“...and the earth did not swallow him (an adaptation of the Tomas Rivera novel), KPS” provides background material for the American Playhouse film adaptation of a novel about a Chicano migrant worker. The site contains several photographs from the movie and links to various Chicano and Latino sites (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/kbps/tierra).

“A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom, WETA” describes the PBS show on the civil rights leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/weta/apr).

“Africans in America, WGBH” is an online companion to the 4-part PBS series, covering the period 1450 to 1865. There are historical narratives, resource banks of images, documents, stories, biographies, commentaries, and a teacher's guide (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia).

“Andrew Carnegie: The Richest Man in the World” is an online companion to the PBS film documentary. The site has dozens of images and texts dealing with the industrialist, his contemporary millionaires, and his times (N EH) (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/carnegie).

“California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900” consists of the full texts and illustrations of 190 works documenting the formative era of California's history, from the Gold Rush to the turn of the century. It captures the pioneer experience; encounters between Anglo-Americans and the diverse peoples who had preceded them; the transformation of the land by mining, ranching, agriculture, and urban development; the often-turbulent growth of communities and cities; and its emergence as both a state and a place of uniquely American dreams (LOC) (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cbcbhome.html).

“Consumer's Resource Handbook” is a 144-page booklet that provides advice and consumer tips on such topics as cars, shopping from home, avoiding consumer and investment fraud, home improvement and financing, and credit cards. Also included is the Consumer Assistance Directory with thousands of names, addresses, phone numbers, and web site and e-mail addresses for national consumer organizations, better business bureaus, corporations, trade associations, state and local consumer protection offices, state agencies, military consumer offfices, and Federal agencies (GSA) (http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/crh/respref.htm).

“Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothandeque nationale de France” was an exhibition at the Library of Congress of paintings, manuscripts, furniture, and other objects from Charlemagne to Charles de Gaulle (LOC) (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/bnf/bnfO001.html).

“Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life, WETA” offers background material for teachers and others in the form of text and photographs for the PBS program (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/weta/dividedhighways).

“Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789” describes the Library of Congress's collection of 500 Broadsides for the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most Broadsides are 1 page in length, others range from 1 to 28 pages (LOC) (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html).

“EarthWorks: Digital Explorations of the Ancient Ohio Valley” covers the archeology of one of the largest concentrations of monumental earthen architecture in the world. Today, only a few isolated fragments of the mounds, enclosures, and roadways remain. The project uses digital technologies to reenvision these original ancient landscapes (NEH) (http://cerhas.uc.edu/earthworks).

“The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Struggle, ITVS” gives the background to the making of the PBS film and includes interviews with Chavez and others (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/itvs/fightfields).

“Frank Lloyd Wright, WETA” offers several pictures of 10 buildings of the famous American architect, discussion of his life and work, and films clips of Wright being interviewed (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/flw).

“Get the Facts: For Students and Teachers” promotes financial literacy by offering online booklets, quizzes, and a financial calculator. The site provides links to several federal agency kids pages and to similar pages at commercial sites (SEC) (http://www.sec.gov/consumer/jforstud.htm).

“The Great War (World War D, KCET” features interviews with 19 historians who were consulted in the making of the 8-part PBS series. Maps, bibliographies, online links, and a timeline are also at the site (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/greatwar).

“The Handbook of Texas Online, Texas State Historical Association” is a multi-disciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It consists of over 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and other topics (NEH) (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online).

“I'll Make Me a World, Blackside Inc, and WNET” celebrates the achievements of 20th-century AfricanAmerican writers, dancers, painters, actors, film makers, musicians, and other artists (NEH) (httP://www.pbs.org/immaw).

“Journeys to Alaska” is a 20-activity electronic field trip to Alaska. It covers geology, ecosystems, physics, history, and social studies (ED, NPS) (http://newmedia.scetv.org/alaska).

“LIBERTY! The American Revolution, KTCA” is an online companion to the 6-part PBS series. It begins in the aftermath of the French and Indian War and ends with the creation of the Constitution. Chronologies, short bibliographies, images, and online links are offered for many aspects of the 2 1/2 decade chapter of American history (N EH) (http://www . pbs.org/ktca/liberty).

“A Midwife's Tale, The American Experience” is a companion to the PBS documentary constructed around the diary kept by a Maine woman kept from 1785 to 1812. Besides interviews with contemporary historians, images from the diaries, and background material, the site provides a complete transcript of the broadcast itself (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/midwife).

“A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America, PBS” is an online companion to the PBS documentary. It contains photographs and text about both the making of the documentary and about the disease itself (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/storyofpolio)

“Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910” portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the 1 7th to the early 20th century through firstperson accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, and colonial archival documents. This collection depicts the land and its resources, the experience of Natives, pioneers and missionaries, soldiers and reformers, and the growth of communities and cultures (LOC) (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/umumhome.html).

“R. Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud, WNET” is a spin-off from the PBS series about the architect, designer, engineer, poet, philosopher, author and global iconoclast, best known for the geodesic dome. Beside numerous images, texts, and links, the site has multi-megabyte films (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/bucky.cgi).

“Richard Wright: Black Boy, ITVS” is an online companion to the PBS film documentary of the noted black author. It offers photographs, a teacher's guide, a bibliography, and links to other sites (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/rwbb/rwtoc.html).

“The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures” gives 53 multi-megabyte motion pictures related to the first U.S. war in which the motion picture camera played a role. These films were made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company and consist of actualities filmed in the U.S., Cuba,and the Philippines, showing troops, ships, notable figures, and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other war-time events (LOC) http://memorv.loc.gov/ammem/sawsawhome.html).

“This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics” is a book that introduces the theory of plate tectonics. It includes understanding plate motions, historical perspective, and more (USGS) (http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html).

“TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt, The American Experience” is an online companion to the 4-hour PBS documentary. It combines photographs, newspapers, motion pictures, and sound recordings; family diaries and letters; and interviews with scholars, historians, and Roosevelt family members (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/tr).

“The U.S.-Mexican War, KERA” is an online companion to the PBS documentary. It contains several short chapters of texts and images pertaining to the war, its background, and consequences, as well as references, links, a timeline, and a monitored bulletin board for debate and discussion among the public. This site is available in both English and Spanish (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar)

“The West, WETA” is an online companion to the 8-part PBS documentary. The site is divided into sections dealing with an overall tour, events in the West, places, people, and archives (NEH) (http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest).