The Left were evidently alarmed,
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Spy Letters of the American Revolution -- From the Collections of the Clements Library,... - 11 views
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Fascinating topic and seems to have been created with specifically for use by teachers.
Primary Source Material - Why It Matters & Where to Find it on th Web - 4 views
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Primary source material-such as journals, speeches, letters, contemporary news reports, government documents, photographs, artifacts and maps-is an invaluable resource in understanding history. Primary sources provide a window into the past-unfiltered access to the record of artistic, social, scientific and political...
Google is not the last word in information - 11 views
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As my son marvels at the battle diaries, postcards, letters and photographs, and scrupulously unfolds war maps depicting the strategic battlelines in the fields of Gallipoli and the Somme, he surrenders to the pleasure of discovering history by his own hands. The touch, the sight, the smell of these items, each tells a story of their own and he takes his time in absorbing it all. Then in true Gen Y form, he reaches for the digital camera and begins to photograph the maps, crests, war pay books, menus of Christmas dinners - detailed and digital proof that he has, at last found, what he was searching for.
Modern History Sourcebook: Percy B. St. John: The French Revolution in 1848 - 6 views
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"Tuesday, February 22. The journals of the opposition appeared with the notice, in large letters, at the head of their papers, that the banquet was given up, and an appeal to the population of Paris to keep order, formed a very prominent part of the announcement. The Left were evidently alarmed, while ministers were confident and their journals sang a triumphant song of victory"
Calling All "Wannabe" Archaeologists - Help Translate Papyrus Text - 9 views
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Ancient Lives is recruiting laymen to help transliterate the Oxyrhynchus Papyrii. No knowledge of Greek required, but you get first hand experience of what archaeologists and papyrologists do in the process - measuring manuscripts, identifying letters, etc.
Popular: Did Marie-Antoinette really say "Let them eat cake"? - 10 views
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in fact, Marie-Antoinette was a generous patron of charity and other members of the royal family were often embarrassed or irritated by her habit of bursting into tears when she heard of the plight of the suffering poor. There's also a problem with dates. During Louis the Sixteenth's time as king, there was only one case of bread shortages in Paris and that was shortly after his coronation. Marie-Antoinette was eighteen at the time and when she heard about the people's unhappiness at the food situation, she wrote a letter about it back to her mother in Austria, in which she said, "We are more obliged than ever to work for the people's happiness. The King seems to understand this truth; as for myself, I know that in my whole life (even if I live for a hundred years) I shall never forget". Marie-Antoinette's personality therefore seems to have been the exact opposite of someone who would joke about the starving poor.
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The story of a princess joking "let them eat cake" had actually been told many years before Marie-Antoinette ever arrived in France, as a young princess of fourteen in 1770. Her brother-in-law, the Count of Provence, who hated her, later said that he heard the story as a child, long before his brother ever married Marie-Antoinette. The count claimed that the version he heard was that the woman who made the comment had been his great-great-great grandmother, Maria-Teresa of Spain, who advised peasants to eat pie crust (or brioche) during bread shortages. A French socialite, the Countess of Boigne, said she'd heard that it had been Louis the Sixteenth's bitter aunt, Princess Victoria, and the great philosopher, Rousseau, wrote that he had heard the "let them eat cake" story about an anonymous great princess. Rousseau wrote this story in 1737 - eighteen years before Marie-Antoinette was even born!
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This is quite interesting. Many of my AP Euro students enjoy thinking it was the queen. This will give them something to "chew" on, and allow for a teachable moment. As another great Philosophe suggested we should accept nothing as truth except our own existance.
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Others think that because the French Revolution was able to dress itself up as the force that brought freedom and equality to Europe, it had to justify its many acts of violence and terror. Executing Marie-Antoinette at the age of thirty-seven and leaving her two children as shivering, heart-broken orphans in the terrifying Temple prison, suggested that the Revolution was a lot more complicated than its supporters like to claim. However, if Marie-Antoinette is painted as stupid, deluded, out-of-touch, spoiled and selfish, then we're likely to feel a lot less pity when it comes to studying her death. If that was the republicans' intention, then they did a very good job. Two hundred years later and the poor woman is still stuck with a terrible reputation, and a catchphrase, that she certainly doesn't deserve.
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As a student and teacher of, among other things, propaganda and censorship, I think this is a great example for students to play with in thinking about how 'truth' gets established, politically and historically. In discussing nationalism I often talk about the importance of political myth in establishing identities, and here is a powerful example of a myth that became hegemonic.
History of Spain: Primary Documents - EuroDocs - 5 views
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EuroDocs rocks!
"There Was Never Any Pay Day for the Negroes" - Ex-Slave Jourdon Anderson's Letter to H... - 6 views
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Surely there will be a day of reckoning for those who defraud the laborer of his hire
Socialist Party of America - 5 views
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Upton Sinclair, letter to Norman Thomas (25th September, 1951)
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American People will take Socialis
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m, but they won't take the label. I certainly proved it in the case of EPIC. Running on the Socialist ticket I got 60,000 votes, and running on the slogan to "End Poverty in California" I got 879,000. I think we simply have to recognize the fact that our enemies have succeeded in spreading the Big Lie. There is no use at
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Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet - 1 views
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A collection of primary sources from women in the US Civil War.
The National Archives | DocumentsOnline - 1 views
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Online documents provided by the UK National Archives.
New Deal Network - 1 views
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A large and well-organised collection of good-quality sources on the New Deal, along with teaching resources.
Civil War - 0 views
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A thorough collection of reports and official records from the US Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate armies. Very detailed. If you're interested in quality sources on the US Civil War, can I suggest History According to Bob at www.summahistorica.com? He's a professor on the subject and his podcasts give a thorough treatment of the topic.
American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page - 0 views
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A large collection of documents, organised around topics, maintained by the Library of Congress.
Home - Simon Wiesenthal Center Multimedia Learning Center - 5 views
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Heaps of links to source sites and other historical materials to do with the Holocaust.
Vincent van Gogh The Letters - 2 views
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You're right, thanks for pointing that out. For some reason Diigo won't save the ending slash on the url. http://vangoghletters.org/vg/ is the working link.
Australian War Memorial - War Diaries - 6 views
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Digitised images of selected original war diaries recording the daily activities of Australian Army units are available for the following conflicts: * First World War * Second World War * Korean War * South East Asian Conflicts
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Only selected war diaries are included.
Modern History Sourcebook: Luther Before 1517: Letters to Spalatin - 2 views
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Another primary resource to give depth to the character of Luther.
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