AUDIO & VIDEO

  • Audio & Video Resources for CP United States History II Course

    One of the great things about studying the 20th century (as opposed to earlier periods in history), is that the 20th century is full of amazing video and audio sources. We have speeches, live event footage, films, television and radio programs, news broadcasts, documentaries, songs, etc. Each of these give us a better glimpse, a deeper understanding of the times and the people who lived through them.

    For each video and audio selection, I will try to give you a brief description of what it is about and how it connects with the chapter, unit, or topics we are learning about in the course. I will also put information about some that I think are important or interesting that we do not watch, but that I feel you may want to watch on your own.

    Some of the examples listed below were made in later periods, but are included where they are because they take a look at an earlier period. Some of these are left where they are made because they show us more of what the later time period felt or 'remembered' about earlier times.

    To access the videos and audio selection for a particular term, click on the appropriate link.

     

  • Digital History

    This impressive site from Steven Mintz at the University of Houston includes an up-to-date U.S. history textbook; annotated primary sources on United States, Mexican American, and Native American history, and slavery; and succinct essays on the history of ethnicity and immigration, film, private life, and science and technology. Visual histories of Lincoln’s America and America’s Reconstruction contain text by Eric Foner and Olivia Mahoney. The Doing History feature lets users reconstruct the past through the voices of children, gravestones, advertising, and other primary sources. Reference resources include classroom handouts, chronologies, encyclopedia articles, glossaries, and an audio-visual archive including speeches, book talks and e-lectures by historians, and historical maps, music, newspaper articles, and images. The site’s Ask the HyperHistorian feature allows users to pose questions to professional historians.

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  • PBS Online

    A great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS’s assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement their television series and generally include a summary of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline, primary sources, a glossary, photos, maps, and links to relevant sites. PBS productions include American Experience, Frontline and People’s Century. Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities — arranged by topic.

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  • The Smithsonian Learning Lab

    The Smithsonian Education site is divided simply into three main categories: Educators, Families, and Students. The Educators section is keyword searchable and features lesson plans — many pertaining to history. The Students section features an interactive “Secrets of the Smithsonian” that teaches about the special collections at the Smithsonian.

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  • National Archives and Records Administration

    The NARA offers federal archives, exhibits, classroom resources, census records, Hot Topics, and more. In addition to its paper holdings (which would circle the Earth 57 times) it has more than 3.5 billion electronic records. Users can research people, places, events and other popular topics of interest, as well as ancestry and military records. There are also features exhibits drawing from many of the NARA’s popular sources. Among the most requested holdings are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, WWII photos, and the Bill of Rights.

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  • Center for History and New Media: History Matters

    A production of the American Social History Project/Center of Media and Learning, City of University New York, and the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University, History Matters is a wonderful online resource for history teachers and students. Among the many digital resources are lesson plans, syllabi, links, and exhibits. The Center for History and New Media’s resources include a list of “best” web sites, links to syllabi and lesson plans, essays on history and new media, a link to their excellent History Matters web site for U.S. History, and more. The CHNM History News Network is a weekly web-based magazine that features articles by various historians. Resources are designed to benefit professional historians, high school teachers, and students of history.

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