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Friday, December 30, 2011

Website Spotlight: Woodrow Wilson

 
Website URL: http://millercenter.org/president/wilson

Introductory Note:

Welcome to one in a series of posts which spotlight quality websites that I use with my U.S. History survey course students at Azusa Pacific University to enrich the regular material in our learning modules.

Among the many worthwhile aspects of the Miller Center (University of Virginia) site, I ask the students to concentrate on the following four essays:

Life Before the Presidency
http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/biography/2
Campaigns and Elections
http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/biography/3
Domestic Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/biography/4
Foreign Affairs
http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/essays/biography/5

~~For a review of the Miller Center website:

TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14722

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For additional quality material about President Wilson:

American Presidents (American Experience)

Woodrow Wilson
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/

These are the specific links from the website that I ask my students to work through:

Ellen Axson Wilson (Wilson's First Wife)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_ellen.html

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (Wilson's Second Wife)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_edith.html

Election of 1912
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/portrait/wp_election.html

Wilson's Legacy
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/sfeature/sf_legacy.html

William Jennings Bryan
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/peopleevents/p_bryan.html

Colonel Edward House
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/peopleevents/p_house.html

Henry Cabot Lodge
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/peopleevents/p_lodge.html

Gallery: Poster Art of World War I
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/gallery/posters.html

Teacher's Guide Lesson 4: War and Peace
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/tguide/t_lesson_04.html

~~For reviews of the American Presidents website:

History Matters (The U.S. Survey Course on the Web)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4106/
TeachingHistory.org (National History Education Clearinghouse)
http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/website-reviews/14714

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Concluding Note:

I hope you will use this blog post in conjunction with both the modules on my Learning Professor wiki and the numerous other posts in my Website Spotlight series.

1. The website spotlighted in this post fits within the following U.S. History survey course module on the wiki:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/World+War+I

2. The other blog posts in my Website Spotlight series--chronologically displayed by U.S. History survey course module-- can be found on this wiki page:
http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/WEBSITE+SPOTLIGHT

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