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Miller, David W.; Lekander, Brian – 1992
This report describes a project intended to overcome certain obstacles to the dissemination to other postsecondary institutions of a new technique for teaching U.S. History developed at Carnegie Mellon University. This technique utilizes a software system, The Great American History Machine (GAHM), which enables undergraduates to explore a huge…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Census Figures, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education

Pilo, Randel A. – History Microcomputer Review, 1993
Describes the development, use, and marketing of a computer software program that allows students to review and analyze all U.S. presidential elections from 1798 to 1992. Asserts that the program can be used by K-12 teachers, university professors, secondary and college-level students, and others interested in the history of presidential…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases