WELCOME TO MR. BIGGLEY'S AMERICAN HISTORY WIKI!
This site is intended to provide you with course information, due dates, and resources.
DUE DATES:
FSE Topic Selection Draft Lottery September 21, 2009
FSE Final Paper Monday December 7, 2009
FSE Oral Seminars December 14-18, 2009
ESSAY RESOURCES
Click here to access Essay Resources.
NEWS AND NOTES
This American Life Podcast- Innovative and hilarious audio stories about the minutiae of American life.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/
Fresh Air Podcast- Intelligent interviews from National Public Radio on a range of contemporary topics.
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13
See in particular:
July 14, 2009- Investigative Journalist Probes CIA Secrets
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=07-14-2009&view=storyview
Historian Simon Schama is well-known for his books and television documentaries on art and a wide range of other subjects. A native of England, he's lived and taught in the United States for several decades, currently at Columbia University in New York. And it is this country -- our recent election woven into moments from the past and possible future -- that is the subject of his new book. It's called "The American Future: A History."
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