In order to really understand any people and time period, it's important to look, not just at secondary sources, but at primary sources as well. Rather than having you purchase an expensive supplemental reader for this class, I will post here links to some important primary sources online. For most class sessions, I will ask you to comment here on a selection particularly relevant to what we will be discussing in class.To get started, here's a test of the History 152 blog system. If you don't already have one, please create for yourself a "Blogger" account by following the instructions at http://www.blogger.com/. Be sure to create a blogger profile which includes your e-mail address. Otherwise, I can't reply directly to your post.
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When you have created your blogger account and your profile, click the "comments" link below, and answer one (1) of the following questions:
1. What figure from American history do you find the most interesting? Why?
2. What is the most important thing you learned in your high school American history classes?
3. What historical time period most interests you? Why?
2. I'm not sure that I could remember anything specific from high school history, but I remember the essence. My love/hate (mostly love)relationship with history began way back before they started calling it history. It was still called Social Studies in 5th Grade. The hate part came when we had to learn all the state capitals. I learned them all, studied hard, and the teacher asked me to go to the board and write the capital of Florida. I wrote Tallahasy on the board. She said "that's not right," and I argued back that it sure as heck was, I studied! She told me I spelled it wrong and I yelled in disbelief, "We have to learn how to spell them too??!!" All that did was challenge me more. I learned to spell them all and got no less than a 95% on any social studies assignment thereafter.
ReplyDeleteMy second spark for history came in the 8th grade. Again, I can't tell you any specifics from class, but I remember that passionate, good teacher, Mr. Wittle (or Whittly or Witle or...). He made class fun and exciting. I really wanted to be there, and to absorb whatever we talked about. And if you just couldn't get enough during school hours, you could stay after and "Hang" with him as he tied flies for fly fishing.
3. I think the historical time period that most interests me is ancient to medieval history. Not quite the American history we will be learning in class, but I have my reasons.
ReplyDeleteArt: Some of the most phenomenal pieces of art and architecture (in my opinion) were produced in these times, including the pyramids, parthenon, castles, cathedrals, etc.
Warfare: War was fought withOUT guns. This better proved who the alpha dog was. Those with the best martial prowess, and the most genius tactics won. I especially love to learn about the underdog that never should have won, but did.
Progression: I've always been fascinated with how different societies advance in mathematics and sciences and philosophy overall. For example, I think it's amazing that they were able to calculate the approximate circumference of the earth so long ago.
Forgive me if some of my knowledge is inaccurate, but these are just a few reasons for my love of that span of history.
My favorite is early american history and the expansion west. for whatever reason... I just like that stuff.
ReplyDelete-Chad Pederson
The figure that I find most interesting in U.S. History is none other than honest Abe himself. The reason that I think that is because with out him our country would not have made it. There were som many things that fifferentiated the north from the south that had not Lincoln been president we would not have the United States of America as we know it today. Milt
ReplyDeleteI think the most important thing I learned in government class that i can remember is when we did mock trials. The way the court system works is an important thing in government. Without the court system how would we officially determeine who is innocent and who isn't. Though the court system is set up to be fair, it isn't always that way. There can be quiet alot of corruption in the court system too. The corruption can come from many differet places, whether its from the judge, jury, police, lawyers or from somewhere else. So not even the court system is fair even though its supposed to be.
ReplyDelete3. I think the time period that interests me most would be between 1861-1865 because I love the civil war era. The reason being is in the 5th grade I had a teacher and one of my best friends and I got bored and just studied about this time period. Another reason is because my favorite president would have been Abraham Lincoln because he didn't believe in slavery and wanted the Confedarcy and Union back as one. My teacher watched me that year because between my best friend and I we never had to study because we knew the material.
ReplyDeleteAnother great time period would have been some of the outlaw outburst occured because I liked learning how some of these men and women committed such vicious acts and got away from the federal police and marshalls.
- Alex Conn
I took American Govt my junior year in High When I was a senior in High School I took World History. I learned about the Industrial Revolution and others. I learned about politics as well as history about the politics. Such as, the Judicial system. When I was a sophmore, I took American History class. I learned about many wars, such as the Holicost, Civil War, Wolrd War 1, and World War 2, the French and Indian War, and many others. All those were fasinating to me. Kristina Walden
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a senior in High School I took World History. I learned about the Industrial Revolution and others. I took American Govt my junior year. I learned about politics as well as history about the politics. Such as, the Judicial system. When I was a sophomore, I took American History. I learned about many wars, such as the Holicost , Civil War, World War 1, and World War 2, the French and Indian War, and many others. All those were fascinating to me. The first blog i made was incorrect, so here is my new blog. it should be mostly correct. Kristina Walden.
ReplyDelete3. I think that the one historical time period that I think is the most interesting is, the Civil War. I liked this time period because it was a time that people were fighting over people and this war had a great affect on this country. I think that if this was was not fought this country would still have slavery in the South and the North would be heavily populated with run away slaves.
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