Monthly Archives: March 2009

Leave the Lights on Tonight, Celebrate Human Achievement Hour

Posted on March 28, 2009 by admin

Leave the lights on between 8:30pm and 9:30pm and watch this video with your friends and family!

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Brothers at War

Posted on March 28, 2009 by admin

Here’s the trailer for a true account of the Iraq war told with no hidden or not so hidden agenda. I hope to see it soon.

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In honor of Texting…

Posted on March 24, 2009 by admin
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Origins

Posted on March 23, 2009 by admin

I was asked recently why I seem so drawn to the Civil War. During my clumsy and meandering response I caught myself actually making sense! I know, hard to imagine. My fascination with history starts with the idea that looking … Continue reading →

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Possible Civil War Soldier Tintype?

Posted on March 21, 2009 by admin

This is being offered up as a “possible” Civil War soldier on ebay!? It is a tintype, and though they were superseded by gelatin emulsion dry plates in the 1880s, I want to say this is from the 1890s as … Continue reading →

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New Quarter

Posted on March 21, 2009 by admin

I don’t know what is a more arduous task, starting a new quarter or ending it. This past week we started a new quarter and I have somehow let almost a week slip by without posting anything. The week before … Continue reading →

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President’s Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment & Cap and Trade

Posted on March 16, 2009 by admin

I have refrained these past few weeks from getting into much politically, but when I see something that has to do with our troops, such as this. Well, I am compelled to post it: WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The … Continue reading →

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The Aristocratic Classroom

Posted on March 15, 2009 by admin

BY: Chris Wehner (Note: fellow teachers I have shared this with thought I should submit the findings of this simulation to a journal, as I simply don’t have the time to refine it I am posting it here on my … Continue reading →

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Lincoln’s Assassins

Posted on March 13, 2009 by admin

McFarland books are hamstrung by their price and often times their lack of production value: poor maps, illustration, ect. However, I do have the pleasure to recommend a McFarland book (a 2 Volume Set) that I feel is worth the … Continue reading →

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The Great Depression

Posted on March 13, 2009 by admin

I think one of the real challenges to teaching “The Great Depression” is to try to stay away from political historical analogy and focus on the changes taking place within American society. How the country transformed from the 1920s to … Continue reading →

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