WELCOME TO MR. BIGGLEY'S AMERICAN HISTORY WIKI!

This site is intended to provide you with course information, due dates, and resources.

DUE DATES:

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ESSAY RESOURCES

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CURRENT EVENTS

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AMERICAN HUMOUR

Click here to access instructions and suggested resources for the American Humour assignment.

INTRO ACTIVITIES

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UNIT 1: A TIME OF UPHEAVAL 1954-1968

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UNIT 2: A CHANGING SOCIETY 1968-PRESENT

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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

April 4, 2008- Martin Luther King's Final Years

www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=4-4-2008

November 3, 2008- Tina Fey: Sarah Palin and Saturday Night Live Satire

www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=11-3-2008

November 5, 2008- Bill Moyer's View of Contemporary America

www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=11-5-2008

December 19, 2008- Bob Woodward on the 'Secret Man' of Watergate

www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=12-19-2008

February 5, 2009- Will Bunch: Teaering Down the Reagan Myth

www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=2-5-2009

July 6, 2009- Robert McNamara on Doubts, and Vietnam

www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=7-6-2009

Conversation: Historian Simon Schama