Below are some resources--links to books, articles, museums, videos, and other places that might be a good place to start your research. Keep in mind that these are just ideas, and you're welcome to pursue other topics. Also remember that there's A LOT of information out there; this is just the tip of the iceberg. Hope this helps you find some good material for your movies. One of the best places to look for ideas and information is at the Heinz History Center in the Strip District. Take a trip through their Pittsburgh: A History of Innovation exhibit to brainstorm for your film! 

This year we have a limited number of classroom tool-kits available for The People Speak containing curriculum 

Don't forget to cite your sources! And visit Creative Commons for images that are in the public domain, and music-for-video for music that is license-free. Don't use copyrighted matieral in your film. 

As always, if you have any questions, contact us.

Click here for more of The People Speak resources and ideas

• Voices of a People's History (non-profit)
• The People Speak

Pittsburgh Innovations

Pittsburgh: Media pioneer

• WQED-nation's first community sponsored TV station
• KDKA-world's first radio station
• First nickelodeon (video)
• Nickelodeon opens, History.com
• History of Edison Motion Pictures
• The Fred Rogers Center
• The Fred Rogers Company

Andy Warhol

• The Andy Warhol Musem 
• Andy Warhol, PBS American Masters 
• The Andy Warhol Foundation 
• Heinz History Center Biography (video)
  

August Wilson

• August Wilson Center for African American Culture 
• August Wilson timeline, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• August Wilson's obituary, New York Times
• Heinz History Center Biography (video)

History of the Hill District

• Jazz on the Hill
• Hill House
• The historic Crawford Grill
• Hill District history, Carnegie Library
• Black Cultural Travel

• Pittsburgh Crawfords
• Crawfords Called Best Money Could Buy, MLB
• The Pittsburgh Crawfords, James Bankes
• Greenlee Field Site Earns a Place in History, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Crawfords' Owner's Life a Mix of Sinner and Saint, Trib Live
• No Joshing about Gibson's Talents, ESPN
• Homestead Grays (video)

Rachel Carson 

• Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
• Rachel Carson Homestead
• Rachel Carson Institute
• Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge
• Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson
• Bill Moyers Journal, (PBS video)

Homestead Strike

• Homestead Strike, PBS American Experience
• The Battle for Homestead, Paul Krause
• Let's Learn from the Past: The Pinkerton Connection to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Philanthropy in Pittsburgh

• Pittsburgh philanthropy timeline 
• Henry Clay Frick
• Andrew Carnegie, PBS American Experience
• Shifting Foundations: A New Generation Taking Control at Venerable Pittsburgh Institutions, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Pittsburgh Still a Hotbed for Philanthropy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Nellie Bly

• Women's Hall of Fame 
• Nellie Bly, PBS American Experience 
• Around the World in 72 Days (film)
  
• Nellie Bly: The Pioneer Woman Journalist

Bertha Lamme

• Biography, Global History Network 
• Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers, Sybil Hatch

Polio

• The Shot Felt 'Round the World (film)
• Saving the World, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Jonas Salk Biography, Academy of Achievement
• Remembering Polio, The University of Pittsburgh
• Vaccines Save Lives, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation animation
• End Polio Now, Rotary International
• Take a Shot Photos (ZIP File) -- The pictures contained within this file are under public domain and can be used in your videos, as long as you cite all sources. The photo credit is listed on each image.