Looking for a way to stay more organized? Check out this iPhone app. Finally, you can tell your teachers that you're using your iwhatever for school work!
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/personal-tech/brodie-beta/bomb-at-karaoke-theres-an-app-for-that/article1680140/
Stuff you missed in History class podcast
podcast.com/show/123792/
Listen to Terri Gross's interview with Clinton historian Taylor Branch.
www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=09-28-2009
"Gun Show Nation" preview. Investigative journalist Max Blomenthal looks into the growing, extremist opposition to the current administration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFFG8R9noNg
Listen to Max Blomenthal's interview with Terri Gross
www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=9-10-2009
"Amreeka" the movie. Thanks to Ajay for the tip! It looks great!
amreeka.com/
Also see this link to a podcast with the director of the film.
www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=09-09-2009
Footage from the Tea Party Patriots Washington rally on 9/12/2009. The Tea Party Patriots are a modern day protest group that take their name from the Boston Tea Party, which is a famous act of protest in American history. Unfortunately, some of these protesters are a little bit misinformed. See what you think...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUPMjC9mq5Y
Tea Party Patriots website
teapartypatriots.org/Default.aspx
New York Times Week in Review- A great summary of all the week's major news stories from one of America's most influential newspapers. Try the news quiz! www.nytimes.com/learning/students/quiz/index.html
Alternative reading: Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States of America" A People's History of the United States.pdf
Description from Harper Collins "Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace."
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
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."