In this secttion
there are links to online resources
which grant participants can use
for content research or in preparation
for their lesson study projects.
Featured
Resource : August / September
2004
What's Going On? California
and the Vietnam Era
Oakland Museum of California's
innovative national touring
exhibition centers on events
between 1965 and 1975 and examines
the legacy of those years on
California today through some
500 historical artifacts--documents,
news accounts, photographs,
film clips, musical excerpts,
and personal stories presented
in multiple formats. In addition
to the 7000 sq foot exhibition
now at the Oakland Museum, there
are numerous public events as
well as a companion book, published
by the University of California
Press, in conjunction with the
exhibition’s opening.
http://www.museumca.org/exhibit/
exhi_whats_going_on.html
See related
guest speakers. Marcia
Eymann, Curator of Historical
Photography, Oakland Museum
of California who spoke on the
topic of Doing Difficult
History at the OUSD Teaching
American History Grant, In-Service,
May 21, 2002 & May 20, 2003
and Charles
Wollenberg, Department of
History, Vista College who spoke
at the 2003 Summer Institute.
Featured
Resource : June 2004
CSUS Underground Railroad
Digital Archive Project
The story of California's Underground
Railroad is an important but
too little known struggle in
the quest for freedom and equality.
Launched as part of the University's
celebration of Black History
Month 2004, the archive will
use digital images to tell the
experiences of African-American
slaves in California and provide
invaluable information for studying
and learning about this part
of California history. http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/
Read more about the project. http://www.csus.edu/news/102803slaveryArchive.stm
Featured
Resources : April / May 2004
Brown v Board of Education:
May 2004 marks the 50th anniversary
of the historic case, which
ruled racial segregation in
public schools was unconstitutional.
Looking Back: 'Brown
v. Board of Education In a series
of stories, National Public
Radio explores the high court's
decision and its repercussions. http://www.npr.org/news/specials/brown50
See PBS
Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise
Find out how far public education
has come in the fifty years
since school segregation was
outlawed. http://www.pbs.org/beyondbrown/external
link
The History of Jim
Crow provides a wealth
of historical and pedagogical
materials on the segregation
and the disfranchisement of
African Americans from Reconstruction
through the modern civil rights
movement. The site was produced
in conjunction with the PBS
documentary The Rise and Fall
of Jim Crow . http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/home.htm
Nat Turner: A Troublesome
Property broadcast
KQED Tuesday, February 10 at
11:00 p.m explores how the many
meanings of Nat Turne, leader
of the famous 1831 slave rebellion
remain critical to understanding
the racial history of our country.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/natturner/
Featured
Resources : January 2004
Reconstruction: The
Second Civil War Website
to accompany two part series
which was broadcast in January
2004 on the PBS television series
American Experience. Two of
our guest speakers Clarance
Walker & Leon Litwack served
as academic advisors to this
production. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/
Citizen King:On the
75th anniversary of Martin Luther
King's birth, this PBS broadcast
and website explore the last
five years in King's life -
from his famous "I Have
a Dream" speech in 1963
to his assassination in 1968
- by drawing on the personal
recollections and eyewitness
accounts of friends, civil rights
movement associates, journalists,
law enforcement officers and
historians, to illuminate this
little-known chapter in the
story of one of America's most
important and influential moral
leader. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk
Sections Click
one of the links below to
find relevant resources.
