Additional Resources
All these resources are used in the lessons.
There are quick links to each lesson to the left.
John Brown Annotated Bibliography
John Brown Opera Libretto
- Libretto Introduction (PDF) Used with Lesson 2, 11, 12.
- Afterword by the Composer (PDF) Used with Lesson 2, 11, 12.
- John Brown Libretto (PDF) Used with Lesson 2, 11, 12.
Timeline for John Brown's Life
Timeline Corresponding to the Points of Interest map (PDF) Used with Lesson 2.
Audio Interview of Kirke Mechem
Click here to listen to the Interveiw with Kirke Mechem.
Websites
PBS Website (map): Used in Lesson 2
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/maps/index.html
PBS Website or handout (timeline): Used in Lesson 2
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/brown/timeline/index.html
Valley of the Shadow site: Used in Lesson 2
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/tour.html
Genealogy Websites: (For Extension activity) Used in Lesson 2
http://www.kancoll.org/articles/browns.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/9580/jbfamily.html
Voices of Slaves from the Web site: Used in Lesson 4
http://rememberingslavery.si.edu
Written transcripts from the Web site: Used in Lesson 4
http://rememberingslavery.si.edu
Library of Congress Web site: Used in Lesson 5
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html
Site with landforms for each state. Click on the state, then "Shaded Relief" to find the state landforms and barriers to travel: Used in Lesson 6
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Map of free and slave states: Used in Lesson 6
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica/prog10/maps/
Map of Underground Rail Road routes: Used in Lesson 6
http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/Map.htm
Pictures of quilts and patterns from Web sites: Used in Lesson 7
www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum
http://educ.queensu.ca
Search for UGRR, Click on "Underground Railroad Worksheet" for information about Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.
Search for UGRR quilt code at these sites: Used in Lesson 7
http://www.nsa.gov/museum/museu00033.cfm
http://ugrrquilt.hartcottagequilts.com/rr3.htm
http://www.osblackhistory.com
Web site for lyrics of spirituals: Used in Lesson 8
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TWH/Higg.html
Websites used in Lesson 9:
http://www.finfacts.ie/Private/curency/goldmarketprice.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-historical-price-of-gold.htm
http://www.22karatjewelers.com/goldprice.htm
Cost of living index for other years: Used in Lesson 10
http://www.minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/hist1800.cfm
Information about pikes: Used in Lesson 10
http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=508
Cost of today's spear points: Used in Lesson 10
http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/Pole_Weapons_and_Spears.html
Words and music for Blow Ye the Trumpet and other Wesley hymns. Used in Lesson 11
http://gbgm-umc.org/UMhistory/wesley/
Click on "hymns", then "Blow Ye the Trumpet"
Musical excerpt from the John Brown Opera: Used in Lesson 12
http://kcopera.org/OurSeason/johnbrown.html
Scroll to the bottom of the page for a list of musical selections.
Opera San Jose Study Guide: Used in Lesson 13
http://www.operasj.org/WIOstudyguide0708.pdf
Wikipedia Opera Entry: Used in Lesson 13
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera
Arts Central Guide: Used in Lesson 13
http://www.artscentral.co.uk/DisplayPage.asp?pageid=7592
Description of "How to Write an Opera": Used with Lesson 14
http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=20900611
Metropolitan Opera "Stories of the Opera": Used with Lesson 14
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/
James MacMillan: Composing an Opera: Used with Lesson 14
http://www.soundjunction.org/jamesmacmillancomposinganopera.aspa?NodeID=134
Richard Wagner: Opera Composer: Used with Lesson 14
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96may/wagner.html
Jeffrey Brody on Composing for Longwood Opera: Used with Lesson 14
http://longwoodopera.org/past/composing.html
Shulamit Ran on Writing an Opera: Used with Lesson 14
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/970612/ran.shtml
Territorial Kansas Online: Primary sources from the Bleeding Kansas Era
http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/cgiwrap/imlskto/index.php