Friday, January 28, 2011

Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President’s Doorstep

Lafayette Park: First Amendment Rights on the President’s Doorstep

1n 1917, a group of women began a protest in front of the White House. The women were members of the National Woman's Party (NWP), and each day they came from their headquarters on Lafayette Square to demand that President Woodrow Wilson help them get all American women the right to vote. They continued their protests even after the United States entered World War I, and they remained resolute in the face of increasing adversity. Their story is the focus of this Teaching with Historic Places Lesson plan, and it is designed to be used in a range of educational settings. The National Park Service created the plan, and it contains primary source materials that include newspaper articles, photographs from the protests, and maps of the areas around the White House and Lafayette Park. Additionally, the site contains a "Putting it Together: Activities" section with thoughtful activities that teachers can us as they see fit. >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2010. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Monday, January 10, 2011

The Red Brush

The Red Brush

The Red Brush [ http://digital.wustl.edu/r/red/ ]

Created as part of Washington University's Digital Gateway initiative, The Red Brush project is a collection of texts in Chinese from a wide range of writings from Imperial China, by and about women writers. The materials here are available in both Chinese and English, and the project was designed to complete a narrative anthology entitled "Red Brush: Women Writers of Imperial China". The site makes the original Chinese version of over 500 poems available, along with English language translations. Visitors can use the advanced search feature here, or they can also just browse around at their leisure. The materials are divided into sixteen sections, and some of the highlights include "The full elder brother" by Ban Zhao and "The color of the water" by Hai Yin.

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Bracero History Archive | Home

Bracero History Archive | Home

Bracero History Archive [http://braceroarchive.org/]

Started in 1942, the Bracero Program brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the United States, and over the next two decades, more than 4 million Mexicans came to work in the country. This fine public history resource from the Center for History and New Media at Georgetown University brings together oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the program. Visitors can read the "About" section to learn more about the program and its legacy and then move on to browse the documents. The document archive can be searched in its entirety, or users can also move through areas that include "Images", "Documents", and "Oral Histories". Educators will want to look over the "Teaching" area, as it features three different learning activities which draw on the archive's documents. Also, the "Resources" area includes a video tutorial on how to use the archive effectively and several interview questions for those who might know some former Bracero workers

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Lewis Hine Collection | UMBC

Lewis Hine Collection | UMBC [http://contentdm.ad.umbc.edu/hine.php]

Born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1874, Lewis Hine studied at the University of Chicago and went on to teach at the Ethical Culture School in New York City. While in New York Hine took up photography and documented school activities and immigrants arriving at Ellis Island. He also became interested in taking photographs that would document child labor, and his photographs were published in the social welfare magazine "Charities and the Commons". As part of this work, he travelled from Texas to Maine to take photos of children working on the street, mills, and farms. These documents were instrumental in providing reform groups with the visual evidence of the negative impact that work had on children. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has digitized 4,735 of these photographs and placed them here for the general public. Visitors can browse around the images by state, or they can also perform their own detailed search. It is a moving and compelling collection, and one that warrants several return visits. >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2010. http://scout.wisc.edu/

Detroit Public Television's American Black Journal

Detroit Public Television's American Black Journal

American Black Journal (ABJ) first went on the air in 1968, and its focus was "to increase the availability and accessibility of media relating to African-American experiences in order to encourage greater involvement from Detroit citizens in working to resolve community problems." With funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities, Detroit Public Television and Michigan State University are working to digitize and preserve these programs, and visitors to this site can view the programs here. The site's homepage includes several sections, including "Themes", "Shows", and "Browse". It's fun to just browse around, and visitors can use the "Themes" section to look through shows on leadership in the black community, urban challenges, and religion and spiritual life. Each show is about 30 minutes long, and they all feature conversations with local leaders, historians, activists, and other individuals. The site is rounded out by the "For Educators" area which includes a variety of curriculum resources, including brief show segments and critical thinking questions. >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2010. http://scout.wisc.edu