This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Zoot Suit Riots, a confrontation between flashy young men who did not serve in the war and those soldiers returning from World War II.
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Professor Maria Montoya of New York University reveals the international nature of the California Gold Rush. Miners swarmed into California from Mexico, South America, Europe, and beyond.
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The Redlands Area Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the history, culture, genealogy, and historic architecture of Redlands, CA, and the surrounding area. The society is broken up into three sections—'the society itself, which is focused on collecting historic artifacts and preserving the general history of the Redlands Area; the Redlands Area Genealogical Society, which is dedicated to preserving the genealogy of Redlands residents since the town's founding; and the Old House Group, which works to restore and preserve historic homes and other structures in the Redlands area.
The site offers information about the society and each of its three branches, current society news, an archive of the society newsletter, library access, and an events calendar.
The society does not offer a physical site for visitation. The above listing is pre-existing.
"The Museum of Ventura County promotes understanding of Ventura County’s history, art and culture through collections, exhibitions, publications, public programs and research." The museum first opened in 1913 and was known as the pioneer museum. The museum was known throughout the country for its interesting a varied collection of pioneer artifacts. The museum moved to its current location in 1973, and is now undergoing an extensive renovation. The museum currently holds an impressive range of collections, which chronicle Ventura County's history from ancient times to now.
The site offers visitor information, a museum store, information on educational programs, information regarding the current expansion project, and an online library catalog.
This entry is a duplicate of 8194.
Through the Institute, teachers begin an investigation of the history of the Holocaust, the systematic, planned annihilation of European Jews and other groups by Nazi Germany from 19331945. Participants will also broaden their depth of knowledge about current genocides and continued episodes of man's inhumanity to man during the 20th and 21st centuries. The institute includes a wide range of age-appropriate resources and strategies being modeled through exploration of the best practices in an integrated teaching model. Educators will be equipped to return to their classrooms with the knowledge and pedagogical resources to teach in a manner that leads to an investigation of the ramifications of prejudice, racism, and stereotyping. Educators will examine what it means to be a responsible and respectful person for the purpose of encouraging tolerance of diversity in a pluralistic society and for nurturing and protecting democratic values and institutions.
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in 1836, during the Texan struggle for independence from Mexico, a small group of Texan revolutionaries fought a much-larger army of Mexican soldiers at the Battle of the Alamo.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how both the north and the south had to draft soldiers during the Civil War. Since the wealthy could buy their way out of being drafted, class tension erupted into draft riots.
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Using stories from her prize-winning book, Doris Kearns Goodwin examines the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin argues that Lincoln's voracious intellect, his kind and generous demeanor, his empathy, and his appreciation for the talents of others led him to assemble what she calls "the most unusual cabinet in history." Goodwin also provides an insider's look into her research methods, as she recounts combing through thousands of pages of letters and diaries.
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This forum discussion focuses on civil rights though the eyes of those on the front lines of the movement. It features Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to President Kennedy; Harris Wofford, President Kennedy's chairman for the Subcabinet Group of Civil Rights; Taylor Branch, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Pillar of Fire; and Robert Moses, pivotal organizer for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and director of its Mississippi project in the early 1960s. This session takes an in-depth look at the years 19601963 when Martin Luther King, Jr. engaged President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the battle to extend civil rights to all.
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Josh Brown of the American Social History Project examines a cartoon by Thomas Nast that lampoons the Democratic Party right after the Civil War.
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