Below you’ll find resources that will aid in your Road Trippin’ quest.

Google Doc link to timeline list

Mixbook link

World War II — 1940s

Cold War — 1950s

Civil Rights / Vietnam — 1960s / 1970s

Watch the video below regarding the Great Depression and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

(Mason-Shruti class watch BOTH videos. Jonah-William class only watch the first video.)

The Great Depression and the New Deal (Part II) from Heidi Wilbrandt on Vimeo.

Once you are finished with your Environmental History podcast, we will be taking a look at World War I.

Watch the two Crash Course History videos in this worksheet (WWI overview) and answer the questions that go along with them for Tuesday.

If you find yourself interested in WWI, check out these additional youtube videos:

THE GREAT WAR Youtube Channel

Podcasts are simply a fancy tech name for an online, regular radio program — one that anyone can set up, record, produce, and stream on their own. If you enjoy making podcasts and you’re good at it, you can be sponsored to produce your show and end up doing investigatory journalism and/or broadcasting. Because your podcast is a “one-and-done” show, it will basically be a recorded presentation. But, it could also launch your personal podcast career if you wanted to continue exploring an issue of your choice and taking about it…

Below, you’ll find links to sample podcasts. By no means do you need to create something that is an hour long, or even 20 minutes long. Your podcast episode should be as long as it takes to share your creative non-fiction story.

• Kill ‘Em All — Radiolab (the episode we started in class)
• RadioLab — link to their homepage that allows you to search for different stories and subjects
• Nature — the magazine publishes a weekly podcast about many different science-related topics, and the archives to past topics can be found on the right-hand side of the screen
• Stuff You Missed in History Class — this podcast digs deep into really weird and interesting topics that deal with a wide range of historical topics. Definitely worth checking out, even if you don’t like history class…
• NPR Podcast lists — different podcasts/radio programs on all sorts of different topics, all produced through NPR (National Public Radio)

The Progressive Era saw much needed progress for many minority groups in the United States, but most argue it was not progressive enough, and the Era set a precedent of limited regulation.

Watch the video below and take notes.

After the Civil War, the nation had to find a way to move forward. This period of rebuilding is called Reconstruction and lasts from 1865 to 1877. Some, like Abraham Lincoln, saw Reconstruction as an opportunity to forgive and restart. Others, like Radical Republicans, saw Reconstruction as a time to punish the South and take control of the area. Regardless of the actions taken, historians agree that the Reconstruction Era did not do nearly enough to integrate and protect the new influx of African-American citizens.

Using the links and the video below, complete the remainder of your Reconstruction chart (additional copy on documents page).

Outline of Reconstruction
Historians Answer Questions about Reconstruction

If you’re interested in learning more about the battles and events of the Civil War, you can use these resources below:

• Crash Course History: Battles of the Civil War (Youtube)
• The Civil War, Part 4 (Ken Burns documentary section that details the Battle of Fredericksburg)
• The Civil War Trust (great organization that has great info on everything related to the CW)
• The American Civil War (History Channel resources and videos)
• Civil War 1 Civil War 2 Civil War 3 Civil War 4 Civil War 5 (Reading about the highlights of the different events in the CW — awesome resources with lots of pictures!)

Check out the brief history of photography in order to understand what a powerful tool it was in the Civil War.  You do not need to take notes provided you are attentive and remember basic names and timeframe).

Many factors converged to initiate the Civil War, with slavery being the overt and predominant issue both sides must tackle. Watch the video below (and take notes) to gain a better understanding of why the Civil War began.

The video below details how the different parts of the country develop and what that means leading up the to Civil War.

Watch and take notes (it’s a long one, but there’s lots of good info).