http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/c.rosentel Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.historyshots.com/index.cfm We create informational graphics that tell stories about subjects, time periods and events. Our purpose is to inform and entertain you with intense content embedded in an elegant design. c.rosentel Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:32:35 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/strangefruit/ Strange Fruit, famously sung by Billie Holiday, powerfully condemns lynching, popular in the South following the Civil War. The chilling lyrics and intonation can incite student discussion on lynching and launch an exploration into its causes, its spectators, and its social effects, i.e. the Great Migration, the rise and fall of the KKK. c.rosentel Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:07:16 +0000 jazz lynching lyrics race racism social studies resources song south t213 http://www.amazon.com/PuddNhead-Wilson-Those-Extraordinary-Twins/dp/0393950271/sr=8-2/qid=1160963717/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-4726817-8218403?ie=UTF8 Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson, a complicated look back on the the slave-owning South from the perch of Reconstruction's failure, can be used in a humanities class focusing on the end of Reconstruction. As a complementary text, PW would provide students with the pessimistic outlook on race relations, social inequity, and national identity held by some observers as America headed into the 20th century c.rosentel Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:26:49 +0000 mark twain race relations racism reconstruction slavery social studies resources south t213 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052225/ South Pacific, the film based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, tells a love story set over the backdrop of US military occupation in Asia at the end of WWII. The movie can be used to analyze American culture in the postwar era, especially as it pertains to US relations in Asia focusing on race. c.rosentel Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:16:08 +0000 film movie wwii asia us-asian relations musical race mixed-race miscegenation social studies resources t213 http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/ A comprehensive database of federal laws and Congressional activities, THOMAS can provide students and teachers access to legislative texts. The subpage "Legislative Resources for Teachers" offers lesson plans and direct links to the classroom. c.rosentel Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:54:24 +0000 law politics government congress senate house primary sources lesson plans social studies resources t213