World History
San Francisco history teacher, Frank Mazzi, and students from his elective history course on World War 1, scored an interview they will never forget. They traveled from San Francisco to West Virginia to interview the 107 year-old WWI veteran, Frank Buckles. He is the last surviving veteran of that war. The San Francisco Chronicle has a great two-page story about the interview, which they say the Library of Congress now wants.
It's a great story and shows, as Bill Chapman notes, that teachers are amazing. My thanks to Bill for tweeting the link to the story.
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World History
San Francisco High- School Teens Interview Last WWI Vet in U.S.
It's a great story and shows, as Bill Chapman notes, that teachers are amazing. My thanks to Bill for tweeting the link to the story.
- Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks Dies At 92
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- History Of St. Nicholas
This is a great NPR interview about the reality of St. Nicholas who was a Catholic bishop from Turkey. He actually was born wealthy and did give some of his money multiple times to poor families prior to being a bishop. Legend (no real proof)...
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Google+ was never slow to find users, but it has taken some time to get people to look at it a lot. It now has more people using it than Twitter. One of the reason for that is the hangouts in which you can meet with nine other people (and...
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When I interview respective candidates for our department, not surprisingly I do it with my laptop a buzzing. Last year we had the pleasure of adding Jeannine Cotner to our staff. I must say that she was the first person who interviewed with...