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Reviews several Web sites for teaching U.S. history. Thomas Jefferson Papers Web site; American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920; First World War.Com: The War to End All Wars.

The article explores how U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's views on gender and nationalism were formed. Jefferson's social views were greatly influenced by the time he spent abroad, specifically in France where he praised the French for their social nature and manners. Jefferson was also quick to acknowledge that it would be the U.S. that would experience the highest form of enlightened society. He believed that European mores could have a negative impact on people and institutions in the U.S. The author discusses how Jefferson's belief that women belonged in the domestic sphere separated his views from those of Europeans and how Jefferson believed this would contribute to the U.S.'s superiority over European nations.

Opinion. Explains how John Adams's integrity and memory might recall a conversation with Thomas Jefferson in the United States Congress, concerning which of them should draft the Declaration of Independence, 1817, that Jefferson denied had ever took place. Information on Adams and Jefferson; Why the disparities between Adam's and Jefferson's accounts of Jefferson's selection is confusing; What is cited as the most useful discovery of memory researchers.

Uses early Kentucky to examine the question of whether border women and men escaped the consumer revolution that swept Britain and Anglo-America in the 18th century or whether they urged it onward. Latent entrepreneurs or security-seeking agrarians; Thomas Jefferson's model for the republican frontier; Effects of severe distance constraints; Data from a wide variety of local sources; Destitute poor.