Henry A. Wallace:
• "1948 Campaign Challengers: Henry A. Wallace," documents related to Henry A. Wallace held in the Truman Presidential Museum and Library,
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/1948campaign/large/docs/wallace/wallace_base.htm
• "Welcome to the Henry A. Wallace Country Life Center ," provides information about the Henry A. Wallace birthplace,
http://www.henryawallacecenter.com/
• "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress," short bio of Henry A. Wallace,
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000077
• "Selected Works of Henry A. Wallace," speeches and essays by Henry A. Wallace during the New Deal; http://newdeal . feri.org/wallace/index.htm
• " Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ," U.S. Department of Agriculture research center named to honor Wallace for his work in ag science,
http://www.ba.ars.usda.gov/wallace/
• "A Bibliography of Writings by Henry A. Wallace",
http://www.winrock.org/wallacecenter/wallace/pribib.html
• "Eleanor Roosevelt," enhanced transcripts from PBS documentary on Mrs. Roosevelt,
http://www.pbs.org/ w gbh / amex / eleanor/sfeature/fbi.html
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Political Cartoons: • "A Brief History of Political Cartoons,"
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/PUCK/part1.html
• "Cartoons from Harper's Weekly," features political cartoons from presidential elections,
http://elections.harpweek.com/
Party Platforms:
• Republican Party Platform;
http://www.rnc.org/About/Pa r tyPlatform/Default.aspx
• Democratic Party Platform;
http://www.democrats.org/about/platform.html
• Green Party Platform;
http://www.gp.org/documents/platform_2000.pdf
• Demo & Republican 1948;
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/1948campaign/large/docs/student_activities/sta12-1.htm
Third Parties:
• "A Third Choice," companion Web site to PBS documentary on third parties in American history,
http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/thirdchoice/index.html
• "Me et the Dixiecrats," companion Web site to "Now With Bill Moyers" segment featuring the States' Rights Party,
http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/dixiecrats.html
• "Third Parties in the U.S. Political Process,"
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2004/politics101/politics101_thirdparties.html
• "Third Party Challenge," transcript of interview with political experts about the role third party candidates play in the Presidential elections,
http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript1153.html
• "The Role of Third Parties," interview with historian Michael Beschloss,
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/convention96/retro/beschloss_thirdparties.html
TOP... Primary Sources:
• "New Deal Network," a Web-based research and teaching resource devoted to the public works and arts projects of the New Deal,
http://newdeal.feri.org
• "American Memory," A gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States . The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections;
http://memory.loc.gov
• U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs," transcripts from the McCarthy hearings in the U.S. Senate,
http://www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate12cp107.html
• "FBI Files" texts from FBI files kept on Eleanor Roosevelt,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/sfeature/fbi.html
The Great Depression
• "America From the Great Depression to World War II, Black and White Photographs from the FSA-OWI 1935-1945," 160,000 black and white images from the Farm Security Administration,
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html
• "The Great Depression and the Arts, A Unit of Study for Grades 8-12," a collaborative effort between the National Center for History in the Schools
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/nchs/
and the Organization of American Historians
http://www.oah.org/
to develop document-based teaching units for United States History,
http://newdeal.feri.org/nchs/index.htm
• "We Made Do," an ongoing project maintained by students at a school in Indiana,
http://www.mcsc.k12.in.us/mhs/social/madedo/
• "The Great Depression," Web site designed and maintained by the Modern American Poetry Association,
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm
• "The Great Depression," PBS's American Experience Series Web site featuring the documentary "Surviving the Dust Bowl,"
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html
• "The Great Depression and the New Deal," The National Archives' 'Picturing the Century' exhibit,
http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/picturing_the_century/galleries/greatdep.html
• "Address on Agricultural Adjustment Act," text of FDR's speech,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/psources/ps_aaaspeech.html
• "Depression and War," from the PBS series 'Freedom, a History of U.S.',
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web12/index.html
TOP... Plant Science:
• "The Maize Page," resources about corn for 'students, producers and specialists,'
http://maize.agron.iastate.edu
• "Iowa Corn," educational resources to learn about corn growing,
http://www.iowacorn.org/cornuse/cornuse_8.html
• "National Corn Growers Association," Web site contains educational resources related to corn and corn science,
http://www.ncga.com/education/main/index.html
• "Improving Corn," a short summary of the history of the development of hybrid corn,
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/timeline/corn.htm
• "The Science of Hybrids,"
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/crops_03.html
The Arts:
• "Protest Music for a New Generation" National Public Radio segment on protest music past and present;
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1212060
• "Pete Seeger Appreciation Page," features interview with long-time folk singer;
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimcapaldi/
• "The Alan Lomax Collection," Library of Congress American Folklife Center, features Alan Lomax and his 70-year career as a folk singer.
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/lomax/lomax.html
• "Talking Union ," lyrics to 1930s protest song,
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimcapaldi/talkunion.htm
• "Plow Under," lyrics to 1940s war protest song,
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimcapaldi/plowunder.htm
• "Woody Guthrie Foundation and Archives, features folk singer Woody Guthrie's life and music career.
http://www.woodyguthrie.org/
• "History in Song," Songs that shaped history or history that shaped songs;
http://www.folkarchive.de/history/history.html#top
• "The Songs of Aunt Molly Jackson," features protest singer from the 1930s;
http://www.folkarchive.de/history/jackson.html
• "J.N. 'Ding' Darling Foundation," Web site featuring political cartoonist,
http://www.ding-darling.org
• "The Crucible/McCarthyism," contains content primary and secondary sources related to Arthur Miller's play and its relationship to McCarthyism,
http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/ya/school/crucible.htm
TOP... McCarthyism
• "McCarthyism," companion Web site for 'American Masters' documentary,
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/mccarthyism.html
• "Herbert Block," political cartoonist who coined the term "McCarthyism,"
http://www.lambiek.net/block_herbert.htm
• "McCarthyism and the Red Scare,"
http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-McCarthy.htm
Agriculture:
• "History of American Agriculture,
http://www.usda.gov/history2/front.htm
• " Camp Silos ," Web site celebrating "native prairie to present, our agricultural heritage,"
http://www.campsilos.org
• "Kids' Science Page National Agricultural Library"
http://www.nal.usda.gov/Kids
• Wallaces' Farmer, Web site for farm magazine started by Henry A. Wallace's family,
http://www.wallacesfarmer.com/ME2/Audiences/default.asp
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