NY
http://www.nyhistory.com/gerritsmith/nelba.htm
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Labor Movement |
"Oh,
you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the
union 'til the day I die."
- From the song Union Maid by Woody
Guthrie |
Labor Movement (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_movement
Labor Songs
http://www.labor-studies.org/labor_songs.htm
United Farm Workers History
http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=research&inc=research_history.html
PBS: The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers'
Struggle
http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields/cesarchavez1.html
United Steelworkers
Major Milestones -
http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/3779.php
Early History -
http://www.steelworkers-usw.org/usw/program/content/217.php
United Auto Workers (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Auto_Workers
United Auto Workers - 70 Years of Solidarity
http://www.uaw.org/History/uaw70years.html
List of Strikes (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strikes
The Flint Sit Down Strike (including the strategic roles of black
workers and women)
http://www.workers.org/2007/us/flint-0308/
The Lawrence Textile Strike ("Bread and Roses Strike")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_textile_strike
1913 Miner's Strike
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-15481_19271_19357-156714--,00.html
Child Labor in America
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/index.html
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Civil
Rights |
"Power concedes nothing without a
demand; it never has and it never will"-
Frederick Douglas
"Every generation needs a
new revolution" -Thomas Jefferson |
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
http://www.aclu.org/
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
National Civil Rights Museum
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (online resources
and archives)
http://www.bcri.org/index.html
civilrights.org the Civil Rights Coalition for the
21st Century
http://www.civilrights.org/
BlackHistory.com
http://www.blackhistory.com/
Affirmative Action (Wikipedia overview)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action
NAACP
http://www.naacp.org/home/index.htm
Civil Rights Movement - Over 50 articles written by experts who
continually update and add new content
http://www.civilrightsmovement.co.uk/home.htm
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| Frequently
Requested Sites |
"The
past does not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme" - Mark
Twain
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Castleton
State College Library
National History Club
Vermont Alliance for Social
Studies
Vermont Geographic
Alliance
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/index.html
Primary Documents - 100 Milestone Documents of
American History
http://www.ourdocuments.gov
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Schools |
"The
function of the historian is neither to love the past nor to
emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it
as the key to the understanding of the present." - E.H.
Carr
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Castleton State College
http://www.csc.vsc.edu/
Christ the King School
http://www.cksrutland.com/
State of Vermont Department of Education
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/
Supervisory Union Districts Directory
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/directories/su_sd_A_C.html
Public School & Technical Center Directory
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/directories/public_schools_A_C.html
Colleges and Universities
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/directories/postsecondary.html
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Libraries |
"The
reflections and histories of men and women throughout the world
are contained in books.... America's greatness is not only
recorded in books, but it is also dependent upon each and every
citizen being able to utilize public libraries." - Terence Cooke |
Vermont Automated Libraries System at the Vermont
Department of Libraries
http://dol.state.vt.us/
The Library of Congress (the ultimate on-line library
with words pictures & sound)
http://www.loc.gov/
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Museums
Historical Societies |
"History is concerned with time,
space, and change. It is concerned with the unique person, with the unique
event, and with their combination." - James
C. Malin, "The Historian and the Individual," in Essays on
Individuality |
Regional
Historical Societies
http://www.vermonthistory.org/lhs/lhsindex.htm
Vermont Historical Society On-Line
http://www.vermonthistory.org/index.htm
Museums
http://www.vermonthistory.org/links/museum.htm
MuseumStuff.com - Vermont Museums
http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/usa/vermont/all.html
Lake Champlain
Quadricentennial - 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Samuel de
Champlain’s arrival on Lake Champlain and his exploration of its
surroundings.
More
on events and activities including International Academic Symposium July
2-5, 2009
National
MuseumStuff.com - United States Museum
Directory
http://www.museumstuff.com/museums/usa/
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.si.edu
National Constitution Center
www.constitutioncenter.org
National Women's History Museum
http://www.nmwh.org/
Ellis Island Immigration Museum
http://www.ellisisland.com/index.html
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| Historic Preservation
Historic
Landmarks |
"Our trade is preserving the real historic
place, in real time, for this and future generations to see and
experience—to get a 'charge,' if you will. That experience and a
thousand others like it—different in scale or purpose—are the true
value of historic preservation. They transform past into present, and
present into future—giving context to ideas and anchorage to experience."
-Robert G. Stanton, director, National Park
Service |
National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.nationaltrust.org/
The Preservation Trust of Vermont
http://www.ptvermont.org/
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
http://www.historicvermont.org/
National Historic Landmarks
http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/
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Education
Links & Resources |
"The value of history is, indeed, not
scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the
sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to control, not society,
but ourselves -- a much more important thing; it prepares us to live more
humanely in the present and to meet rather than to foretell the
future." - Carl Becker |
Government Resources
National Park Service Vermont History Page
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/centralvermont/vhistory1.htm
US Department of State - History Education and Culture
http://www.state.gov/history/
US Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
Library of Congress American Memory Learning Page
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html
No Child Left Behind - Desktop Reference
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html
National Organizations
National Council for History Education
http://www.history.org/nche/
Social Studies.Org (National Council for the Social
Studies)
http://www.socialstudies.org
National Coalition for History
Washington, D.C.-based non-profit educational organization providing
leadership in history-related advocacy, serving as the profession's
national voice, and acting as a clearinghouse of news and information
http://historycoalition.org/
Resource Centers
(lesson plans, resources, links, teaching tips, interactive sites)
Castleton State College American History Research
Guide
http://www.castleton.edu/wikis/library/doku.php?id=american_history
Hot Chalk
HotChalk is a learning environment for K-12
teachers, students and parents that includes a learning management
system (LMS), a rich library of teacher-contributed lesson plans,
premium digital content like NBC News video, and professional
development for teachers in a Web-based environment.
http://www.hotchalk.com/
Valley Quest
Award-winning, place-based education program that uses treasure hunts to
celebrate community, natural history, cultural sites, stories and
special places.
http://www.vitalcommunities.org/ValleyQuest/ValleyQuest.htm
Teachers Count
Non-profit organization dedicated to raising the status of the teaching
profession and providing resources to the education community.
Includes CelebriTeachers,
providing recognition for K-12 teachers who have earned
distinction in their field. If a teacher you know has recently won an
award or received press coverage for excellence in teaching, we want to
hear about it.
http://www.teacherscount.org
The History Cooperative
http://www.historycooperative.org/
Best of History Web Sites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml
The Education Index (a guide to education related sites
on the web)
http://www.educationindex.com/
Education World
http://www.education-world.com
Modern History Source Book
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html
Librarian's Index to the Internet - History
http://lii.org/search/file/history
Scholastic - Free tools and resources for your classroom
- Huge list of links for educators
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Discovery Channel School - For parents, teachers and
students
http://school.discovery.com/
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Often
Overlooked
History |
"Only
when lions have historians will hunters cease to be heroes" -
-- African proverb "Facts do not cease to exist because they
are ignored." --Aldous Huxley,
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Abenaki Tribe (links to history, language, maps and
more)
http://www.native-languages.org/abenaki.htm
Asian Nation - History of Asians in America
http://www.asian-nation.org/first.shtml
Black History Activities - Exploring African American
History on the Web
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/index.htm
National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/
Native Web - Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around
the World
http://www.nativeweb.org/
300 Women Who Changed the World (Encyclopedia Britannica)
http://search.eb.com/women/
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Media |
"Most of us spend too
much time on the last 24 hours and too little on the last 6000
years." - Will Durant |
Television
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
PBS History
http://www.pbs.org/history/
PBS - The New Americans Immigrant Contributions (Teacher
Guide)
http://www.pbs.org/newamericans/6.0/html/immcontributions.html
PBS - Ancestors in the Americas (Asian Americans)
http://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/
Articles
The Atlantic Online - "The Top Most Influential
Figures in American History
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200612/influentials
Publications
Vermont Historical Society has two publications
available to members
http://www.vermonthistory.org/pubs.htm
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| Fun Facts |
"The
only thing new in the world is the history you don't know." - Harry S.Truman |
Vermont "Firsts"
http://www.virtualvermont.com/history/firsts.html
America's Story (Great interactive site from Library of
Congress)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
The Political Graveyard (comprehensive source of US
Political Biography)
http://politicalgraveyard.com/
Virtual Vermont
http://www.virtualvermont.com/
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Clubs
and
Events |
"A historian
should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place
and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a
fresh view." - Samuel Eliot Morison
"A nation that
forgets its past can function no better than an individual with
amnesia." - David McCullough
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National History Club
The National History Club was created in March 2002 to help promote the
reading, writing, discussion, and enjoyment of history among secondary
students and their teachers.
http://nationalhistoryclub.org
Vermont History Expo
http://www.vermonthistory.org/expo/
National History Day
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org
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Link
Suggestions |
"History
is just one damned thing after another." - Winston
Churchill |
Do you know a useful American History web site that's
not listed here? Then send your suggestion to tah@castleton.edu.
We'll periodically review the suggested sites and update this
page. Please note that not all
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