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Online Lectures
Online Resources: Lectures
Online resources are available to anyone with an internet connection and do not require any login credentials to access. General online sources must always be carefully vetted to verify appropriateness for use in a project (see the Academic Integrity and CRAP Test Guides for details).
- 1989: The Walls Came Tumbling DownFrom The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe.
20th Century
Online Resources: 20th Century
Online resources are available to anyone with an internet connection and do not require any login credentials to access. General online sources must always be carefully vetted to verify appropriateness for use in a project (see the Academic Integrity and CRAP Test Guides for details).
- AIDS.orgInformation, education, and action.
- The Berlin WallFrom Berlin.de.
- Gulag: Soviet Forced Labor Camps and the Struggle for FreedomThis website is a partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), the Gulag Museum, the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.
- Making the History of 1989: The Fall of Communism in Eastern EuropeMaking the History of 1989 has three key features: a substantial collection of high quality primary sources; a set of multimedia interviews that make visible the processes by which historians transform events and sources into historical narratives; and lesson plans and document based questions provide historical context, tools, and strategies for teaching the history of 1989 with primary sources in ways that make “history making” visible and vivid.
- MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)Premier modern art collection in New York with outstanding selections online from the galleries. Superb for modern interior and industrial design
- The WarholThe Warhol is a museum which engages and inspires through Warhol’s life, art, and legacy.
21st Century
Online Resources: 21st Century
Online resources are available to anyone with an internet connection and do not require any login credentials to access. General online sources must always be carefully vetted to verify appropriateness for use in a project (see the Academic Integrity and CRAP Test Guides for details).
- The 10 Types of Social Media AddictsFrom Mashable.com.
- European Union (EU)Official website of the European Union.
- GlobalizationFrom the Global Policy Forum.
- September 11: Bearing Witness to HistoryFrom the National Museum of American History.
- September 11: The Changing Faces of TerrorismFrom BBC - History.
- Terrorismfiles.orgTerrorismfiles.org, a website produced by Nabou.com, Inc., a business, is part of the Library of Congress September 11 Web Archive and preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001.
- United Nations (UN)The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter. The United Nations can take action on a wide variety of issues due to its unique international character and the powers vested in its Charter, which is considered an international treaty. As such, the UN Charter is an instrument of international law, and UN Member States are bound by it.
General Resources for Time Period
Online Resources: Globalization
Online resources are available to anyone with an internet connection and do not require any login credentials to access. General online sources must always be carefully vetted to verify appropriateness for use in a project (see the Academic Integrity and CRAP Test Guides for details).
- The Hanover Historical Texts CollectionThe Hanover Historical Texts Collection makes available digital versions of historical texts for use in history and humanities courses.
- Internet Sites with Primary Sources for U.S. History: 20th CenturyLibGuide from the Bowling Green State University University Libraries.
- Modern HistoryCollection of websites with information on the 20th century from the Best of History Websites.