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WORLD HISTORY LINKS

Geography Quiz Website:
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.html

Napoleon

www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon

World War I
Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/reflib.htm
Description: This is an ever growing and well maintained virtual reference library on World War I with an incredible set of resources including maps, biographies, timelines and interpretations of events and policies related to World War I.

World War I Remembered
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/newsid_197000/197437.stm
Description: This web site from the BBC has information about British participation in World War I and includes information on battles, personal memoirs, letters, sound files of archival interviews, and poetry.

French World War I Posters
http://www.history.sfasu.edu/BaylorExhibit.html#War History
Description: This exhibition of French posters from World War I has excellent background materials on the long and short range causes of World War I, the battles, the weapons, and other aspects of the war.

Flashback: The Balkan Crisis
http://www.theAtlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/balkans/usherf.htm
Description: Here is a comparison between the WW I Balkan crisis and the modern day problems by a writer from the Atlantic Monthly.

Recollections of War
http://www.iwm.org.uk/online/fww_rem/fwwsound.htm
Description: This online exhibition from the Imperial War Museum in London has sound files from British soldiers, nurses, and civilian workers on many aspects of World War I. There are also wonderful posters and photographs that show us the real effects of the war

Sinking of the Lusitania
http://www.iwm.org.uk/online/lusitan/lusi1.htm
Description: This online exhibit from the Imperial War Museum in London tells the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Lusitania and how it was used for propaganda. The exhibit includes the German advertisement warning passengers not to sail on the British ship, photographs, and information on how a German commemorative medal was exploited by British intelligence to create additional public outrage.

The Great War
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
Description: This site was set up for the PBS series on the Great War which first aired in the fall of 1996. The site includes maps, an interactive timeline, interviews with renown historians, and synopsis of the episodes. It is also searchable.

Causes of World War I
http://www.pvhs.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm
Description: This page has a simple and concise discussion of the various causes of WWI.

WRITING RESOURCES

Auto Bibiliography Composer
http://www.easybib.com/#sourceList

How to Write a Bibliography - Examples in MLA Style:
http://www.aresearchguide.com/12biblio.html

Parenthetical References and Examples in MLA Style:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/8866/9parenth.html

Sample Paper in MLA format:
http://telecollege.dcccd.edu/library/Module5/Sample.htm

Guidelines on How to Write a Bibliography or Works Cited Page:

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/8866/11guide.html

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184/

A Research Guide for Students

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/8866/

Purdue University - Online Writing Lab (OWL)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html

GOVERNMENT LINKS

Interest Group Links

Go to www.google.com and type in the name of your Interest Group

OR use one of the links below.

http://www.etown.edu/polysci/links/special.htm

Elizabethan College Library

http://library.marist.edu/diglib/polisci/politicalparties.html

Marist College Library

http://www.csuchico.edu/~kcfount/alpha.html

Chico State Political Science Library - Political Advocacy Groups

General Government Links

www.senate.gov

United States Senate web page

www.house.gov

United States House of representatives web page

www.whitehouse.gov

United States Whitehouse web page

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

United States Supreme Court

http://www.uscourts.gov/

United States Federal Courts

http://oyez.nwu.edu/

United States Supreme Court Multimedia Database

C-SPAN.org

http://www.beyondbooks.com/gop00/4.asp

The Media and Politics

UNITED STATES HISTORY LINKS

1920's Links

1920's All Topics

http://www2.mhs.k12.oh.us/library/1920's.html#1

This web page lists a hand full of 1920's websites on a variety of topics including; famous people, art, music, movies, culture, radio, the Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance, Flappers, Prohibition, Immigration, The Teapot dome Scandal, Strikes, Palmer Raids, The Red Scare, Warren Harding,The Scopes Trial, Sacco & Vanzetti, The KKK, Women's Suffrage and much more. It is a good place to start.

Prohibition
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/history/projects/prohibition/Contents.htm
Description: Why did the United States have a prohibition movement, and enact prohibition? The leaders of the prohibition movement were alarmed at the drinking behavior of Americans, and they were concerned that there was a culture of drink among some sectors of the population. They hoped to change this with prohibition. Look through the primary source material, cartoons and other information at this site to see if they succeeded

Jazz Age Biographies
http://mypage.direct.ca/r/rsavill/Biograph.html
Description: This site links to short illustrated biographies of Paul Whiteman and Fred Waring, two of the most famous band leaders of the 1920's and 30's.
Comments: This is a good source for an interdisciplinary study of the 1920's and 30's.

Harlem 1900-1940: Exhibition
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/text/exhibition.html
Description: Harlem has long symbolized the culture of the African- American experience in 20th-century America. Its history has been well documented in photographs, literature and other media. Harlem 1900-1940: An African- American Community , is a history education portfolio that has been produced by the Educational Programs unit of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the New York Public Library

Harlem Renaissance
http://www.fatherryan.org/harlemrenaissance/page.htm
Description: Here is a fascinating overview of the history and key figures of the Harlem Renaissance including artists, writers and musicians.

Langston Hughes' Writing
http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/052694_harp_ITH.html
Description: This site features Ozzie Davis reading four Langston Hughes' works: Simple on Indian Blood, A Toast to Harlem, The Last Whipping, and Feet Live Their Own Life.

Scopes "Monkey Trial"
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/inherit/1925home.html
Description: This discussion of the Scopes Trial not only gives context to the religious movement out of which the trial grew, but is linked to news articles and other primary material.

Harlem Renaissance - An Introduction
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/9intro.html
Description: This is a timeline and brief discussion of the Harlem Renaissance by a professor at CSU Stanislaus. The set of links to information on key personalities of the Harlem Renaissance is very valuable.

Prohibition Then - MADD Today
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/feusA.htm
Read short histories of Prohibition and Mothers Against Drunk Driving and evaluate each of these policies on consumer behavior.

1920's Advertisements

http://www.taperformance.com/1920's.htm

http://www.admuseum.org/

http://myinsulators.com/commokid/telephones/1920s_telephone_ads.htm

http://www.kodakgirl.com/kgmagazineads7.htm

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~petero/reardrive/ads/ads.html

1920's Magazine Covers

http://www.pandorasbox.com/louisebrooks/archive/magcovers-vint.html

Miscellaneous 1920's

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/state/alhn1920.html

1950's Websites:

General Fifties Web Sites: