From the Gilder Lehrman Institute:
Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History at Stanford University, explores the history of the American West in the 1930s and 1940s. He examines the broad transformations that took place in the West during the New Deal, but also draws attention to some deeper structures in the West that did not change during that time.
From the Gilder Lehrman Institute:
"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."
From the Gilder Lehrman Institute:
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.
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.
From the Glider Lehrman Institute of American History website:
"This short video looks at documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection that show the tremendous concern of the Association of Manhattan Project Scientists toward nuclear power in peacetime."
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.
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."
A.E. Dick Howard, White Burkett Miller Professor of Law and Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, analyzes the changes in the Supreme Court from the Warren Court of the 1960s to the Rehnquist era.
Vincent Ferrara, Professor of International Politics at Mount Holyoke College, compiled this list of 117 primary source documents relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Some of these are links to documents on other sites. Documents include memoranda, telegrams, meeting notes, and audio clips. The site also contains five links to other sites about the crisis and 12 articles written in the last 15 years that discuss the crisis.
The site provides no introduction, no index, and no background on the documents. It is not organized thematically, alphabetically, or chronologically. It will be helpful to those looking for the most important documents of the missile crisis and less so for those who are not already involved in researching the topic.
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.