HIT: History Websites

["D'Anne Easton" <eastond@CONWAY.AFSC.K12.AR.US>]

Many people, including the original poster, responded with sites to
visit to find out popular music, automobiles, etc. during a certain
year.  Many more requested the results. Here is what was sent.  Thanks
so much!



WEBSITES ON THE DECADES

The 40s
http://www.newdeal.marist.edu
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpamap.html
http://minerva.cis.vale.edu/~davidp/amstud.html
http://www.historychannel.com/hotlist/us20.html
http://www.atkearney.com/atk_40nf.html

The 50s
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/decade.html
http://www.fiftiesweb.com

The 60s
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/now.html
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/decade.html
yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/U_S_History/20th_Century/1960s/
http://www.slip.net/~scmetro/sixties.html
http://geocities.com/Heartland/1961/index.html

The 70s
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/decade.html
yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Hisjtory/U_S_History/20th_Century/1970s
http://www.wwnet.com/%7Edensmore/70s!fads.html
http://www.rt66.com/dthomas/70s/70s.html
http://www.lclark.edu/%7Eabsher/fhs/seventies.html

The 80s
http://www.80s.com/
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/decade.html
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/now.html
http://www.cs.buffalo.edu/%7Ehuber/80s.html
http://www.rpi.edu/~boothj/eighties.html


We have some "decades" links on our website at
http://www.microfusion.com.au
Go to LINKS and select the Social Studies area, then select History. In
there you will find lots of links to different decades from the 40s to
the
80s.

The 40s
New Deal Network
http://newdeal.feri.org

WPA Life Histories
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpamap.html

The 50s
Fifties Music
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/fifties.html

Fifties Web
http://www.fiftiesweb.com

The 60s
Cycles of US History - Present Cycle
http://www.seanet.com/Users/pamur/now.html

Sixties Music
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/sixties.html

The 70s
-DeeT's 70Ős Page
http://www.rt66.com/dthomas/70s/70s.html

Hall o' Seventies
http://www.lclark.edu/%7Eabsher/fhs/seventies.html

Seventies Music
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/seventies.html

The 80s
80Ős Server
http://www.80s.com/


America's 20th Century Resources
http://www.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/libr/webres/ss22.html

Eighties Music
http://www.einet.net/editors/douglas-bell/rock/eighties.html

From The Eighties
http://www.hamsters.com/80s/

LivinŐ in the Eighties
http://www.rpi.edu/~boothj/eighties.html
There's a great set of books that I have for my library.  I keep a set
in
reference and allow one set to circulate.  The books are called
"Fashions
of a Decade The 1920s through The 1990s.  Each decade is a separate
book.
It shows advertisements as well as original photographs of that decade.
Most of it contains adult clothing but there are a few pictures of
children's and young adult's fashions.  The set is published by Facts on
File.  The books also contain a historical perspective of that decade.
I
got the books a bit cheaper through Ingram (800) 937-5300 and Baker and
Taylor (800) 775-1700.  I'm not sure if this is what you were looking
for
but I thought I'd pass the info along.

My fifth grade students are researching the year in which a grandparent
was their age.  We are using The World Almanac, The World Book
Encyclopedia, Time CD almanac, Chronicles of the 20th century and a few
other titles which we borrowed from the local HS.  The kids are required
to find the population of the US at that time, the most popular TV show,
the Academy Award winning picture, president, Time's man of the year and
why he was famous, and two significant current events.
We are unable to use any of the great web sites that I found because
our  district server is down--not unusual!
Hope that this helps.

Must it be a web site?  There is a book called _Panati's Parade of Fads,
Follies and Foibles_ or something very similar to that which is very
informative and entertaining.  Available at most book stores and
probably the public library.

--
D'Anne Easton, Media Specialist
Jim Stone Elementary
4255 College Avenue  Conway, AR  72032
(501)450-4808  FAX (501)450-4807
eastond@conway.afsc.k12.ar.us

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