331 "An Independent Destiny for America" by Charles Lindbergh Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: History Matters, a US Survey Course on the Web maintained by George Mason University, contains a 1941 speech delivered by Charles Lindbergh in which Lindbergh plays on the theme of American exceptionalism, as he urged listeners to avoid entanglements with Europe. Although the movement quickly disappeared following Pearl Harbor, during the 1920s and 1930s the interwar... Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The Shame of America is a full page advertisement that the NAACP ran in the New York Times and other newspapers in November 1922, urging the passage of the Dyer anti-lynching bill. This could be a very useful primary source.... 333 Florida Folklife: from the WPA Collections 1937-1942 Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The web resource from American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, features "Florida Folklife, From the WPA 1937-1942." The Library of Congress digital materials are great for history research as it contains original photos, audio recordings, pictures of original artifacts, etc. The content from the Library of Congress is certainly important and, at times, entertaining; however,... 334 Modern History Sourcebook: On French Colonial Expansion Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: "Jules Ferry (1832-1893): On French Colonial Expansion is a copy of a speech given before the French Chamber of Deputies on March 28, 1884. The speech is provided by The Modern History Sourcebook.... 335 FDR: Court Packing Case Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The primary source, FDRs Fireside Chat on Reorganization of the Judiciary, March 9, 1937, is made available on History and Politics Out Loud (a Northwestern University website). In order to listen to the speech, RealAudioPlayer has to be installed; however, it is free to download.... 336 Ansel Adam's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: The photographs illustrated on the Library of Congresss American Memory site are presented in an interesting fashion and lend themselves perfectly to better student understanding of the material being assessed by students. It is easily navigable and very engaging.... 337 Pictures of African Americans During WWII Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: Pictures of African Americans During WWII comes from National Archives website. The photos are divided into 10 different topics: Army Air Forces.... 338 Canada and the Fight Against Apartheid Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation presents a collection from its archives entitled Canada and the Fight Against Apartheid. It contains photographs and broadcasts from both radio and television.... 339 Historical Images of Apartheid in South Africa Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 9 Professional Commentary: In teaching a unit on oppression and/or discrimination, the United Nations website is not only perfectly aligned to the Ohio standard and benchmark, it is also very engaging and interesting. The photographs offered cover a wide range of topics related to the Apartheid experience in South Africa.... 340 World War II's Biggest Troop Movement Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Best Practice Discipline: Social Studies Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 10 Professional Commentary: This source tells the story from a first hand account of the U.S. military troop movement from Fort Polk, Louisiana to the Mojave Desert, California.... |