WELCOME TO MR. BIGGLEY'S AMERICAN HISTORY WIKI!
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DUE DATES:
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ESSAY RESOURCES
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CURRENT EVENTS
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UNIT 1: A TIME OF UPHEAVAL 1954-1968
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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
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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
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December 19, 2008- Bob Woodward on the 'Secret Man' of Watergate
www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=12-19-2008
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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