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Posted April 15, 2011 by geoffwickersham in category Uncategorized

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  • APUSH Perspectives
  • Links to Prepare for the APUSH Test
  • Summer Reading

Blogroll

  • American Pageant links Sorted by era and themes, there’s a lot of good info straight from the textbook, American Pageant.
  • American Pageant self-paced quizzes Check your knowledge of each chapter using T/F and multiple choice questions.
  • AP College Board Topic Outline Here is a list of the major topics and subtopics you’ll need to know for the APUSH test.
  • APUSH Quizzes Compiled by folks at HistoryTeacher.net, this link provides you with not only simple recall questions but also more in-depth m.c. questions.
  • Boston University Summer Programs For juniors and seniors, this is a six-week program where you can earn 8 college credits while staying the summer at Boston University.
  • Columbia High School History Programs Whether in NYC, the Middle East, or Barcelona, high school students get to learn more about another culture or study history in depth.
  • Gilder Lehrman's History Now online magazine A collection of articles written by well-respected historians about American history.
  • Link to APPARTS worksheet A description of what APPARTS is and a worksheet to fill in.
  • Most Influential Women of the 20th Century As ranked by the LHJ, this list includes all women in all fields.
  • Note Card help for A.P. U.S. History A website for info on note cards that run through the entire test – the most important people, places and events.
  • Online Copy of American Pageant This is a huge file – 133 MB, so be patient while it loads. If you ever lose your book or need to read it online, you can use this. I have no idea how long this link will be good, b/c it probably violates most copyright laws.
  • Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Ever wondered who some American philosophers were/are? Click here to find out.
  • Stanford Summer Programs Stanford offers a variety of summer classes on campus for 8 weeks. Their history class is about the history of film.
  • Summer classes at Georgetown University There are a variety of programs for high school students, differing in length of time, interest level, and subject area.
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Website for the PBS documentary that examines the racism that tried to crush the souls of millions.
  • Top 100 Most Influential Americans – ranked by The Atlantic Monthly Starts with Abe Lincoln, Geo Washington, TJ, FDR, and then goes from there as to how important they are to America.
  • Website for video The War That Made America Has cool interactive links, timelines, and other stuff dealing with the French and Indian War.

Causes and WW2

  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Website for the PBS documentary that examines the racism that tried to crush the souls of millions.

Civil War and Reconstruction

  • Civil War links from Edsitement Links of websites dealing with slavery, causes of the CW, Reconstruction, Abe Lincoln, and art and literature. Very cool stuff.
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database Find out if your ancestors fought in the Civil War, on what side, and maybe even what they did.
  • Disunion Opinionator Blog New York Times’ blog on the 150th anniversary of issues surrounding the Civil War.
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Website for the PBS documentary that examines the racism that tried to crush the souls of millions.

Early 19th Century - Antebellum links

  • Disunion Opinionator Blog New York Times’ blog on the 150th anniversary of issues surrounding the Civil War.

Early 20th Century - Prog Era, Great War

  • Biographical sketch of W.E.B. Dubois Learn about the life of a leading Civil Rights hero from the early 20th Century.
  • Booker T. Washington Papers Univ. of Illinois’s collection of images and documents for one of the Civil Rights early heroes.
  • Ida Wells and Journalism Describes Ms. Wells and her career as a crusading journalist.
  • Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia Ferris State University’s online exhibit for this disturbing trend of racist, odd-looking trinkets from a time not too long ago.
  • John Dewey, Pragmatist A breakdown of John Dewey, his achievements and a bibliography.
  • Peirce Edition Project A collection of Charles Peirce’s writings, a founder of the American Pragmatism.
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Website for the PBS documentary that examines the racism that tried to crush the souls of millions.
  • William James Cybrary Like the John Dewey link, more details on an American pragmatist / philosopher.

End of 19th Century - Gilided Age

  • American Heritage article on J.P. Morgan's rescue of the economy in 1895 By one of my favorite historical economists, John Steele Gordon.
  • Booker T. Washington Papers Univ. of Illinois’s collection of images and documents for one of the Civil Rights early heroes.
  • Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia Ferris State University’s online exhibit for this disturbing trend of racist, odd-looking trinkets from a time not too long ago.
  • John Dewey, Pragmatist A breakdown of John Dewey, his achievements and a bibliography.
  • Peirce Edition Project A collection of Charles Peirce’s writings, a founder of the American Pragmatism.
  • Reimagining Sitting Bull NPR’s multimedia website dedicated to the great Sioux leader
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Website for the PBS documentary that examines the racism that tried to crush the souls of millions.
  • William James Cybrary Like the John Dewey link, more details on an American pragmatist / philosopher.

Pre-Colonial - Constitution

  • Interview w/ Joseph Ellis about Thomas Jefferson on USHistory.org This interview examines Ellis’s take on TJ and at some of the new angles Ellis looks at the 3rd President.
  • Shays' Rebellion and the Making of a Nation Maps, documents, timelines, music and more from Springfield Technical Community College.
  • Shays' Rebellion primary source documents From the National Parks Service, over 100 documents relating to the Springfield Armory and the rebellion.
  • The website for PBS's reality series, Colonial House Modern people living in a colonial time period of 1628 – all without the comforts of home. Wooooeee!
  • The Whiskey Rebellion -1794 Brief description of the Whiskey Rebellion

What we’ve been writing about

They said what?

  • Juliette on Blog #171 – The Post
  • Juliette on Blog #170 – Green Book
  • Juliette on Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Sylvia Duncan on Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Logan Albritton on Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Charles W on Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Hangyul Kim on Blog #171 – The Post
  • Rhian Dansby on Blog #171 – The Post
  • Sofia Alrawi on Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Rhian Dansby on Blog #170 – Green Book

Oh no! I forgot to do that blog!

  • Book Women Blog – Extra Credit
  • Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Blog #171 – The Post
  • Blog #170 – Green Book
  • Blog #169 – FDR’s 2nd Bill of Rights
  • Blog #168 – Looking at the Spanish American War through a gender lens
  • Blog #167 – Social Darwinism and the Eugenics Movement
  • Blog #166 – Final Exam – Immigration and Assimilation Theories
  • Blog #165 – What does America owe the Indigenous peoples?
  • Blog #164 – Reconstruction Historiography
History Is A Weapon

Stuff we’re writing about.

1950s Abraham Lincoln American Revolution Andrew Carnegie Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson Barack Obama Christopher Columbus Civil Rights movement civil war Cold War consensus historians Constitution cuba Dr. King Education FDR George W. Bush George Washington Google Docs historiography immigration imperialism James Madison Kansas-Nebraska Act Mexican War Native Americans New Deal Progressive era Progressive historians Racism reading Reconstruction religion slavery Spanish - American War suffrage teddy roosevelt Thomas Jefferson Vietnam War War of 1812 Web 2.0 women woodrow wilson World War 2

  • American Heritage article on J.P. Morgan's rescue of the economy in 1895
  • American Pageant links
  • American Pageant self-paced quizzes
  • AP College Board Topic Outline
  • APUSH Quizzes
  • Biographical sketch of W.E.B. Dubois
  • Booker T. Washington Papers
  • Boston University Summer Programs
  • Civil War links from Edsitement
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
  • Columbia High School History Programs
  • Disunion Opinionator Blog
  • Gilder Lehrman's History Now online magazine
  • Ida Wells and Journalism
  • Interview w/ Joseph Ellis about Thomas Jefferson on USHistory.org
  • Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
  • John Dewey, Pragmatist
  • Link to APPARTS worksheet
  • Most Influential Women of the 20th Century
  • Note Card help for A.P. U.S. History
  • Online Copy of American Pageant
  • Peirce Edition Project
  • Reimagining Sitting Bull
  • Shays' Rebellion and the Making of a Nation
  • Shays' Rebellion primary source documents
  • Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
  • Stanford Summer Programs
  • Summer classes at Georgetown University
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
  • The website for PBS's reality series, Colonial House
  • The Whiskey Rebellion -1794
  • Top 100 Most Influential Americans – ranked by The Atlantic Monthly
  • Website for video The War That Made America
  • William James Cybrary

  • Book Women Blog – Extra Credit
  • Blog #172 – Reflections on a year in APUSH
  • Blog #171 – The Post
  • Blog #170 – Green Book
  • Blog #169 – FDR’s 2nd Bill of Rights
  • Blog #168 – Looking at the Spanish American War through a gender lens
  • Blog #167 – Social Darwinism and the Eugenics Movement
  • Blog #166 – Final Exam – Immigration and Assimilation Theories
  • Blog #165 – What does America owe the Indigenous peoples?
  • Blog #164 – Reconstruction Historiography



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