Project Management Tools

Knows, Need-to-Knows, Next Steps List (Google Doc)
Question Formulation Technique​
​Organizing Research Spreadsheet (Google Sheets)
​Trello (Group Management)

Digital Mapping

ArcGIS (esri geospatial tool)
ArcGIS StoryMap (formerly esri StoryMap)

Community Action

Whose Heritage Community Action Guide (SPLC)
Freedom Of Information Act Request
​Land Use Laws (FindLaw)
MoveOn (Petition Creation)

Original Research Tools

Intro to Primary and Secondary Sources (William Cronon)
Waymarking.com (finding local monuments)
Historical Marker Database
Find A Grave Database
​Public Symbols of the Confederacy Map (SPLC)
Chronicling America (US Newspapers 1789-1963)
​HathiTrust Digital Archive
​Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
​US National Archives
Library of Congress
​Google Advanced Search
​WorldCat (Find Local Libraries and Archives)

Relevant Readings

Lost Cause Myth (Saturday Evening Post)
Dixie's Daughters (Book)
​Lost Cause Indoctrination (Washington Post)
​Twisted Sources: Propaganda (Facing South)
​Still Celebrating (Daily Beast)
​The Atlantic's Writings On Race in the US
Heroes of Reconstruction (The American Prospect)