Websitings

“Websightings: Using the Internet to Teach About Eastern Europe”: 

“Websightings: Using the Internet to Teach About Eastern Europe” Jacqueline M. Olich, Ph.D. Fellow, UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies jmolich@email.unc.edu,

Introductions: 

Introductions Ask your neighbor: Where and what he or she teaches How (if?) he or she currently teaches about Eastern Europe What he or she hopes to get out of this workshop

Some Approaches: 

Some Approaches Geographic Biographic Comparative Political Topical Historical Cultural Personal

Did you know. . . : 

Did you know. . . Sixteen U.S. Department of Education-designated National Resource Centers for Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia support instruction, teacher training and outreach, speakers, conferences, workshops and other similar projects

Including our own . . .: 

Including our own . . . Consult with the Joint Duke/UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies’ resourceful faculty and staff to answer questions and provide guest speakers. http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavic http://www.duke.edu/web/CSEEES/

Geography and Demography: 

Geography and Demography Federation of East European Family History Societies Map Room http://www.feefhs.org/newest_map.html Country Reports and Links http://www.duke.edu/web/CSEEES/countries.html

Biography: 

Biography Historian Timothy Garton Ash on Lech Walesa http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/walesa.html

Comparisons: 

Comparisons Robert Justin Goldstein, “The European Revolutions of 1848 and 1989: A Comparative Analysis,” http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/~chastain/dh/eurorev.htm

Eastern Europe As A Theater Of The Cold War: 

Eastern Europe As A Theater Of The Cold War The Cold War Science and Technology Studies Program, http://www.cmu.edu/coldwar/index.html Cold War International History Project, http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=topics.home

News and Periodicals: 

News and Periodicals Central Europe On-line, http://www.centraleurope.com/ Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Newsline, http://www.rferl.org/newsline/search/

News and Periodicals, continued: 

News and Periodicals, continued News from the Czech Republic http://www.columbia.edu/~js322/czech.html Warsaw Voice, http://www.warsawvoice.com.pl The Prague Post, http://www.praguepost.cz/ Budapest Sun, http://www.budapestsun.com

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 

Internet Modern History Sourcebook Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Eastern Europe Since 1945, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook50.html Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook25.html

Making Connections: 

Making Connections Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections, http://www.iecc.org/ International Pen Friends, http://www.europa-pages.com/penpal_form.html The International Youth Initiative, http://ics.soe.umich.edu/

What Unites Us All? : 

What Unites Us All? The Cultures and Cuisines of Eastern Europe http://www.unc.edu/depts/slavic/publications/brochure2.html Andras Koerner, A Taste of the Past: The Daily Life and Cooking of a Nineteenth-Century Hungarian Jewish Homemaker, 2003. UNC Davis Library TX723.5.H8 K64 2004

Additional Resources: 

Additional Resources Russian and East European Studies Virtual Library http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/reesweb World Wide Web Virtual Library: Czech History http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/europe/czech.html World Wide Web Virtual Library: Roma/Gypsies http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/vlib/

Wrap Up: 

Wrap Up Sharing strategies and links Print first page of web resource and file in binder for later use The Internet Public Library, http://www.ipl.org/ “Czech Happenings,” http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/ News Directory, http://newsdirectory.com/ World Press Review Online, http://www.worldpress.org/ British Broadcasting Resources http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/default.stm