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Since 1995, the American Studies Crossroads Project has provided a comprehensive and integrated platform for pedagogical, scholarly, and institutional information for the international American Studies community.

As Crossroads celebrates more than a decade of online innovation and collaboration, the Crossroads team has redesigned the site to better reflect the range of resources and information available to students and educators of American Studies. We hope you enjoy the changes.

Crossroads Publications

Engines of Inquiry: A Practical Guide for Using Technology to Teach American Culture

The latest edition of Engines of Inquiry contains both casebook and handbook materials on using new technologies in teaching American culture and history, as well as information on a wide range of technologies, including the Web, CD-ROM, online discussion tools and multimedia authorware. The case-study, sample assignments, and framework essays in the Guide are written by faculty who are using technology in their own teaching. (355 pp.)

Engines of Inquiry: A Video Tour

The Engines video is a collection of diverse visual materials, interviews, and footage of students and teachers engaged in learning activities in the American Studies classroom. The videotape provides a conceptual framework designed to illustrate the possibilities for integrating technology into your curricula. It is of interest to teachers in all areas of American Studies, literature, history, and interrelated disciplines of culture and history. (1/2 hour)