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Resources for my
Students:
Current Events
- "Never doubt that
a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the
world.
- Indeed, it's the
only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
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American History
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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
Intended to accompany a Library of
Congress exhibit on Christopher
Columbus, this site includes
information on the population of the
American continent prior to 1492,
the Mediterranean region of the 15th
century, Christopher Columbus, and
the relationship between Europeans
emigrating to the American continent
between 1492 and 1600 and the Native
Americans; and a list of suggested
readings.
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Discoverers Web
This site is a collection of links
to all kinds of information on the
Internet about voyages of discovery
and exploration all around the
world, through the ages.
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Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish
America, 1520-1820
This site offers
color
images, primary sources, and
interpretive essays on colonial
history and culture.
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The African-American Mosaic: A
Library of Congress Resource Guide
for the Study of Black History and
Culture
This site features information from
the Library of Congress collection
of books, periodicals, prints,
photographs, music, film, and
recorded sound on 500 years of the
African American experience in the
Western hemisphere, including
colonization, abolition, migration,
and the Works Progress
Administration (WPA).
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African-American Women: On-line
Archival Collections
Contains the letters and memoirs of
three African-American women in the
nineteenth-century.
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America's Story from America's
Library
The Library of Congress puts a fun,
original spin on United States
history through its collection of
books, diaries, records and tapes,
films, sheet music, maps, prints,
photographs and digital materials.
Visitors can discover what Abraham
Lincoln had in his pockets on the
night he was assassinated. Or learn
about Buffalo Bill Cody and his
"Wild West" show; the heroism of
Harriet Tubman, who helped many
slaves escape bondage; the music of
jazz great Duke Ellington; or the
inventions of Thomas Edison.
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American Memory: Historical
Collections for the National Digital
Library
This extensive collection from the
Library of Congress includes
documents, photos, prints, motion
pictures, maps, and sound recordings
of events, people, places, time
periods, and topics in American
history. Also features an
"Educator's Page" with lesson ideas,
"Learning Page," activities, and a
"Today in History" special feature.
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Copyright © 2008 Carol
Blakeslee-Collin
Site last updated 5/26/2008
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