The most famous duel in American History took place on July 11, 1804. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies for several years. Hamilton was a Federalist and Burr was a Democratic-Republican. In 1800, Hamilton had worked behind the scenes to break the electoral tie between Jefferson and Read more…
When the artist Raphael was working on his Vatican frescoes, two pompous Cardinals came to see the paintings. When they sniffed that one of the faces of an Apostle was too reddish, Raphael responded: “He blushes to see into whose hands the Church has fallen.” – Hume 77
We are now in September and I will start to post more frequently. Most of the posts are going to be anecdotes from World History, as opposed to American History. The web site already has a wealth of American History anecdotes from the post-Civil War period. You can access them Read more…
I have finished the November page of “Today in History”. Each month takes hours to prepare, so I am posting them as soon as I have them ready. I will keep ahead of the current date so you can check in each day to Read more…
Well, I think I have got the basics down and I’m ready to reach out to my peers in the education community. In particular, the site right now is designed to help American History teachers. (Although I hope non-teachers who love American History will find it entertaining.) In the future, Read more…
Here is an example of a page of anecdotes for teaching the period from 1877-1900. The stories come from a variety of sources. (You can look up the source on my “SOURCE” page.) Keep in mind they are not verbatim from the source. I have taken the liberty of putting Read more…
I have created this website to help American History teachers make their courses more interesting to their students. The site is currently under construction, but I plan to have it available for your use by the time school starts again. Bear with me as I am new to running a Read more…