The American Memory Project - from the Library of Congress provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
Beyond the textbook : teaching history using documents and primary sources
Jackdaws are birds that like to collect shiney objects. Similarly Jackdaw teaching resources are collections of information about a given topic. Jackdaw collections are used to teach history through the analysis of primary source documents, such as eyewitness accounts, photographs, documents, and other artifacts. Each collection comes with secondary source essays, notes on the documents, critical thinking quesions, suggestions for additional reading, student activities and lesson plans. The WCU Curriculum Materials Center has the following Jackdaw collections:
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The American Revolution Anne Frank's world Black voting rights : the fight for equality Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka The Balkans: ethnic conflict The Civil War The cold war The French Revolution The Great Depression in America Harlem Renaissance A history of political parties in America The Holocaust Immigrants come to America, 1870-1930 Indian resistance in growing America Indian resistance: The patriot chiefs Immigrants to a growing nation 1800-1880 Immigration: 1870-1930 Japanese-American internment : the Bill of Rights in crisis |
Jim Crow era Korean War Ku Klux Klan Modern immigration Mountain men and the fur trade The New Deal The Presidency Reconstruction Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott Salem Village and the witch hysteria Slavery in the United States Trail of Tears Triangle Shirtwaist fire Underground Railroad The Vietnam War The world of Islam World War I : 1914-1918 World War II: The home front |
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