THE 1980’S

GENERAL SITES CHALLENGER TRAGEDY FALL OF COMMUNISM

GEORGE BUSH IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR OPERATION DESSERT STORM

RONALD REAGAN

GENERAL SITES

HistoryTimeline.com http://www.historytimelines.com/Norm/1980-1989.htm

WWW-VL: HISTORY:usa:1980’S http://www.d230.org/vja/class/mod_us_hist/Default.htm

American Cultural History, 1980-1989 (Kingwood Cultural History) http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade80.html

The Eighties Club http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/ Politics and Pop culture in the eighties

Yahoo! Directory 20^th century History> 1980 http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/1980s/

CHALLENGER TRAGEDY

About.com Challenger Tragedy http://history1900s.about.com/cs/challengertragedy/ An in depth examination of the

Persian Gulf crisis with links to other sites.

The Challenger Tragedy http://www.people.viriginia.edu/~dhb3k/shuttle.htm.

FALL OF COMMUNISM

Fall of Communism in East/Central Europe http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/10years/index.html

The Fall of the Wall http://www.chronikderwende.de/english/overview.jsp

GEORGE BUSH

George Bush http://www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/GB/GB_In_Brief.htm

This site presents Bush’s life and his short term as president, including his perspective on domestic and foreign affairs, his family

life, and what he did after being president.

George Bush Presidential Library & Museum http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/ Read biographies of his family, Bush papers

from his time in office and more.

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

Iran-contra Affair http://www.webcom.com/~lpease/collections/conspiracies/irancontra.htm

Iran-Contra Affair: The Making of a Scandal, 1983-1988 http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/icintro.htm

Features the background & history of the Iran-Contra affair.

Documents Related to the Iran-Contra Affair http://www.webcom.com/pinknoiz/covert/irancontra.html Reports to

congress, documents from Oliver North and more here.

RONALD REAGAN

Ronald Reagan http://www.americanpresident.org/kotrain/courses/RR/RR_In_Brief.htm The site presents Reagan’s life and

his short term as president, including his perspective on domestic and foreign affairs, his family life, and what he did after being

president.

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/ This site presents a biography of his life,

works from his presidency and more.

The American Experience: Regan http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/index.html Site is from PBS Online and presents

his life.

John Hinckley Trial-1982 http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleytrial.html

Reagan and the Soviets http://www.reagan.dk/ This site examines the last years of the Cold War and the relations between

Reagan, the US and the USSR.

1990’S

GENERAL SITES COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON RODNEY

KING OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING PERSIAN GULF WAR BRANCH DAVIDIAN, WACO TEXAS

GENERAL SITES

History Timeline.com http://www.historytimeline.com/Norm/1990-1999.htm

WWW-VL History: USA:1990-2000 http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/ERAS/20TH/1990s.html Many links to

other web pages

American Cultural History 1990-1999 Kingwood College Series http://www.nhmcdd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decade90.html

Yahoo!Directory 20^th century History>1990 http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/History/By_Time_Period/20th_Century/1990s/

About.com Timelines of the 20^th century 1990’s http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1990.htm

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL

Columbine: Hope from Heartbreak http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/colubine/ Click on Search. This site

archives all the information about the Columbine shooting.

Yahoo! Society & Culture>Crime>Juvenile>School Violence http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Juvenile/School_Violence/School_Shootings/Columbine_High_School_Shooting/

Official Columbine Report http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/TOC.htm

Features timeline, crime scene diagram, photographs and investigation overview of the Columbine High School shootings.

From the Jefferson Country Sherrif Department.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

William J. Clinton http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html

Official White House Biography

Avalon Project: Papers of William J. Clinton http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/clinton_pap.htm

Clinton Presidential Center http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.com

Clinton Presidential Materials Project http://clinton.archives.gov A searchable “virtual library” of speeches and other

documents.

RODNEY KING

Rodney King’s Legacy http://www.courttv.com/casefiles/rodneyking The author looks back on the Rodney King case.

Rodney King and the LA Riots http://racerelations.about.com/cs/lariots/

Websites and articles on the video taped beating of Rodney King by LA police officers and the LA Riots.

Time Newsfile: Rodney King Riots http://www.time.com/time/newsfiles/rodneyking/

OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

The Oklahoma City Bombing http://www.edmondsun.com/special/ What were the events surrounding the bombing?

Primary Resources “The Oklahoma City Bombing” http://archive.nandotimes.com/newsroom/oksources.html This site gives primary resources about the bombing including relief efforts, the investigation, terrorism and militias.

PERSIAN GULF WAR

Fog of War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html PBS’ Frontline explores the experiences, the history and the effects of the Persian Gulf War, 1991.

The Gulf War http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/fogofwar/fogofwar.htm From the Washington Post online, this site analyzes the war, what its goals were and more.

Dan Mabry’s Historical Text Archive http://histoircaltextarchive.com Scroll down to Persian Gulf War.

U.S. Navy in Desert Shield/Desert Storm http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/dstorm/ds5.htm

BRANCH DAVIDIAN STANDOFF—WACO TEXAS

Evaluation of the Handling of the Branch Davidian Stand off http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/wacoeval.htm

The Branch Davidian Trial http://www.shadeslanding.com/firearms/waco.tausch.html Article is a description of what events he witnessed during the trial.