Through online networking I've recently connected with, Simon McShannon, the creator of the online publication, "Dugout-WW1".
The magazine features and covers all significant episodes from World War One. Including the key figures, the politics, the battles, weapons the hot topics and much much more. This instantly downloadable magazine contains approximately 80 Pages per issue, and is packed full of pictures, illustrations, information and lesser-known facts regarding this bloody and tragic conflict.
Every Issue Features
- A Re-Enactment Group
- Major Battle
- Key Civilian or Military figure of World War One
- Famous Military Unit
- 3 factsheets (Navy, Army and Air force)
- Artillery and Weapons
- Mess Hut (Recipes from World War one)
- Book’s Review
- DVD’s Review
- Events & News
- Most Articles Have Embedded Video Links
- Internet Linked Advertisers
- Classified Advertisements
Compared to most historical magazines currently retailed, Dugout-WW1 is not only a great wealth of information but a great addition to the military enthusiast’s collection.
With a wealth of clickable links which take you, the reader, to video footage and much more…. at an affordable bargain price.
You can follow Simon McShannon and "Dugout-WW1" on Twitter.
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Contribute to the conversation at OurGlobalHistory.Blogspot.com - http://ourglobalhistory.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-teach-longitude-and-latitude.html
Do you have a secret in teaching kids the wonders of maps? Would you like to learn how other teachers do it?
Head on over to OurGlobalHistory
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Hello, and welcome to the 90th History Carnival!
From the horse's mouth... " The History Carnival is a monthly showcase of blog writing about history, usually held on the 1st day of the month. It's hosted at a different blog each month to provide a variety of approaches and perspectives."
I've received plenty of nominations from a few different view points, on plenty of different topics.
I had asked in my original post about hosting this carnival that blogs be submitted with my readers in mind. I asked that the posts have some kind of information (lesson plan idea, resources, etc... that could be used in a classroom. But I think this stipulation was ignored. Because a "carnival" is simply a way to bring new blogs to my readers, I decided to keep any blog nominated that related to American History.
So here they are... enjoy.
Anthropology in Practice has some interesting information about the Hudson River in the late 17th century. With the reconstruction of the World Trade Center, they've discovered a sea wall that was built in 1899. This bit of archeology is especially interesting to me this summer. I've taken two workshops this summer that have discussed archeology in and around Philadelphia. I have a new found appreciation for archeology and the idea that underneath every building, there is probably remnants from another time. This post is no exception.
Soldier's Mail is an excellent blog that publishes World War I letters. I haven't read this blog, but was pleased when it was nominated. There's a lot here to pull from. This particular post is written from a soldier who was recently in a field hospital, and is expecting a furlough soon. Teachers, see if you can use some of these in the classroom.
Northwest History sticks it to the man... or... the museum. Read this open letter to curators at the Baron Von Munchausen home. Though I don't know whether this is a farce or not. The only Baron Von Munchausen I know is an exaggerated German baron who made up stories about himself that have became legend. It's because of this, and the fact that I can't find any proof that a house like this exists, that I give you fair warning that what you're about to read may be a joke. If it is true, it is an example of why we should all do our own research.
Religion in American History gives an overview of the book, Strangers and Pilgrims, Travelers and Sojourners. It's an explanation of the reasoning for the book and the content and ideas behind the six volumes.
The Denver Post has great pictures of "America". The entry is entitled, America in Color from 1939-1943. There was a lot happening in the world and in America in those five years... but the pictures don't reflect what might immediately come to mind. These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. Check them out... they're fascinating.
Civil War Memory is attempting to inform the public about a movie they haven't seen. To their credit, the preface the post by clearly stating they haven't seen it, but do want to bring this Civil War tale to the public for discussion about its validity. It's a movie about Richard Kirkland a Confederate Sargent who risked his own life to save the life of a Union soldier at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Reader's Almanac has a Walt Whitman poem in commemoration of an 1860 meteor. Reader's Almanac is the blog of the Library of America, which as cool books but for a pretty penny. You can sometimes try them out for cheap, and then cancel. This is what I did to get a collection of Abraham Lincoln's writings. The blog is commemorating the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War with a series of posts following the history of the war as it occurred 150 years ago.
World War II - Day by Day - this blog is a cool idea. It's a daily update of what was going on in the War on this day. A time line of sorts. Might be good fodder for classroom discussions when studying the war.
And that does it... thanks for checking in. This is the spot where I'd normally inform you about the host for next month, but it appears as if the Carnival is taking a break for September. Look for another host here in October
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Here's a collection of a bunch of interesting history websites. If you've got a history site, be sure to add your site. It's quick and easy. The owner of the site is very quick to reply to any issues.
Top 100 History Websites
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The American Association of School Librarians has compiled a list of some very useful websites.
The "Top 25" sites foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. All of the websites are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.
Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning
I've used several of these.... I can speak for the power of VoiceThread, Wordle and Wikispaces.
Another great site not to make the list is Wallwisher.
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Once again, in an effort to create more back links to their site to increase page rankings in the search engines, the wonderful team at online universities dot com has put together a cool list for us history buffs.
This one, is a list of the documentaries that have focused on presidents and their administration. Our commanders-in-chief are often the subject of documentaries and films, and now you've got many of them all in one place.
Here's the link: 100 Excellent Online Documentaries for Presidential History Buffs
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Did you ever wish someone would take the time to scour YouTube for a bunch of useful history videos? Your wish has been granted...
Below, you'll find links to some of the greatest presidential speeches, moments of turmoil, moments of triumph and some moments we wish we could erase from American history. But without all of these moments, our history would be quite different.
Enjoy these links... use them in class, save this page, it could come in handy...
http://www.onlineschools.org/2009/11/18/100-great-moments-in-american-history-you-can-catch-on-youtube/
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Just received an email from a company that has created a website/iPhone application dedicated to making to providing information on what happened today... In History.
In other words, it's not just another of your average Today in History sites. This one actually gives you the content you want, where you want it... on your iPhone or iPod
Today In History is an effective tool to share: it simply offers snack sized pieces of information to get the reader hooked, lets them look up a bit more on wikipedia, and then once the seed is planted they'll hopefully act on it and seek more information in a library or in school.
Here's their website for more information: http://www.todayhistory.net/
And here's the Today in History iPhone application: http://bit.ly/diIMmS
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In honor of President's Day, A&E Home Entertainment is having a special on "The Presidents" documentary on iTunes! You can download all eight episodes of the documentary for only 99 cents each.
The Presidents 3-DVD set is an eight-part survey of the personal lives and legacies of the remarkable men who have presided over the Oval Office.
From George Washington to George W. Bush, The Presidents gathers together vivid snapshots of all 43 Commanders in Chief who have guided America throughout its history--their powerful personalities, weaknesses, and major achievements or historical insignificance.
Based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by James McPherson, The Presidents features rare and unseen photographs and footage, unexpected insight and trivia from journalists, scholars, and politicians such as Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Wesley Clark, Bob Dole, and former President Jimmy Carter. Viewed within the changing contexts of each administration, the Presidency has never seemed more compelling and human. Narrated by Edward Herrmann (The Aviator), this three-DVD set is a proud addition to the award-winning documentary tradition of THE HISTORY CHANNEL.
Link to The Presidents on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTVSeason?id=272208661&s=143441 (You Must have iTunes for this link to work)
If you've got iTunes or an iPod or any other iProduct that could download the information, the entire set is yours for about $8 bucks until February 23. Each episode is about 45 minutes long, so that's a pretty good buy. If you don't want to shell out the money, I'm giving one away. A&E has agreed to send one to me, and one to one of my readers.
So here's the deal.
To enter into the Free DVD sweepstakes tell me which President you'd most like to spend a day with, and tell me what you'd do. I'm looking for historical accuracy and creativity.
Good luck.
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I just came across a cool website featured in an old American Teacher magazine. American Teacher is the national publication of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The AFT is basically the union of all unions.
Which is very fitting considering the link I found is the online museum of all online museums.
The Museum of Online Museums, or MoOM, is an ongoing experiment of web publishing, design and commerce from the Chicago based design company, Coudal Partners.
http://www.coudal.com/moom/
The MoOM is updated often and they have a rotating gallery. There probably isn't a museum you can think of which isn't listed.
Online museums are a good way to bring otherwise inaccessible art to the classroom. Often times the museum will allow you to zoom in and navigate each piece and the good ones will have a background of the piece to help set the scene.
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Here's a great resource for teachers and students. Scrolling through the list you can probably find something for almost any topic in world history, government, economics, etc...
100 Lectures for History Lovers
I might suggest having some of your students listen to some of these lectures for extra credit and then report the highlights back to the class. You can show bits and pieces of the lectures in class, or for your tech-savvy students, perhaps they can edit the lectures to say something that wasn't really said... kind of a propaganda technique.
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While sitting around eating left-over Thanksgiving turkey a few weeks back, the conversation turned to Walter Cronkite. It was at this time that somebody mentioned if I had heard of Walter Cronkite's television show... "You Are There" - I had not.
The series ran on CBS in the 1950s. Here's more information on the series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_There_%28series%29
I was told he would broadcast different events in world history and that CBS would recreate the scenes as if it were breaking news... I was hooked. I had to find some of these episodes, and I did...
After a few minutes of searching I discovered the Museum of Broadcast Communication and 13 of the episodes in their archives. Though only 8 of them have video. You can do a search for yourself here: http://archives.museum.tv/archives
The show is a hoot... I've been having trouble uploading the video to the blog, but it was quite easy to pull it from The Museum of Broadcast Communication's website. They're a little dated, but still entertaining... and used in the right way, and with a sense of humor and a grain of salt, could definitely be used in the classroom.
Some titles include: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, The Chicago Fire, The Death of Socrates, The Emancipation Proclamation, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Grant & Lee, The Death of Stonewall Jackson, The End of the Dalton Gang and The Crisis of Galileo, et. al
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Sure.. it's a link sent to me from an online university trying to increase their Google rank by getting a lot of relevant incoming traffic.... but they still do a good job of compiling the information.
Watch the 100 Greatest Moments in American History on YouTube
Categorized for your convenience... enjoy.
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Starting Monday 8/31, EverythingIsHistory.com will be running a trivia contest on their website.
I've been told it won't be that tough, and they'll actually give you the answers before they ask the questions.
So what's the incentive? CASH and PRIZES!
There will be a prize given away each day, including a grand prize of a $50 gift card to Amazon for one lucky participant!
The rules are simple, it's free to participate, and you can find more details here: http://everythingishistory.com/2009/08/24/upcoming-contest-50-years-of-50-states/
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I receive great information via email and love to that information with you...
This one comes from the editor of America in WWII magazine... and it reads:
"While preparing the current issue of AMERICA IN WWII magazine (available at Barnes & Noble, Borders), we found two gutsy, fun, high-quality World War II comic books produced by, believe it or not, the US government!
America was desperate for high-octane warplane fuel early in World War II. But sagging morale slowed refinery construction. The US government's Petroleum Administration for War (PAW) searched for a solution and decided the answer was...comic books! PAW published two comic books for petroleum refinery construction workers in 1943.
We ran a photo essay on the comic books in our current issue. But the comic books are so cool that we decided to post both of them in their entirety on our website, www.americainwwii.com, as downloadable PDFs.
Here are the urls for the comic books: http://www.americainwwii.com/pdfs/comin-in-on-a-wing.pdf and http://www.americainwwii.com/pdfs/undercover-war-comic.pdf
Both comic books are in the public domain. The copies we scanned are housed in the National Archives II in College Park, Maryland.
Please feel free to share the links and pass the comics around. Who knows, they may just raise morale nationwide!"
There... I just did.
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BackStory with the American History Guys (backstoryradio.org) is a call-in radio show that brings a historical perspective to every day happenings. U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh discuss current events from a historical perspective.
On Memorial Day, BackStory will pay public tribute to those who lost their lives fighting for our country. The people that should be remembered and revered more than three or four days a year. The focus will be on the changing attitude of America towards dying. The program features an interview between historian and Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust, and BackStory co-host Ed Ayers.
Interested in how to listen to BackStoryRadio?
Though BackStory is produced monthly and can be heard on a select number of radio stations around the country, the best way to hear the broadcast is to sign up for their free podcasts.
Signing up for the podcast will get you the newest episode delivered directly to your computer as soon as it is completed. For more information about how to subscribe to the free podcast
Click here.
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Received this information via email - thought some of my readers would enjoy it.
"Harold Holzer, co-chairman of the U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, appears with acclaimed actor Sam Waterston in a special performance edition of BILL MOYERS JOURNAL at 9 pm on Friday, April 10 -- which is also Good Friday, the tragic day of Lincoln’s assassination.
Lincoln’s Legacy and Legend is a deeply moving and intimate performance of poetry and prose written by Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Allen Ginsburg, Langston Hughes, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many other American writers who have struggled to find words to describe perhaps the greatest of American heroes.
This special edition of BILL MOYERS JOURNAL is based on a private performance that Holzer and Waterston did in February at New York’s Century Club. “That was magnificent,” said Moyers, who was in attendance that evening. “This should be on television, and I intend to put it on.” And now he is doing exactly that.
More information and a press review preview clip are available in a web toolkit at this link: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/lincoln/toolkit.html
The toolkit includes web banners and buttons as well as embeddable video clips of Sam Waterston’s performance that can be added to blogs, websites, facebook pages, etc. A program press release is attached to this email as a Word document for ease of use. The public can be referred to a preview here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/lincoln/watch.html.
After the premiere of Lincoln’s Legacy and Legend on PBS on April 10th, the program can be viewed online in its entirety at www.pbs.org/moyers/lincoln. The website will also include a robust collection of additional visual and educational material."
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Got this email this morning. I thought it was appropriate on two levels... Spring (spring break for some of you!), and American History. Enjoy the links.
The Washington D.C. cherry blossoms are in full bloom and National Geographic is a great resource about the historic landmark. National Geographic’s website has the full history of the blossoms from the first commemoration of the donation to the maintenance of the trees today at news.nationalgeographic.com. Also, photography.nationalgeographic.com has a photo gallery of the famous blossoms.
Did you know that the trees were a gift to the United States from Japan in 1912 to symbolize the friendship between the two countries? The article also depicts the ceremonious planting of the trees by First Lady Helen Taft and the wife of the Japanese ambassador on the bank of the Tidal Basin.
Follow the link below to learn more about the historic garden. And click on the photo to view the National Geographic Cherry Blossom photo gallery.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0404_0020405_cherryblossom.html
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Looking for a way to share your powerpoints with your students? A way for them to view them from home... SlideShare.net is your answer.
Slideshare allows you to easily upload your powerpoint to their website, for easy viewing by the public. Simply send the kids the URL, or input their slideshare widget on your blog or website, and your good to go.
http://www.slideshare.net/
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Past Times News; Reporting the Rare and Unusual Stories from America's Past
I don't remember how I stumbled across this, but I'm glad I did.
Past Times News is a newspaper written in today's vernacular about events that happened in the past. It's like a newspaper from the past being delivered today. Though for some reason they're not taking any new subscriptions. You can purchase from their archived collection.
http://www.pasttimesnews.com
The idea is simple. Take events of the past and write about them as if they just happened. This would be great if each issue concentrated on one particular era in history. For example a teacher could purchase the stories of 1776 and have the students report on them as if they were current events.
Each issue comes with a bibliography of their sources and a game in the form of a jumble. Click this link to see what each issue can offer: http://www.pasttimesnews.com/vol2issue8/index.php
Here's an excerpt from the article, How to Save Your Family from Imminent Disease and Death
Lethal bacteria spawning on your dish rag, vicious microbes wriggling in the water you gulp, ravenous tapeworm larvae nestling in your breakfast sausage––if only these microscopic monsters were visible to the naked eye, people would be far more careful about keeping their homes clean. Although we are living in the year 1913, years since Louis Pasteur first revealed the unseen organisms causing decay and disease, many people still don’t know the essential measures that need to be taken to protect themselves from such tiny terrors.
Based in Philadelphia, Past Times News seems like a great idea. Perhaps I'll try to contact them to see why they've stopped publishing new material. Maybe they need writers. Any takers?
Each issue is $5.95... not too much to pay for a few lessons, right?
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