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mental_floss Blog » How the Führer Stole Christmas - 11 views

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    Interesting post about Christmas in Nazi Germany
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Documenting "The Other Half": The Social Reform Photography of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine - 11 views

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    A collection of photographs from "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis.
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Lincoln/Net: Teacher's Parlor - 16 views

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    Great website with lessons and primary sources on President Lincoln, the Whigs, slavery, etc. Includes fantastic information on the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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Vietnam War Resources - 16 views

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    Great information about the Vietnam War. Contains many maps
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American Wars lessons - 13 views

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    This sites provides some great resources about most of the wars in America's history.
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untitled - 2 views

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    Great resource to learn about the nullification crisis in US I
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Home Affairs: HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM THE JAPS - TIME - 12 views

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    Article from 1941 Time about identifying "Japs"
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Interactive Time line about America before WW II - 14 views

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    Great tool to visualize the changes in the world prior to US entry into WW II!
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Is History history? - 35 views

started by David Hilton on 23 Dec 09 no follow-up yet
  • Nicole Avery
     
    History Girl,
    It was interesting to read your post because I teach in the US, and my high school is moving away from covering the whole textbook/every piece of information. We are coming from the point of view that students won't remember most of the content anyway, so we are only choosing some content to discuss in detail and focus on building skills (like writing, analytical thinking, etc.) through the content. I think it sounds really cool--but of course the elephant in the room is what content to include and what to get rid of! You can't throw out the baby with the bathwater!

    Also, I think schools in America are moving away from Eurocentric content. In college, I was inundated with everything BUT the European perspective, and a lot of teachers are bringing this to the classroom in high school.
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