Harriet Beecher Stowe, the “Little Woman who wrote the Book that Started This...
The seventh child born into a family of advocates, agitators and dissidents, Harriet Beecher Stowe was no stranger to controversy. Although she had long been active in anti-slavery circles – she and...
View ArticleDaily Life during the Depression: A Social History
Although the Great Depression was born on Wall Street, it affected Americans in their homes and on the streets, and its ramifications would echo for decades. The record unemployment of the Great...
View ArticleHow to Watch a Movie in History Class
Although many students (and maybe a few teachers) think of “movie day” as nap time, using films in the classroom is a great way to encourage critical thinking and analytical skills. Multimedia also...
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The Hatfield-McCoy Feud: Creating the Legend
The recent release of the History Channel’s original mini-series The Hatfields and the McCoys has sparked renewed interested in this epic family feud, as well as other feuds in American history. But...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West (Book Review)
Patricia Nelson Limerick isn’t setting out to discredit Frederick Jackson Turner as an historian and scholar. And it isn’t that she believes his influential “Frontier Thesis” was without merit. On the...
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Tradition in the Kitchen, Jello on the Table: Changing Food Traditions in...
The instructions may have struck some as curious, but it was no typo. The strange truth was confirmed by a tiny illustration. There it was: a recipe for homemade fudge, shared with countless readers in...
View ArticleHarriet Beecher Stowe, the “Little Woman who wrote the Book that Started This...
The seventh child born into a family of advocates, agitators and dissidents, Harriet Beecher Stowe was no stranger to controversy. Although she had long been active in anti-slavery circles – she and...
View Article“Now He Belongs to the Ages”
On the night of April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln indulged in a rare night out to attend the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater. Timing his entry with that of one of the play’s biggest...
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First Political Casualty of the Great Depression
No historical event, idea or figure is ever safe from constant interpretation and reinterpretation. The presidency of Herbert Hoover is a terrific example of this phenomenon. In his early presidency,...
View ArticleLost Dreams of Permanent Prosperity
Like the word “awesome,” the depth and meaning of the word “great” has lost some of its intensity due to overuse. But in order to begin to understand the Great Depression, it’s important to first...
View ArticleDaily Life during the Depression
Although the Great Depression was born on Wall Street, it affected Americans in their homes and on the streets, and its ramifications would echo for decades. The record unemployment of the Great...
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Creating the Legend
The recent release of the History Channel’s original mini-series The Hatfields and the McCoys has sparked renewed interested in this epic family feud, as well as other feuds in American history. But...
View Article250 years in 10 lectures
Modern or Western Civilization is a historical field that is always at odds with itself: What is modern? Where do you start? What is the “Western” civilization and is it superior to the “Eastern”? Who...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Conquest
Patricia Nelson Limerick isn’t setting out to discredit Frederick Jackson Turner as an historian and scholar. And it isn’t that she believes his influential “Frontier Thesis” was without merit. On the...
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Tradition in the Kitchen, Jello on the Table
The instructions may have struck some as curious, but it was no typo. The strange truth was confirmed by a tiny illustration. There it was: a recipe for homemade fudge, shared with countless readers in...
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