Tuesday, July 31, 2012
The Diane Rehm Show's Friday News Roundup
Students, listen to the Friday News Round Up on the Diane Rehm show and write a reaction paper (about one page written) to one specific story that is discussed during the one-hour program. Listen to the entire program! Take notes! See how much you can understand!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Yale Lecture 3: Households: Structures, Priorities, Strategies, Roles
Watch the video of Yale Professor Wrightson below and take notes to build up your note-taking skills! This video is about households and how they were structured in Early Modern England.
Watch it on FreeVideoLectures.Com
Monday, July 23, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Ken Burn's "Prohibition" (A documentary)
Award-winning documentary film-maker Ken Burns' is a legend in America. He tells stories from the rich landscape of American history in an interesting and honest way--he uses old videos, photos, and interviews with historians and storytellers to make the past come alive. In this film, he analyzes and explains a confusing time in American history called Prohibition, when alcohol was temporarily made illegal across the United States for more than a dozen years! Click on the link below to check out individual scenes from Prohibition. If you watch all of the clips in order, you will have watched most of this powerful documentary.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Voyagers Are Going the Distance!
Click here for a dictionary definition for the word voyager.
Answer the following questions about the video:
1. What is the heliosphere? (104+)
2. What is interstellar space? (106+)
3. How old is the Voyager's mission? (103+)
4. What are the Voyagers? (102+)
5. What does the latest data from the Voyagers show? (108+)
6. How do NASA scientists know that a change is coming in Voyager's journey? (Masters+)
7. What happens when the spacecraft leaves the heliosphere? (Masters+)
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