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Flag Day and Flag Etiquette (Original Version)
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Civil War Talk: Grant or Lee?
In this episode of Civil War Talk, I address the issue of Grant vs. Lee. Which general would I choose to lead my army? I'm still experiencing lighting and camera issues, but I've been trying to get this video shot and posted for weeks,...
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Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson Sport Robert E. Lee T-Shirts
Follow us on Twitter='https://twitter.com/bigmarshdawg77' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Twitter While searching for pictures for the next episode of Civil War Talk, I stumbled across a classic right wing website that had pictures of...
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Context 1, Part 4: The Ten Commandments at the Oklahoma Statehouse
Check out Matt Beat's history page hereref='https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here This was our test run of a podcast known as Context in which the interlacing of history and current events are...
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Five Reasons Not to Ban the Confederate Flag: Response
Follow Us on Twitter='https://twitter.com/bigmarshdawg77' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Twitter I've been getting a lot of questions about the Confederate flag and monuments across the South since the shooting in Charleston. Someone...
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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' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>workbook A...
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Context 1, Part 2: Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling
Check out Matt Beat's history page hereref='https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here This was our test run of a podcast known as Context in which the interlacing of history and current events are...
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Context 1, Part 3: A Woman on the Money?
Check out Matt Beat's history page hereref='https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here This was our test run of a podcast known as Context in which the interlacing of history and current events are...
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Context Episode 1, Part 1: The Confederate Flag
Check out Matt Beat's history page hereref='https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here This was our test run of a podcast known as Context in which the interlacing of history and current events are...
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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 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!ref='https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Reading-Through-History/Category/African-American-History' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>out! As always, the things I...
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Context 2, Part 2: Texas Migrant Children Denied Citizenship and the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya
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Context Episode 3, Part 1: The Iran Deal and the Military-Industrial Complex
Check Out Mr. Beat's Channel Hereref='https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Here In Episode 3, part 1 of Context, we discuss the backlash to the Iranian nuclear deal and the powerful...
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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
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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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