Buffalo Soldiers

http://www.imh.org/imh/buf/buftoc.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: The International Museum of the Horse presents this exhibit on the Buffalo Soldiers, army units made up of African-American soldiers who transferred their fighting skills to the Western frontier after the Civil War. Standards 8.11.2

Comments: This site makes an interesting addition to studies of Native Americans.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 465

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

http://www.fredyt123.com/Creation.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park is the only California town to be founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Standard 4.4.4 and 8.11.3

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 749

End of the Civil War to Reconstruction: 1863-1875

http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog12/index.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Learn about the end of the Civil War, the assassination of Lincoln and the floundering efforts of reconstruction to build a government of the people, by the people, and for the people -- a government that protects all its people's freedoms. Standard 8.11.3, 8.11.4 and 8.11.5

Comments: This Annenberg Biography of America site has a primary source graphic, a map, a webography, a timeline and a full transcript of the video on which the program is based.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1094

Frederick Douglass and the Reality of Jim Crow

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection/docs_archive_Douglass_letter3.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Douglass succinctly summarized the reality of Jim Crow in an 1887 letter that claimed the South's "wrongs are not much now written in laws which all may see ? but the hidden practices of people who have not yet, abanonded the idea of Mastery and dominion over their fellow man." Racism, violence, and vigilantism were the tools of "Mastery" that permitted whites to accomplish what the law theoretically prohibited. Douglass' correspondence reflected the belief shared among the black community that the best places to combat "hidden practices" of the Jim Crow years were in the schoolhouse and the court room. Standard 8.11.3

Comments: This Gilder Lehrman site has an introduction explaining the background of Douglass' letter, a facsimile, a transcription, and discussion questions for the classroom.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3686

Freedmen's Bureau

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/HIUS403/freedmen/bureau.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This site provides a good introduction to the workings of the Freedmen's Bureau by focusing on one community in Virginia. You will find a mix of primary and secondary sources which provide interesting insight into Reconstruction. Standard 8.11.3

Comments: Some students may need help to navigate this site.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1302

History of the Ku Klux Klan

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkkk.htm

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This British educational site examines the history of the Ku Klux Klan from the post Civil War period to the present, placing its evolution into historical context. It includes transcriptions of primary material. Standards 8.11.4 and 11.5.2

Comments: This content must be treated sensitively in the classroom.

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 1601

Juneteenth

http://www.juneteenth.com/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Juneteeth, which began in Galveston in 1865, is a celebration of the ending of slavery. It has come to commemorate African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. Standard 8.11.1

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1861

President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address 1865

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=38

Rating: 2, High!

Description: On March 4, 1865, in his second inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln spoke of mutual forgiveness, North and South, asserting that the true mettle of a nation lies in its capacity for charity. "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations." Standard 8.11.1

Comments: This Our Documents site has a facsimile of the original document, a transcription of it, and background information to help the reader put the document in context.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2504

Reconstruction

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/resource_guides/content.cfm?tpc=15

Rating: 2, High!

Description: The twelve years following the Civil War carried vast consequences for the nation's future. They helped set the pattern for future race relations and defined the federal government's role in promoting racial equality. This site has readings, 20 primary sources from the Library of Congress, and teaching resources for a clear discussion of Reconstruction in the classroom. Standard 8.11.1

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2603

Reconstruction Images

http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/reconst.cfm?qhoo9089

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Here are 30 images of the reconstruction period from the Digital Schomberg Collection of African Americans. Standards 8.11.1, 8.11.3, and 8.11.4

Resource Type: Photos or Pictures.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3695