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Aaron Palm

Herbert Aptheker's Distortions by C.L.R. James 1949 - 2 views

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      CLR James in 1949 acknowledges that Aptheker was a toll of Stalinism and there are many flaws in his African American History.  
  • “It was the development of increased agitation on the part of non-slaveholding whites prior to the Civil War for the realization of the American creed that played a major part in provoking the desperation that led the slaveholders to take up arms.” (p.41) Upon the flimsiest scraps of evidence, the theory is elaborated that it was the withholding of democracy from non-slaveholding whites that pushed the South to the Civil War. “In terms of practice, as concerns the mass of the white people of the South, this anti-democratic philosophy was everywhere implemented. The property qualifications for voting and office-holding, the weighing of the legislature to favor slaveholding against non-slaveholding counties, the inequitable taxation system falling most heavily on mechanics’ tools and least heavily on slaves, the whole system of economic, social and educational preferment for the possessors of slaves, and the organized, energetic, and partially successful struggles carried on against this system by the non-slaveholding whites form – outside of the response of the Negroes to enslavement – the actual content of the South’s internal history for the generation preceding the Civil War.”
  • Stalinist Sleight of Hand Stalinism tries to manipulate history as a sleight-of-hand man manipulates cards. But unlike the conjurer, a stern logic pushes Stalinism in an ever more reactionary direction. For five years Aptheker covered up his anti-Negro concepts with constant broad statements about the “decisive character” of slave insurrections, Negro agitators etc. in the Civil War and the period preceding it. In 1946, however, in The Negro People in America, Aptheker broke new ground. He put forward a new theory that at one stroke made a wreck of all that he had said before. Let his own words speak:
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  • t is clear that only at the last minute Aptheker remembered the slaves and threw in the phrase about their “response.” Historically this is a crime. The non-slaveholding whites who supposedly pushed the South into the Civil War were not in any way democrats. They were small planters and city people who formed a rebellious but reactionary social force, hostile to the big planters, the slaves and the democratically minded farmers in the non-plantation regions. What particular purpose this new development is to serve does not concern us here. What is important, however, is its logical identity with the hostility to Negro radicalism and independent Negro politics which has appeared in Aptheker’s work from the very beginning to this climax-pushing the Negroes aside for the sake of non slaveholding whites in the South. However fair may be the outside of Stalinist history and politics, however skillful may be the means by which its internal corruption is disguised, inevitably its real significance appears. There is no excuse today for those who allow themselves to be deceived by it. For all interested in this sphere, it is a common duty, whatever differences may exist between us, to see to it that the whole Stalinist fakery on Negro history be thoroughly exposed for what it really is.
Nate Merrill

World War I - 4 views

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    The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Nate Merrill

American History Textbook - 8 views

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    "American History: From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium"
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Nate Merrill

Postwar Politics and the Origins of the Cold War - 8 views

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    The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Rob Jacklin

American Centuries: History and Art from New England - 8 views

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  • Rob Jacklin on 09 Feb 11
     
    "Memorial Hall Museum Online American Centuries ...view from New England Explore American History with hands-on activities, exhibits, lessons, historic documents and artifacts."
David Hilton

African-American Pamphlet Collection - 0 views

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  • David Hilton on 07 Jul 09
     
    "From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 presents 396 pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, published from 1822 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics."
  • David Hilton on 07 Jul 09
     
    From Slavery to Freedom: The African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1822-1909 presents 396 pamphlets from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, published from 1822 through 1909, by African-American authors and others who wrote about slavery, African colonization, Emancipation, Reconstruction, and related topics.
Lance Mosier

OurStory : Find Books - 10 views

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    A project of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, OurStory is designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through children's literature, everyday objects, and hands-on activities.
  • Carrie Kotcho on 20 Jul 10
     
    I manage the online outreach programs at NMAH. I'd love to hear from anyone who is using OurStory or our teacher site Smithsonian's History explorer. We're getting ready to do some site updates and would appreciate good constructive feedback.
Brian DeGraaf

Here Is Where - In Search of America's Great, Forgotten History - 0 views

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    "HERE IS WHERE is an all-volunteer initiative created by the Legacy Project to find and spotlight little known and unmarked historic sites throughout the United States. These sites relate to events that changed the course of history and represent a wide range of individuals-from explorers, pioneers, inventors, scientists, activists, and people of faith, to artists, writers, musicians, builders, and athletes. HERE IS WHERE is a grass roots campaign, and the Legacy Project encourages Americans across the country to seek out and recommend their own favorite spots. The larger mission of this effort is to promote the importance of preserving historic sites and to foster a passion for history itself."
Deven Black

TwHP Lesson Plans--Time Period Index - 0 views

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  • Deven Black on 10 Aug 09
     
    Teaching with Historic Places has developed more than 130 classroom-ready lesson plans that together range across American history. All are available on the Web. For more information on lessons plans or our program, contact TwHP. You can also view the entire collection according to location, topic, skill, U.S. History Standards, and Social Studies Standards.
Emily Hagan

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - 8 views

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  • Nate Merrill on 01 Sep 13
     
    he Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization devoted to the improvement of history education. The Institute has developed an array of programs for schools, teachers, and students that now operate in all fifty states, including a website that features more than 60,000 unique historical documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection. Each year the Institute offers support and resources to tens of thousands of teachers, and through them enhances the education of more than a million students.
Michael Sheehan

Learning Never Stops: Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History - An amazing resour... - 7 views

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    A tremendous resource for social studies teachers.
David Hilton

American History and American Studies Research Guide - 7 views

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  • David Hilton on 14 Jan 10
     
    Well-organised portal to primary sources on many aspects of American history. Thanks Yale University Library. You rock.
David Hilton

Milestone Documents  ·  Your primary source for historic texts and analysis. - 14 views

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  • David Hilton on 30 Mar 10
     
    This very useful site has been around for a while yet recently has updated its format and design. Excellent site for sources on American history.
  • Neil Schlager on 31 Mar 10
     
    Thanks for the link, David. Actually, the site now also has tons of world history content. See our Features on Chinese history, Indian history, Women's history, Islamic history, and more.
  • David Hilton on 31 Mar 10
     
    When teachers more broadly realise how many brilliant resources there are like this out there the days of the boring textbook lesson will be numbered!
Simon Miles

History Animated - 7 views

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  • Deven Black on 21 Jul 09
     
    Major battles in American military explained with the use of animation.
  • Simon Miles on 12 Sep 10
     
    "History Animated is a fantastic resource for teachers of US History. The animations will make great supplements to classroom instruction. The animations are a significant improvement over drawing or pointing to places on a map. The site currently features animations on the Pacific War, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Britain.
tcornett

The Civil War and Reconstruction | edX - 0 views

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    Civil War and Reconstruction, which introduces students to the most pivotal era in American history. The Civil War transformed the nation by eliminating the threat of secession and destroying the institution of slavery. It raised questions that remain central to our understanding of ourselves as a people and a nation - the balance of power between local and national authority, the boundaries of citizenship, and the meanings of freedom and equality. This XSeries will examine the causes of the war, the road to secession, the conduct of the Civil War, the coming of emancipation, and the struggle after the war to breathe meaning into the promise of freedom for four million emancipated slaves. One theme throughout the series is what might be called the politics of history - how the world in which a historian lives affects his or her view of the past, and how historical interpretations reinforce or challenge the social order of the present.
David Hilton

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936 - 1940 - 0 views

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  • David Hilton on 07 Sep 09
     
    Excellent source for American culture in the late 30's.
  • David Hilton on 07 Sep 09
     
    These life histories were compiled and transcribed by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states. Typically 2,000-15,000 words in length, the documents consist of drafts and revisions, varying in form from narrative to dialogue to report to case history.
Kay Cunningham

Doris Duke Collection - 0 views

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  • Kay Cunningham on 26 Oct 09
     
    'The Duke Collection of American Indian Oral History online provides access to typescripts of interviews (1967 -1972) conducted with hundreds of Indians in Oklahoma regarding the histories and cultures of their respective nations and tribes. Related are accounts of Indian ceremonies, customs, social conditions, philosophies, and standards of living. Members of every tribe resident in Oklahoma were interviewed.'
Nate Merrill

The Korean War - 3 views

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    The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Ginger Lewman

African American History Month 2011 | Teachinghistory.org - 4 views

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  • Ginger Lewman on 10 Feb 11
     
    "African American history stretches far beyond the confines of one month and the narrative litany of a handful of cultural heroes. Maybe you want to go beyond Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass, and Jackie Robinson. What stories can you uncover beyond the headlining stories textbooks provide?"
Nate Merrill

America's History in the Making - 15 views

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    Annenberg Learner American History Course
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