THE AMERICAN STUDIES ROAD TRIP

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Introduction

TASK: To create a visual presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint, or other multimedia programs of images of New York, incorporating music, poetry and prose, archival photography, painting and film.

Each group has been assigned an historical period in which to visit New York, the most exciting city in modern times, and asked to imagine a three-day fantasy vacation to New York's most important sites. First, the students will research New York and will focus on a particular decade of the city's life, looking closely at three to five events in this time frame. They will be expected to keep concise notes bibliographic notes on their readings. Third, the students will immerse themselves in particular places and events, actually taking on the persona of a visitor by writing a multimedia diary recording the highlights of the trip.

Time Frame: Expect one week to complete this task. The final due date for all multimedia presentations is April 19th.

Process:

General Information on New York
New York Links	General History Links
Eye Witness to History: Index American Memory Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events A Hypertext of American History 19 Century America Links 20th and 21st Century America Links American Memory Collection I Hear America Singing Historical Calendar Links Labor History in the United States: Historical Text Archives: Historical Census Browser of the United States: :World Historical Documents: History of the Americas Index: History of the U.S. Working Class:	New York City Timelines: From BC to Present New York City Timeline: 1900-1949 New York Crimes and Disasters Timeline History of New York Nice simple history page which also includes a timeline. New York History PBS: the Hidden New York Click on 'enter' and find out about the real New York. Paperless Guide to New York: How, Wow, Now News from the New York Times Up-to-date news from the New York Times. If you want to read the news in-depth then you'll need to create an account (but it's free). Essential NY Bright and brash, this web site reflects many peoples' image of New York. Lots of information, including an excellent section under 'Tourist attractions menu'. New York Times Historical Newspapers New York Newspaper Project Biographic Information: Famous People: A Hypertext of American History
Entertainment	Museums
Coney Island: Between about 1880 and World War II, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States. It was finally eclipsed by Disneyland in California. Vaudeville On PBS Vaudeville in New York: History, theatres, characters, and postcards Vaudeville Theatres Vaudeville: History from an American Studies Site Houdini—1900s Entertainment American Vaudeville Museum Broadway Postcards Theatres in New York: A Brief History Lillian Russell-1900-1919 Ziegfeld Follies: year by year chronology 1907-1931 Bert Williams: PBS PBS Broadway: The American Musical George M. Cohen: Broadway 1900-1910 Apollo Theatre Madison Square Garden: includes the 50 greatest moments at the Garden Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium History Millrose Game Millrose Games Master Mile 1988 New York City Jazz Club Bible: a cool site with descriptions and reviews of contemporary jazz clubs The 21 Club The Cotton Club	MOMA: The Museum of Modern Art Museums in New York City Guggenheim Museum Guggenheim Museum Artist List The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Whitney Museum The Whitney Thumbnail Image Index-Take a walk through one of the best museums in the world on this guided tour. The Frick Collection New York Public Library Lower East Side Tenement Museum American Museum of Natural History New York History Museum

New York Stays and Visits
Classic Hotels	Visits
New York Hotel list: budget to luxury  New York Hotel Names Algonquin Hotel The Astor Hotel: An American Studies Experience New York City and the Astor: American Studies approach to the rise of New York over London and Paris as the greatest city in the world. 1900-1905 The Waldorf-Astoria The Plaza Hotel The Plaza Residences: The official site of the Plaza Hotel in New York Eloise: "I am Eloise. I am six. I am a city child. I live at the Plaza." The Chelsea Hotel	Architecture of New York City: A great list of buildings and their photos Architectural History of New York Table of Contents to Historical Sites New York Architecture Styles: Art Deco/Moderne Art Deco Pages Top of the Rock Top of the Rock Archive Photo The Weblicist of Manhattan—Menu links, Landmarks, Neighborhoods, Parks, Life in NY, Archives St. Patrick's Cathedral Tiffany's New York Moon River: A Scene from Breakfast at Tifanny's: Coney Island Ammusement Park Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs New York Subway Rapid Transit in Cities: by Thomas Curtis Clarke This article discusses the effect rapid transits have on cities. Historical Maps: NY Subway (1925) New York Subway System New York Walking Tours National Historic Landmarks Rockefeller Center Empire State Building Homepage Empire State Building: Construction Images Pennsylvania Station: Imortalized by Hollywood Statue of Liberty Brooklyn Bridge (1869) Ellis Island

New York Neighborhoods

Harlem The Harlem Renaissance: PBS The Harlem Renaissance: An Overview Encarta Online-Harlem Renaissance Comprehensive overview of the Harlem Renaissance. Read: Intro, Beginnings, Characteristics, Ending, and Influence. Harlem: An African American Community View a timeline of main events that occured from 1900-1940. Interactive Map of Harlem African American Odyssey: The Harlem Renaissance and the Flowering of Creativity Exploring the meaning of the term, Harlem Renaissance Great Days in Harlem: The birth of the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance: The Capital of Black America and the Cost of White Patronage Drop Me Off in Harlem: The Kennedy Center Presentation Harlem: Mecca of the New Negro (hypermedia/primary source) Harlem Speakeasiess Black Migration: Library of Congress Black Migration and Its Influence on Jazz Jazz: PBS and Ken Burns The New Negro: An exploration of the Allan Locke's ideas. Home to Harlem Marcus Garvey WEB DuBois

The Upper East Side  Fifth Avenue: Songlines-Virtual Walking Tours of Manhattan This is a great site that includes information about the buildings and people who lived along these streets. Fifth Avenue: Millionaire's Row Along Millionaires' Row, at the Crest of Lenox Hill-Real Estate The Upper West Side This is Jerry Seinfeld's old neighborhood (he lived at West 81st Street and Columbus Avenue in the 1980s). NY Upper West Side: Maps Upper West Side Maps Broadway Information Greenwich Village Greenwich Village: New York Government Site Greenwich Village Architecture Images Greenwich Village history and maps Greenwich Village Photo Gallery Greenwich Village: American Masters History of Village Vanguard Village Vanguard: Greenwich Village and History Village Vanguard Website The Artist's Club, 10th Street and Fourth Avenue (Feb. 15,1959, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Leroi Jones (now Amiri Baraka) read poetry) Washington Square Park Café Bizzare Gaslight Café- MacDougal Street San Remo Café - MacDougal Street

A Closer Look at The Lower East Side and Immigration

Immigration Timeline Immigration: Myth and Reality Immigration and Cultural Diversity Webquest: New York US Immigration Database Irish in New York: Living Conditions for immigrants in New YorkP BS-the City: The faces of Latin American immigrants in the United States Jacob A Riis, HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, the Hypertext Edition Studies among the tenements of New York A Century Apart Selected Images

Visit the immigrants in New York Immigrants in New York 1870-1915 At this site you will visit a building in New York where immigrant families lived in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Click on "Urban Log Cabin." By clicking on different rooms, you will see a picture and read a story about the family that lived there. On the left, it is 1870. On the right side the year is 1915 or later. Make a list of the families living in the building for both time periods. Next to each family, tell the country they came from. What kind of work did immigrants do to support their families? Which members of the family worked?

General Harlem Renaissance Resources
Father Ryan's Harlem Renaissance: A very good high school project Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Perspectives in American Literature: Harlem Renaissance PALLPerspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide PBS on Speakeasies and Jazz	Harlem R Poetry: A Brief Guide  Selected Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston Jean Toomer: Poetry Jazz Poetry

General Resources on The Roaring Twenties

Yahoo's 1920s: Great List of Sites The Machine Age The Flapper Historical Calendar Links American Cultural History of the 1920s American Culture in the 1920s Art and Culture of the 1920s The Irresponsible Age: America at Home and Abroad in the 1920's Jazz Age Slang Art Deco Pages New York History Flapper Fashions Fashions of the 1920s Culture Club--The Jazz Age

PBS on Speakeasies and Jazz Prohibition Timeline Prohibition Timeline Gatsby, Jazz, Dancing and Alcohol Harlem Speakeasiess Bootlegging The Lawless Decade: Joe Sent Me Prohibition in the 1920s Between the Wars:1920s and 30s: High School site Between the Wars: Trinity College site Harlem Rent Parites Kingwood College Library: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century The purpose of these pages is to present a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century. The pages are being prepared by the Reference Librarians. American Cultural History of the 19th Century

Audio Files

American Rhetoric: Speeches Collections  California Legacy Project-Audio Files Say It Plain: A Century of Great American Speeches This rich site includes a audio files and texts of speeches by Booker T. Washington, Dick Gregory, and Stokeley Carmichael. The site includes the only known recordings of Marcus Garvey as well as Barbara Jordan's defense of the US Constitution during the impeachment hearings of President Richard Nixon. Radio of Yesterday: My Friend Irma Radio of Yesterday: MP3s of old Radio Shows Multimedia The Story of the Movies The Film Foundation presents rich resources for teaching specific films in the classroom, including To Kill a Mockingbird and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Extensive guides can be printed from the site. Say It Plain: A Century of Great American Speeches This rich site includes a audio files and texts of speeches by Booker T. Washington, Dick Gregory, and Stokeley Carmichael. The site includes the only known recordings of Marcus Garvey as well as Barbara Jordan's defense of the US Constitution during the impeachment hearings of President Richard Nixon.

Music Resouces

PBS Jazz: Great informational site Jazz Timeline Great Day in Harlem All About Jazz Timeline Jazz Photos Jazz Profile of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk History of Village Vanguard Village Vanguard: Greenwich Village and History Village Vanguard Website Music of Prohibition PBS Jazz: Great informational site Jazz Timeline Great Day in Harlem All About Jazz Timeline Jazz Photos Jazz Profile of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk History of Village Vanguard Village Vanguard: Greenwich Village and History Village Vanguard Website The Red-Hot Jazz Archive Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy Billie Holiday All About Jazz Jazz Roots Recorded Jazz: Great Timeline Museum of Blue Note Cover Art: Jazz Records Marcus Garvey and Bob Marley The Bitter End

Harlem.org Harlem Music The Red-Hot Jazz Archive Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy Billie Holiday Earl Hines Earl Hines: An Overview Music of Prohibition Harlem Music The Cotton Club Harlem Speakeasiess The Jazz Age Links Jazz Roots The Flapper Music: Good Selection, audio clips The Roaring 1920s Concert Extravaganza: Audio Clips Radio History Timeline Recorded Jazz: Great Timeline Music of Prohibition Harlem Music The Cotton Club The Noble Booby Prize (Speakies of New York) The Great Gatsby Project The Jazz Age Links All About Jazz Jazz Roots The Flapper Music: Good Selection, audio clips The Roaring 1920s Concert Extravaganza: Audio Clips Harlem Music Radio History Timeline Recorded Jazz: Great Timeline New York City Jazz Club Bible: a cool site with descriptions and reviews of contemporary jazz clubs

Art Resouces

Mark Hardens's Artchives: Great source for pictures, individual artists, galleries and critical theory.150 Years of American Painting National Gallery of American Painting National Gallery of American Painting Web Museum Online Art Museums: Paris Artist Index Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events The Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Museum of American Art Museums Around the World Gallery Guide.com: Portal to the Fine Arts The 1920s Flappers Jazzing it Up in the 1920s: Illustrations Magazine Advertising for the 1920s and 1930s The Advertising of the Installment Plans The American Advertising Museum The Harlem Renaissance Rhapsodies in Black The Art from the Harlem Renaissance ArtCyclopedia: Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance: Art African Americans in the Visual Arts

Individual Artist Links
The Harlem Renaissance
Aaron Douglas Online Aaron Douglas Internet Resources Charles Alston Online Augusta Savage Online Romare Bearden Foundation Romare Bearden Online Romare Bearden: World Wide Arts Resources Allan Rohan Crite Online	Palmer Hayden Online Palmer Hayden Britannica Encyclopedia William H. Johnson Online William H. Johnson from Encarta Lois Mailou Jones Online Jacob Lawrence Online Archibald Motley Online Archibald Motley: PBS Ellis Wilson Online
The 1940s and 1950s
Georgia O'Keeffe: American Masters Mark Rothko: Painter Joseph Stella: Painter Joseph Stella Online Joseph Stella on Artnet Joseph Stella "The Brooklyn Bridge," 1939 --Take a walk with Joseph Stella across the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the classic walks in the world. Andy Warhol's Factory: Images Andy Warhol: American Masters on PBS The Warhol Online Interactive	Rebels Painters and Poets of the Beat Generation Jackson Pollock, the WPA, and Thomas Hart Benton Jackson Pollock at Wikipedia Abstract Expressionism Willem De Kooning Arshile Gorky Mark Rothko Art Terms Quiz on Italian Painting Art Lex: Art Dictionary Rex Art Glossary Art History Periods ­Wikipedia
Photography
Photographic Images of New York Picture Collection Online: The New York Public Library Through Your Eyes: New York in the 1800s American Photography: A Century of Images Edward J. Steichen Online Steichen's Matches and Matchbooks (New York, 1926) Edward J. Steichen's Photographs Charles Sheeler Online Charles Sheeler: "Classic Landscape," 1931 Charles Sheeler: "Amoskeag Canal" 1948	America from the Great Depression to World War II: Black and White Photographs from FSA-OWI 1935-145 Photo Gallery of the 1920s American History Irish in new York Jacob Riis American Memory History of Photography The Gallery of Social Photography Art, Film, and Cultural Heritage Information Online

New York Restaurants
Classic Restaurants	Mr. Ryan's Favorite Food in New York
Tips on Tables.com: This site features vintage reviews of famous Nightclubs and Restarutants, mostly from the New York area from Mr. Robert W. Dana, entertainment columnist for the now-defunct New York World Telegram and Sun. Dining in the 1920s: Food Delmonico: The original restaurant Delmonico's Restaurant: Wikipedia Russian Tea Room (1926) Tavern on the Green: Look at the menu Grimaldi's Pizzeria Patsy's Restaurant in New York The Place Where Frank Ate Lombardi's Pizza: First pizzeria in NY McSorley's Old Ale House Toots Shor's Restarurant: Wikipedia Katz deli The Stork Club The 21 Club Dorthy Parker's New York (includes a listing of her favorite speakeasys) The Cotton Club The Noble Booby Prize (Speakies of New York) Harlem Speakeasiess Food Timeline: Culinary History Timeline Sardi's Old Homestead Restaurant Top Restaurants in New York Culinary History: New York Public Library Alice Statler Menu Collection—San Francisco Cornell University Menu Collection Cullinary Institute of America Menu Collection 1890-1900 Au-Chat-Noir Hotel Illustration: Menu, Au Chat Noir Hotel, New York, N.Y., February 28, 1897. 1800s Menu Collection of New York: Selections from the Buttolph Collection U of Washington Digital Menu Colllection—Mostly Seattle, but you can get a general idea of the type of food offered during the different historical periods The Food Timeline 1894 Delmonico's Recipes from a “Gilded Age” “A look at the menus of nineteenth century restaurants shows that a vast majority of them offered a dish featuring Terrapin. It was most likely the Diamondback Terrapin that brought bliss to the palates of many a patron.” Eggs Benedict: Eggs Benedict 1894 Waldorf salad—New York, Waldorf-Astoria Popular Foods and Restaurants 1910-1950 Speakeasy Dining Popular 20th Century American Foods through the decades Historic Food Prices: including groceries and restaurants Bridge Cafe: the oldest surviving tavern in New York Fraunce's Tavern: 54 Pearl Street, New York The oldest restaurant in the US, built in 1719 A Restaurant Timeline American Feast: The history of food in America 1911—Delicatessens of New York New York Food Museum: Great Site, with menus and descriptions	New York Menu Pages—great interactive map Dumpling Man Rosa Mexicano Crumb's Bakeshop Crumb's Reviews Zen Palate Cleopatra's Needle (Jazz) 2485 Broadway New York, NY 10025 Patsy's Pizzeria Gray's Papaya Babbo: Mario Batali Mario Batali's Restaurants Hints: Pretend to have a grilled cheese sandwich at: Grilled Cheese NYC --Now Closed 168 Ludlow St. (Lower East Side) between Houston and Stanton Sts. You've got to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and have a pizza at: Grimaldi's Pizzeria. Located under the Brooklyn Bridge Take a few steps to: The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory Fulton Ferry Landing Pier Brooklyn, NY 11201 Then take a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. You may want to stop at Tribeca Grill. (Robert DiNero's place) Have at least two meals at Patsy's Restaurant in New York the place where Frank ate.

New York Personalities
General Information and Personalities	By the Decade
American Culture History: 1900-1919 Robert Henri Emma Goldman Standford White Mark Twain J. P. Morgan Marcus Garvey WEB DuBois Andrew Carnegie Eugene O'Neill: American Masters George M. Cohen Al Jolson Irving Berlin Vaudeville On PBS Vaudeville in New York: History, theatres, characters, and postcards Georgia O'Keeffe: American Masters  920s and 1930s Cande Nast Art: Vanity Fair History of Fashion: PBS Vogue Covers Cande Nast Art: Vanity Fair The Bettmann Archive Algonquin Round Table: American Masters Dorthy Parker's New York Online Tour of Dorthy Parker's Dorothy Parker: Poems Dorothy Parker Audio Clips Dorothy Parker's "Figures in Popular Literature" Dorothy Parker: Quotes Dorothy Parker's Home and Hangouts in New York Dorothy Parker: A summary and bio Dorothy Parker: reading one of her own poems. Robert Benchley: Love Conquers All The New Yorker Gluyas Williams: Cartoonist for the New Yorker When Conde Nast's Duplex Penthouse Was in Vogue: An article that provides a great description of wealthy parties in the 1920s and 30s.	Harlem Renaissance Duke Ellington: American Masters Langston Hughes: Library of Congress Langston Hughes: Modern American Poetry Langston Hughes: The Academy of American Poets Langston Hughes: Voices and Visions Langston Hughes: The Kennedy Center Langston Hughes: The Songs on Seventh Avenue (This article explores the connection between jazz music and the poetry of Langston Hughes) Selected Women Writers of the Harlem Renaissance Zora Neale Hurston Dashiell Hammett: American Masters George Gershwin: American Masters F. Scott Fitzgerald: American Masters F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary: U of South Carolina Fitzgerald Photo Gallery F. Scott Fitzgerald and the 20s.   1940s and 1950s Charlie Parker: American Masters Jazz Profile: Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk The Lunts About the Lunts Billie Holiday: American Masters Ed Sullivan Mickey Mantle Frank Sinatra 1960s snf 1970s Expecting Rain: Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Who's Who Bob Dylan Picture Archive Bob Dylan Ticket Stub and Poster Archive Bob Dylan American Masters on PBS Bob Dylan Greenwich Village Walking Tour Bob Dylan's America: an exhibit at the Minisota Art Museum Dinkytown John Cassavetes: American Masters Aretha Franklin: American Masters Bob Dylan: American Masters Bob Dylan: Expecting Rain Bob Dylan's Who's Who Lou Reed: American Masters Martin Scorsese: American Masters Andy Warhol Women of Tin Pan Alley 1970s Woody Allen Gloria Steinem Sam Shepard Sam Shepard: At A Glance from PBS Sam Shepard: American Studies The Sam Shepard Photo Album