Still in Boulder with the Gilder Lehrman elementary school/primary sources seminar and still having some great conversations!
Today? Which comes first?
Specifically . . . in the United States - did the institution of slavery cause racism or did European racism create American slavery?
Fritz Fischer had us look at a few of the earliest laws of Virginia [...]
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Was the American Revolutionary War really revolutionary? Was it a true revolution? Dr. Fritz Fischer talked about this late on Monday afternoon.
He started by asking the question:
If you had to think of a shape that describes Colonial American, what would that shape look like?
He suggests that the shape would be a triangle or pyramid with [...]
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I love Google Earth and Google Maps! I am convinced that all teachers should be using these free tools as part of their instructional tool kit. And the nice thing is that there are so many resources and materials available to help.
One of the places I try to visit once a week or so is [...]
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Want to be a hero?
American Public Media, the group running many of the our public radio programs, has just created a very cool budget simulation that lets you solve America’s financial difficulties.
Budget Hero is an engaging and journalistically sound game that encourages players to think through the complexities and challenges of the federal budget and [...]
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Spent last night together with my 14 year old son and 11 year old daughter watching the Potomac Primary results trickle in . . . and, yes . . . we are a history geek family!
Some great conversation about the process and some interesting observations about why people vote for certain candidates. We went back [...]
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