Hercules of the American Revolution
A man of remarkable strength and size was George Washington's one-man army. Author and sixth-generation descendant Travis Bowman shares the tale of Peter Fransisco.Author(s):
Faith and the African American Experience
This course will introduce students to the African American faith experience, with particular attention being given to the historical development of spiritualities of liberation in the American Diaspora. Brief lectures and seminar discussions will offer "perspectives" on this rich and heterogeneous tradition from several vantage points within the humanities, social sciences, and theological disciplines.
African-American Sheet Arts, 1850-1920
This collection consists of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. The collection includes many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period. Numerous titles are associated with the novel ...
Listen: 10th-century Islamic ecological fable
Listen to Lenn Goodman, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and professor of philosophy, and Richard McGregor, assistant professor of religious studies, speaking about a 10th-century Islamic ecological fable.
African American History II
African American History II is a course that examines the broad range of experiences of African Americans from the close of the American Civil War to the 1980s. We will explore both the relationship of blacks to the larger society and the inner dynamic of the black community. We will devote particular attention to Reconstruction, the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North, and the political machinations of the African American community.
Jon Snow - The Best and Worst of Times in 21st Century Journalism
Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News.
Here he discusses the past, present and future of broadcasting and british media. This talk is also available on CUTV
New American Landscape: Trevor Paglen
Trevor Paglen creatively explores the intersection of Conceptual art, geography, and activism, including his "limit photography" documenting restricted military bases and testing facilities. This Educator Guide is addresses activist art through Paglens work.
American Music: David Grisman
Musician David Grisman combines bluegrass with elements of swing, jazz and gypsy music as he prepares for a performance at Berkeley's Freight and Salvage. This Educator Guide is about the history of bluegrass music.
Jon Snow - The Best and Worst of Times in 21st Century Journalism
Jon Snow is an English journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known for presenting Channel 4 News.
Here he discusses the past, present and future of broadcasting and british media. This talk is also available on CUTV
The Icarus Syndrome: A history of American hubris
The Icarus Syndrome tells a tale as old as the Greek–a story about the seductions of success. In conversation with Associate Professor Brendan O'Connor from the US Studies Centre, Peter Beinart portrays three extraordinary generations: the progressives... (Running Time 60:06)
Ameen Rihani: An Arab-American Humanist Intellectual
Ameen Rihani (1876-1940) was an influential Arab-American thinker, writer and political activist, and was one of the most prominent humanist intellectuals of the 20th century. In this lecture, Dr Hajjar argues that in the light of today’s momentous... (Running Time 79:35)
Oberlin History as American History
This site offers exhibits that tell about the lives and histories of the people of Oberlin, Ohio. The website features the story of an Amistad captive, Oberlin women and the struggle for equality, and the city's cooperative tradition. It also includes city maps and pictures, letters and essays related to the city's founding and development, newspaper articles regarding the Niagara movement, and census data.
Medicine and Public Health in American History, Fall 2007
This course offers an introduction to differing conceptions of disease, health, and healing throughout American history, the changing role and image of medicine and medical professionals in American life, and the changing social and cultural meanings and entanglements of medical science and practice throughout American history.
Cars of Tomorrow and the American Community
Through this unit, students identify how alternatively fueled cars of tomorrow can be used in their community. The unit contains an introductory activity that helps students determine which energy and transportation issues are important to them and their communities, and three research sections about alternative fueled vehicles that address availability and distribution; emissions and health; and operation, maintenance, and refueling. With each lesson, students discover another social, scientifi
The Importance of Religion in Political Life in the 19th Century: Abraham Lincoln's Experience
In this lesson, students will explore the importance of religion in community building in frontier America. They will also analyze the importance of religion in political life in the 19th century.
American Radioworks
AMERICAN RADIOWORKS® is the national documentary unit of American Public Media. It is public radio's largest documentary production unit; it creates documentaries, series projects, and investigative reports for the public radio system and the Internet. I use American Radioworks documentary for discussion questions and assignments in my sociology courses.Extensive online documentaries accompany all ARW radio projects, providing background, original photography, interactive elements and streamin
American University Librarys Information Literacy Tutorial
Intended to establish a base-line set of information literacy competencies for students, the tutorial is designed to incorporate higher-order critical thinking skills. It includes Choosing Research Topics, Identifying Needed Information, Search Strategies, Evaluating Information, and Citing Information.
American Anthrax Outbreak of 2001
An outbreak of intentionally-spread anthrax occurred in United States during the latter part of 2001, causing both cutaneous and inhalational anthrax and several deaths. This site of the UCLA Department of Epidemiology provides clinical and epidemiologic details on many aspects of the anthrax field investigation, and descriptive overview graphs of onset times, used often by the discipline.
History of Science in Latin American and the Caribbean: A Virtual Archive
This site is " a comprehensive database of primary sources on the history of science in Latin America and the Caribbean. The site, launched in January 2010, provides a virtual archive of over 200 primary sources along with introductions based on the latest scholarly findings."According to the site, it "is organized into Topics that are organized approximately chronologically, but each one stands alone. The archive, or database of primary sources, is designed in a modular fashion, so viewers from
Time Changes Everything - Exploring Census Data from the Last Century
In this lesson, students will examine census data from 1915, 1967, and 2006, and then create an illustrated timeline that uses primary source pictures and text from each year of census data to depict change over time and to predict future trends.
