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WELCOME TO MR. BIGGLEY'S AMERICAN HISTORY WIKI!

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

 

 

DUE DATES:

Click here for a full list of Essay due dates.

 

 

ESSAY RESOURCES

Click here to access Essay Resources.

 

 

RESPONDING TO THE NEWS

Click here to access Responding to the News resources.

 

 

AMERICAN HUMOUR

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

 

 

INTRO ACTIVITIES

Click here to access course intro activities.

 

 

UNIT 1: A TIME OF UPHEAVAL 1954-1980

Click here to access Unit 1 resources.

 

UNIT 2: A CHANGING SOCIETY 1968-PRESENT

Click here to access Unit 2 resources.

 

 

NEWS AND NOTES

 

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

www.nytimes.com/pages/weekinreview/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."

 

Sam Roberts Detroit 67' video www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCi17SEPgpc

 

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

 

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

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

 

Conversation: Historian Simon Schama

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