Students were clamoring to have French French Revolution uploaded so they could see it again. Now it is.

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I have a plan to have students record a podcast to the internet. What they’ll record, I have no idea. However, I already have a hosting solution. Gcast. When it’s ready I’ll surely post a link.
We’re doing World War II tomorrow in Social Studies, so might be something to do with that.

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With the election season looming upon us, information literacy is important. I would like to focus on the ability to read political cartoons.
This is by far one of the most difficult skills to master when dealing with either current events or historical cartoons. However, they are an excellent way to get the sense of an [...]

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Today in class we talked about the possibility of American Imperialism. I outlined three ways in which we as a nation have demonstrated some of those traits.
The three I talked about were

Raw Materials – Dependence on foreign oil
Expanding Markets – American brands appearing all over the world
Nationalism – Extreme pride in our country. Average American [...]

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