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Posted on 07/29/2012 6:33:45 PM PDT by Windcatcher
Someone I know is going to be working as a teacher's assistant in a high-school U.S. History class. She is wondering if there are some good online sources that she can use that haven't been twisted by people with a leftist agenda. Would anyone be able to point me to some?
Send a Private FreeP Mail to LS. He is the resident Freep Historian.
Might I also mention that any source that doesn’t give due credit to John Locke isn’t worth wasting time with.
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"In Denial: Historians, Communism and Espionage" by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr.
I’m a big fan of:
(1) Primary source documents. This includes the book “Eyewitness to America”, the classic documents listed by others in this thread, and similar.
(2) I would never buy anything by Zinn, but I used “A People’s History Of The United States” by Howard Zinn as a reference with each of my kids (since their history teacher used it) and addressed Zinn’s points one by one. It’s important to deal with communist thought, since they will eventually encounter it, and they need to understand it. I didn’t want my kids supporting evil or even repeating the stupid mantra that “communism is good in theory but”. They need to know why communism is evil, and all of my kids firmly believe in freedom over collectivism.
The Avalon Project is a collection of historical texts and documents provided by the Yale Law School.
The Making of America is a massive archive of 19th century American books and journals. It's hosted by Cornell and the University of Michigan.
American Memory is a Library of Congress project. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation provides the journals, reports, and records of Congress from 1774 to 1875 in a searchable data base.
None of these are strictly speaking "conservative" sites, but if you or your child ever has to do research they are invaluable (at least until the colleges start tampering with the documents).
The Library of Congress and the University of Virginia both host the searchable papers of our early Presidents. I don't know if they're including all the papers or just those they own themselves.
Lincoln's papers are available at the Library of Congress and at the University of Michigan. The University of Illinois provides the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association.
Now some explicitly conservative sites:
The Constitution Society (Constitution.org) provides another collection of essential documents.
Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty does the same from a more libertarian point of view (There's more libertarian stuff at the Independent Institute).
The Claremont Institute puts out a journal and papers on political and historical topics.
The National Humanities Institute (not to be confused with the National Endowment for the Humanities) also publishes a journal, something like what ISI does, but I don't think they've been very active lately.
Commentary and First Things and The Weekly Standard also publish articles on history sometimes.
Back in the 70’s my folks had an Encyclopedia set from the 30’s. I had to do a report on the moon. So I went to the trusty M volume and learned that the moon just MIGHT be made of green cheese!
Mom took me to the library to find a bit more updated sources.
That’s the place I have heard about. Lots of great info on this thread.
I assume you are kidding but some of the old versions of Britannica are still thought of highly. Of course I would not recommend a 1909 version for technology.
I would recommend any of them printed before say 1980 for historical accuracy.
Polo!
Seriously, thanks for the ping. A lot of good information in this thread. :-)
I would recommend college texts written in or prior to the 50s. The self hate had not started then.
I would recommend college texts written in or prior to the 50s. The self hate had not started then.
Please check it out. Recommended reading for all patriots:
... check out their bookstore as well (very reasonable).
Rush promoted it...several of us *took* the course...there were a few threads about it. :)
Nice links here. Thanks, SC. FReepers are so smart!
Thanks for the ping, have bookmarked for future reference.
Ktm rider: “not wikipedia...”
Simple facts & figures, such as you might find in an old encyclopedia are readily available from Wikipedia.
Complex debates on controversial subjects are sometimes not summarized to everyone’s satisfaction.
But in general Wikiledia represents “conventional wisdom” on most issues.
My pleasure, BroJoeK.
I wish I were! I was shocked, as of course I had been glued to the TV for multiple Apollo missions!
I agree about the history, the technological definitely needs more current sources!
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