I want all of my classes to become familiar with the emerging field of journalistic history because it will serve you very well with your final term paper.  Examples of journalistic history include historical narratives written by those who were either a part of the issue being written about, or journalists who covered it.  Please "google" "Man Without a Gun," by Giandomenico Picco, and "The Imperial Rockefeller:  The Life of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller," by Joseph Persico, for further information on what these resources are like.  I will expect you to use at least one journalistic source in your term paper

 

 

1.     The History Channel:  http://www.historychannel.org  This is a fascinating multimedia site available for free to all users.  It provides audio and video of some of the most important moments in US and World History.  Please bookmark this site on your home computer—it will serve you well in the future

2.     Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org  I recognize that blogging and using a WIKI are becoming more and more important at the college level, so I want you to get used to using a wiki, which is an online community that any registered user can edit.  AN IMPORTANT NOTE:  I will NOT accept Wikipedia as a source in your papers and homework.  HOWEVER, Wikipedia has reference notes at the bottom of every page that take you to the source page the article was written from:  I certainly WILL accept those references.

3.     Save Our History:  http://www.history.com/classroom/save/  This website will teach you about the importance of preserving our history and will also show you what people are doing around the United States—including right here in Bergen County—to preserve the past for the sake of the future!

4.     What is Oral History?:  http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/what.html  READ THIS WEBSITE!  Near the end of the year, we will be working on an Oral History Project where we interview veterans, parents, grandparents, etc.—we are going to make a HISTORY TAPESTRY TOGETHER!—I will be writing the report right along with you, and I’m going to present it along with every other member of the class!

5.     University of Oxford (United Kingdom) History and International Politics Portal:  http://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/  This is a free resource on the web from one of the most prestigious universities in the world.  The information and links provided here are virtually second-to-none, and I want you to become familiar with how a university history portal works

6.     The Churchill College Archives at the University of Cambridge:  http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/  Use this link REGULARLY—my classes will have additional access to this resource because I am working with the archivist.

7.     The Margaret Thatcher Foundation:  http://www.margaretthatcher.org/  This website will prove particularly important near the end of the year when we study the Cold War as it provides access to Cold War Records from an international perspective.

8.     The Lester B. Pearson Library—the Government of Canada:  http://www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3350-e.html  We will use this site in great detail when studying other perspectives on Vietnam and the relations other nations had with the United States at the time.

9.     http://www.foreignaffairs.org/  Foreign Affairs magazine will have snippets of information as well as links to resources that will prove extremely useful when writing your term papers.