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This show is about difficult position that Prussia found itself after the defeat of the Coalition forces at Austerlitz....
This show is about military organization, weapons, tactics of the various traibes in Gaul that will be facing Caesar's legions.....
This show is about Assassin Mercader the name who killed Leon Trotsky with an Alpine Ice Pcik....
This show is about the results of all those Italians wars we studied and the changes that took place.s....
This show is a brief history of Alcatraz prison....
American Civil War January 1863
This show is about the overview of events in the American Civil War January 1863....
Dreadnought Cruisers
Today was the annivesary of the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915
I noticed two good photographs from the Battle of Dogger Bank (24 January 1915). I hope that these will work for us: the Seydlitz on fire and low in the water (from www.cityofart.net/bship/gun_ops.html) the Derfflinger, Seydlitz, and Von der Tann on the way to the battle (from www.sms-navy.com) ...
Cruising formations for Dutch warships?
One question that I have is if the Dutch sailed in some cruising formation with their fleet when not engaged in actual fighting. I have speculated that the ships in the same squadron sailed as a clump and that the fleet consisted of clumps, grouped by squadron. Is there a...
Another run at the GB/CB/1905 fast battlecruiser design
I have tended to be obsessed with Cliff's design for a fast British battlecruiser, what we called the GB/CB/1905 design. I just got a good result by using light weight machinery. I am mystified why the protection is so good, considering the armour basis of 4in: GB/CB/1905, Great Britain Battlecruiser laid...
Sadly, Alt_Naval seems to be gone
One of my inspiration for making imaginary ship photographs, Alt_Naval, seems to be gone. I tried to go there and found that the page was not there. I did a Google search and could not find a new URL for the site. It is gone. Thankfully, the "Wolf's Den" still...
A super American battlecruiser: the US/CB/1943
I have been toying with very large battleship and battlecruiser designs since I was young. This is a fast battlecruiser armed with 12-21in/55 guns. I don't like the deep draft, but I don't see an alternative. US-CB-1943, United States Battlecruiser laid down 1943 Displacement: 192,480 t light; 201,981 t standard; 217,137 t...
The picture posted "May 31, 1916"
Rob pointed out to me that the picture I posted five weeks ago was actually from the Battle of the Dogger Bank. The Tiger is steaming at high speed towards the left of the picture while in the background, on the right, is the burning, sinking Blücher....
Page in History
"Primordial Soup Theory" Kicked to the Curb
IGeesh. Ever since I can remember --which is a long time -- the primordial soup theory (wikipedia) has reigned supreme as an explanation for the origins of life. Now however, a team from University College London is calling it into question.Arguing that UV radiation fails to...
First Neanderthal Body Parts Found in Poland
Neanderthal artifacts have been found in Poland before, but never any actual body parts... UNTIL recently when three "teeth were unearthed in the Stajnia [this should be Stajna] Cave, north of the Carpathian Mountains, along with flint tools and the bones of the woolly mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros, both...
Thought These Books Looked Interesting
The Diary of Antera Dukean Eighteenth-Century African Slave TraderDescription::: In his diary, Antera Duke (ca.1735-ca.1809) wrote the only surviving eyewitness account of the slave trade by an African merchant.A leader in late eighteenth-century Old Calabar, a cluster of Efik-speaking communities in the Cross River region, he resided in Duke Town,...
Can't help it. I want to be there and join in the fun. Here's a few pictures from the Shetland Isles, courtesy of Boston.com.Some wonderful costumes don't you think....
Viking Community? They're Looking
Well, you know how I am about Vikings. I'm hoping they find a whole community. Or at least some delicious jewelry or tools. Maybe some weapons.From The IrishTimes.com :DUBLIN’S NORTHSIDE is revealing its own Viking past with the first evidence of 11th-century Dubliners choosing to settle on...
Most British Men Descended From Early Farmers
From The Guardian.UK an absolutely fascinating piece of information.Most men in Britain are descended from the first farmers to migrate across Europe from the Near East 10,000 years ago, scientists say.Ancient farmers left their genetic mark on modern males by breeding more successfully than indigenous hunter-gatherer men as they made...
HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher
If you were in ancient Greece, what would you visit first?
If you were in ancient Greece, what would you visit first?...
Daily Quiz for February 5, 2010
This man was the only former U.S. president to hold political office in the Confederacy....
American Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific Naval War
The Independence-class light carrier and the Essex-class carrier turned the tide of the Pacific naval war....
Table of Contents - April 2010 American History
The April 2010 issue of American History magazine features articles on Mark Twain, presidents and poker, America's coldest winter, Abigail Adams, and American recessions....
Forget Valley Forge. The Morristown winter of 1779-80 was the real test for George Washington and the Continental Army....
Letters from Readers - April 2010 American History
Lessons Learned Our February cover story about George Washington's instructions to his troops before the 1775 invasion of Quebec prompted one reader to note that smallpox added to the Continental Army's woes. "Washington learned the lesson of the failed campaign," writes Miguel Zambrano of Gapan City, Philippines, "and insisted that those...
Pepys' Diary
I up, with my head troubled to think of the issue of this morning, so made ready and to the office, where Mr. Gawden comes, and he and I discoursed the business well, and thinks I shall get off well enough; but I do by Sir W. Coventry's silence conclude...
(Lord's day). Up, and with Sir W. Batten and [Sir] W. Pen to White Hall, and there to Sir W. Coventry's chamber, and there staid till he was ready, talking, and among other things of the Prince's being trepanned, which was in doing just as we passed through the Stone...
Up, and to the office. This day I hear that Prince Rupert is to be trepanned. God give good issue to it. Sir W. Pen looks upon me, and I on him, and speak about business together at the table well enough, but no friendship or intimacy since our late...
Up, and to the office, where I was all the morning doing business, at noon home to dinner, and after dinner down by water, though it was a thick misty and rainy day, and walked to Deptford from Redriffe, and there to Bagwell's by appointment, where the 'mulier etoit within...
Up, and to the office, where we met and sat all the morning. At noon home to dinner, and by and by Mr. Osborne comes from Mr. Gawden, and takes money and notes for 4000l., and leaves me acknowledgment for 4000l. and odd; implying as if D. Gawden would give...
Fast-day for the King's death. I all the morning at my chamber making up my month's accounts, which I did before dinner to my thorough content, and find myself but a small gainer this month, having no manner of profits, but just my salary, but, blessed be God! that I...
About.com 19th Century History
Victorian Roots of St. Valentine's Day
Traditions linking romance and St. Valentine's Day go back a number of centuries, but the holiday as we know it is firmly rooted in the 1800s. Cards with romantic themes began to be printed for St. Valentine's Day in the 1820s, and when postal rates became standardized in Britain a...
Benjamin Disraeli, Novelist and Statesman
Benjamin Disraeli was a unique figure, a witty novelist who, despite being the ultimate outsider, became a political force in Britain, served as prime minister, and befriended Queen Victoria. Born into a Jewish family with roots in Italy and the Middle East, Disraeli was always denounced as an upstart, an outsider,...
Charles Darwin On the Big Screen
The film "Creation," which gets wide release in the United States on January 29, relates the crisis faced by Charles Darwin while writing his landmark book, On the Origin of Species. The movie is based on a book written by Darwin's great-great grandson, Randal Keynes, who discovered some of his...
Discovery of Gold in California
The California Gold Rush was launched on January 24, 1848, when a worker at John Sutter's sawmill in northern California spotted a strange nugget in a waterway being built for the mill. Gold! The workers at the mill kept the find a secret for a time, but word leaked out. And...
The Victorian Era came to an end when the symbol of the age, Queen Victoria, died on January 22, 1901. Britain's monarch, who had ascended to the throne at the age of 18, was 81 years old. Queen Victoria had outlived her husband, Prince Albert, by nearly 40 years. Following Albert's...
Did a Slave Rebellion in Haiti Help the U.S. Double in Size?
The tragic news about the earthquake in Haiti has brought up an often overlooked subject, the birth of the Caribbean nation following a slave rebellion and how that impacted the young United States Is it true that the slave rebellion in Haiti led to the United States doubling in size? Yes, it...
World War II History
Congrats to Toni from NY on winning the WWII in HD giveaway contest! We hope you enjoy it, the series is very moving and shows a lot of scenes never before made public. If you weren’t the lucky winner this time you can order the DVD at the links below. Check...
International Conference on WWII
The National World War II Museum announces next International Conference on WWII - Stellar lineup of historians, authors, filmmakers, veterans and more to explore the war that changed the world....
It’s time for a new contest! On January 26 A&E Home entertainment (History Channel) is releasing the DVD and Blu-ray edition of WWII in HD. We have a DVD copy to give away! We will pick the winner this Friday (Jan 29, 2010), US residents only, sorry! You can enter the...
World War II History for January 18
World War II History for January 18, 1942-Russian launch a fresh offensive, 1942-Burma's Premier detained by the British, 1943-US commercial bakers stopped selling sliced bread, 1944-Soviets arrive at Leningrad ending 3 year Siege....
Commentary about the B-29 by Ed Hart: The B-29 was an inflection point in the history of aviation technology, war fighting…and program management. It certainly rivaled the A-Bomb program, and the fact that the two programs came together to end the war is – I think – instructive to all of...
With an audience as large and diverse as WWarII.com, it’s pretty much a given that some of you readers are reenactors, like me. And if you’ve entered the world of reenacting even a little bit, you’ll notice the lack of a feminine touch. It’s no secret: there are few places...
World History Blog
J. Maritain and N. Berdyaev on the Meaning of History
It appears I am on a philosophy of history kick this holiday season. I just read J. Maritain and N. Berdyaev on the Meaning of History and liked it. It is a comparison between Jacques Maritain and Nicolas Berdyaev's Christian philosophy of history and their impact on the Christian views of history...
Some Patterns in World History and How they can be Used to Predict the Future
I found an interesting philosophy of history site today. Some Patterns in World History and How they can be Used to Predict the Future provides a summary of William McGaughey's Five Epochs of Civilization, which splits history into four epochs each centered on a key communication technology. The fifth epoch is...
Tonight on History Channel - Santa Quest!
The History Channel is pleased to announce even more insightful historically significant programming for the holidays. In the tradion of Ice Road Truckers and Monster Quest, we present Santa Quest!For generations, throughout the world, there have been reports of a strange creature who trespasses in homes and often leaves evidence of the...
I received a free review copy of The World's Bloodiest History - Massacres, Genocide, and the Scars They Left on Civilization last week. On the whole, I enjoyed reading it even if the subject matter was less than pleasant.Here is a description of the book:In a somber survey leavened by sparse...
Ah, I love the holidays. I get to spend Christmas, New Years, and various free days off from the university with my family. It is relaxing and gives me time for writing and blogging too. And, I get to delete an excessive amount of comment spamfrom this blog.I guess people...
Spanish History at Spain Then and Now
While browsing online, I found a nice site for Spanish history. It is Overview of Spanish History at Spain Then and Now. It is easy to read and had a surprising amount of depth for a site clearly designed to generate revenue from Google Adsense ads.The site notes:Spain has a fascinating and...
About.com African History
Although slavery has been practiced for almost the whole of recorded history, the vast numbers involved in the African slave trade has left a legacy which can not be ignored. Whether slavery existed within sub-Saharan African societies before the arrival of Europeans is a hotly contested point between Afrocentric and Eurocentric...
Macmillan's "Wind of Change" Speech: 3 February 1960
The "Wind of Change" speech was made by the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, whilst addressing the South African Parliament during his tour of African Commonwealth states. It was a watershed moment in the struggle for black nationalism in Africa and the independence movement across the continent. It also signaled...
A Few Words About the Struggle for Independence ...
"Civilized or not civilized, ignorant or illiterate, rich or poor, we, the African States, deserve a government of our own choice. Let us make our own mistakes, but let us take comfort in the knowledge that they are our own mistakes."Thomas Joseph Mboya, Kenyan trade unionist and statesman, assassinated six...
Menes: First Pharaoh of Egypt?
According to Ancient Egyptian history (as written by the Egyptian historian Manetho, c305--285 BCE), Menes was the founder of the unified Egyptian state which combined Upper and Lower Egypt under a single monarchy. Find out more about Menes...Menes: First Pharaoh of Egypt? originally appeared on About.com African History on Sunday,...
The number of recognized hominid species which form part of our extended family tree is growing. Find out where and when each of these species was discovered. Humankind's African Origins originally appeared on About.com African History on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 00:10:07.Permalink | Comment | Email this...
A Few Words From Publius Terentius Afer ...
"Charity begins at home."From the character Charinus, in the play "The Lady from Andros" (also known as 'Andria') (I.635) by Roman playwright Terence (Publius Terentius Afer, born in Carthage c.185 BCE), written c. 160 BCE. "Nothing is said that has not been said before." From the prologue (I.41) of the play "Eunuchus"...
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Wig-Wags Moving to Wig-Wags.com!
Dear readers and blogosphere colleagues, I am in the process of making the great leap to a separate domain for my Wig-Wags blog. The new site is up and running but I’m still in the process of transitioning links and applying some spit and polish. That said, I have begun posting...
One of my readers is researching General Grenville M. Dodge and asked for information. I, of course, turned promptly to my buddy Peter A. Hansen who knows more about rail history than anyone I know. Pete writes for most of the major rail history magazines, consults with museums and rail...
W. J. Wood called Braxton Bragg the “most complicated of all the Confederacy’s generals.”(1) A graduate of the academy, where he excelled, he displayed skills as an administrator and adept trainer of troops. He had seen action in the Mexican War and was heralded as a war hero for his...
John Woo’s Epic Film…Red Cliff. Civil War in Ancient China
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that takes the visual depiction of battle to a new level (Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan). John Woo’s epic film, Red Cliff, does just that. Based on the actual Battle of Red Cliffs (see the Red Cliff Wiki here) that took place...
New: A Dragon’s Head and a Serpent’s Tail: Ming China and the First Great East Asian War, 1592-1598
It’s always a pleasure to receive a book about military history that’s a bit outside of my primary focus because invariably I learn something that informs my study. The good folks at the University of Oklahoma Press sent me a review copy of a new book by Kenneth M. Swope,...
Lincoln’s Impact on Military Operations
In class, we’ve been discussing how the decisions of the two commanders-in-chief during the American Civil War impacted events at the operational level. Modern scholars have challenged the notion that Lincoln simply stayed involved in military details until he found the right general (Grant). Eliot Cohen posits that’s “Lincoln exercised...
Breaking News
Source: AP (2-2-10)Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet, people who made the nominations said Tuesday.... Erna Solberg, the head of Norway's Conservative Party, put forth Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and Memorial, a prominent...
Bishop Williamson Unrepentent in Holocaust Denial
Source: Der Spiegel (2-1-10)Controversial Bishop Richard Williamson continues in his denial of the Holocaust, embarrassing both the Society of St. Pius to which he belongs and the Vatican. But the SSPX is becoming increasingly powerful despite the controversy and is attracting more and more supporters.... The world has become a smaller...
Pius XII feared outcry against atrocities would worsen situation
Source: CNS News (2-2-10)Pope Pius XII wanted to speak out against Nazi atrocities, but was advised not to for fear of worsening the wartime situation, said the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. "If the pope was silent, it was not out of fright or self-interest, but concern for worsening the situation of...
Last Mitford girl bemoans demise of the stiff upper lip
Source: Telegraph (UK) (2-4-10)As the last of the Mitford sisters, Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire has known her fair share of tragedy and upheaval. Yet the redoubtable duchess has hit out at the "sloppy-sentimental" culture of "self-pity and self-esteem" which has overtaken modern society, and lamented the demise of Britain's traditional stiff...
King, Sultan, pope crack down on smoking
Source: CNN.com (2-2-10)...[O]pposition to smoking has been around almost as long as smoking itself, and some of the historical measures to curb lighting up might surprise you. 1. The Pope cracks down on smoke Pope Urban VII's papacy began on September 15, 1590. It ended with his death from malaria less than...
U.S. pondered military use in Georgia
Source: Politico (2-3-10)President George W. Bush and his senior aides considered — and rejected — a military response to Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia, according to a new history of the conflict and interviews with former officials in the Bush administration. With desperate Georgians begging for American help in closing down...
About.com American History
American History Timeline 1626-1650
Find out what happened during the years 1626-1650 in America's past with this American History timeline. This was a time of great colonial activity amongst the English and the Dutch. New colonies were forming, and the seeds of future American independence and governance were being sown. American History Timeline 1626-1650 originally...
Celebrating African-American History
During the month of February, we focus on the importance of African-Americans in the history and culture of the United States. We'll begin by looking at three fascinating African-Americans: an abolitionist, a Civil Rights leader, and a President. Harriet Tubman Martin Luther King, Jr. Barack Obama Celebrating African-American History originally appeared on About.com...
Andrew Jackson Escapes Assassination
January 31, 1835, President Andrew Jackson was almost assassinated by Richard Lawrence. Luckily for the President, the gun misfired twice before Lawrence was disarmed. It is said that President Jackson had to be held back from beating Lawrence with his cane. This was the first assassination attempt of...
The American economy has been front and center in the news this week. With the business and bank failures and government bailouts, people across America are rightly concerned about the future. When Franklin D. Roosevelt came into office in 1933, he set into motion a combination of programs that collectively...
On January 25, 1877, Congress determined the presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden. Tilden won the popular vote but lost through the Compromise of 1877. Learn more about this and the other top ten presidential elections in American History. Hayes Beats Tilden originally appeared on About.com...
Aaron Burr is a truly fascinating character from America's past. He served during the Revolutionary War under Benedict Arnold, and his valor led him to be part of George Washington's staff. He was often the center of controversy including being a critic of Washington's leadership and possibly thwarting a romance...
Blog 4 History: American & Civil War History
A Time Capsule was unearthed that was buried about 1850, from the news piece: Athol (Massachusetts) Historical Society President Susannah Whipps-Lee said the time capsule — which has yet to be opened — was made from an old glass container that looked like a pickle jar with a rusted metal screw...
Early Draft of Constitution found in Philadelphia
One of the thrills of delving into any historical archives is holding a piece of history in your hands. I remember when I visited the Wisconsin State Archives while researching my book on the The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil War. When they brought me the daily reports of the...
The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of the American Revolution
To be sure, Americans have always been against large standing armies, yet we are the poster child for the Military Industrial Complex. For that matter, we have been ardent anti-tax; anti-big government; ect, ect. And what have we evolved into? Neither Republicans nor Democrats escape culpability. This brings me to...
Who Are Oliver Stone’s Hitler Historians?
There were a slew of news stories last week that specifically mentioned that Stone worked with two unnamed historians for his up-coming documentary on Hitler and other mass murders in an attempt to give us “empathy” for them and “provide” us with historical context to their rise to power. According...
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I mean this sincerely. I am saddened by the passing of Howard Zinn. From the Associated Press: Howard Zinn, the leftist academic whose alternative history of the United States became required reading for millions of ordinary people, as well as a following of celebrities, has died. He was 87. Zinn’s death was confirmed...
historyonair.com
From Six Revisions: Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from. Click the link above to read the article. Image...
From ty.rannosaur.us: It’s not exactly a startling, ground-breaking revelation to suggest that the Vikings were pretty much the most face-rockingly hardcore bastards to ever beat a bunch of monks to death with their own iron church bells, throw them through a stained-glass window onto some pointy rocks, and carry off all of...
One of the best explanations of the origin of life on film. A 40 minute production....
From Today’s History Lesson: The mighty battleship HMS Hood was felled in 1941 in spectacular (and catastrophic) fashion. Engaged in a fight with the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, her aft ammunition magazine was pierced by gunfire from theBismarck. The Hood exploded in a conflagration that split her in two, sank her in minutes with nearly...
From Neatorama: The Navajo language is incredibly complex, with syntax, tonal qualities and dialects that render it unintelligible to outsiders. A spoken language, it has no alphabet or symbols, and is used only in remote Navajo areas of the American Southwest. For these reasons, it was selected as a code language...
From mental_floss: The Giant’s Causeway is on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland. Legend says that the giant Finn McCoolbuilt the causeway so he could fight his enemy Benandonner in Scotland. The rock formation looks like a set of mostly hexagonal man made stepping stones, but this is a natural formation of...
Jim's Blogs
My new forum for blogging about serious topics, usually from current events and politics....
Quick drawings, usually freehand, of things that interest me. Often, they are warships from the Victorian period. I also like old, large guns, and other military and naval-related topics. The drawings tend to be cartoon-like....
Dream Sequence is now my place for writing an ongoing story narrative. The current story is a combination of science fiction and historical research....
Discussion about wargaming an military history, primarily WWII in North Africa. Also discussion about AFV's and artillery....
This is a forum for discussion of topics relating to the Dreadnought era, prior to the ascendency of naval aviation. We will be discussing history, ship design, and naval wargaming....
This is an ongoing discussion about 17th Century naval wargaming (really, 1620-1720). Part of what is offered are scenarios for games: orders-of-battle, ship lists, battle descriptions, and scenarios for Age of Sail II-Privateers Bounty (a sailing warfare computer simulation/game), suitable scaled for that environment. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 James C. Bender...
Cronaca
Copyright madness infects Australia
The CNN writeup is more balanced, but the BBC's better highlights the outrageousness of the underlying issues: The Australian band Men at Work are facing a big legal bill after a court ruled it had...
A life-size bronze sculpture of a man by Alberto Giacometti has been sold at auction in London for the world record price of £65,001,250. It took just eight minutes for bidders to reach the...
Inspired by Hollywood cowboy films, researchers have delved into the science of gun fights. Scientists discovered that people move faster when reacting to something than when they perform "planned actions". This is not at...
The first of 250 British and Australian soldiers whose remains were recovered from a World War I battlefield in northern France has been reburied. The unidentified soldier, who died in the 1916 Battle of...
Source of Trajan's aquaduct found at last
The long-sought source of the aqueduct that brought clean fresh water to ancient Rome lies beneath a pig pasture and a ruined chapel, according to a pair of British filmmakers who claim to have...
A clever bit of detective work by US scholars and scientists has proven that one of the jewels of the University of Chicago’s manuscript collection is, in fact, a skilled late 19th- or early...
The Virtual Dime Museum
"With A Juggler You Will Visit Many Lands"
Here is one of the books that fortune tellers like Madame Prewster and Madame Morrow (see links below for more on them) used when New Yorkers ventured into the seedier parts of downtown to consult them in the mid-19th century. The mysterious Madam Le Marchand - or an unknown writer...
Lost and Found in Victorian Brooklyn
I like the little ads and classified in old newspapers very much. They are full of things that you cannot find anywhere else, about the odd little things in people's everyday lives long ago. I will post any extremely odd ones that I find (I'm saving one about a missing...
David Barnett and the Landseer Lion
This is the story of two matched sketches, drawn by one of England's greatest artists, and of two art-loving friends in late 19th century Brooklyn, New York. The friends were a man named Henry Beam and my 3rd great uncle*, an English-born lawyer named David Barnett. Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73) was...
Some Victorian Drinking Fountains
Here is a little bit of Victorian trivia to start off the week It is really just a sampling of what I was able to find out. I have restrained myself from writing a whole essay, since you and I both have other things to do! In any case...I found this...
Franconi's Hippodrome: New York's Roman Coliseum
Did you know that in for a few years in the 1850s, you could go see a Roman circus and Roman chariot races right in the middle of New York? Welcome to Franconi's Hippodrome, which opened in May 1853 at Madison Square, at the intersection of 23rd Street, Broadway and...
Scouting Out the Brooklyn Bridge
This photograph amused me, because my father was a Boy Scout in Brooklyn in the 1940s, when this photo was taken. He's not in this picture, by the way. These Scouts are on the Brooklyn Bridge, with Milton Ferguson, the Director of the Brooklyn Public Library. I don't know why...
American Presidents Blog
We spent last week discussing the issue of gold vs. silver standards in my US history class as part of the Election of 1896, so I thought I'd share this fun lesson plan you can do with middle and high school students on the same topic. There are tons...
I have this pair of magnets on my fridge. They don’t really belong to me. I confiscated them years ago from a student. He was throwing them up in the air, and as they whizzed past each other they bumped against each other making clicking and zinging noises as they...
This is a rather amusing series from HNN. The author (there are three pieces, look at the bottom of the page for links to the other two) comments on modern issues as if he is interviewing George Washington. The current piece is on campaign finance:I’m [GW] talking about...
Hopefully you all recognize President Eisenhower, but the question for today is - who is with President Eisenhower in this picture?...
This article by Steven Lomazow on HNN talks about a new video from the 1945 Yalta Conference. The videos are embedded here or you can find them on YouTube. Make sure to check out the comments as well as additional information on the man behind the video is...
Quiz: State of the Union knowledge
(President Reagan delivers the 1988 State of the Union Address. Future President George H.W. Bush is behind him in the Vice-president's seat.)As you get ready to watch the State of the Union Address tonight, go and take a fun quiz at CNN. It is Quiz: State of the Union knowledge. There...