Other Web Sites
African Americans
1800 ~ 1870

Academic Info
U.S. History Gateway - American History
African American History & Studies - Directory of Online Resources
Sections include: digital publications, historic African Americans, Martin Luther King, Jr., Slavery, Civil War, civil rights movement, jazz, museums, and teaching resources.

Photography Museum

The American Museum of Photography is an award-winning Virtual Museum dedicated to educating, informing, and sharing great photographs with millions of Internet visitors world-wide. Exhibitions are drawn from the Museum's Collection, started by Wm. B. Becker more than 30 years ago. The Collection includes five thousand individual images, from the earliest daguerreotype portraits to the work of Ansel Adams. Each photograph has been chosen for its visual impact as well as for the importance of its content.

Unidentified Photographer: "Slave Boy Brought to Waterbury from Bucks Hill by Aunt Ella Johnson's Second Husband (Whelan)" Ninth-Plate Ambrotype, circa 1855

AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES
This web site is affiliated with a journey into the past series, hosted and narrated by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on PBS Television. "For generations, we have been unable to learn about our African heritage or our family trees . . . what if we could trace our roots?" 

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
African Americana by Philip Merrill ~ The collecting of slave objects is controversial, though, as some critics argue that collectors are making money off what are tragic and often sacred objects in African American history. However, Philip—a collector of black memorabilia himself—defends the practice. He maintains that the history of African Americans, including the objects in that history, can be an inspiring testimony to the strength of the human spirit in the face of seemingly overwhelming adversity.

Colonial Williamsburg e-NEWSLETTER
Jan. 30, 2003 issue featuring primary sources that explore 
A Day in the Life Activity on Slavery 

             
To register for the free newsletter, click on the link above. Each issue will contain a variety of information geared for educators: primary sources, teaching techniques and tidbits from Colonial Williamsburg staff, updates and information about Electronic Field Trips and other Colonial Williamsburg educational materials, news from the teaching world, and more!

Duke University, Special Collections Library
Slave letters are very rare documents that give us a precious view into slave life.

GEM

The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) provides educators with quick and easy access to lesson plans, instructional units and other educational resources, mostly freely available on the Internet! GEM is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
for example . . .

       Black History: Exploring African American Issues on the Web

        
          This Website allows students of African-American history to sample aspects of the subject with a wide variety of Internet-based activities.

history Detectives
History Detectives is devoted to solving historical mysteries, searching out the true facts (and falsehoods) behind local folklore, family legends and interesting objects.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: History & Social Studies

      A comprehensive index of web sites that support the curriculum in the areas of American History, General History and Social Studies, & World and Ancient History . . . for example: 
                                            America's Journey Through Slavery
Presented in four parts that include:  Narrative that orients you to the history and historical resources of this era. The Resource Bank provides annotated images and documents, stories, biographics, and commentaries. The Teacher's Guide helps you use the web site and TV series in U.S. history courses.

Librarians' Index to the Internet
     

           Example of information found on lii