Reading Through History
Biography Brief: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
http://readingthroughhistory.com/ This is a short biography of the Women's Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Transcript: Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was a tireless, good-humored reformer who battled to increase the role women...
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Serving Justice
New ReviewMr. Griot demonstrates writing an essay comparing and contrasting two biographies using a Venn diagram and a paragraph organization chart.
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Nancy MacLean -Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Nancy MacLean is an award-winning scholar of the twentieth-century U.S., whose most recent book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, has been described by Publishers Weekly as “a...
Reading Through History
History Brief: George Orwell
The following video provides a brief biography of the author known as George Orwell, including his childhood, young adult life, and writing career. For an educational unit on Orwell, click here: http://bit.ly/2l2IScW *** Like our...
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The Workers Rights Revolution I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The Industrial Revolution did not simply change the way we work and how it is organized, it also had a profound impact on the situation of workers in Europe. Catastrophic living conditions in the ever growing cities lead to protests and...
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Susan Campbell - Teachers Make a Difference - Richard Massa
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
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Susan Campbell - Why Journalism Matters
Susan Campbell is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a widely-read newspaper columnist, and the author of three books. She has worked across the media landscape as an award-winning print journalist, a regular commentator on WNPR, and a...
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The Steam Machine Changes The World I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
The invention of the steam machine and innovations related to it in the textile industry really got the Industrial Revolution going. First they changed the way people work in their field and then they changed the organization of labour...