Charley Norkus's Blog (3)

The more I read Werner, the more curious I became about our own US History textbook here at Athens. I went through the chapter we are currently using for World War II and took note of the images that the publishers had selected: Hitler at a Nazi rally, a Japanese Zero, a board game for children used to spread Nazi ideals, a button for “America First” isolationists, the cover of Mein Kampf, Stalin smiling and holding a small child, German girls waving Nazi pennants with a caption that states, “Th… Continue

I could use some kind of "cheat-sheet" for all of the different 21st century technology tools and skills we have been exposed to this semester. Has anyone created such a page that lists perhaps the titles, URLs and a brief summary of each? I've taken my high school students to the lab for projects, and it's been easy for them to fall back on creating PowerPoints, but any time I've introduced a new idea, many of them have jumped on it. My courses are U.S. History and Recent International Relation… Continue

As I will most likely not be available for the Thursday (10/16) online discussion, I wanted to pass on to you some talking points from "Flat" in hopes of generating here some discussion. So far, I've read (actually listened) through Ch 9, just starting "The Virgin of Guadalupe" on the way home last night. Probably because I am currently teaching Recent International Relations as well as US History, my talking points may sound more political than others, but here they are: 1. We must do a bette… Continue