“How Sputnik Changed US Education” is an article written by, Alvin Powell in the Harvard Gazette. In this Article, Powell gives a new perspective of how Sputnik changed the US education system. Powell argues that schools in the US felt a sense of urgency to dedicate more time to science and teaching the future generation…
09. Types of historiography
Historiography Kayla Mizelle
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For this assignment, I started by thinking about the things that interest me that are conventionally known histories. One thing that has always peeked my interests has been World War 2 and the mass exodus of people, specifically Jews, from Germany before the war. The people migrated all over the world, some went to England and…
08. Rural electrification
“New Deal REA- 1963” Leuchtenburg (Kayla Mizelle)
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In this reading, Luechtenburg discusses the affects the rural electrification had on American society. He claims that the REA was Roosevelts biggest contribution to the American society. Leuchtenburg writes, “Valley Authority was bringing electricity to a valley where, in 1932, only one Mississippi farm out of a hundred had power. “We are working toward no less…
07. Different national perspectives
Research on Different National Perspectives Kayla Mizelle
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For my research, I started by looking through history that most excites me to see if there were different national perspectives associated with it. I wanted to figure out if there were any different perspectives related to the counterculture. I started with a google search and went from there. I mostly found common misconceptions related…
06. War of 1812
“Teaching The War of 1812 Different In The U.S., Canada” Kayla Mizelle
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This reading is from a transcription of a radio show on NPR. In this Radio show the host, Robert Siegel, interviews two history teachers. The first an 8th-grade history teacher from the US and second a 5th and 6th-grade history teacher from Canada. The show makes it very obvious that the two countries teach the war…
04. What is revisionism?
“How Revisionist History Works” Kayla Mizelle
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Cristen Conger in her article, “How Revisionist History Works” explains what revisionist history is and the implications that go along with revisionism. Conger defines revisionist history as, “Scholars find inconsistencies or outright fallacies in historical narratives and make the necessary edits, or they examine the reasoning behind historical facts.” [1] This essentially means that somewhere…
03. Decision to use the atomic bomb: Alternative interpretations
“Reclaiming Realism for the Left: Gar Alperovitz and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” Kayla Mizelle
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In “Reclaiming Realism for the Left: Gar Alperovitz and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” by Peter Kirstein creates and recognizes the argument that dropping atomic bombs on Japan may not have been entirely necessary and potentially a poor decision by the United States. In the second paragraph, he lets on to his opinion…
02. Decision to use the atomic bomb
“Decision To Use The Atom Bomb, Morton, Last 7 pages” Kayla Mizelle
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Louis Morton in his Article, “The Decision To Use The Atom Bomb” discusses the necessity of dropping an atom bomb on Japan in August of 1945. Morton makes an argument that the war was thought to be over by that time. He argues that by this time the air bombardment, naval bombardment, and the entrance…
01. Objectivity
“What Are Historical Facts, P. 331-335, Part 2” Kayla Mizelle
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Carl L. Becker in, “What Are Historical Facts” pages 331-335 attempts to help aspiring historians understand where a historical fact exists. He explains that a historical fact exists either in the mind of a person or it does not exist at all. He explains that an event could be recorded and written down but with out …
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