PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Reconstruction: Northerners in the South
A fascinating firsthand account from the perspective of a carpetbagger and Civil War veteran. This veteran describes the roles he played in the Reconstruction process, his efforts to fit into Southern society, and Southern attitudes...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Sports Screeners
Examine how physical activity and sports are depicted in movies and on television. Hypothesize how images of physical activity and sports depictions in entertainment can influence young people's attitudes and behaviors.
Other
Seattle Times:a Kirkland Cafe With No Prices
An experiment in people's willingness to pay for coffee plays out at a Seattle coffeehouse where no one knows what you pay for your coffee or if you pay anything at all. An interesting article that can be used as source material for...
Curated OER
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Excerpt from Horatio Alger's well-known novel that describes the values and attitudes needed to make it in the capitalistic, urban America of the late-nineteenth century.