ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from the JimCrowHistory.org website gives an overview of the Jim Crow Laws, the impacts and affects they had on American society. There are tables of information that displays national and regional statistics that show the numbers of laws passed and how they were exercised....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: The state indicator - explain how Jim Crow laws legalized discrimination based on race- is concisely and thoroughly covered in the The History of Jim Crow website. Sponsored by New York Life, it originally supported the PBS series on Jim Crow, 2002....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This resource entitled, "The History of Jim Crow" was created as a supplement to the PBS documentary of the same name. While the documentary is referenced on the site, the activities and supplements can be used separately....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from the U.S. Department of State is an explanation of how the US economy is structured and how it works....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from Densho.org, which is a site dedicated to the individuals of Japanese ancestry who were oppressed and placed in detention sites during World War II. Viewers of the site can click links to a geographic map, a time line, one familys journey, as well as a general link to additional information....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource is from the Smithsonian Institutes website, as part of the National Museum of American History. The resource focuses on Japanese Americans and the U.S....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This collection of visuals is provided for web users by the National Archives. It is a collection of photographs that document African Americans participation in World War Two....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource is from the Library of Congresss website and is part of a unit exploring the Great Depression and World War II. The resource consists of four photographs of Hoovervilles, or makeshift homes for people during the Great Depression....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from Wessels Living History Farms website is a look at what it was like to live on a farm during the 1930s. Each page features a new topic, all of which revolve around farming in the 30s and all which can be navigated by the links on the left hand of the...

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource is a four-page PDF file that is from the Tennessee River Valley Authority Experience, and discusses Large-Scale River Basin Management. The value of this resource is the section that deals with the historical context, which the pamphlet begins discussing starting with the poverty-stricken 1930s....