Monthly Archives: December 2010

“If You’re Not doing Education for Liberation, Then You’re Not doing Education…”

Posted on December 31, 2010 by admin

I have not done a lot with the Teaching For Social Justice (and Teaching for Liberation) movement that is growing rapidly in our public schools across America, but I can assure you I am not done with this. I promise … Continue reading →

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Robert Morris, the Financier of the American Revolution, a Review

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

Gary B. Nash is a fairly popular historian for not just high school history instructors, but college professors as well. If we were to take Nash at face value in his assessment of Robert Morris, we would come to the … Continue reading →

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Rare Photographs Show Top Nazis Celebrating Christmas in 1941

Posted on December 24, 2010 by admin

From the news article: A less festive bunch it’s hard to imagine. This is Hitler and his henchmen celebrating Christmas in 1941 – not that you’d know it from their glum expressions. These probably had something to do with the … Continue reading →

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2010 – Reflections of a High School History Teacher

Posted on December 23, 2010 by admin

Instead of doing a “Best of 2010,” as I’m not sure why anyone would care and it seems a bit presumptuous of me to assume anyone would care (though I am a blogger and that seems to indicate otherwise!); Nonetheless … Continue reading →

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Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788

Posted on December 13, 2010 by admin

Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 by Pauline Maier [Pauline Maier is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1968] In 1997 Alfred A. Knopf published Maier’s American Scripture: … Continue reading →

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How Will WikiLeaks Impact the Historical Profession?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin

There has been some discussion about WikiLeaks and whether is it a good or bad thing for historians? Does the top secret information help historians write a more accurate narrative or do the leaks ensure that future access will be … Continue reading →

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Teaching Counterfactuals and Historical Contingency

Posted on December 10, 2010 by admin

I did not get a chance to post anything on December 7 in honor of Pearl Harbor, but every class I had that day it was a point of discussion. From simple discourse on how something like that (a massive … Continue reading →

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Teaching the 1980s

Posted on December 8, 2010 by admin

In my regular (Non-AP) United States history class we are in the final two weeks of the quarter and have hit the 1980s. As I have mentioned recently, I use documentaries and docudramas whenever I feel they will be helpful. … Continue reading →

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Civil War Letters: Wife Writes of Missing Husband

Posted on December 2, 2010 by admin

Through out the years I have come across Civil War letters that I thought were excellent content wise, but just never fell in with the research I was doing. Therefore I want to start sharing these letters with you here, … Continue reading →

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