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American Slave Narratives
The slave narrative project of the WPA in the 1930s is one of our greatest historical preservation efforts. Today, historians are scrambling around to preserve the narratives of Holocaust survivors and WWII vets, as they are rapidly leaving us. This is a good way to introduce the importance of oral histories. It would also be a good piece to start a lesson on evaluating primary sources.
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From 1936 to 1938, over 2,300 former slaves from
across the American South were interviewed by writers and journalists under
the aegis of the Works Progress Administration. These former slaves, most
born in the last years of the slave regime or during the Civil War, provided
first-hand accounts of their experiences on plantations, in cities, and
on small farms.
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Stuff You Missed in History Class – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks
Inglorious Bastards and other popular films with history in them.
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Ancient History Encyclopedia
The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gosepels looks like an interesting book.
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