History – Page 30

April 15th, 1912:
The day the Titanic sank

April 9, 2009 in Timely Topics

I happen to share my day of birth with a very tragic shipwreck. During the early hours on April 15th, 1912 the RMS Titanic sank into icy waters. I recently spoke with Don Brown, author of the nonfiction book All …

George Washington Carver:
Environmentalist, Artist, & Educator

February 17, 2009 in Timely Topics

I recently spoke with author Tonya Bolden to record her introducing and reading a passage from her book George Washington Carver. Listen to this Book Reading with students as an introduction to George Washington Carver. You will be sure…

Digging deeper

January 19, 2009 in Timely Topics

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is one of my favorite holidays. I get to celebrate a human being who facilitated some amazing social movement in his lifetime. Thankfully, those of us who work with young people can use the award-winning…

Celebrate all year round

November 3, 2008 in Timely Topics

Chief Joseph Medicine Crow, aka High Bird, is an amazing man. His book, Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond, shares the stories of his life traversing two cultures: that of his traditional Crow grandparents,…

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