Eighth graders study the importance of rice as a cash crop and the crop's dependency on slave labor during the settlement of coastal South Carolina. They explain the importance of the rice plantations to South Carolina's colonial economy.

What is it like to be a war correspondent? This is an exhibit from the Newseum that explores what goes into the reporting of covering a war. Discusses the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and...

War Correspondent, Frank Norris, describes the events of the Battle of El Caney in an article published in the June, 1899 edition of The Century.

A article written by a British journalist about his experiences during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, including barely escaping execution as a Prussian spy.

Multilayered lesson that begins with analysis of a series of photographs of the battle of Antietam and ends with writing an account of the battle in the style of a nineteenth-century war correspondent from opposing perspectives of North...

A journalist's dispatch to the New York Herald about the Battle of San Juan Hill. Richard Harding Davis reported on the Spanish-American War popularizing the war and Theodore Roosevelt.

Although the collection of works by Robert Graves is of his war poetry, this biography will tell you about his writings throughout his life. Hyperlinks will take you to his poems and correspondence during his war years.

A biography of Wilfred Owen, truly a war poet, as he had written no poetry before the war. Read how his friendships with other famous poets led to the development of his own writing. Included are hyperlinks to his poems and...

Guardian correspondent David Smith discusses the possibility of a second civil war on the Ivory Coast as tensions escalate between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara. (December 22, 2010)

An account by war correspondent, Richard Harding Davis, who revisited and described the San Juan area 12 years after the battle.

Companion website to the PBS documentary that traces the role of media, journalists and photojournalists in reporting America at war.

Contains letters of correspondence of Roosevelt and Truman with Stalin on Lend Lease and other aid to the Soviet Union.

BBC correspondent Arnold A Offner discusses the role Harry S. Truman played in development of the Cold War. American history from a British point of view.

BBC correspondent Hilary Andersson examines China's role in the war in Darfur and discusses the issue of culpability. (July 13, 2008)

BBC correspondent Jonathan Head examines the conflict occurring in Turkey and the measures being taken by Turkey's government to put an end to it. (July 2, 2010)

The "first female war correspondent to go abroad in World War I" is the focus of this article about her life and work. The site includes a list of suggested readings.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1915, one work featured is Kings, Queens And Pawns by Mary Roberts Rinehart. This work is a personal account of her experience as a war correspondent...

Students will begin to learn about the changes that occurred on the American homefront because of World War I by analyzing correspondence from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and Boston Red Sox Owner and President...

This Library of Congress site provides a brief description of Crane's life as a war correspondent during the Spanish-American War and then provides some excerpts from some of his war correspondences. A bibliography of related works of...

A lesson plan that includes six activities focusing on "the decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War". Activities have students reviewing the decision Lincoln made to secure Fort Sumter, the secession crisis of 1861, and...

Assess a lesson plan that revolves around the role of journalists in a democracy, especially considering the challenges and ethics of reporting from a war zone. Should broaden student understanding of Thomas Jefferson's ideal of an...

This resource reviews an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Foreign Correspondent.

A collection of war dispatches written by the great French military leader and strategist. In them, he discusses the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo.

Two stories by reporter Will Irwin, correspondent from the New York Tribune, about how poisonous gases were used by the Germans during World War I.