IB History of the Americas

Links to IB-related references such as curriculum, requirements and assessment rubrics.

• IB Student Information www.ibo.org/informationfor/students/ www.ibo.org/informationfor/students/ This is the student home page of the IB program.

• History Subject Guide https://www.ibo.org/diploma/assessment/subjectoutlines/documents/d_3_histx_gui-out_0803_1_e.pdf https://www.ibo.org/diploma/assessment/subjectoutlines/documents/d_3_histx_gui-out_0803_1_e.pdf This document outlines the requirements of IB History and its assessment structure.

• Examination Schedules https://www.ibo.org/documentlibrary/examinationschedules/ https://www.ibo.org/documentlibrary/examinationschedules/ This is where IB posts the examination schedules in .pdf format

Helpful links for the development of required skills.

• How to Study and Learn www.criticalthinking.org/pages/how-to-study-and-learn-part-one/513 www.criticalthinking.org/pages/how-to-study-and-learn-part-one/513 The Critical Thinking Community website provides great guidance on how to become a successful learner.

• The Art of Close Reading www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-one/509 www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-one/509 Do you know how to read effectively? The Critical Thinking Community provides reading strategies to help you become a more effective reader.

• Document Analysis www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/ www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/ Those awesome people at the National Archives surely know how document analysis is done. Let's do it their way!

• Writing Tutorial Service www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml Free pamphlets on thesis statements, plagiarism, writing abstracts, conclusions, and more.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab owl.english.purdue.edu/ owl.english.purdue.edu/ Everything you need to know about writing and citing!

• Citation Help www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=337 www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=337 MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

• Flesch-Kincaid Readability Calculator www.standards-schmandards.com/exhibits/rix/index.php www.standards-schmandards.com/exhibits/rix/index.php Use this tool to evaluate the complexity of text.

• Bibliography Creator www.bibme.org/ www.bibme.org/ Creates bibliography entries and adds them to a Word document available to download.

• OPVL Guide www.minnesotahumanities.org/Resources/A%20Guide%20for%20Using%20Primary%20Source%20Documents.pdf www.minnesotahumanities.org/Resources/A%20Guide%20for%20Using%20Primary%20Source%20Documents.pdf PDF guide provided by the Minnesota Humanities Center on source evaluation using OPVL.

General history resources.

• Documents by Century avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp avalon.law.yale.edu/default.asp Avalon Project - documents from all over the world sorted by century and then alphabetically.

• Famous Trials law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm UMKC School of Law provides chronologic listing of famous trials with transcripts and testimony.

• O'Grady Collection www.library.nd.edu/rarebooks/donors/ogrady.shtml www.library.nd.edu/rarebooks/donors/ogrady.shtml This collection through Notre Dame includes a great collection of South American documents.

• The History Files www.historyfiles.co.uk/index.html www.historyfiles.co.uk/index.html A vast UK collection of history documents and information that is easily navigated by region and/or subject.

• U.S. Survey Course historymatters.gmu.edu/ historymatters.gmu.edu/

• American Indian Civil Rights Handbook www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/usccr/documents/cr11033.pdf www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/usccr/documents/cr11033.pdf Published in 1972, this handbook outlines the goals of the United States Commission on Civil Rights in regards to Native Americans. This is a scanned document through the Thurgood Marshall Law Library.

• American Memory - Library of Congress memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Links to primary source documents in American history.

• Rare Map Collection www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html Indexed and organized by time period.

• Civil Rights in America: A Framework for Identifying Significant Sites www.nps.gov/nhl/themes/Framework%20draft,%20revised%20Nov%202008.pdf www.nps.gov/nhl/themes/Framework%20draft,%20revised%20Nov%202008.pdf Overview of civil rights movements and events in the United States - organized both chronologically and thematically.

• Eyewitness to History www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/20frm.htm www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/20frm.htm Links to eyewitness accounts of historical events.

• Classic Feminist Writings www.cwluherstory.com/Classic-Feminist-Writings/ www.cwluherstory.com/Classic-Feminist-Writings/ A collection of classic feminist writings from the second wave of feminism courtesy of the CWLU Herstory project.

• Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/wlm/ library.duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/wlm/ Collection of women's liberation documents through Duke University.

• Digital History www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

• The Living Room Candidate www.livingroomcandidate.org/ www.livingroomcandidate.org/ See presidential candidates' commercials from 1952 to contemporary elections.

• Digital Map Collection www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html Digital maps in .pdf format courtesy of University of Texas at Austin.

• Top 100 Speeches www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html Links to the top 100 speeches in audio and text formats.

• Internet History Sourcebooks www.fordham.edu/halsall/ www.fordham.edu/halsall/ Find primary source documents categorized by time periods and locations.

• Document Library by Era teachingamericanhistory.org/library/ teachingamericanhistory.org/library/ Find documents sorted by era and topic. Not an all-inclusive listing, for sure, but it has some good ones.

• Truman Library www.trumanlibrary.org/kids/index.html www.trumanlibrary.org/kids/index.html Check out the student resources at the Truman library for research, review and more.

• The Gilder Lehrman Collection www.gilderlehrman.org/collections www.gilderlehrman.org/collections The Gilder Lehrman Collection is a unique archive of primary sources in American history. Owned by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and located at the New-York Historical Society, the Collection includes more than 60,000 letters, diaries, maps, pamphlets, printed books, newspapers, photographs, and ephemera that document the political, social, and economic history of the United States. An extensive resource for educators, students, and scholars, the Collection ranges from 1493 through the twentieth century and is widely considered one of the nation???s great archives in the Revolutionary, early national, antebellum, and Civil War periods.

• Online Library of Liberty oll.libertyfund.org/ oll.libertyfund.org/ Well-organized collections of primary source documents - particularly useful for the revolutionary period.

• Our Documents www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&; A comprehensive collection of U.S. documents in original scanned and transcribed formats (including print-friendly formats).

• Historical Census Browser mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/php/start.php?year=V1860 mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/php/start.php?year=V1860 Great tool for quantitative data with an easy-to-use platform and search capabilities.

• Quantitative Historical Data Online historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/numbers/online.html#name historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/numbers/online.html#name Links to sites that provide quantitative historical data.

• The American Presidency Project www.presidency.ucsb.edu www.presidency.ucsb.edu Archives contain 103,452 documents related to the study of the Presidency.

• Office of the Historian - Milestones history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/GoodNeighbor history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/GoodNeighbor Great summaries of U.S. milestones from the Department of State's Office of the Historian

The most helpful links for research on Canadian history topics.

• Canada in the Making www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html A project built around Canadian government documents that integrates narrative text with primary source documents.

• CBC Digital Archives archives.cbc.ca/society/ archives.cbc.ca/society/ Canadian History documents and images.

• Aboriginal Canada www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/eng/index.html www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/eng/index.html Information on the aboriginal populations of Canada for all time periods.

• Canadiana Discover Portal search.canadiana.ca/ search.canadiana.ca/ General research site for Canada, but particularly helpful for War of 1812 documents.

• Canadian Pamphlets and Broadsides Collection link.library.utoronto.ca/broadsides/about.cfm link.library.utoronto.ca/broadsides/about.cfm Collection of scanned pamphlets on a variety of topics indexed by subject and author.

• Canadian Herstory Exhibit library.usask.ca/herstory/herstory.html library.usask.ca/herstory/herstory.html Documents pertaining to Canadian feminism.

• Library and Archives of Canada www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx General research site for Canadian history.

The most helpful links for research on Latin American history topics.

• Mexican Independence www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/mexicanrev.htm#hidalgo www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/mexicanrev.htm#hidalgo Excellent information on the players in Mexican independence.

• South American Colonial Settlements www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAmericas/SouthArgentina.htm www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsAmericas/SouthArgentina.htm Timelines of names, dates, and supplemental information on South American colonization, independence, and nation building.

• North American Congress on Latin America www.nacla.org/ www.nacla.org/ This is a subscription site, but a good resource and you may find some items that are free.

• Diplomatic Correspondence US and Latin America ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00098564/00001 ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00098564/00001 Diplomatic correspondence of the United States concerning the independence of Latin American countries. William R. Manning, PhD - Latin American Affairs - Department of State

These links will relate to the objectives within the Nation-building Unit.

• Caudillo Politics: A Structural Analysis www.latinamericanstudies.org/19-century/caudillo-politics.pdf www.latinamericanstudies.org/19-century/caudillo-politics.pdf Comparative Studies in Society and History Vol. 9, Issue 2 Jan. 1967.

• Latin American Authoritarianism www.yachana.org/research/authoritarianism.pdf www.yachana.org/research/authoritarianism.pdf Excerpt from the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

• The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Vol I www.gutenberg.org/files/22131/22131-h/22131-h.htm www.gutenberg.org/files/22131/22131-h/22131-h.htm Published in 1895, this ebook is made available through Project Gutenberg Canada.

• Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Vol II www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/dent-uppercanadian2/dent-uppercanadian2-00-h-dir/dent-uppercanadian2-00-h.html www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/dent-uppercanadian2/dent-uppercanadian2-00-h-dir/dent-uppercanadian2-00-h.html Published in 1895, this account is made available through Project Gutenberg Canada.

• Proclamation from Jose Joaquin de Herrera www.dmwv.org/mexwar/documents/herrera.htm www.dmwv.org/mexwar/documents/herrera.htm Mexico's interim president after the exile of Santa Anna. He was overthrown by Arrillaga in 1846 and then reinstated in 1848.

• The Mexican American War and Media www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/Newspapers/RE/RE1847eJanJune.htm www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/Newspapers/RE/RE1847eJanJune.htm Transcripts of newspapers, letters, and other media from 1845-1848.

• Against the Mexican War by Thomas Corwin wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/171/176058/14_mexic.HTM wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/171/176058/14_mexic.HTM A statesman from Ohio at the time of the war, Thomas Corwin has been well-regarded by Mexicans for his vocal opposition to the war. He was later appointed Minister to Mexico under Lincoln's presidency.

• Shays Rebellion & the Making of a Nation shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/index.html shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/index.html Excellent website for primary source documents and analytical essays on Shays' Rebellion.

These links will relate to the objectives within the Civil War Unit.

• Slavery a Positive Good by John C. Calhoun teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=71 teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=71 Pro-slavery position of John C. Calhoun.

• Underground Railroad Stops www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/states.htm www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/states.htm National Parks Service list of Underground Railroad locations.

• National Archives Slave Narratives memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and assembled and microfilmed in 1941 as the seventeen-volume Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. This online collection is a joint presentation of the Manuscript and Prints and Photographs Divisions of the Library of Congress and includes more than 200 photographs from the Prints and Photographs Division that are now made available to the public for the first time. Born in Slavery was made possible by a major gift from the Citigroup Foundation.

• Still's Underground Railroad Records books.google.com/books/about/Still_s_underground_rail_road_records.html?id=KD9LAAAAYAAJ books.google.com/books/about/Still_s_underground_rail_road_records.html?id=KD9LAAAAYAAJ Free Ebook

• Libarary of Congress - The Abolitionist Movement www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html Find primary source documents, the chronology of the movement, key individuals and their contributions, etc.

• Brief History of the Abolitionist Movement americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/brief.htm americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/brief.htm Provides the origins of the movement as well as divisions by political, religious, and radical/militant abolitionists.

• PBS Resources on Antebellum Slavery www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/index.html www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/index.html A comprehensive selection of documents, data, and modern analysis on the antebellum period.

• The Frederick Douglass Papers memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html memory.loc.gov/ammem/doughtml/doughome.html Library of Congress collection of Frederick Douglass' writings.

• United Underground Railroad Freedom Center www.freedomcenter.org/underground-railroad/ www.freedomcenter.org/underground-railroad/ Excellent resource for understanding the logistics of the Underground Railroad and the roles of prominent participants.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture utc.iath.virginia.edu/ utc.iath.virginia.edu/ A multi-media archive of everything related to Uncle Tom's Cabin. This includes pre-cursors to the book, editions and excerpts of the book, and responses to the book by both antislavery and proslavery proponents.

• Map - Kansas-Nebraska Act www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/ www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/

• Narrative on Bleeding Kansas www1.assumption.edu/ahc/Kansas/default.html www1.assumption.edu/ahc/Kansas/default.html This resource provides a chronological narrative of events with links ot resources and use of contemporary newspaper accounts, songs, etc.

• The Abolition Project abolition.e2bn.org/index.php abolition.e2bn.org/index.php Project on British abolitionism.

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/debates.htm www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/debates.htm I just LOVE the National Parks Service sites. This is another gem.

These links will relate to the objectives within the Global Affairs Unit.

• Canadian War Heroes canadianvalour.ca/ canadianvalour.ca/ This link provides short video bios on John Pattison and Russ Boyles. The scripts for both were written by an IB facilitator.

• Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery www.alcyone.com/max/lit/slavery/ www.alcyone.com/max/lit/slavery/ Read the entire book online.

• Theodore Roosevelt Center www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/ www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/

• Grover Cleveland: American Interests in the Cuban Revolution www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/gc26.htm www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/gc26.htm Source: U.S., Department of State, Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, 1896, pp. xxvii-lxii.

• Roosevelt An Icon of American History www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/ www.npg.si.edu/exh/roosevelt/

• Wilfrid Laurier - The trade question archive.org/details/cihm_30628 archive.org/details/cihm_30628

• Wilfrid Laurier Speeches www.macdonald-laurier.ca/en/laurier/laurier-speeches www.macdonald-laurier.ca/en/laurier/laurier-speeches

• Life and Letters of Wilfrid Laurier www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/skelton-laurier1/skelton-laurier1-00-h-dir/skelton-laurier1-00-h.html www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/skelton-laurier1/skelton-laurier1-00-h-dir/skelton-laurier1-00-h.html Published in 1921 and available through the Gutenberg Project.

• Wifrid Laurier - Riel question archive.org/details/cihm_30515 archive.org/details/cihm_30515

• Labor History APWU www.apwu.org/laborhistory/index.htm www.apwu.org/laborhistory/index.htm Great articles on United States labor history.

• U.S. Force Abroad, 1798-1993 www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad.htm www.history.navy.mil/wars/foabroad.htm Instances of Use of United States Force Abroad, 1798-1993

• Richard Olney: On American Jurisdiction in the Western Hemisphere www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/olney.htm www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/olney.htm Source: U.S., Department of State, Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, 1895, I, pp. 545-562. Concerns the U.S. perspective on the boundary dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela in British Guiana.

• The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronology.html www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/chronology.html This timeline of the Spanish-American War period can be viewed specifically by country as well.

• The British Guiana - Venezuela Border Dispute www.guyana.org/Western/NYT_Compiled-reports-web.pdf www.guyana.org/Western/NYT_Compiled-reports-web.pdf Reports from the New York Times (1887-1904)

• Documents on Informal Empire people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/grimsley1/milhis/empire2.htm people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/grimsley1/milhis/empire2.htm A nice collection of pro-expansionist documents.

• Anti-Imperialism League, 1899 www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1899antiimp.asp www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1899antiimp.asp Platform of the Anti-Imperialist League at Fordham University's Modern History Sourcebook.

• Imperialists vs. Anti-Imperialists historyproject.ucdavis.edu/lessons/view_lesson.php?id=18#tb_2 historyproject.ucdavis.edu/lessons/view_lesson.php?id=18#tb_2 UC Davis History Project link to document excerpts related to the Philippines debate of 1898-1900.

• Intervention in Santo Domingo 1911 archive.org/stream/jstor-29738381/29738381#page/n1/mode/2up archive.org/stream/jstor-29738381/29738381#page/n1/mode/2up Report on U.S. interventions in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

• Circulars and Correspondence Elihu Root digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=turn&id=FRUS.FRUS1913&entity=FRUS.FRUS1913.p0108&isize=text digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=turn&id=FRUS.FRUS1913&entity=FRUS.FRUS1913.p0108&isize=text Root's rebuttal of a speech attributed to him in Latin American newspapers.

• Rebuttal to Panama Blackmail Treaty archive.org/stream/gonzalezrefute00gonzrich#page/n3/mode/2up archive.org/stream/gonzalezrefute00gonzrich#page/n3/mode/2up In 1916, Theodore Roosevelt justified his actions in Panama. This is a rebuttal to Roosevelt's arguments.

• The Panama Blackmail Treaty www.unz.org/Pub/RooseveltTheodore-1916-00305 www.unz.org/Pub/RooseveltTheodore-1916-00305 Roosevelt's 1916 justification of his actions in Panama in 1903.

• America and the Canal Title archive.org/stream/americacanaltitl00freerich#page/n5/mode/2up archive.org/stream/americacanaltitl00freerich#page/n5/mode/2up Published in 1916 by Joseph Freehoff, PhD

• Origin and Purpose of the Platt Amendment archive.org/stream/jstor-2187499/2187499#page/n0/mode/2up archive.org/stream/jstor-2187499/2187499#page/n0/mode/2up Excerpt from the American Journal of International Law

• 1912 Memoranda on Cuba archive.org/stream/memorandaoncuba00unit#page/n0/mode/2up archive.org/stream/memorandaoncuba00unit#page/n0/mode/2up Analyzes the terms of the Platt Amendment as perceived in 1912 by U.S. analysts.

• The Platt Amendment - An overview history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/Platt history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/Platt An overview of the Platt Amendment from the Office of the Historian, Department of State.

Chronological Maps

• 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/ www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/sectionalism/lesson3/