K-12 TLC Guide to Alabama

Alabama

Southeast United States: K-12 TLC Guide.

Official State Website.

50 States and Capitals:
- Fast Facts and Trivia.
- State Flag.
- State Song.

Alabama State Archives:
- Kids Page.
- State Emblems.
AL.com.
Alabama.com.
Area Code Map.
Capitolimpact.com.
Fact Monster.
GORP.
Infoplease.
Open Directory Project.
Rec.Travel Library.
State Profile, U.S. Census Bureau.
Travel.org.
Tribes and Villages of Alabama, Tribal Contacts.
U.S. Government Printing Office.
Yahoo!

Alabama

Knox, Simmie: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama

Artists and Illustrators Born in This State

American Authors & Illustrators: K-12 TLC Guide.
Authors & Illustrators: K-12 TLC Guide.
Poetry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Cook, Thomas:
- Writer's Almanac.
- Amazon.com.
Haskins, James:
- Amazon.com.
Johnson, Angela (b. Jun 18, 1961):

American Library Association.
African American Literature Book Club.
National Book Foundation.
VisitingAuthors.com.

Units of Study.

Amazon.com.
Kidzworld.

Keller, Helen: K-12 TLC Guide.
Lee, Harper: K-12 TLC Guide.
Trueman, Terry:
- Official Website.
- Amazon.com.

Alabama

Explorers, Pioneers and Astronauts Born in This State

K-12 TLC Guide to American Aviators, Explorers & Pioneers.
Explorers: K-12 TLC Guide.

Jemison, Mae (b. Oct 17, 1956 - ):
- Biography.com.
- CNN.
- Cornell University.
- NASA:
  - Goddard Space Flight Center.
  - NASA Quest.
- Stanford University.
- Super Scientists.
- Today in Science.
- Lesson Plan, TeacherVision.
- Amazon.com.

Alabama

American Business Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama

Handy, W.C.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama

Mathematicians, Scientists and Inventors Born in This State

American Scientists and Mathematicians: K-12 TLC Guide.
Inventors & Inventions: K-12 TLC Guide.
Scientists and Mathematicians: K-12 TLC Guide.

Julian, Percy L(avon) (b. Apr 11, 1899 - d. Apr 19, 1975):

Robbins, Frederick Chapman: K-12 TLC Guide.

Van de Graaff, Robert Jemison (b. Dec 20, 1901 - d. Jan 16, 1967):

Alabama

American Military Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.

Morgan, John Hunt (b. Jun 1, 1825 - d. Sep 4, 1863):

Alabama

Notorious Americans: K-12 TLC Guide.

Powell, Lewis Thornton (aka Lewis Paine) (b. Apr 22, 1844 - Jul 7, 1865):

Spartacus.
USGenNet.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

04/14/1864: The Assassination of President Lincoln.

Alabama

American Entertainers & Performing Artists: K-12 TLC Guide.
Film: K-12 TLC Guidemakers.
Americans Entertainers & Performing Artists: K-12 TLC Guideians.
Opera: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

Bankhead, Tallulah:
- History Channel.
- Amazon.com.
- The Internet Movie Database.
Cole, Nat "King" (Nathanial Adams) (b. Mar 17, 1919 - Feb 15, 1965):

Amazon.com.
Internet Movie Database.

Harris, Emmylou (b. Apr 2, 1947):

Amazon.com.

Jackson, Kate:
- Internet Movie Database.
- Amazon.com.
Odetta (Odetta Holmes Felious Gordon Shead Minter) (b. Dec 31, 1930 - Dec 2, 2008):

TIME.
Writer's Almanac.

Amazon.com.

Phillips, Sam(uel Cornelius) (b. Jan 5, 1923 - d. Jul 30, 2003):

Biography.com.
NPR.
Sun Records.

Smith, Clarence "Pine Top" (b. Jan 11, 1904 - d. Mar 15, 1929):

African American Registry.

Thornton, Big Mama (Willie Mae) (b. Dec 11, 1926 - Jul 25, 1984 ):

Amazon.com.

Williams, Hiram King "Hank": K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama

Politicians and Social Leaders Born in This State

American Political Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.
American Social Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.
Politics: K-12 TLC Guide.
United States Government: K-12 TLC Guide.

U.S. Presidents: NONE

Abernathy, Ralph D. (b. Mar 11. 1926 - d. Apr 17, 1990):

Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: K-12 TLC Guide.
U.S. Civil Rights Movement: K-12 TLC Guide.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

04/04/1968: Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Adams, Charles P. (b. Feb 12, 1873 - d. Jun 27, 1961):

African American Registry.

Armstrong, James, National Public Radio.

Brown, Lillie (b. Feb 24, 1931 - d. Apr 20, 2001):

African American Registry.

Colvin, Claudette (b. Sept 5, 1939):

Parks, Rosa: K-12 TLC Guide.

Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin.

The Guardian.

Fuller, Millard (b. Jan 3, 1935 - d. Feb 3, 2009):

Gaston, A.G. (Arthur George) (b. Jul 4, 1892 - d. Jan 19, 1996)):

Encyclopedia of Alabama.
National Public Radio:

A.G. Gaston: From Log Cabin to Funeral Home Mogul.

Washington University of St. Louis.

Amazon.com.

Keller, Helen: K-12 TLC Guide.
King, Coretta Scott: K-12 TLC Guide.

Lewis, John Robert (b. Feb 21. 1940):

March on Washington: K-12 TLC Guide.

African American Registry.
National Public Radio:

Lewis Sees New Racial Era with Obama.
Presidential Medal of Freedom.

U.S. Congress.
University Georgia.

Lowery, Joseph:

United Methodist News Service.

Parks, Rosa: K-12 TLC Guide.

Pepper, Claude: K-12 TLC Guide.

Rice, Condoleezza: K-12 TLC Guide.

Ross, John (b. Oct 3, 1790 - d. Aug 1, 1866):

The Trail of Tears: K-12 TLC Guide.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

05/28/1830: Andrew Jackson Signs into Law the 1830 Indian Removal Act.

Thompson, Fred Dalton: K-12 TLC Guide

Wallace, George: K-12 TLC Guide.

Young, Coleman Alexander (b. May 24, 1918 - d. Nov 29, 1997):

African American Registry.
CNN.
Coleman A. Young Foundation.
Metro Times.
Political Graveyard.
The United States Conference of Mayors.

Alabama

American Sports Figures: K-12 TLC Guide.
Competitive Sports: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Aaron, Hank (b. Feb 5, 1934):

04/08/1974: Hank Aaron Hits Home Run 715 to Break Babe Ruth's Career Record:

History Channel.
Sports Illustrated.

African American Registry.
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Presidential Citizens Medal.
University of Georgia.
When Hank Passed the Babe, The Atlanta Braves.
Writer's Almanac.

Hamm, Mia (Mariel Margret) (b. Mar 17, 1970 - ):

K-12 TLC Guide to Soccer.

Mia Hamm Foundation.

Louis, Joe (b. May 13, 1914 - d. Apr 12, 1981):

Official Website.

The Fight of the Century: Louis vs. Schmeling.

New York Times.

Mays, Willie (William Howard) (b. May 6, 1931):

YouTube.com.

McCovey, Willie (Lee) (b. Jan 10, 1938):

NNDB.

Owens, Jesse (b. Sep 12, 1913 - d. Mar 31, 1980):

Official Website.

Starr, Bart (b. Jan 9, 1934):

Green Bay Packers.
Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Alabama

Business and Economics: K-12 TLC Guide.

State of Alabama:
- Secretary of State.
- Banking.
- Economic & Community Affairs (ADECA).
- Alabama Development Office.
Alabama Chambers of Commerce.
Alabama.com.
Nuclear Power in Alabama, The Nuclear Energy Institute.
Open Directory Project:
- Business and Economy.
- Employment.
- Real Estate.
State Export Data, Export Statistics Express.
Yahoo!:
- Business & Economy.
- Real Estate.

Alabama

Cities:
- Alabama.com.
- Capitolimpact.
- Cities and States of America, John's Word Search Puzzles.
- Community Pages, 50 States and Capitals.
- Community Profile Network.
- Corporations Online.
- Official City Sites.
- Yahoo!
Counties:
- Capitolimpact.
- Community Profile Network.
- Corporations Online.
- County Courthouse Addresses, FamilyTreeMaker.com.
- County Profiles, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Official City Sites.
- Open Directory Project.
- Vital Records Information United States.
- Yahoo!
- Autaugua County:
- Colbert County:
- Escambia County:
- Jefferson County:
- Macon County:
- Morgan County:
- Pickens County:
- Bessemer:
  - Official Web Site.
  - Henry Bessemer: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - Chamber of Commerce.
- Birmingham:
  - Alabama.com.
  - Birmingham Convention and Visitors' Bureau.
  - Birmingham Public Library.
  - Birmingham Net.
  - 1948 Dixiecrat Presidential Convention: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - 09/15/1963: 16th St. Baptist Church Bombed: 4 Young Girls Die:
  - Fact Monster.
  - Historic Postcards of Alabama, University of Alabama.
  - "Project C": Birmingham, National Civil Rights Museum.
  - Red Mountain:
- Enterprise:
  - Boll Weevil Monument, Library of Congress.
- Guntersville:
  - Official Web Site.
  - History Channel.
- Huntsville:
  - Alabama.com.
  - City of Huntsville.
  - Huntsville Museum of Art.
- Linden:
- Marion:
  - Official Web Site.
  - Judson College.
- Minor:
  - The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:
    - Minor, Alabama Tornado.
- Mobile:
  - K-12 TLC Guide to the Battle of Mobile Bay (Aug 2-23, 1864).
  - Official Website.
  - Alabama.com.
  - Alabama Community Access Network.
  - Chamber of Commerce.
  - Mobile Mardi Gras.
  - Convention and Visitors Corporation.
  - Historic Postcards of Alabama, University of Alabama.
- Montgomery:
  - Alabama.com.
  - City of Montgomery.
  - Montgomery Web.
  - WNCF: ABC Channel 32.
  - 1955-56 Bus Boycott: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - 05/20/1961: Freedom Riders Spark Riots:
  - 1965 Civil Rights March from Selma: K-12 TLC Guide.
  - Historic Postcards of Alabama, University of Alabama.
  - History Channel:
  - Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address (2/18/1861), University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  - Library of Congress:
    - Montgomery Court House (1880-1920).
    - State Capitol (1880-1920).
  - The National Civil Rights Memorial, National Geographic (audio & video: 5:46).
  - National Public Radio:
    - The Club From Nowhere: Cooking for Civil Rights.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

12/20/1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends.

New Market:
- CityData.com.
- 01/30/1966: New Market, Experiences Coldest Temperature in the State's Recorded History (-27�F), Alabama Archives.
Selma:
- 1965 Civil Rights March to Montgomery: K-12 TLC.
- Alabama.com.
- Black & White Photographs: Depression to WWII, Library of Congress.
- Historic Postcards of Alabama, University of Alabama.
- National Public Radio: (audio):
Tuscaloosa:
- Alabama.com.
- City of Tuscaloosa.
- Historic Postcards of Alabama, University of Alabama.
- National Public Radio:
  - Dec 17, 2000 Tornado (audio: 2:30).
  - April 27, 2011 Tornados: K-12 TLC Guide.
Tuskegee:
- Official Web Site.
- Tuskegee Airmen: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama

Weather & Meteorology: K-12 TLC Guide.

Excite Travel.
NOAA.
National Public Radio: (audio):
- 09/16/00: Drought Conditions Worsen in SE U.S. (5:30).
- 12/17/00: Deadly Tuscaloosa Tornado (2:30).
Open Directory Project.
University of Kentucky.
Weather Underground.

Alabama

Education, Libraries and Museums Section

Education: K-12 TLC Guide.

State Department of Education.
- Commission on Higher Education.
- School Info by County.
- State Department of Postsecondary Education.
Alabama Education Association.
Alabama Institute for Education in The Arts.
Alabama Parent Teacher Association.
Alabama Writing Project Network.
Colleges, Universities, Community Colleges, 50 States and Capitals.
Open Directory.
Program for Rural Services, University of Alabama.
United States Sports Academy.
Yahoo!

Libraries: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama State Archives.

State Library Service.
- Alabama Public Libraries.
Alabama Library Association.
Card Catalogs On-Line, Hytelnet.

Museums: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama State Archives:
- Information for Museum Visitors.
U.S. Museums by State.

American Sport Art Museum and Archives, United States Sports Academy.
Huntsville Museum of Art.
PBS:
- The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- "Project C":Birmingham.
Yahoo!:
- Museums.

Alabama

K-12 TLC Guide to U.S. Government.
Alabama Challenges ADA: K-12 TLC Guide.

Alabama State Government:
- Governor's Office.
- Judicial Branch.
- Legislature.
- State Agencies.
- State Constitution.
- Commission on Higher Education.
- Department of Education.
- Department of Postsecondary Education.
- State Archives.
- State Library.
- Department of Public Health.
  - Center for Health Statistics.
Alabama Courts:
- FindLaw.
- National Center for State Courts.
Biographies of Women in Congress, U.S. House of Representatives.
Congress.org.
National Victim Center.
National Public Radio (audio):
- Ban on Interracial Marriages Repealed: 11/8/00 (3:25).
- George Wallace: 4/22/00 (17:00).
Open Directory Project.
Project Vote Smart.
Roll Call.
State and Local Government on the Net, Piper Resources.
Yahoo!

Alabama

Genealogy: K-12 TLC Guide.
U.S. History: K-12 TLC Guide.

1931-1937: Scottsboro Boys Trials:

'Scottsboro Boys' Tell Their Own Story on Broadway.

Oyez.
PBS.
University of Missouri, Kansas City.

1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott: K-12 TLC Guide.

1965 Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery:
- Montgomery: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Selma: K-12 TLC Guide.
- 03/07/1965: "Bloody Sunday" at the Edmund Pettus Bridge:
- 03/09/1965: Jackie Robinson Sends Telegram to President Johnson, National Archives, Digital Classroom.
- 03/20/1965: President Johnson Commits Federal Troops to Protect the Marchers, History Channel.
- 03/21/1965: 3,200 Begin the March from Selma to Montgomery:
- 03/28/1965: 25,000 Reach the Capital Steps in Montgomery:
- Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement, National Park Service.
- National Civil Rights Museum.
- National Public Radio:
  - Civil Rights History Comes Full Circle in Alabama.
- When You Pray, Move Your Feet, Library of Congress.
2005 Hurricane Katrina: K-12 TLC Guide.

2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: K-12 TLC Guide.

April 27, 2011 Tornados:

CNN.
National Public Radio.

Alabama Department of Archives and History:
- Alabama Moments in American History.
- Alabama Through the Ages.
- Capitals of Alabama.
- Governors.
Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

The Arts:
- Alabama Humanities Foundation.
- Alabama Institute for Education in The Arts.
- Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
- Alabama State Council on The Arts:
  - Educational Resources.
Cemeteries:
- African American Cemeteries Online.
- Cemeteries of the United States, Gustavus Adolphus College.
- Find-A-Grave.
- Internment.net.
- The Political Graveyard.
Census:
- African American Census Schedules Online.
- Census Online.
Civil War:
- Battle of Mobile Bay (Aug 2-23, 1864): K-12 TLC Guide.
- Rousseau's Raid: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Steight's Raid: K-12 TLC Guide.
- K-12 TLC Guide to the American Civil War.
- National Park Service:
- Secession (Jan 11, 1861):
  - K-12 TLC Guide to States & Secession.
  - Alabama Department of Archives and History.
  - American Civil War.
  - Historical Text Archive.
  - Sons of the South.
  - Virtualology.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

04/29/1861: Maryland Chooses Not to Secede: Slave States & Secession .

Fort Morgan:
- Battle of Mobile Bay (Aug 2-23, 1864): K-12 TLC Guide.
- Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel.
- CivilWarAlbum.com.
- Friends of Fort Morgan.
- National Park Service.
- PlanetWare.
- Lesson Plan: Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay, National Park Service.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

08/23/1864: Surrender of Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Genealogy:
- ALGenWeb.
- Ancestry.com.
- Cyndi's List.
- Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- GenForum.
- Vital Records Information.
- Where to Write for Vital Records, Centers for Disease Control.
Historic Markers.

Historic Postcards of Alabama, University of Alabama.

Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address (February 18, 1861), University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Library of Congress:
- Alabama's Boll Weevil Monument.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Archives and Records Administration:

Korean Conflict Casualties:
- Alphabetically by Last Name.
- Home of Record.

Vietnam Conflict Casualties:
- Alphabetically by Last Name.
- Home of Record.

National Civil Rights Museum:
- "Project C": Birmingham.
National Public Radio:
Open Directory Project:
- Arts and Entertainment.
- Society and Culture.
People:
- 50 States and Capitals.
- Alabama State Archives.
- Find-A-Grave.
- Native Americans:
  - Tribes and Villages of Alabama, Tribal Contacts.
- The Political Graveyard.
- Vital Records Information.
State Webcams, Leonard's Cam World.

Theater Pipe Organs, The American Theater Organ Society.

The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:

Minor, Alabama Tornado.

Yahoo!:
- Arts & Humanities.
- Community & Culture.

Alabama

Maps: K-12 TLC Guide.

50 States and Capitals.
1895 U.S. Atlas.
Capitolimpact.
Do-It-Yourself Maps, Texas A&M University.
GORP.
Johns Hopkins University:
- Color Landform Atlas.
- Satellite Image Maps:
Library of Congress:
- Railroad Maps.
- Alabama Town Maps (1765-1912).
Merriam Webster's Atlas.
National Geographic Society.
U.S. Census Bureau.
U.S. Geological Survey.
University of Texas.

Alabama

Media: K-12 TLC Guide.

American Journalism Review NewsLink.
Capitolimpact.com.
Newspaper Association of America.
Newspapers, 50 States and Capitals.
Open Directory Project.
University of Alabama Center for Public Television & Radio.
Yahoo!

Alabama

Earth and Environmental Sciences: K-12 TLC Guide.
Outdoor Recreation: K-12 TLC Guide.
Parks: K-12 TLC Guide.
Volcanoes: K-12 TLC Guide.
Wildfires/Forest Fires: K-12 TLC Guide.

State of Alabama:
- State Parks and Historic Sites.
Alabama Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Alabama Rivers, American Whitewater.
American Trails.
GORP:
- Army Corp of Engineers Projects.
- Biking.
- National Forests, Preserves & Refuges.
- Scenic Byways and Recreational Drives.
- Wilderness Areas.
Highway Markers, California Institute of Technology.
National Forests:
- GORP.
- National Forest Service.
National Park Service:
- National Historic Landmarks.
- National Parks.
Water Resource Conditions, United States Geological Survey.

Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge:
- GORP.
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park:
- National Park Service.

Little River Canyon National Preserve:
- GORP.
- National Park Service.
Red Mountain: K-12 TLC Guide.
Russell Cave National Monument:
- National Park Service.
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site:
- National Park Service.

Alabama

Timelines & Chronologies: K-12 TLC Guide

Alabama

Alabama

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

02/08: Historic Sites of the Civil Rights Movement.

08/23/1864: Surrender of Fort Morgan and the Battle of Mobile Bay.

09/21: Hurricanes.

12/20/1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends.


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This guide last edited 05/26/2011
This guide last revised 02/18/2010