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Labor Arts: Solidarity Forever: A Look at Wobbly Culture
An excellent collection of artifacts that highlight the aims and aspirations of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Members of the IWW, known as Wobblies, played a unique role in the American labor movement. Artifacts include...
Other
Wiwhc: Suffrage When, Where, and Obstacles to Overcome
This online lesson compares aspects of women's suffrage from diverse cultures. Includes political cartoons from around the world.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based: Reading Like a Historian: Chinese Immigration, Exclusion
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students reading primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This inquiry lesson allows students to explore the social and economic factors that fueled the wave of...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.
Library of Congress
Loc: Primary Source Set: Women's Suffrage
A collection of primary sources dealing with women's suffrage.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Woman
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Conference of Berlin (1884 1885)
Briefly identifies some of the decisions made at the Conference of Berlin concerning Africa. A political cartoon about King Leopold in the Congo is provided.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: The Fashoda Crisis (1898)
This site from the Open Door Website provides a brief description of the events leading to the conflict between British and French imperilaist desires in North Africa, in Sudan. A political cartoon is available.
New York Times
New York Times: Sept. 11: One Year Later
The New York Times Learning Network provides a variety of archived news articles, lesson plans, and resources concerning the issues and events that surfaced from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Curated OER
For European Recovery: The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
This site from the Library of Congress offers readers a different perspective of the Marshall Plan. Look at the Marshall Plan through communist eyes. A great way to balance out history. Offers communist criticism of the plan. Includes a...