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//American Pageant Glossary//

__** Internet Resources **__ __**Free Books on iTunes**__

__**The Road to Civil Rights**__


 * [|LecturePoint: US History:]** A series of interactive lectures by [|Michael Nagle], Professor of History & Political Science at West Shore Community College.


 * [|US History Web Sites:]**Links to quality web sites covering 14 periods in United States history.


 * [|Interactive Maps:]**100 interactive maps with questions to test your students' knowledge of history and geography, grouped major US historical period.


 * [|Primary Sources:]**Hundreds of primary source documents with questions to test your students' analysis of historical evidence, grouped major US historical period.


 * [|Flash Cards:]**Important terms and concepts from the text.


 * [|HistoryTeacher.net Online Quizzes]** Online practice quizzes based on the American Pageant textbook.


 * [|College Board: AP US History Course Description & Exam Info]**


 * [|SparkNotes: History]**


 * [|Inflation Calculator]**

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 * The New York Times**
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__**AP US History Video / YouTube Sources **__

//Khan Academy Videos //
 * [|US History Overview 1: Jamestown to the Civil War] **
 * [|Appomattox Court House and Lincoln's Assassination] **
 * [|US History Overview 2 - Reconstruction to the Great Depression] **
 * [|US History Overview 3 - WWII to Vietnam] **
 * [|Communism] **
 * [|Korean War Overview] **
 * [|Bay of Pigs Invasion] **
 * [|Cuban Missile Crisis] **
 * [|Vietnam War] **
 * [|Pattern of US Cold War Interventions] **
 * [|When Capitalism is Great and Not-so-great] **
 * [|20th Century Capitalism and Regulation in the United States] **

An excellent collection of campaign commercials for every presidential election since the 1950s
 * The Living Room Candidate **

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Great web site visual for history of U.S. warfare **[|www.mapsofwar.com]**

Student blog website address:

Did you know? There are many sites that offer free downloads of U.S. History lectures. Perhaps you might do well to listen on your mp3 player. Check out the following or try a general google search for free mp3 download US History lectures
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Links are posted on the home page giving access to PowerPoint viewer as well as open source software applications.

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 * //The American Experience: The Donner Party//**

//Here are the notes for Ch 26 - The West //

//Here are the notes for Ch 27 - Imperialism //

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 * //The American Experience:// //The Panama Canal//**

//Here are the notes for Chs 28 & 29 - Progressivism //

//Here are the notes for Ch 30 - World War I //

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The Uprising of '34
How could such a pivotal moment in American history be kept a secret for 60 years?

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//**The Wall: A World Divided**//

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//**The American Experience: Freedom Riders**// The story behind a courageous band of civil rights activists called the Freedom Riders who in 1961 creatively challenged segregation in the American South. Running time: 1:53:00

=// The American Experience: My Lai //= What drove a company of American soldiers -- ordinary young men from around the country -- to commit the worst atrocity in American military history? Were they “just following orders” as some later declared? Or, did they break under the pressure of a vicious war in which the line between enemy soldier and civilian had been intentionally blurred? media type="custom" key="20729620"

Click "Continue Watching" at the end of each video chapter

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