Curated OER
University of Virginia: American President: Jimmy Carter (1924 )
Image of President Jimmy Carter.
US Department of State
Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Cyrus Roberts Vance (1917 2002)
Biogrpahical material on the life and work of Cyrus Vance, a U.S. diplomat and Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter. Vance is known for his attempts to negotiate with other countries, focussing on human rights in his efforts...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Carter Years
This site on the Carter years discusses how elected to the presidency because of his status as a "Washington outsider," Jimmy Carter failed to pull the country out of its economic quagmire and spent just one term as president.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter
The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the...
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1976
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1976 won by Democratic candidate, Jimmy Carter.
Digital History
Digital History: No Islands of Stability
This site is a source on the relationship between Carter/the US and Iran. Provides background information on the friendship between the US and Iran, the revolution in Iran, and the Iran hostage crisis that ended Carter's presidency.
Other
A&sp: Avoiding the Burden the Carter Doctrine in Perspective
This site from Air and Space Power contains a wealth of information on the Carter Doctrine. Information is very long and in-depth and covers a wide range of topics, but is very pertinent to Carter's doctrine.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Presidents
This site from the PBS "The Presidents" provides detailed biographies of several of the most popular or most infamous U.S. presidents throughout history. Selected presidents include Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Lyndon...
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Evangelicals and the American Presidency
Billy Graham's unprecedented access to U.S. presidents ushered in a new era of evangelical influence in American politics.
Digital History
Digital History: Foreign Policy Triumphs
The Camp David Accords and the Panama Canal Treaty are two of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy achievements are discussed in this web-article.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Camp David Accords
Information detailing the Camp David Accords between President Jimmy Carter and leaders from Israel and Egypt signed on September 17, 1978, and opening the door to peaceful conflict resolutions in the Middle East.
Curated OER
Jimmy Carter
This site on the Carter years discusses how elected to the presidency because of his status as a "Washington outsider," Jimmy Carter failed to pull the country out of its economic quagmire and spent just one term as president.
A&E Television
History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
A&E Television
History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
BBC
Bbc: Carter Wins Panama Canal Battle
A news article originally published on April 18, 1978 entitled Carter wins Panama Canal Battle. The article tells about President Carter's work with Panama's leaders as well as information about the canal and its history.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Camp David Accords
Read detailed facts about the peace talks between Egypt and Israel mediated by Jimmy Carter in 1978.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Searching for a Framework
An excellent documentary on the Camp David Accords from ibiblio.org. Site provides content on the Israeli State, the Arab-Israeli Conflict, American Diplomatic Efforts, Carter Administration Effort, Negotiations, and the Camp David...
Other
International Activities: Nicaragua
Contains a summary of the U.S. foreign relations with Nicaragua during Carter's presidency. Focuses mainly on the U.S.'s monitoring of elections.
CNN
Cnn: The Reagan Years: Inside the White House
Part of a cnn.com in-depth special "The Reagan Years", this site provides you with brief explanations of the US in 1980, the 1980 presidential election and assorted topics of Reagan's presidency including the assassination attempt, the...
University of Maryland
Howard County History Labs: The Iran Hostage Crisis [Pdf]
Using primary source material, students will analyze how foreign policy decisions affect the public's opinion of U.S. Presidents.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: Election of 1980
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1980 won by Republican candidate, Ronald Reagan.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Foreign Woes
Read about the one bright spot in President Carter's administration's handling of foreign affairs, and find out about the several events that caused challenges to American dominance in the world.
BBC
Bbc: Tehran Hostage Rescue Mission Fails
A short synopsis of the top-secret rescue mission ordered by Carter to free the Americans held hostage in Iran.
Curated OER
Photo of President Carter
The University of Texas, Austin, explores photojournalism with images of recent American presidents and their times. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton are shown.