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WHAT WOMEN COULD NOT DO IN 1971
I ran across this today and wanted to share it. I have added it to my 1970’s page. Some of the facts are shocking! THINGS WOMEN COULD NOT DO IN 1971 women could not get a credit card without your Read more…
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THE SCYTHIAN MESSAGE
THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, THE FROG, AND THE ARROWS Around 512 B.C., Persian Emperor Darius was attempting to conquer the kingdom of the Scythians. The two armies arrived at the battlefield late in the day, too late to do Read more…
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BURR-HAMILTON DUEL
The most famous duel in American History took place on July 11, 1804. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies for several years. Hamilton was a Federalist and Burr was a Democratic-Republican. In 1800, Hamilton had worked behind Read more…
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RAPHAEL PAINTS A RED-FACED APOSTLE
When the artist Raphael was working on his Vatican frescoes, two pompous Cardinals came to see the paintings. When they sniffed that one of the faces of an Apostle was too reddish, Raphael responded: “He blushes to see into whose Read more…
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OPERATION HIMMLER
We are now in September and I will start to post more frequently. Most of the posts are going to be anecdotes from World History, as opposed to American History. The web site already has a wealth of American History Read more…
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DAILY HISTORY
I have finished the November page of “Today in History”. Each month takes hours to prepare, so I am posting them as soon as I have them ready. I will keep ahead of the Read more…
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UP and RUNNING
Well, I think I have got the basics down and I’m ready to reach out to my peers in the education community. In particular, the site right now is designed to help American History teachers. (Although I hope non-teachers who Read more…
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THE GILDED AGE
Here is an example of a page of anecdotes for teaching the period from 1877-1900. The stories come from a variety of sources. (You can look up the source on my “SOURCE” page.) Keep in mind they are not verbatim Read more…
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Welcome, teachers!
I have created this website to help American History teachers make their courses more interesting to their students. The site is currently under construction, but I plan to have it available for your use by the time school starts again. Read more…