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Comment by Peter Pappas on October 23, 2012 at 6:51pm

My iBook is now on the iTunes Bookstore. "Why We Fight: WWII and the Art of Public Persuasion" I'm very pleased with the project.

A multi-touch iBook filled with poster art, rarely seen films and other WWII-era media. Gives the reader a chance to experience Washington's PR campaign to sell the war to the American public. Draws parallels to America's response to 9/11.

Download a free preview at iTunes. Your ratings and reviews much appreciated.

Comment by Molly Myers on October 5, 2011 at 9:48am

Hey all. Here are some links of history sources on the web that I am collecting. It is mostly US related but there are some world thrown in as well. Some day I am going to organize it by time period. Some day.

Comment by Joe Phelan on September 28, 2011 at 6:58am

In response to Zach Post re teaching mulitiple perspectives for Columbus Day you should look at the EDSITEment article about how to use the PBS film about America post Columbus

How Teachers Can Make the Most out of When Worlds Collide.http://edsitement.neh.gov/how-teachers-can-make-most-when-worlds-co...

Comment by Joe Phelan on September 26, 2011 at 6:52am

You want to take a look at EDSITEment's lessons on the Cold War. Our guiding questions are open ended, and our lesson are filled with outstanding primary sources.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/curriculum-unit/origins-cold-war-1945-1949

We also have lessons on AntiCommunism in America

http://edsitement.neh.gov/curriculum-unit/anticommunism-postwar-ame...

and one on the Cuban Missile Crisis

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/missiles-october-cuban-missil...

 

Comment by Kimberly Johnson on September 25, 2011 at 9:35pm

Does anyone have any great projects or open ended essay questions that they've used for the early Cold War (1945 - 1960).  I'm trying to get away from in class tests this year as a final assessment.  We'll do a current event comparison at some point during the unit, so I am looking for something a little different than that too.  (grade 10, "academic" level students)

Comment by Raeanne Gillenwater on May 30, 2011 at 9:58pm

If anyone here has used any HistoryTunes this year, please let us know how you did so. This was our first school year, and the support from the twitter folks at #sschat has been awesome! We would love to get an idea of what worked for you, what didn't, and what you would add/change/delete from our resources. We will be tweeking HistoryTunes this summer, and possibly beginning The Global History Songbook, so feed back is much appreciated. Thanks so much.