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Five Reasons Not to Ban the Confederate Flag: Response
Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigmarshdawg77 I've been getting a lot of questions about the Confederate flag and monuments across the South since the shooting in Charleston. Someone sent me this video by Rebel Media and asked...
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History Brief: Al Capone & Organized Crime
For teaching resources covering this material, check out our workbook: http://www.amazon.com/Roaring-Twenties-Jake-Henderson/dp/1511531738/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1434489169&sr=1-3 A brief look at the life of Al Capone, as well as...
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Context 1, Part 3: A Woman on the Money?
Check out Matt Beat's history page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat This was our test run of a podcast known as Context in which the interlacing of history and current events are discussed. In the third part of episode 1, the...
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Context Episode 1, Part 1: The Confederate Flag
Check out Matt Beat's history page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat This was our test run of a podcast known as Context in which the interlacing of history and current events are discussed. In the first part of episode 1, the...
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Civil War Talk: Digging Up Nathan Bedford Forrest
In this episode of Civil War Talk I discuss the figure of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Was he a flaming racist? a butcher? possibly even a friend of the black man? Few figures in American history bring up such controversy. Few men are so...
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Context 2, Part 1: Confederate Monuments
Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory https://www.facebook.com/mrbeatssc?fref=nf Check out Matt Beat's history page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat In the first part of episode two of Context,...
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Context Episode 3, Part 2: The New AP US History Standards
In Context Episode 3, Part 2, we discuss the new AP US History standards. How much of it is political? Can you avoid being political when dealing with US history? Where do we even begin to have the conversation?
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History Teacher Apologizes for Being Lazy
Our African American Products are available here. Check 'em out!: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Reading-Through-History/Category/African-American-History As always, the things I hoped to get accomplished this summer are...
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Context 2, Episode 3: A Nuclear Deal With Iran
Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory https://www.facebook.com/mrbeatssc?fref=nf Check out Matt Beat's history page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat In part three of episode two of Context, we...
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Context 2, Part 2: Texas Migrant Children Denied Citizenship and the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya
Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory https://www.facebook.com/mrbeatssc?fref=nf Check out Matt Beat's history page here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat The podcast discussed in the video can be...
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Context Episode 3, Part 1: The Iran Deal and the Military-Industrial Complex
Check Out Mr. Beat's Channel Here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat In Episode 3, part 1 of Context, we discuss the backlash to the Iranian nuclear deal and the powerful Military-Industrial Complex. Is there a connection? What is...
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Fast Facts: The NAACP and the KKK in 1914
Just a fascinating fact that I discovered while doing research for a lesson on the history of the NAACP. I originally attempted to look up the number of Klan members nationwide in 1914, but when I discovered that the same number of Klan...
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Context Episode 3, Part 4: Are Modern Germans Xenophobes?
In this segment of Context, Episode 4, we discuss a ridiculous article from the Christian Science Monitor that suggests that modern Germans are nothing more than Nazi 2.0. The article seems to have since been removed.
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EOI Review: Settlement of the West and Immigration
In this episode of EOI review, the settlement of the American West is discussed. Why did the immigrants come? Who were the immigrants? What role did the Homestead Act play? What was the lure of the American West? This video explains...
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EOI Review: Obstacles to African American Voting
In this episode of EOI Review, I discuss the various obstacles that were put in place to African Americans voting during the Jim Crow era. Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause are discussed. Follow us on Twitter:...
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EOI Review: The Reconstruction Amendments
In this video, I examine the purposes and effects of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution, otherwise known as the Reconstruction Amendments.
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Fast Facts: John Brown's Children
John Brown, the ardent abolitionist known for his raid on Harper's Ferry, VA, fathered TWENTY children between his two wives!
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Context Episode 4, Part 1: The Massive Historical Archive Dump to Youtube
In this segment of Context, we discuss the recent announcement that thousands of hours of historical video footage are being uploaded to Youtube. The article is available here:...
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Context 4, Part 3: Warren G. Harding's Love Child
In this episode of Context, we discuss recent revelations that President Warren G. Harding fathered an illegitimate child. Follow Mr. Beat here: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat Check out RTH on Facebook:...
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Context 4, Part 2: Archeologists Make Amazing Discoveries in Israel and Near Roanoke
In this video, we discuss articles explaining recent archaeological discoveries made in Israel and sites around the lost colony of Roanoke. It turns out that farming likely existed far earlier than we thought, and new evidence suggests...
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The Origins of Halloween (original version)
This is a brief video discussing the origins of Halloween, including the Celtic holiday of Samhain and the Roman celebration of Pomona. For classroom materials, suitable for 5th to 8th grade readers, click here:...
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EOI Review: The Nativists
In this episode of EOI US history review, the Nativist Movement is explained. Who did they oppose immigrating to the United States and why? Chinese, Catholics, Japanese, and Jews were frequently the targets.
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Fast Facts: The Irish in New York (1910)
A fast fact about Irish immigrants in New York City in 1910. Teachers, visit our TpT store here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Reading-Through-History
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EOI Review: Angel Island and the Chinese Exclusion Act
In this video, Asian immigration to the US, Angel Island, and the Chinese Exclusion Act are discussed. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadingThroughHistory