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Margit Nahra

ThisNation.com--Glossary - 0 views

www.thisnation.com/glossary.html

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shared by Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10
     
    The glossary on this site is extensive but the definitions are straightforward and accessible. Could be a valuable resource for high school students seeking explanations of unfamiliar terms.
  • Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10
     
    Glossary is extensive and yet definitions are straightforward. Could be very helpful for students seeking explanations of unfamiliar terms.
Debbie Moore

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project, digital archive of video oral histories o... - 1 views

www.densho.org

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shared by Debbie Moore on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Debbie Moore on 06 Nov 09
     
    Densho is an organization that is dedicated to "preserving the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during WWII before their memories are extinguished." The website does offer a great deal of information and document to support this mission; however, there is much more! There is a huge archive with photographs, newspaper articles from around the country, immigration documents, proof of citizenship documents, photographs of artifacts, and videotapings of interviews with the grandchildren of the first generation of immigrants. Many of these archived documents date back to the late 1800s. There is also a filter with a timeline and a glossary that is useful in understanding the events during the period of immigration through WWII and the period of incarceration. The site is a great resources for teachers and students alike!
Debbie Moore

Archaeological Institute of America - Introduction to Archaeology - 2 views

www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php

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shared by Debbie Moore on 13 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Debbie Moore on 13 Nov 09
     
    Yesterday I had to prepare and deliver a lesson on archaeology to our grade 7 classes (Ancient World History) for my practicum. I actually used this site in my preparation. Under "Outreach and Education," there is a section called Archaeology 101 where you can get basic information on archaeology. There is also a glossary, a list of books and a list movies. They have an archive of well developed lesson plans too. However, I found another lesson plan that I modified and used that was a smash with the kids……even to toughest, roughest, hardest to reach students were engaged. If anyone wants a copy of it let me know and I can post it on our Wiki. Anyway, since archaeology applies to almost all of history, this site is quite useful.
Jonathon Gordon

The Great Depression - 2 views

www.nps.gov/...great-depression.htm

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shared by Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Numbers soon proved the optimists incorrect. The depression steadily worsened. By spring of 1933, when FDR took the oath of office, unemployment had risen from 8 to 15 million (roughly 1/3 of the non-farmer workforce) and the gross national product had decreased from $103.8 billion to $55.7 billion. Forty percent of the farms in Mississippi were on the auction block on FDR's inauguration day.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10
       
      To the right is a great picture provided by the FDR Library showing the struggles of families who suffered from the dust bowl. Extremely useful in any classroom application on this subject. 
  • Many sank into despair and shame after they could not find jobs. The suicide rates increased from 14 to 17 per 100,000. Protest that did occur was local, not national: "farm holidays," neighbors of foreclosed farmers refusing to bid on farms at auction, neighbors moving evicted tenants' furniture back in, and local hunger marches.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10
       
      The site uses archived information from the Franklin and Eleanor national Libraries. 
  • Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10
     
    This website provided by the National Parks Service provides information on the Great Depression. It has great photos that would supplement any lesson plan on the subject of the great depression, the grapes of wrath, or the dust bowl. 
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