WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT


 * WEBSITE SPOTLIGHT**


 * My Thanks**

My modest contribution has been shaped by several bloggers whose work I admire and from whom I have taken numerous ideas: [|Larry Ferlazzo], [|Glenn Wiebe], [|Ken Halla], and [|Angela Cunningham]. Thanks to each of you for what you have given me.


 * What is WEBSITE SPOTLIGHT?**

Website Spotlight denotes a series of some 150 separate blog posts which spotlight quality websites that I use at Azusa Pacific University with my U.S. History students to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.


 * Who am I hoping to help with these WEBSITE SPOTLIGHT blog posts?**

Over the last several years, I have attempted to integrate technology--in a measured way--into my classes. As soon as I began requiring all of my students to bring their personal laptops to each class period, I quickly discovered that my new approach necessitated my finding websites to encourage more active engagement during class time. Each site could work just as well for you without a 1:1 laptop setup, if you display the website on an in-class projector.

Given the difficulty I as a U.S. History professor had in finding (and settling on) academically respectable websites, I hope that my Website Spotlight posts might be of help to other U.S. History teachers, who--either in blended or online classes--want to find appropriate websites to integrate into class periods or to assign to students for homework.


 * Where do I go to find other great websites?**

American Experience Go to ALL FILMS, browse by Time Period http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/

Best of History http://besthistorysites.net/index.php/american-history

EDSITEment (Sort by History and Social Studies, select "view all") http://edsitement.neh.gov/websites/all/title?subject=22

Finding Dulcinea: 101 Great Sites for Social Studies Class http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/education/2010/march/101-Great-Sites-for-Social-Studies.html

History Matters: The U.S.History survey course on the web Go to their section on website reviews http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse) Go to their section on website reviews http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews


 * The Website Spotlight Post Itself**

For each specific post, I have not taken the time to describe the website--it should be pretty obvious from the blog post title and the screen capture of the home page of the website. Rather, I assume (I know: assumption is the mother of all screw ups!) that since you have gotten to a post on, say, the Gold Rush, you are likely to want to determine right away, without a ton of verbiage from me, what you can use from that website for an upcoming class.

I limit myself to those specific aspects (more likely text rather than video--my preference) of the website which I find fit particularly well within our face-to-face class sessions or as the basis for the students' regularly-assigned written reactions--this could work well for "flipped" classes.

In a few other posts, I have gone beyond just laying out the specific items to use with my students on any given day. I will sometimes put additional information into the post, often taken from the Site Map or Table of Contents, to help me read myself back into the website some months later (depending on my semester teaching schedule) or to remind myself quickly of what else is available that I may want to use for a class tomorrow.


 * Combining Each Website Spotlight Blog Post With My Wiki Modules**

I hope you will use each Website Spotlight blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series.

The specific website spotlighted in each post fits into the material of one of the following U.S. History survey course modules on the wiki:

[Note: Labels on each blog post further indicate the specific module.]


 * US HISTORY TO 1865 MODULES**

http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Exploration http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Colonial+Era http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Road+to+Revolution http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Revolution http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Constitution http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/A+New+Nation http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Expansion http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reform http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Slavery http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Expansion http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1850s http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reconstruction


 * US HISTORY SINCE 1865 MODULES**

http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Industrialization http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Immigration http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Eyes+Abroad http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Progressive+Era http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+I http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+II http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Cold+War http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1950s http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+Rights http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Vietnam http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Nixon http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Ford http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Carter http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reagan http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Bush+41 http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Clinton http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Bush+43 http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Obama


 * Your Comments**

I would love to hear from you.

Students: what parts of the blog post gave you most value? My fellow teachers: how did you use the material?


 * Now**, for the **complete chronological listing of the Website Spotlight posts**, positioned within the appropriate U.S. History learning module.

For each website, I provide the title of the website, its URL, and the link to my Website Spotlight blog post for that website.


 * US HISTORY TO 1865**


 * EXPLORATION MODULE**

The Exploration Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Exploration

The Vikings (NOVA) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-vikings-nova.html

Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/start.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-vikings-north.html

Conquistadors PBS [particularly Hernan Cortes] http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-conquistadors.html

American Journeys http://www.americanjourneys.org/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/07/website-spotlight-american-journeys.html

The West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-west.html

European Voyages of Exploration http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-voyages-of.html


 * COLONIAL ERA MODULE**

The Colonial Era Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Colonial+Era

Jamestown Festival Park http://www.historyisfun.org/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-jamestown-festival.html

Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe (Smithsonian) http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=126&exkey=244 http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-jamestown-quebec.html

America in 1607: Jamestown and the Powhatans (National Geographic) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-america-in-1607.html

Jamestown (National Park Service) http://www.nps.gov/jame/index.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-jamestown-national.html

Pocahontas Revealed (NOVA) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pocahontas/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-pocahontas-revealed.html

Colonial Williamsburg http://www.history.org/history/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/10/website-spotlight-colonial-williamsburg.html

The Pilgrims' Leiden http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~netlapm/Page01.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-pilgrims-leiden.html

Plimouth Plantation http://www.plimoth.org/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-plimoth-plantation.html

Salem Witchcraft Trial (Famous Trials) http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-salem-witchcraft.html

God in America (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/view/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-god-in-america.html

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-religion-and-founding.html

The Joseph Bellamy House: The Great Awakening in Puritan New England (Teaching with Historic Places) http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/85bellamy/85bellamy.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-joseph-bellamy-house.html

Colonial House (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-colonial-house.html

Raid on Deerfield http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/09/website-spotlight-raid-on-deerfield.html

George Washington Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/washington http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-george-washington.html

John and Abigail Adams http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-john-adams.html


 * ROAD TO REVOLUTION MODULE**

The Road to Revolution Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Road+to+Revolution

Coming of the American Revolution (Massachusetts Historical Society) http://www.masshist.org/revolution/resources/useful_links.php http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-massachusetts.html

Boston Massacre Trial (Famous Trials) http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonmassacre.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/10/website-spotlight-boston-massacre.html

John and Abigail Adams (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-john-adams.html

Benjamin Franklin (300th Anniversary) http://www.benfranklin300.org/exhibition/_html/0_0/index.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/10/website-spotlight-benjamin-franklin.html

Benjamin Franklin (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-benjamin-franklin-pbs.html

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello http://www.monticello.org/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/10/website-spotlight-thomas-jefferson.html


 * REVOLUTION MODULE**

The Revolution Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Revolution

Liberty! The American Revolution (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-liberty-american.html

Spy Letters of the American Revolution (University of Michigan) http://www2.si.umich.edu/spies/index-about.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/10/website-spotlight-spy-letters-of.html

Revolutionary War (History Animated map) http://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-revolutionary-war.html


 * CONSTITUTION MODULE**

The Constitution Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Revolution

Constitutional Convention (Gordon Lloyd) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/07/website-spotlight-constitutional.html

James Madison Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/madison http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-james-madison.html


 * A NEW NATION MODULE**

The New Nation Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/A+New+Nation

Lewis and Clark (PBS) (Ken Burns) http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/11/website-spotlight-lewis-and-clark.html

Discovering Lewis and Clark http://www.lewis-clark.org/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-discovering-lewis.html

Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/lewis-landc.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-lewis-clark-loc.html

Barbary Wars [] http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/11/website-spotlight-barbary-wars.html


 * SLAVERY MODULE**

The Slavery Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Slavery

Africans in America (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-africans-in-america.html

Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-rise-and-fall-of-jim.html

In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience http://www.inmotionaame.org/home.cfm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-in-motion.html

Captive Passage (Mariner's Museum) http://www.marinersmuseum.org/sites/micro/captivepassage/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-captive-passage.html


 * EXPANSION MODULE**

The Expansion Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Expansion

Trail of Tears (Teaching with Historic Places) http://www.nps.gov/history/NR/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-trail-of-tears.html

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/museum/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-mountain-men-and-fur.html

Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-oregon-trail.html

Alamo (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/alamo/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/08/website-spotlight-alamo.html

U.S.-Mexican War (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_noflash.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-us-mexican-war.html

Gold Rush (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-gold-rush.html

Gold Rush (Oakland Museum) http://museumca.org/goldrush/fever.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/01/website-spotlight-gold-rush.html

The West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-west.html

Andrew Jackson Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/jackson http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-andrew-jackson.html

James K. Polk Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/polk http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-james-k-polk.html


 * REFORM MODULE**

The Reform Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reform

God in America (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/view/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-god-in-america.html

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-religion-and-founding.html


 * 1850S MODULE**

The 1850s Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1850s

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture (University of Virginia) http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/sitemap.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-uncle-toms-cabin.html

John Brown's Holy War (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-john-brown-ae.html

John Brown Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/johnbrown/brownhome.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-john-brown-trial.html


 * CIVIL WAR MODULE**

The Civil War Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+War

Ken Burns Civil War (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-civil-war-ken-burns.html

Civil War (History Animated map) http://www.civilwaranimated.com/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-civil-war-animated.html

Abraham Lincoln Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/lincoln http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-abraham-lincoln.html

Ulysses Grant http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/grant/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-ulysses-grant.html


 * RECONSTRUCTION MODULE**

The Reconstruction Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reconstruction

Johnson Impeachment Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/impeachmt.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-andrew-johnson.html


 * US HISTORY FROM 1865**


 * INDUSTRIALIZATION MODULE**

The Industrialization Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Industrialization

Transcontinental Railroad (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-transcontinental.html

Illinois during the Gilded Age (Northern Illinois University) http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-illinois-in-gilded.html

Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World (American Experience) [] http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-andrew-carnegie.html

John D. Rockefeller (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rockefellers/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-john-d-rockefeller.html

Haymarket (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/haymarket/haymarket.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-haymarket-trial.html

1896 Presidential Campaign (Vassar) http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/1896home.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-1896-vassar.html


 * IMMIGRATION MODULE**

The Immigration Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Immigration

Immigration (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/immigration/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-immigration-library.html

On Gold Mountain (Smithsonian) http://apa.si.edu/ongoldmountain http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-on-gold-mountain.html

University of Chicago: Hull House and its Neighborhoods http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-hull-house.html


 * EYES ABROAD MODULE**

The Eyes Abroad Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Eyes+Abroad

Nellie Bly: Around the World in 72 Days (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/world/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-around-world-in-72.html

Crucible of Empire (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/crucible/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-crucible-of-empire.html

America at 1900 (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-america-at-1900.html

Age of Imperialism (Small Planet) http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-age-of-imperialism.html

The World of 1898: Spanish-American War (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-world-of-1898-spanish.html

William McKinley Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/mckinley http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-william-mckinley-uva.html

Theodore Roosevelt Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/roosevelt http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-theodore-roosevelt.html

William Howard Taft Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/taft http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-william-howard-taft.html


 * PROGRESSIVE ERA MODULE**

The Progressive Era Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Progressive+Era

Women in the Progressive Era (National Women's History Museum) http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/home.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-women-in-progessive.html

Prohibition (Ken Burns) http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-prohibition.html

Triangle Fire (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/triangle/trianglefire.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-triangle-shirtwaist.html

Triangle Fire (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-triangle-fire.html


 * WORLD WAR I MODULE**

The World War I Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+I

First World War.com http://www.firstworldwar.com http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-first-world-warcom.html

World War One (BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-world-war-i-bbc.html

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-great-war-and-shaping.html

Influenza 1918 (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/influenza/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-influenza-1918.html

Woodrow Wilson Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/wilson http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-woodrow-wilson.html


 * THE 1920S MODULE**

The 1920s Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1920s

Sacco-Vanzetti Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-sacco-vanzetti-trial.html

Charles Lindbergh (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-charles-lindbergh.html

Crash of 1929 (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/crash/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-crash-of-1929.html

Monkey Trial (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-monkey-trial.html

Scopes Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-scopes-trial.html

Aimee Semple McPherson (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/sister/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-sister-aimee.html

Mary Pickford http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pickford/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-mary-pickford.html

Herbert Hoover Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/hoover http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-herbert-hoover.html


 * GREAT DEPRESSION MODULE**

The Great Depression Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Great+Depression

Civilian Conservation Corps (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ccc/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-civilian-conservation.html

Riding the Rails (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/rails/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-riding-rails.html

Seabiscuit (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/seabiscuit/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-seabiscuit.html

Surviving the Dust Bowl (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/dustbowl/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-surviving-dust-bowl.html

Route 66 http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_10_1.html http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2011/11/09/captured-the-85th-anniversary-of-u-s-route-66/5078/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-route-66.html

America in the 1930s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-america-in-1930s.html

Farming in the 1930s http://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/farminginthe1930s.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-farming-in-1930s.html

Herbert Hoover Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/hoover http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-herbert-hoover.html

Franklin D. Roosevelt Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-franklin-d-roosevelt.html


 * WORLD WAR II MODULE**

The World War II Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+II

World War Two (BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-world-war-ii-bbc.html

Battle of the Atlantic Interactive (BBC) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/launch_gms_battle_atlantic.shtml http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-battle-of-atlantic.html

World War II Europe (History Animated map) http://www.wwiianimated.com/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-world-war-ii-europe.html

World War II Pacific (History Animated map) http://www.pacificwaranimated.com/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-world-war-ii-pacific.html

WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-wwii-behind-closed.html

The War (Ken Burns) http://www.pbs.org/thewar/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-war.html

Battle of the Bulge (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/07/website-spotlight-battle-of-bulge.html

Zoot Suit Riots (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/zoot/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-zoot-suit-riots.html

MacArthur (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-macarthur.html

Bataan Rescue (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bataan/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/07/website-spotlight-bataan-rescue.html

American and the Holocaust (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/holocaust/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-america-and-holocaust.html

Codetalkers (National Museum of the American Indian) http://www.nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-codetalkers.html

Japanese-American Internment (Smithsonian) http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/non-flash/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-japanese-american.html

Powers of Persuasion: Posters from WWII (U.S. National Archives) http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-posters-from-world.html

Nuremberg Trials (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nuremberg.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-nuremberg-trials.html

Nuremberg Trials (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nuremberg/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-nuremberg-trials_30.html


 * COLD WAR MODULE**

The Cold War Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Cold+War

Harry S. Truman Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/truman http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-harry-truman.html

Alger Hiss Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hiss.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-alger-hiss-trial.html

Rosenbergs Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROSENB.HTM http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-rosenberg-trial.html

Berlin Airlift (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-berlin-airlift.html

Fidel Castro (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-fidel-castro.html

Cuban Missile Crisis (my first blog post in this series!) http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/03/website-spotlight-cuban-missile-crisis.html

John F. Kennedy Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/kennedy http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-john-f-kennedy.html


 * THE 1950S MODULE**

The 1950s Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/The+1950s

Quiz Show (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/quizshow/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-quiz-show.html

Dwight D. Eisenhower Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-dwight-d-eisenhower.html


 * CIVIL RIGHTS MODULE**

The Civil Rights Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Civil+Rights

Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-rise-and-fall-of-jim.html

Citizen Martin Luther King (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-martin-luther-king.html

Mississippi Burning Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-mississippi-burning.html

Freedom Riders (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-freedom-riders.html

The Murder of Emmett Till (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-emmett-till.html

Eyes on the Prize (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-eyes-on-prize.html


 * VIETNAM MODULE**

The Vietnam Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Vietnam

Vietnam Online (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-vietnam-online.html

Return With Honor (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/honor/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-return-with-honor.html

Two Days in October (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/twodays/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-two-days-in-october.html

My Lai Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-my-lai-trial.html

Summer of Love (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-summer-of-love.html

Patty Hearst Trial (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hearst/hearsthome.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-patty-hearst-trial.html

Lyndon B. Johnson Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-lyndon-johnson.html


 * PRESIDENT MODULES**:


 * RICHARD NIXON**

The Richard Nixon Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Nixon

Nixon's China Game (American Experience) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/china/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-richard-nixon.html

Watergate Revisited (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/index.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-watergate.html

Richard Nixon Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/nixon http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-richard-nixon.html


 * GERALD FORD**

The Gerald Ford Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Ford

Gerald Ford Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/ford http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-gerald-ford.html


 * JIMMY CARTER**

The Jimmy Carter Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Carter

Jimmy Carter Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/carter http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-jimmy-carter.html


 * RONALD REAGAN**

The Ronald Reagan Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reagan

Ronald Reagan Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/reagan http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-ronald-reagan.html


 * GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH (BUSH #41)**

The George Herbert Walker Bush (Bush #41) Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Bush+41

Gulf War (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-gulf-war.html

George H.W. Bush (Bush #41) Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/bush http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-george-hw-bush.html


 * BILL CLINTON**

The Bill Clinton Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Clinton

Bill Clinton Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/clinton http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-bill-clinton.html

Clinton Years (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-clinton-years.html

Clinton Impeachment (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-clinton-impeachment.html

Ambush in Mogadishu (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-ambush-in-mogadishu.html


 * GEORGE W. BUSH (BUSH #43)**

The George W. Bush (Bush #43) Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Bush+43

George W. Bush (Bush #43) Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/gwbus http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-george-w-bush.html

The War Behind Closed Doors (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/iraq/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-war-behind-closed.html

Bush's War (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/bushswar/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-bushs-war.html

Endgame (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/endgame/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-endgame.html

The Invasion of Iraq (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/invasion/etc/links.html http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-invasion-of-iraq.html


 * BARACK OBAMA**

The Barack Obama Module can be found on this page of the Learning Professor wiki: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Obama

Barack Obama Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/obama http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-barack-obama.html

Obama's War (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/ http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-obamas-war.html