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While I admit, many myths about early America have been debunked and proven false by scholars and historians, I find it unusual that Ferguson feels Horwitz is going over old territory. For most Americans, it's completely new information, which they haven't ever heard before. In Hollywood films of old, and new, scalping is a distinctly Native American activity. It fits in with their typically shown savage nature. Where in reality their tactics and actions were normal and familiar to their brethre… Continue

The United States was plunged into World War II and out of the Great Depression by the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. With over 3,600 casualties, it is one of the more prominent American memories. Mostly because it was so overwhelmingly devastating and sudden, but also because it propelled this country to the position it sits today. It became a matter of great national and familial pride to enlist on a scale unlike previously. Women entered the work place by the droves, and rationing and victo… Continue

While I'm not surprised in the least that films such as Glory and Amistad were among the most used, I am a bit shocked at the numbers. I don't think I ever had a history teacher who used a portion of a film a week. MAYBE once every two weeks, but never every week. The films were used as rewards for finishing a section, or as icing on the cake at the end of the year. A few of the films were actually used to lead into course work, but then there were also the times we watched a film… Continue

Slave holders are often villianized in movies and in recreations of the past, today. Slaves are beaten, sold, families separated, and the white man continues to make money off the backs of other people's suffering and hard labor. We often forget that these slave holders are people too. They are flesh and blood, and have emotions, and ties to other people, just as we do today. The letters on display offered by plantationletters.com show this side of them. It would be difficult to discern the diff… Continue

The Built Heritage of North Carolina
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/builtheritage/index.php

The layout for this collection is simple enough. It's opening page has an introduction, explaining what the collection is for, and has a list of links within the site for navigational purposes. The primary links used in this site I would are 'search', 'browse', and 'timelines'. The link titled 'maps' works, but the actually page isn't completed yet, so is therefore useless at the moment. If y… Continue