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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Time Line Collection

Browse the Past and some Futures... a collection of Timelines on the Web
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Last revised 9/16/04
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Friday, February 11, 2011

Ten Events in the History of the Universe

Ten events spanning the history of the universe organized by powers of ten.
  Date Range Date   Event
1010 tens of billions
of years ago		 13-14 billion
years ago		 Universe began
109 billions
of years ago		 4.5 billion
years ago		 Earth formed
108 hundreds of millions
of years ago		 500 million
years ago		 First fossilized animals
107 tens of millions
of years ago		 65 million
years ago		 Extinction of the dinosaurs
106 millions
of years ago		 2 million
years ago		 First stone tools made
105 hundreds of thousands
of years ago		 800 thousand
years ago		 First fires kindled
104 tens of thousands
of years ago		 30 thousand
years ago		 First art
103 thousands
of years ago		 5 thousand
years ago		 First writing
102 hundreds
of years ago		 1492 Columbus: east meets west
101 tens
of years ago		 1969 First people on the moon
Memorize these ten dates as a framework for understanding deep time.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

American Wars

One way to study American History is to focus on the major wars that have occurred. The following wars had a huge part in the shaping of America, its culture, and its people.
  1. American Revolution
  2. Civil War
  3. War of 1812
  4. Spanish-American War
  5. World War 1
  6. World War 2
  1. Korean and Vietnam Conflicts
  2. Cold War
  3. Industrial Revolution
  4. Prohibition
  5. Great Depression
  6. Civil Rights Movement

American Revolution

The Revolutionary War lasted from 1775-1783. This fight between Great Britain and its thirteen colonies was the result of years of growing conflict. After the French and Indian War that occurred between 1754-1763, the British government began requiring the colonies to pay higher taxes. Over time, protests and conflict led to a tightening of control by the Mother Country. Beginning with the fighting at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, open warfare broke out.

Civil War

The Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865 divided the United States to such an extent that its impact can still be felt over 140 years later. Many of the major causes of the war were set from the inception of the Constitution. The battles, both large and small, were horribly bloody and resulted in over 600,000 deaths and over 450,000 injuries.

War of 1812

The War of 1812 has sometimes been called the Second War of Independence and was fought between the United States and Great Britain. During the war, Washington D. C. was taken over, and President Madison was forced to flee. The war ended in 1815 essentially restoring the status quo between the two countries.
Some call it the Second War of Independence, for when it ended and the US had fought Great Britain to a stalemate, America's independence was assured.

Spanish-American War

The Spanish-American War began in 1898 as a direct result of an incident that occurred in Havana harbor. On February 15, 1898, an explosion occurred on the USS Maine that caused the deaths of over 250 American sailors. Even though later investigations have shown that the explosion was a accident in the boiler room of the ship, public furor arose and pushed the country to war because of what was believed at the time to be Spanish sabotage.

World War 1

World War 1 was fought between 1914 and 1918, though the United States did not enter the war until 1917. The causes of World War 1 are complicated and based on years of entangling alliances and competition between nations.

World War 2

When events began happening in Europe that would eventually lead to World War 2, many Americans took an increasingly hard line towards getting involved. World War 1 had caused an increased desire for isolationism amongst the American people. However, the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 led to America's involvement in the war.

Korean and Vietnam Conflicts

Both Korea and Vietnam were "hot" wars that occured during the Cold War era. In both of the conflicts, America was fighting overseas to try and stop the spread of communism. Unfortunately, neither war resulted in victory for the United States and both led to increased dissension amongst the American people.

Cold War

The Cold War was a stand-off between the two major superpowers left at the end of World War II: the United States and the Soviet Union. They both tried to further their own ends by influencing nations around the world. The period was marked by conflict and increasing tension that only resolved with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991.


American History Timeline
American Involvement in Wars from Colonial Times to the Present


Dates
 War in Which American Colonists or
United States Citizens Officially Participated		 Major Combatants
July 4, 1675 -
August 12, 1676		 King Philip's War New England Colonies vs. Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Nipmuck Indians
1689-1697 King William's War The English Colonies vs. France
1702-1713 Queen Anne's War War of Spanish Succession) The English Colonies vs. France
1744-1748 King George's War (War of Austrian Succession) The French Colonies vs. Great Britain
1756-1763 French and Indian War (Seven Years War) The French Colonies vs. Great Britain
1759-1761 Cherokee War English Colonists vs. Cherokee Indians
1775-1783 American Revolution English Colonists vs. Great Britain
1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War United States vs. France
1801-1805; 1815 Barbary Wars United States vs. Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli
1812-1815 War of 1812 United States vs. Great Britain
1813-1814 Creek War United States vs. Creek Indians
1836 War of Texas Independence Texas vs. Mexico
1846-1848 Mexican-American War United States vs. Mexico
1861-1865 U.S. Civil War Union vs. Confederacy
1898 Spanish-American War United States vs. Spain

 
Total Casualties as of December 13, 2010

Total Serving Battle Deaths Other Deaths Total Deaths Wounded Pct Killed
Revolutionary War
4,435
4,435 6,188 0
War of 1812 286,730 2,260
2,260 4,505 0.79%
Mexican War 78,718 1,733 11,550 13,283 4,152 16.87%
Civil War 2,213,363 140,414 224,097 364,511 281,881 16.47%
Spanish American 306,760 385 2,061 2,446 1,662 0.80%
World War I 4,734,991 53,202 63,114 116,316 204,002 2.46%
World War II 16,112,566 291,557 113,842 405,399 670,846 2.52%
Korean War 5,720,000 33,746 3,249 36,995 103,284 0.65%
Vietnam War 8,744,000 47,355 10,796 58,151 153,303 0.67%
Desert Storm 2,225,000 147 235 382 467 0.02%
Enduring Freedom
1,099 318 1,417 9,675 0
Iraqi Freedom
3483 890 4,408 31,935 0
Totals
579,809 430,197 1,010,003 1,471,900
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Like Mother; Like Son (Episode 2675)



Engines of Our Ingenuity - Like Mother Like Son

Key Points:
§ In 1919 the U. S. Congress passed the nineteenth amendment giving women the right to vote. But the battle wasn’t over. The amendment still had to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. And there remained strong pockets of opposition, primarily in the South.
§ The president at the time was - Woodrow Wilson
§ The state that found itself the “pivotal battleground of the nation” was Tennessee
§ One representative in particular was a wild card — Harry Burn, a twenty-four year old from a rural mountain district.  Tucked in his pocket was a letter from his mother, insisting that he “be a good boy” and vote in favor of the amendment.  
Harry’s mother, Febb King Ensminger Burn,  carved a place for herself in history right alongside her son’s. 

Here is the Mary Poppins clip (Sister Suffragett) followed by the Engine's transcript in its entirety:



No. 2675
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON
 
 
Today, a mother’s influence. The University of Houston’s College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
Following an arduous, decades long effort by suffragists, in 1919 the U. S. Congress passed the nineteenth amendment giving women the right to vote. But the battle wasn’t over. The amendment still had to be ratified by three-fourths of the states. And there remained strong pockets of opposition, primarily in the South.
Help us to win the vote picture A year after Congress sent the amendment to the states, the suffrage movement found itself one state short of ratification. And none of the remaining states had legislative sessions scheduled until after the 1920 presidential election. Suffragists would miss an important election cycle if something didn’t happen. And the suffrage movement could be pushed back years or decades if it lost its momentum.
So President Woodrow Wilson convinced the governors of North Carolina and Tennessee to call special legislative sessions. The North Carolinian legislature voted down the amendment. That left things in the hands of Tennessee’s legislators. Unwillingly, Tennessee found itself the “pivotal battleground of the nation.”
The outcome was uncertain. Twelve years earlier, Tennessee’s governor had proclaimed “Let the women pray and the men vote,” a sentiment that still resonated with many Tennesseans.
Suffragists and anti-suffragists came pouring into Tennessee to influence the outcome. Political chicanery abounded. In spite of prohibition, liquor flowed freely as legislators met in closed door sessions with lobbyists on both sides. Suffragists from out of state asked officials to enforce prohibition laws. It didn’t happen. “In Tennessee,” the suffragists were informed, “whiskey and legislation go hand in hand.”
When the state legislature finally convened, the amendment quickly passed the Senate. But the House was another matter. Both sides had counted votes, but with so much back room dealing no one was sure of the outcome.
Senate Chamber the moment the vote was being counted by the clerk
One representative in particular was a wild card — Harry Burn, a twenty-four year old from a rural mountain district. Burn himself was noncommittal, but those he represented were overwhelmingly opposed to women voting. Suffragists crossed their fingers as it came time for Burn to cast his vote. But they needn’t have worried. Tucked in his pocket was a letter from his mother, insisting that he “be a good boy” and vote in favor of the amendment. The young man proved to be an admirable son. The amendment was ratified by the House without a single vote to spare. And Febb King Ensminger Burn, Harry’s mother, carved a place for herself in history right alongside her son’s.
Dr Son: letter to ratify the vote
I’m Andy Boyd at the University of Houston, where we’re interested in the way inventive minds work.
(Theme music)

Notes and references:
For a related episode, see AMERICAN WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE AND ALICE PAUL.
Special thanks to Professor Landon Storrs of the University of Houston Department of History for research materials used in preparing this episode.
A. Sims. “Armageddon in Tennessee: The Final Battle Over the Nineteenth Amendment.” In: One Woman, One Vote: Rediscovering the Woman Suffrage Movement. M. S. Wheeler, ed. Troutdale, Oregon: NewSage Press, 1995.
The “help us to win the vote” picture is from the Library of Congress. The newspaper clipping and text of Ms. Burn’s letter to her son are taken from the Tennessee State Libraries Web site.
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Robin Hood


Robin Hood - Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood http://www.boldoutlaw.com/

The Robin Hood Legend http://www.robinhood.ltd.uk/robinhood/index.html

Quia Trivia Game http://www.quia.com/rr/26591.html


Vocabulary  Vocabulary Quiz
Lesson Plans
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 GREAT SOURCE: http://www.quia.com/web 
and
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading49/robin-hood.htm  (many dead links here)
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Kate in Code

Engines of Our Ingenuity



No. 2635
KATE IN CODE
Today, code for Kate. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
The past gives up its secrets only by dribs and drabs. You've heard me talk about old Century Magazines. They give tantalizing hints about our forebears' thinking; but we must fill in the blanks.
Example: One Charles Barnard gives a mysterious title to his 1875 short story. It's just a line of horizontal bars: Long-short-long, short-long, long, short. I finally Googled Morse Code and, sure enough, they spell, Kate. The subtitle (written in words) says, An Electro-Mechanical Romance. Telegraphy was the great new technology of those times.
Kate, in code Kate waving to John Telephones would serve the next generation of Americans. But, for now, our lives were intertwined by telegraph lines. Most Americans would instantly have seen Barnard's title for what it was. Many would've understood what it said.
The story that follows is also odd. It's a literary piece that reads a bit like an extended technical manual. Barnard begins with the words, "She's a beauty." But his She is a locomotive, and he rhapsodizes: "A thing of grace and power, she seemed instinct with life as she paused upon her breathless flight."
Then we meet Kate. She's a telegraph operator at the railroad station. She comes out each day to wave at the locomotive's engineer, John. He sees her, then turns back to his engine. And Barnard's words now seem positively R-rated:
The steam-gauge trembles at 120o, and quickly rises to 125o. The vast engine trembles and throbs as it leaps forward.
Kate wiring her signal Eventually, Kate teaches John to signal his coming by sounding her name in Morse Code on the train whistle. Each day, for a while, she hears that Morse tattoo, runs out to meet the train, climbs aboard -- and rides into the station with him.
But they fear their secret will be found out. So Kate contrives a new means for John to announce his arrival. She invents a trigger device by which the coming train can close a loop in a wire that she's strung out on the ground. It in turn will ring a bell in her office. This involves considerable inventive verve. She has to build her own battery using a pickle jar. But her system works.
Then, one evening the bell rings at the wrong time. John is headed for a collision and he doesn't know it. Kate finds a lantern, intercepts the train, and saves it. She and John are heroes and their story ends with this final flourish: "The winter's stars shone upon them, and the calm cold night seemed a paradise below."
Barnard was a prolific writer, pretty much forgotten today. He liked technology and he wrote engagingly. He reflected a world where new technologies of speed, power, and communication held our hearts. The past opens up to us for a moment when Barnard writes, "How perfect everything! ... From balanced throttle to air brake ... thirty-five tons of chained-up energy ... perfect expression of the highest mechanic art."

SOURCE: http://uh.edu/engines/epi2635.htm
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Native Americans (The Motherload)

General Information
American Indian Culture Research Center of the Dakotas
http://www.bluecloud.org/dakota.html
American Indian Facts for Kids
http://www.native-languages.org/kids.htm
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/pacific/
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.bia.gov/
Great Chiefs & Leaders
http://www.indians.org/welker/leaders.htm
Indians/Native Americans
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/native-americans.html
Native American Culture
http://www.greatdreams.com/native.htm
Native American Territories
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/navigation/native_american_territories.htm

Lesson Plans
American Indian Leather Painting
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/USH0048.html
Code Talkers
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2213.shtml
Create A Model Native American Home
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtLACreateModelNativeAmericanHome56.htm
Create Your Own Native American Board Game
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/nativeamericans/
Design a Navajo Rug
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2216.shtml
Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson038.shtml
Lesson Plans for Teaching Reading With a Native American Theme
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/reading.htm
Mini-Unit Topic: Native Americans
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/Units/Mini_Units/94-95/Smith.Native-American/index.html
Mound Builders Lesson Plan
http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/moundbuilders.asp
Native American Chants and Movement
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2245/
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=347
Native American History
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/howthewestwaslost/
Native American Homes Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonsnips.com/lesson/nativeamericanhomes
Native American Interdisciplinary Educational Unit
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0046.html
Native American Murals
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSArtLANativeAmericanMurals5.htm
Native American Perspectives, Fourth Grade Lesson Plan
http://www.crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/WCP_ElecFieldTrip_StudyGuides/4thgrade_native_lessonplan.asp
Native American rock designs Science Lesson Plan
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMathMusicPEArtSSLAMDRocks-NativeAmerAndRockArt12.htm
Native American Story Blankets - KinderArt Littles, Preschool Activities and Lessons
http://www.kinderart.com/littles/blanket.shtml
Native American Tribes from North America
http://www.challengerindy.org/Lessons/Native%20Americans/Native%20Americans%20North%20America.html
Native Americans
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0118.html
Native Americans in North Carolina
http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/native_americans_k12.html
Native Americans Today
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/native-americans-today-63.html
Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/4036
Southeastern Native Americans' Lifestyles
http://www.teachingushistory.org/lessons/pdfs_and_docs/documents/LessonPlanSoutheasternNativeAmericansLifestyles.html
The removal of the Cherokee Indians
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2826
The Trail of Tears and the Forced Relocation of the Cherokee Nation
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/118trail/118trail.htm
Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota, and Cherokee
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/external/4556
Writing Native American Style
http://alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id=9477

Crafts
CD Dreamcatchers Craft
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blcddreamcatch.htm
Coffee Can Drum
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/cofdrum.shtml
Dream Catcher
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Dreamcatcher.shtml
Early American Weaving
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/weaving.htm
How to Make Clay Beads
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blnaclayb.htm
How to Make Corn Husk Dolls
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/cornhusk.htm
How to Make Native American Costumes for Kids
http://www.ehow.com/video_4440044_make-native-american-costumes-kids.html
Instructions for Dreamcatchers
http://www.nativetech.org/dreamcat/dreminst.html
Kachina Doll
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110072/crafts/southwestcrafts.htm
Making a Native American Pinch Pot
http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/pinchpot.htm
Make an authentic Native-American arrow
http://boyslife.org/hobbies-projects/projects/872/make-an-authentic-native-american-arrow/
Native American Boy paper craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mboynative.htm
Native American Girl paper craft
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mgirlnative.htm
Native American Horse Mask
http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/native-american-horse-mask/
Native American Noodle Beads
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/nativeamerican/a/blnanoodb.htm
Sand Painting
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/sand.shtml
Totem Pole TP Roll Craft
http://www.dltk-kids.com/canada/mtotem.html

Cooking
Native American Foods -- Recipes
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/recipes.html
Native American Recipes
http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/natrec1.html
NativeTech: Indigenous Food and Traditional Recipes
http://www.nativetech.org/recipes/index.php

Games
Bowl & Dice Game
http://www.nativetech.org/games/dicegame/
Native American Games
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/ect/nativegames.htm

Multimedia
Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian (American Memory, Library of Congress)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Family Stories from the Trail of Tears edited by Lorrie Montiero
http://www.anpa.ualr.edu/digital_library/indianvoices/family_stories/family_stories.htm
Living Voices
http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/
Native Americans in Olden Times - FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format
http://nativeamericans.pppst.com/index.html
Pictures of American Indians
http://www.archives.gov/research/native-americans/pictures/

Virtual Fieldtrips
Native American Dwellings
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=14089

Music
Earth Songs
http://www.ohwejagehka.com/songs.htm
NativeRadio Your portal to the beauty and mystery of Native American Music
http://www.nativeradio.com/index2.cfm
North American Indian Radio
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/indianradio.htm

Online Stories
Cherokee Stories
http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/articles/default.htm
EasyFunSchool - Native Americans: Folktales
http://www.easyfunschool.com/NAFolktales.html
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html
Native American Lore Index
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
The Native American Bedtime-Story Collection
http://www.the-office.com/bedtime-story/indians.htm

Online Activities
Interactive Bead Graph
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/beadgraph/index.html
Native American Coloring Book
http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/curriculuminfo/nativeamericans/Color20/gbColor.html
Native American Crossword Puzzle
http://www.native-americans.org/crossword-puzzles/puzzle36304.html
Native American Eastern Woodlands
http://wcache.quia.com/fc/585817.html
Native American Memory
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/games/memory2.htm
Native Americans of North America - Native American Quiz
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/History/Native-Americans-of-North-America-217656.html
Native American Vocabulary
http://www.quia.com/jg/383206.html
Native American Wordsearch
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/wordsearch/native_wordsearch.html
Native Americans quiz
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/quizzes/natives/native_americans.htm
Test on Native Americans
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/teaching/test.htm
Virtual Bead Loom
http://csdt.rpi.edu/na/loom/index.html
Virtual Coloring Book
http://www.nativetech.org/games/coloring/index.html
Virtual Paper Dolls
http://www.nativetech.org/games/paperdolls/index.html
Virtual Wampum Belt
http://www.nativetech.org/beadwork/wampumgraph/index.html

Printouts
Arrowhead Patterns
http://www.archives.state.al.us/activity/actvty11.html
Indian Life Game
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Board/I/indianlife.html
Native American Coloring Pages
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/native/mnativeposter.html
Native American Color Worksheets
http://www.native-languages.org/cworksheets.htm
Native American Quiz Worksheet
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/nativea/quiz/
Native American Tribes Word Search Puzzle
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp2220_wordsearch.shtml
Native American WebQuest~Worksheet
http://www.ri.net/schools/Glocester/FMS/rooms/NAWeb/worksheet.html
Native American Worksheet
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/native/chart.html
Native Americans of North America Printables
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/nativeprint.htm
Native North Americans resources and worksheets
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/native_worksheets.shtml
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