American History: The 1950s (Rhees)
For this one-day project, you will create a powerpoint presentation that pulls together interesting images accompanied by music that gives an idea of life in the 1950s. Your images should reflect as many different aspects of 1950s life as you can find such as politics, the Cold War, pop culture, suburbia, women, African Americans, etc.
Online databases
**All include audiovisual materials, including images and video.**
Encyclopedias
- Britannica Online user: maret password: frogs
- World Book Online user: maret password: frogs
History
- American History user: maret password: frogs
- Modern World History Online user: maret password: frogs
Biography
- American National Biography user: maret password: frogs
- Biography in Context password: frogs
Multimedia resources
American Memory Project: The Library of Congress' database of videos, sound recordings, photographs, maps, and other documents from American history.
Discovery Education: Millions of videos, images, and other multimedia materials on a wide range of educational topics. (Log in using your Maret email address as your username and "maretfrogs" as the password.)
Creative Commons: Multimedia content from around the web that is free and open to use.
Jamendo: Rights free music of all types and genres!