WSIU Public Broadcasting is proud to sponsor
Carbondale Community Arts' exploration of The American Presidency
2004 Town Square Chautauqua June 26-30
Be more enlightened…be more engaged…be more connected.
Selected Web-based Educational Resources Grouped by Chautauqua Presentation
Carbondale Community Arts and WSIU Public Broadcasting encourage you to learn more about it. Many of the resources listed below are targeted for classroom use and several contain sample lesson plans for K-12 educators.
Download PDF file to print.
Presidential Campaign Exhibit
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
The Presidents of the United States : Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt's biographies and portraits
www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
First Ladies Gallery: Bess Truman (Elizabeth Virginia Wallace), Eleanor Roosevelt, Julia Grant, Rachel Jackson, Mary Lincoln's biographies and portraits
Jefferson and Adams , A Play by Howard Ginsberg
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/ch4_p10.htm
Adams and Jefferson
http://www.solohq.com/Spirit/Heroes/ceely_adams_and_jefferson.shtml
Jefferson and Adams
http://www.homeofheroes.com/profiles/profiles_jeffadams.html
Jefferson and Adams
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
The Presidents of the United States : Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt's biographies and portraits
Negro Spirituals of the 19th Century
www.pbs.org/harmony/teachersguide/lesson6.html
Music, Slavery & the Civil War: Exploring the Spiritual – lesson plans
www.negrospirituals.com/
History of African Americans includes an alphabetical list of song lyrics that can be found within the pages of history, composers, singers, and the pages search menu options
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASsongs.htm
Slave Songs describes an origin of slave rhythms as well as some people known for leading songs. There are many hyperlinks available in the scrolling text that aids the connections between slave songs, war, and the American presidency
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TWH/TWH_front.html
Thomas Wentworth Higginson's “Negro Spirituals” features audio clips that can be played with a QuickTime player download. Negro spiritual lyrics and bibliographical information are made available here.
www.dogonvillage.com/negrospirituals/index.htm
“The Negro Spiritual: Keeping the Bond with Our Enslaved Ancestors and Their Song” newsletter outlines some objectives of the Negro Spiritual union through education, history, individuals, and the groups, plus the activities related to Negro Spirituals
Mary Todd Lincoln
www.creativeprocess.net/gp/lincoln2.html
Abraham Lincoln Links for Learning: Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Books, videos, movies, educational toys, posters are also available through amazon.com
www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
First Ladies Gallery: Bess Truman (Elizabeth Virginia Wallace), Eleanor Roosevelt, Julia Grant, Rachel Jackson, Mary Lincoln's biographies and portraits
http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln15.html
Mary Todd Lincoln's Research Site
Dining with the Lincolns
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/tguide/index.html
The Time of the Lincolns – lesson plans
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst048.html
Tea at the White House – lesson plans
http://www.vintagedesigns.com/fam/
The White House during Mary and Abraham Lincoln's residence: images and brief descriptions are available with genealogy research
Camping with Henry and Tom
http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=28
Warren Harding
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wgharding.html#highlights
Warren Harding
http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=105&category=people
Edison, Ford and Harding as friends
Andrew Jackson
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
The Presidents of the United States : Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt's biographies and portraits
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=541
Lesson 3 of Curriculum Unit: The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson and the Growth of Party Politics : The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Territorial Expansion and the Shift of Power – lesson plans
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/bio/public/jackson.htm
Andrew Jackson
Swamp Politics: The Ugly Way to the White House
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson098.shtml
The Presidents of the United States - lesson plans
http://www.historywise.com/lp_goodolddays.htm
Dirty politics of the 1800s
http://www.wnpt.net/rachel/campaign/mudsling.html
The nasty campaign of 1828
Presidential Wit and Humor
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g35/presidents.html
Where were the U.S. Presidents Born? – lesson plans
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
The Presidents of the United States : Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt's biographies and portraits are featured here
http://www.bibletrigger.faithweb.com/a2.htm
Presidential Humor
Famous Jazz Divas of the 40s
www.pbs.org/jazz/index.htm
JAZZ, a Film by Ken Burns, describes origins, artists' biographies, audio samples of jazz according to style, artist, and many related and credible links to more music and information. This site includes kid and teacher resource menus
www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/jazzfreedom.htm
Jazz is About Freedom: Billie Holiday's Anti-Lynching Song “Strange Fruit” – lesson plans
www.pbs.org/jazz/classroom/index612.htm#music
Classroom: Jazzy lessons and activities for K-12 cats provide lesson plans that connect Language Arts, Math, Music, Social Studies to Jazz
www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/
All About Jazz: Artist Profiles and articles describe jazz musicians of the past present and future. Where to find jazz exhibits, schools, reviews, radio stations, stores, and publications is just a click away in the pull down menus
www.redhotjazz.com/
A History of Jazz Before 1930: The red-hot jazz archive holds information according to bands, films, essays, and musicians. Entering a search by keyword is a convenient feature here
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/time/time_women.htm
Female Jazz singers
http://www.npr.org/programs/jazzprofiles/archive/women_1.html
Female Jazz Singers
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/women/
Female Jazz Singers
www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=541
I Am A Musician: Interview A Musician – lesson plans
Eleanor Roosevelt
www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
First Ladies Gallery: Bess Truman (Elizabeth Virginia Wallace), Eleanor Roosevelt, Julia Grant, Rachel Jackson, Mary Lincoln's biographies and portraits
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/26roosevelt/26roosevelt.htm
Eleanor Roosevelt – lesson plans
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/index.html
Eleanor Roosevelt – lesson plans
http://eduscapes.com/newbery/94d.html
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery – lesson plans
Bess Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt: Two Very Different First Ladies
http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=128
Women of the Hall: Eleanor Roosevelt – lesson plans
www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/
First Ladies Gallery: Bess Truman (Elizabeth Virginia Wallace), Eleanor Roosevelt, Julia Grant, Rachel Jackson, Mary Lincoln's biographies
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/bwt-bio.htm
Bess Truman
Presidential Campaign
www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/media/campaign_trail.html
Covering the Campaign Trail: Technological Progress of Temporary Chaos? – lesson plans
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/
Presidential campaign information
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/presidency/G10_12.pdf
Presidential campaigns in history – lesson plans
Music from the Civil War
http://home.att.net/~dmercado/music.htm
Civil War Music is available to sample here. The Civil War is explored and cited in the bibliographic menu option
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/lesson_music.html
Civil War Music (includes classroom resource materials) – lesson plans
http://home.earthlink.net/~poetry61-65/
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
http://www.civilwarmusic.net/
The Civil War Music Site
Ulysses S Grant
www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/tguide/index.html
Ulysses S. Grant – lesson plans
http://www.lib.siu.edu/projects/usgrant/
Ulysses S. Grant
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
The Presidents of the United States : Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt's biographies and portraits
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