HOW SHOULD I LIVE MY LIFE AS AN AMERICAN?
Looking at American life from the end of the 19th century to the end of the 20th...
Why The Past?
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"The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different."
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-Aldous Huxley
Black Plague, Rare in the U.S., Hits More Affluent Areas
June 14, 2012​
Photo Of Dying WWII Veteran Casting Last Vote Inspires Thousands
October 23, 2012
Why is this funny?
I made you a video tutorial on how to use easybib.com to help create your bibliographies.
Resources
Don't Just Use Plain Google:
Looking for more resources? How about good resources that are free and easy to use online???
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Google Books offers online versions of many books free because they have gone past their copyright date. This resources is helpful with the literacy students because they can search the books for key terms.
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USHistory.Org- This site was created by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia, and is a massive resource for teachers and students. It includes an online textbook on American History, complete with external links.
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Google Scholar offers a search engine that only gives you research articles as results (not random pages written by seven-year old children during recess). This is a great place to look when researching!
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YouTube Fun
Homework Assignments
Other Topics
This section features the topics that have arisen in class, and are tangentially related to the course content. If you want other information, be sure to ASK!
North Korea: Explained
This video, by Hank Green, discusses North Korea, by answering questions posed by Google's auto-complete.
Inside North Korea
This is a response to Hank Green's (his brother) "North Korea: Explained." It discusses the concentration/hard labor camps that are scattered throughout North Korea.
Trailer for "42"
This movie is about baseball player Jackie Robinson, and how he broke the color barrier in major league baseball.
​Future Cities
This video discusses how cities may change in the face of uncertain future food, energy and water supplies. It is presented by Christopher Barnatt, Associate Professor of Computing & Future Studies in Notingham University Business School, and the author of www.explainingthefuture.com.
​New England Hurricane of 1938
In 1938, a Category 3 hurricane came without warning, and killed around 600 people (60 in NYC alone). The damage was extreme, and so memorable, that many people ended up keeping scrapbooks of the damage.
