Book:
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tomís
Cabin (also in video format)
Previously Published
Data
Fort McHenry National Monument
http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/
~etowner/patriot.html
Description: Take a virtual tour of Fort McHenry
and see where the Star Spangled Banner was written.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
Brief biography of Andrew Jackson 1767 - 1845
http://odur.let.rug.nl/
~usa/P/aj7/about/bio/
jackxx.htm
Description: This biography of President Andrew
Jackson from the University of Groningen websites has enough detail for
students to understand both the man and his time. There are also links
to other important people of the day such as Calhoun and J.Q. Adams.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
Fort McHenry, Our National Birthplace
http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/
~etowner/anthem.html
Description: This site shows Fort McHenry
and has information on the Star Spangled Banner which was written during
a battle at the fort.
Comments: A good site for information on the
Star Spangled Banner
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: Low
Monroe Doctrine
http://www.yale.edu/
lawweb/avalon/monroe.htm
Description: text of the Monroe Doctrine
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
Prize Court: Standing Interrogatories
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/
~www_sa/personal/md4/
interrog.html
Description: Questions used by British courts
in pirate trials of Americans during War of 1812.
Comments: Good resource, along with the Northwest
Ordinance, for a classroom mock trial.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
Road to the Battle of Washington - British
Style
http://www.tc-solutions.com/
croom/1812.html
Description: This site has a large map and
description of the naval operations that led up to the burning of Washington
D.C. during the War of 1812. What is unique is that it is written from
the British perspective.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
American Letter of Marque: War of 1812
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/
~www_sa/personal/md4/
usmarq.html
Description: Text of President Madison's order
to attack British ships during the War of 1812.
Comments: Interesting, but language is difficult.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of Tippecanoe
http://www.prairienet.org/
~pcollins/nay.html
Description: Account by soldier Isaac Naylor
of the Battle of Tippecanoe which led to the War of 1812.
Comments: One document only
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: Low
Brig Niagara
http://moose.erie.net/
~chamber/
Description: This two-masted, square-rigged
vessel was a major vessel of the War of 1812. She was part of the fleet
built in Erie, and on September 10, 1813, Commondore Oliver Hazard Perry
and the crew of the Niagara won the Battle of Lake Erie.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
National Anthem
http://www.law.ou.edu/
ssb.html
Description: This site has the text of the
"Star Spangled Banner".
Resource Type: Other
Graphics Content: High
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