Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Information Age
This exhibition surveys the history of information technology and its relation to society from the origin of the telegraph to the present. Its emphasis is as much on social as technical change. This support page contains background...
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Utah History to Go: Philo T. Farnsworth's Invention
The state of Utah provides us with biographical information on Philo T. Farnsworth who developed an idea for an "image dissector" in high school thus becoming the first to conceive of the basic technology of television.
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Tv Cultura: Alo Escola: Brincar E Bom
In Portuguese. Interactive games, cartoons, a brief history of popular toys, and online children's games, from the TV Cultura channel, a widely admired broadcaster of children's television programs.
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Tokyo Broadcasting System Television: The World Heritage
Japanese content. A companion site for the TV program, Sekaiisan, or The World Heritage. Episodes focus on cultural and "natural" heritage and are similar in feel to a National Geographic special. You can't watch the episode online but...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Life in the 1980s
Read about the advent of cable television in the 1980s and the many stations that spawned. It was also the time of drug wars, the idea that greed was good, and the beginning of the scourge of AIDS.
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South Carolina Educational Television (Scetv)
Visit the "Education" site of SCETV and find resources for the classroom. The site provides videos, written guides, and learning activities to accompany many of the network's programs: e.g., "Circle of Inheritance," (a history of South...
Kentucky Educational Television
Kentucky Educational Television: This Day in the Arts
Learn about today's date as it ties to key events in the history of the arts.
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Milwaukee Public Television: The Making of Milwaukee: Ethnic Trivia Quiz
A short quiz about the different ethnic groups who have settled in Milwaukee during its history.
A&E Television
History.com: The Patriot Financier Who Bankrolled the Revolutionary War
A brash, self-made millionaire helped fund the fight for independence, but after the war, he ended up in debtor's prison. Without Robert Morris, the American Revolution may have been crushed under a mountain of debt and disarray. The...
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Milwaukee Public Television: The Making of Milwaukee: Who Am I?
'Who Am I?' is an interactive quiz game that presents questions about people who were famous in Milwaukee between 1914 and 1945.
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Milwaukee Public Television: Coming to Milwaukee Immigration Map Activity
For this activity, students are presented with five immigrant groups and a map of Milwaukee. They must determine where each group settled in Milwaukee.
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Museum of Broadcast Communications: Ed Sullivan Show
An article discussing the history of the Ed Sullivan show.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1940 1959
Defense-related research leads to the computer, the world enters the atomic age and TV conquers America.
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History News Network: Why Is News So Negative These Days?
This is actually the third installment in a five-part series of articles that looks at the question - "Where Have All the Voters Gone?." This particular article takes a look at the negativity in the news, but you may want to take a look...
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Moving History: A Guide to Uk Film & Tv Archives
A research guide to the United Kingdom?s twelve public sector moving image archives.
University of California
Ucla Library: Film and Television Archive: Preserved Silent Animation
View a selection of animated films from the early 1900s, each with corresponding notes and commentaries from the archive's historian and preservationist.
A&E Television
History.com: Renaissance Art
An account of the interests and achievements of Renaissance artists, with links to videos on the subject of Renaissance art aired on History, the cable television channel.
South Carolina Educational Television
Kids Work!: History of Telecommunications
An in-depth look at inventions and developments that had an impact on telecommunication.
Other
Aboriginal People's Television Network: Ojibwe Documentary Series
Waasa-Inaabidaaa We Look In All Directions is a six-part documentary series about five hundred years of Ojibwe history and culture for bands in the Great Lakes Region The resource has teacher's guides for each episode, maps, timelines,...
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Dance Tv: Waltz Introduction
This site contains a brief introduction to and history of the waltz.
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Berkshire Television: Erie Canal 175 Years
This site contains some brief information on the history of the Erie Canal and the impact it had on the United States. There is also a photo gallery of historic images.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Guide to Black History: Robert L. Johnson
This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Robert L. Johnson, an American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional...
PBS
Pbs: Picture Power
An overview of early television and its impact on American society. Also, two interviews with people who remember watching their first TV!