Wisconsin Historical Society
Turning Points in Wisconsin History: Effigy Mounds Culture
A good description of the life of the Woodland Moundbuilding culture in what is now Wisconsin. Learn about the effigy mounds built by these Native Americans, and access primary source manuscripts of writers trying to figure out these...
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Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: Should Women Vote? The Politics of Suffrage
Meet the prominent people engaged in fighting for woman's right to vote throughout Europe around the turn of the century. This unit provides circumstances leading to this fight, documents supporting the right, suggested writing...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: From Bullets to Ballots: Chapter 8
Chapter 8 of John Zvesper's book, From Bullets to Ballots, the election of 1800 and the first peaceful transfer of political power are addressed. Recognize suppression, protests and revolution which occurred at the turn of the century.
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Japanese Segregation
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate a central historical question. In this investigation, students contextualize President Theodore Roosevelt's turn-of-the-century speeches and letters...
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Holmes Safety Association Bulletin: The Boys in the Breakers [Pdf]
A heartbreaking account of child labor in the coal mines at the turn of the century - 1904. Click on the article title in the table of contents to read this account published in 1904 by Peter Roberts.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
Visit an example-rich exploration of poster art and learn how famous faces have been used to convey meanings and messages across the decades. An excellent resource for discovering how art can be a window into a particular time, Ballyhoo!...
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Forests, Fields, and the Falls: Connecting Minnesota
Click Launch to view this presentation about Minnesota at the turn of the century. You will see the cartoon histories about lumbering, sawmilling, farming, and flourmilling.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: Jefferson and the Turn of the 19th Century
Read about Thomas Jefferson and his most influential action as president, the Louisiana Purchase.
Other
English Actors at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
This site lists Early American Actors and the plays they were in. It includes links to their pictures.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Due to the strife incurred by garment workers at the turn of the century, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) was formed. Read about its history and its relevancy in the 21st century.
PBS
Pbs: Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Barber turned butcher is the tale of this musical by Stephen Sondheim. Is the character of Sweeny Todd based off a true person? This site from PBS confronts the issues of truth or tale as you explore the culture of 18th century Britian.
Other
Contextual Learning: Contextual Learning Projects
Contextual learning virtual browser for educators to share their experiences with a broad range of curriculum and instruction techniques. Search for contextual-based projects that have worked in other classrooms, complete with key...
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Cc Mixter Music Discovery: Audio Media Downloads
Have you ever created a good presentation but know its one step away from incredible? With Mixter "you already have permission" to access free copyright-friendly music and sound effects. Turn your good project into a great one with some...
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Ibaudio: Audio Media Downloads
Have you ever created a good presentation but know it's one step away from incredible? By creating an account with ibaudio, you can access royalty-free music and sound effects at the click of your mouse. Turn your good project into a...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Facing the New Millenium
[Free Registration/Login Required] A thought-provoking essay discusses the political, social, and technological trends facing the United States at the turn of the 21st century. Of particular focus is the Bush presidency, 9/11, and the...
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: Social Mobility
This instructional activity will explore this theme of social mobility through a reading of extracts from Samuel Smiles's Self-Help (1859), the handbook that many young men in 19th-century Britain turned to in seeking advice as to how to...
Discovering Lewis & Clark
Discovering Lewis & Clark: Music on the Trail
Discover how the men of the expedition turned to music for entertainment or to impress the Indians they met. Learn about and listen to Jefferson the violinist and Pierre Cruzatte the fiddle player.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852 1930)
Notes for teachers who are reading Freeman's (1852-1930 CE) stories with their students, as well as links to other authors for comparison and a bibliography of source material are all available here.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Class Consciousness in American Literature
This unit revolves around various social realist authors during the Gilded Age in America. Click the tabs for the list of authors, timeline, video and activities.
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Victorian Preservation Association: Vintage Homes
What would houses have looked like at the turn of the century, that past turn of the century! Take a look at these beautiful homes; they're still around and in wonderful shape.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: White Man's Burden
Teachers: Lesson from SCORE that explores the Expansionist/ Anti-Imperialist debate at the turn of the century. Organized as a U.S. history unit, content includes information about the debate, as well as numerous resources, online...
Library of Congress
Loc: Musical Revue
A detailed explanation of the musical revue, a form of variety theatre popularized at the turn of the century and through the 1920s and 30s. Most famous of the genre were The Ziegfeld Follies.
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Photos of Rhode Island
This site provides many pictures of turn-of-the-century Newport, Rhode Island and a brief description of each.