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Dayton Public Schools 8th Grade Social Studies Instructional Guide. Dayton Teaching American History. Unit 2: American Revolution, Dayton Public Schools Jan 2005

Dayton Public Schools 8th Grade Social Studies Instructional Guide. Dayton Teaching American History. Unit 2: American Revolution, Dayton Public Schools

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

This instructional guide is from unit 2 of Dayton Public Schools' 8th grade social studies course, which covers topics on the American Revolution.

This guide was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.


White County Heritage 2005, White County Historical Society Jan 2005

White County Heritage 2005, White County Historical Society

White County Heritage Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

President's Message by Dewitt Yingling
White County Publications
The McDaniels at Russell in 1898 by Laura Lafferty
Curtis' Illusive Little Rock by Scott Akridge & Emmett Powers
May 29, 1930, News
Aunt Lucy and the Ladies' Aid Society by Ray D. Rains
1915 Edition of Pangburn News
White County Word Hunt by Lucille Smith Harris
They Called Me Lucky by Robert James Palmer
Walker School 1929-30 (submitted by Bill Leach)
A Son Remembers the Song Writer by Leister Presley
Searcy Memories by Lucille Smith Harris
May 30, 1940, News
Rose Bud Cotton Gins by Milton Davis May …


Dayton Public Schools 8th Grade Social Studies Instructional Guide. Dayton Teaching American History, Dayton Public Schools Jan 2005

Dayton Public Schools 8th Grade Social Studies Instructional Guide. Dayton Teaching American History, Dayton Public Schools

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

This instructional guide is from Dayton Public Schools' 8th grade social studies course.

This guide was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.


Armageddon’S Lost Lessons: Combined Arms Operations In Allenby’S Palestine Campaign, Gregory A. Daddis Jan 2005

Armageddon’S Lost Lessons: Combined Arms Operations In Allenby’S Palestine Campaign, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Articles and Research

In September 1918, the EEF concluded its campaign in Palestine by routing the Turkish forces at the battle of Megiddo. Under command of British general Allenby, the EEF successfully executed one of the most decisive engagements in any theater of World War I. Ably employing and synchronizing infantry, cavalry, and air forces, Allenby provided future military professionals and historians with a shining illustration of the efficacy of combined arms operations. In terms of surprise, concentration, and operational balance of forces, the culmination of the Palestine campaign was a foreshadowing of the German blitzkrieg used in World War II.

Unfortunately, the …


Dollars, Defense, And The Desert: Southern Nevada’S Military Economy And The Second World War, Robert V. Nickel Jan 2005

Dollars, Defense, And The Desert: Southern Nevada’S Military Economy And The Second World War, Robert V. Nickel

Psi Sigma Siren

Modern Las Vegas has come to inhabit a unique place in the American imagination. A neon mirage glittering amid the desolate Mojave Desert, “Sin City” is both celebrated and scorned as an oasis of gambling, nightlife, and entertainment. Consistently ranked among the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas, Las Vegas has experienced sensational economic, infrastructural, and demographic growth in recent years. The dizzying pace of this development makes it difficult to imagine that the city was once anything other than the bustling urban playground it is today. Like many great western cities, Las Vegas came of age during the World War Two …


Crisis In The Commonwealth: Jefferson County 1860-1, Anthony Arthur Waterson Dec 2004

Crisis In The Commonwealth: Jefferson County 1860-1, Anthony Arthur Waterson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The examination of Kentucky during the crisis of 1860-1 provides a unique understanding of the secession crisis because ofKentuckians political, economic, and social ties with both the North and the South. The most populated county in Kentucky was Jefferson County, which was home to the largest city, Louisville. By investigating Jefferson County it allows for an overall synthesis of what Kentuckians believed and considered at the onset of the American Civil War. The choice of secession, for many Southerners, was the most popular and only honorable solution to the crisis. However, the citizens of Kentucky, a slave-holding state, chose not …


The Grizzly, October 28, 2004, Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Darron Harley, Sarah Yemane, Eden Swick, Matt Sundheim, Dan Devlin, Ali Wagner, Heather Turnbach, Shannon Burke, Emily Diioia, Kyle Kauffman, Joseph Davido, Eddie Murray, Matt Krolikowski Oct 2004

The Grizzly, October 28, 2004, Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Megan Helzner, Darron Harley, Sarah Yemane, Eden Swick, Matt Sundheim, Dan Devlin, Ali Wagner, Heather Turnbach, Shannon Burke, Emily Diioia, Kyle Kauffman, Joseph Davido, Eddie Murray, Matt Krolikowski

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Don't Let Wismer Food Scare You; DSAC is Here to Help! • Senior Halloween Party Coming to a Barn Near You • RHA Halloween Decorating Contest Returns • Halloween not for Everyone • Omwake, a Haunted House for the Community • Cheap, Last-minute Costumes Down the Road • It's a Witch! • Hobson Ghosts: Past and Present • Eastern State Penitentiary: Does it Frighten You? • Opinions: Are Halloween Costumes Just for Fun, or Can They be Offensive?; How Old is Too Old to Trick or Treat?; Halloween Hijinks • The Thompson-Gay Era and the Gym Named in Their Honor …


Innovating National Sovereignty And The Just War Tradition, Gary M. Simpson Oct 2004

Innovating National Sovereignty And The Just War Tradition, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

The two-thousand-year-old just war tradition is now read anew in light of the more recent Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Responsibility to Protect document. Eleanor Roosevelt played no small part in moving things in this new direction.


The Grizzly, September 16, 2004, Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Ruth Dell, Darron Harley, Megan Helzner, Chris Curley, Laura Bickert, Katy Diana, Matt Krolikowski, Shannon Burke, Ashley Higgins, Eden Swick, Erin Hoban, Christina Rosci Sep 2004

The Grizzly, September 16, 2004, Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Ruth Dell, Darron Harley, Megan Helzner, Chris Curley, Laura Bickert, Katy Diana, Matt Krolikowski, Shannon Burke, Ashley Higgins, Eden Swick, Erin Hoban, Christina Rosci

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Goes Wireless • New Bookstore, New Look, Same Sentiments • Project Pericles Seeks to Remedy Political Apathy • Election 101: Who do you Side With? • Environmental Studies Professor gets with the Program • Ursinus Student Awarded $40,000 Grant • Are Ursinus Students Apathetic? • Ursinus Professors Dance the Night Away in Russia • Opinions: Should the Miss America Pageant Qualify as one of the Great American pastimes?; Why America Needs Four More Years of George W. Bush; Surviving 'R-ships' in College • Field Hockey Team Continues Where They Left Off • Men's Soccer Shows Promise


A Question Of Plain Dealing: Josiah Cotton, Native Christians, And The Quest For Security In Eighteenth-Century Plymouth County, Douglas L. Winiarski Sep 2004

A Question Of Plain Dealing: Josiah Cotton, Native Christians, And The Quest For Security In Eighteenth-Century Plymouth County, Douglas L. Winiarski

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

In the wake of King Philip's War (1675-76), Wampanoags throughout the "Old Colony" - Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable Counties in southeastern Massachusetts - struggled to pick up the pieces of a culture shattered by violence and warfare, riven with internal dissension, and plagued by economic exploitation and English racism. As several revisionist studies have shown, Indians like Ned turned to Christianity to combat the social and economic challenges confronting their communities during the first half of the eighteenth century, but they did so in complex and at times contradictory ways. The tenant families at Plain Dealing, for example, consigned their …


Several Items Relating To "The Battle Of Belmont" Jul 2004

Several Items Relating To "The Battle Of Belmont"

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

Several Items Relating To "The Battle of Belmont"

Gregory S. Miller


The New Deal In Art: The Fine Arts Project And The Evolution Of Abstract Expressionism, Sarah Coon Stoops Jul 2004

The New Deal In Art: The Fine Arts Project And The Evolution Of Abstract Expressionism, Sarah Coon Stoops

Institute for the Humanities Theses

The formation of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of Roosevelt's New Deal, in conjunction with the Depression and World War II, can be credited with changing the face of international art of the twentieth century. The majority of the artists who were later to be known as Abstract Expressionists participated in the Fine Arts Project (FAP) branch of the WPA in New York throughout the 1930s. This government support of the artists gave them a chance to commit to painting as a career, and their painting styles evolved drastically during this time. Through this support, the connections that …


The Stories Of Eleven Who Served In World War Ii From Lewisburg, Kentucky, Annie Duncan-Ponvert Apr 2004

The Stories Of Eleven Who Served In World War Ii From Lewisburg, Kentucky, Annie Duncan-Ponvert

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis is a narrative of eleven World War II veterans from a small, rural southern town, Lewisburg, Kentucky. It is a brief description of the development of Lewisburg and of one family in particular, the Richardsons. The thesis follows the lives of the G.I.s from their youths, through their military careers, their lives after the war and their eventual return to Logan County. Primarily, most of the material is taken from oral taped interviews. Heretofore, none of these experiences have been recorded. Actions of valor and courage are preserved in the plain, unadorned stories of the veterans. This thesis …


Blood On The Third Coast: Causes And Consequences Of Madison's 1970 Sterling Hall Bombing, Andrea Rochelle Blimling Jan 2004

Blood On The Third Coast: Causes And Consequences Of Madison's 1970 Sterling Hall Bombing, Andrea Rochelle Blimling

Lawrence University Honors Projects

Causes and consequences of Madison's 1970 Sterling Hall Bombing.


The Education Of Joseph Prince: Reading Adolescent Culture In Eighteenth-Century New England, Douglas L. Winiarski Jan 2004

The Education Of Joseph Prince: Reading Adolescent Culture In Eighteenth-Century New England, Douglas L. Winiarski

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Among the earliest extant manuscripts composed by a New England adolescent, Prince's commonplace book both confirms and modifies existing studies of the transition from childhood to adulthood in early America. Unlike the night-walking youths who appear in revisionist scholarship, Prince never was haled before the Plymouth County court to answer charges of "frolicking" with his cronies. Instead, this dutiful scion of a wealthy and politically powerful southeastern Massachusetts clan spent most of his free time perusing the books in his father's extensive library. Yet the very act of reading held subversive potential. While his parents sought to hone his religious …


Industry In The Southern Thames Street Neighborhood Of Newport, Rhode Island, 1820 -1920, Daniel P. Titus Dec 2003

Industry In The Southern Thames Street Neighborhood Of Newport, Rhode Island, 1820 -1920, Daniel P. Titus

Faculty and Staff - Articles & Papers

In the study of Industry in the Southern Thames Street Neighborhood of Newport, Rhode Island from 1820 -1920 we by necessity must touch, even if ever so slightly, on the history of industry in Newport, not just the District, both before and after that time period. We must try to understand what life was like for the residents of the District and the city. We must try to understand what was happening in the area, the city, and in a larger sense, the region to get an understanding of the social and economic forces at play on their everyday lives. …


Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 26, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections Jul 2003

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter Volume 26, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Longhunter, Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society Newsletter

No abstract provided.


The Photo Finish: Political Victory And The Tva Presence In Kentucky Jul 2003

The Photo Finish: Political Victory And The Tva Presence In Kentucky

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

The Photo Finish: Political Victory and the TVA Presence in Kentucky

Dr. B. Anthony Gannon


Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2003, Wendy Greenberg, Dan Reimold, Joseph F. Pirro, Loretta Radeschi Jul 2003

Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2003, Wendy Greenberg, Dan Reimold, Joseph F. Pirro, Loretta Radeschi

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Hello ... Ursinus calling • Reading assignment • Meistersingers serenade Italy • Best Buddies goes virtual • Student achievement: Klim wins Watson • Students keep up with world events • Undergraduate science research sets Ursinus students apart • Another rousing theater season • A Costa Rica winter break • Ursinus in the news • Transitions • Alumni forum • A majestic commencement 2003 • The world at our doorstep: Study abroad takes off • Studying abroad: The flip side • Personal journal: A student's account of a semester abroad • …


Fighting Fascism In Europe: The World War Ii Letters Of An American Veteran Of The Spanish Civil War, Cane Lawrence Mar 2003

Fighting Fascism In Europe: The World War Ii Letters Of An American Veteran Of The Spanish Civil War, Cane Lawrence

History

On his first day in basic training in 1942, Lawrence Cane wrote his wife Grace from Fort Dix, New Jersey. "I'm in the army now? Really!" he wrote, complaining, "I don't have enough time to write a decent letter."

Three years later, Capt. Lawrence Cane went home from World War II. He'd landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, helped liberate France and Belgium, and survived the Battle of the Bulge. He won a Silver Star for bravery. And he still managed to write 300 letters home to Grace. This book is a different kind of war story--both an powerful chronicle …


Book Reviews Mar 2003

Book Reviews

East Texas Historical Journal

No abstract provided.


The Grizzly, February 13, 2003, Anne Antanavage '04, Kelly Gray, Quinn Dinsmore, Bart Brooks, Jerel Smith, Fallon Szarko, Cassie Stewart, Andy Cliff, John Cicchetti, Terri Wehnert, Greg Pellish, Marie Difeliciantonio, Trevor Mohr Feb 2003

The Grizzly, February 13, 2003, Anne Antanavage '04, Kelly Gray, Quinn Dinsmore, Bart Brooks, Jerel Smith, Fallon Szarko, Cassie Stewart, Andy Cliff, John Cicchetti, Terri Wehnert, Greg Pellish, Marie Difeliciantonio, Trevor Mohr

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Iraqi Speaker Describes his Country as a Prison of Suffering • Ursinus Student Heroes 30 Years Ago • To Fight or not to Fight: You May not Have the Option • Opinions: Skiing Fun Close to Home; Lonely this Valentine's Day? • Female Pride, Guerrilla Warfare • First of Pew Fellows Speaks • Francis Moore Lappe to Visit Ursinus on February 19th • Ursinus Swimmers Look Towards Champions Meet • Men's Basketball Dominate Centennial Conference • Track Handling Business Indoors • Women's Basketball Can't Find the Right Touch


Our Rebellious Neighbors : Virginia's Border Counties During Pennsylvania's Whiskey Rebellion, Kevin T. Barksdale Jan 2003

Our Rebellious Neighbors : Virginia's Border Counties During Pennsylvania's Whiskey Rebellion, Kevin T. Barksdale

History Faculty Research

Focuses on the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania, and its impact on the Virginia counties of Ohio, Harrison and Monongalia. Background on the Whiskey Rebellion; Concerns over the frontier dynamics occurring in Appalachian Virginia following the rebellion; Reaction from Pennsylvanians following the passage of the excise tax in March 1791.


Review Of "A Fraternity Of Arms: America & France In The Great War" By Robert B. Bruce., Jennifer D. Keene Jan 2003

Review Of "A Fraternity Of Arms: America & France In The Great War" By Robert B. Bruce., Jennifer D. Keene

History Faculty Articles and Research

This is a review of Robert B. Bruce's "A Fraternity of Arms: American & France in the Great War."


The Effect Of Slavery On Southern Farmland Values In The Antebellum And Postbellum Era, Brandon Devlin Jan 2003

The Effect Of Slavery On Southern Farmland Values In The Antebellum And Postbellum Era, Brandon Devlin

Honors Theses

In the past 30 years, the legacy of African-American slavery has experienced a transformation in historical perspective. Morality aside, several historians have suggested that the accepted views regarding slavery need revision, particularly in an economic sense. Utilizing cliometrics, census records, diaries, and first-hand accounts of slavery in the South, economic historians such as Robert Fogel and Stanley Engennan have made a compelling case for the viability and profitability of slavery by exposing the nuances of the system that historical generalities often ignore. Of course, words like "viable" and ''profitable" do not necessarily mean "virtuous"or even "preferable", but it does imply …


The Alliance Against Disarmament: The Atomic Energy Commission, The National Security Council, And The Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Mary D. Wammack Jan 2003

The Alliance Against Disarmament: The Atomic Energy Commission, The National Security Council, And The Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Mary D. Wammack

Psi Sigma Siren

Of the discussions that took place at the highest policy levels during the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, those concerning the possibility of a diplomatic solution to the arms race with the Soviet Union were among the most urgent and, perhaps, the most consequential in their failure. In the United States, members of the Eisenhower cabinet and other agencies and departments analyzed and addressed the consequences of various diplomatic proposals. Throughout that assessment phase, the National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Atomic Energy Commission joined in steadfast opposition to arms limitations. On the international plane, the …


For Patriot Dream: America Freedom Endures, Don P. Diffine Ph.D. Aug 2002

For Patriot Dream: America Freedom Endures, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

This book describes what in the world is at stake for America's war on terrorism. How shall we gauge the future of our land so recently visited with terrorism against our pillars of capitalism? For over 200 years, our country, through freedom and hard work, has changed the world. Our religious freedoms, civil freedoms, human rights, and the importance we place on the dignity of the individual--all these set us apart. Among all the world's nations, America still stands out in front. We should never forget that we are Americans, first, last, and always.


The Civil War And Its Legacy: An Historiographical Essay, Part 1 Jul 2002

The Civil War And Its Legacy: An Historiographical Essay, Part 1

Jackson Purchase Historical Society Journal Archive

The Civil War and Its Legacy: An Historiographical Essay, Part 1

Dr. Lonnie E. Maness


In The Shadow Of The Fleet: The Development Of American Submarines Between The World Wars, Stephen J. Brady Jul 2002

In The Shadow Of The Fleet: The Development Of American Submarines Between The World Wars, Stephen J. Brady

History Theses & Dissertations

At the close of the First World War, American submarines compared most unfavorably with those of Germany and Great Britain. German submarines sank over 5000 ships, while the British submarine campaign, much less ambitious by design, was still credited with sinking 54 warships and 274 other vessels. Standing in stark contrast, American submarines did not sink a single ship. However, by the end of the Second World War, American submarines would sink over 1300 Japanese merchantmen and warships. This ultimate success was hard won, for attempts to modernize American submarine designs between the wars were continually stifled by advocates of …


Book Review: General Crook And The Western Frontier By Charles M. Robinson Iii, Michael L. Tate May 2002

Book Review: General Crook And The Western Frontier By Charles M. Robinson Iii, Michael L. Tate

History Faculty Publications

Few frontier military officers could claim a more varied and significant combat career during the second half of the nineteenth century than George Crook. Beginning with service as a young lieutenant in the Rogue River War and the Yakima War of the 1850s, he learned quickly about the weaknesses of an army that suffered from underfunding, congressional neglect, low morale, and petty bickering among its officer corps. Despite his commanding troops during the next three decades in some of the most celebrated Indian wars of the Great Plains and Southwest, he also developed an empathy for his adversaries who suffered …