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"Edward Ayers, President of University of Richmond, discusses how to define an 'era.' He reviews African American history and women's history throughout the 20th century to illustrate the fact that one event does not necessarily lead to another, and that history does not always follow a logical trajectory."
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Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, walks his class through the complicated legal twists and turns created by the Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. He explains the ramifications of Brown on the various desegregation cases that followed it, up through the 1970s.
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What does the Constitution say about racial equality? Larry Kramer, Dean at Stanford Law School, explains the role of the Reconstruction amendments and the challenges faced by the Supreme Court in shaping civil rights legislation in the years before Brown v. Board of Education.
A quarterly journal inaugurated in September 2004 designed to "promote the study of American history" with articles by historians and teaching resources. Past issues on elections, primary sources on slavery, immigration, and American national holidays are also available on the site.
Each issue has six main features. "In This Issue" provides an introduction and overview. "The Historian's Perspective" offers four to six scholarly essays by noted historians on the issue's topic. "From the Teacher's Desk" has lesson plans for high school, middle school, and elementary school levels with links to related websites. "Interactive History" provides either timelines, quizzes, or interactive maps. The "Digital Drop Box" allows site visitors to post comments, suggestions, sample lesson plans, or stories from the classroom. "Ask the Archivist" has suggested sources and a section for questions and answers.
Offers hundreds of lesson plans composed by teachers, on a variety of subjects, organized into three groups—K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Provides 31 plans for grades 9-12 on U.S. history topics, including civil rights, balancing budgets, jazz, opposing views of the Vietnam War, Native American history, the Cold War, Japanese-Americans during World War II, racism, NATO, the Salem Witch Trials, U.S.-Cuba relations, and "The Power of Fiction," focusing on socially-relevant texts. Also includes 33 Literature plans—many on works by American authors—and plans for world history and ancient history. Valuable for high-school level history teachers.
This installment of PBS's American Experience series narrates the rise and fall of Dr. Walter Freeman, inventor of the prefrontal lobotomy, and the practice of lobotomy as a whole. It looks at how this procedure became popularly accepted and then denounced as horrific and barbaric.
Unfortunately, this content is no longer free to the public; however, PBS offers a short preview video and options to purchase a full copy of the documentary.
From the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History website:
"Alice Kessler-Harris is the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History at Columbia University, in New York City. She specializes in the history of American labor and the comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of women and gender."
Michael Kazin, professor of History at Georgetown University, explores cultural change and cultural backlash in America during the 1920s in reaction to the influx of immigrants in the early part of the century. This lecture is part two of two. Click for part one.
Michael Kazin, professor of History at Georgetown University, explores the turbulent two decades between World War I and World War II. He describes the radical shifts in American political power and social institutions during that time. This lecture is part one of two. Click for part two.
Introduces the National Women's History Project, "a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information as well as educational material and programs." Includes a 5,000-word essay on the history of the women's rights movement and a 7,000-word timeline. The site gives detailed information about the organization's activities, including efforts to bring women's history into public life, a list of curricular ideas for teachers, material concerning National Women's History Month, and a 15-question quiz on Women's History.
Perhaps most valuable, the site furnishes approximately 200 partially annotated links, arranged into 12 broad categories such as "Politics," "World History," and "Math and Science." Though lacking in primary source material, this site provides useful beginning resources for the study and practice of women's history.