The American 1950’s: The Literature and Culture of the American 1950’s
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html
A great way to understand past societies is to look at their popular literature and culture. This website, maintained by Al Filreis, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, offers a large collection of such insightful documents. Listed alphabetically (roughly), the collection draws from many different kinds of sources. The list includes music, court proceedings, newspaper articles, books, scholarly journals, short stories, plays, photographs and many commentaries and historical analyses of the same. This website could be well used in finding supplementary material for lesson plans on 1950’s American society and culture. Search the list either by simply browsing through it, or use the find function on your web browser. There are a lot of great resources to be found on this site!

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2713
A professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara together with a team of graduate students maintains this portal site. They must have been keeping themselves busy because their sites content is enormous! Although including many subjects, the most extensive is the list of History websites. On the right hand side of the page is a list of topics including U.S. and Native American history. Clicking on these links will direct you to lists of websites. The links are all organized into subcategories such as “US-Indian Treaties and Related Documents,” “Revolutionary America (to 1791)” and “U.S. Civil War.” There are 38 such subcategories. Each link has a brief annotation or explanation of the site. Furthermore, the resources on the page all seem to be updated and without bad links. This is a well-organized portal site with a wide range of subjects to choose from. It well deserves the awards and distinctions it has received.