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Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. With over 100,000 copies in print since its original publication in 2002, this book is collection of essays and speeches and includes a describes the wide-spread impact of the book and Gatto's "guerrilla teaching". John Gatto was a teacher in New York City's public schools for over 30 years and was a New York State Teacher of the Year.

This podcast offers short, engaging overviews of each unit in American History, all based on state and national social studies standards and aligned with the Students of History curriculum. From American Indian tribes and their first contact with Europeans through to the modern world, each episode breaks down key events, influential figures, and important themes to help students better understand each unit of their US History curriculum. The episodes are all based on the resources and lesson plans developed by Students of History. We then organize these lessons, projects, and learning ...

From periwigs and knee breeches to the 24-hour news cycle and presidential tweets, the fascinating and colorful stories of the 45 incumbents are a powerful lens through which to view US history and get insight into the present. Taking listeners on a fact-filled journey through two centuries, this book examines how each individual obtained their dream (or nightmare) position, what they stood for (or against), achieved (or didn't), and how their actions affected the country - for better or worse.

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb outside government buildings in central Oslo, killing eight people. He then proceeded to a youth camp on the island of Utøya, where he killed 69 more, most of them teenage members of Norway's governing Labour Party. In One of Us, the journalist Åsne Seierstad tells the story of this terrible day and what led up to it. What made Breivik, a gifted child from an affluent neighborhood in Oslo, become a terrorist?

Exploring American higher education from its founding in the 17th century to its struggle to innovate and adapt in the first decades of the 21st century, Thelin demonstrates that the experience of going to college has been central to American life for generations of students and their families. Drawing from archival research, along with the pioneering scholarship of leading historians, Thelin raises profound questions about what colleges are - and what they should be.

In a collection of original essays, the venerated television journalist, Dan Rather, celebrates our shared values and what matters most in our great country, and shows us what patriotism looks like. Writing about the institutions that sustain us, such as public libraries, public schools, and national parks; the values that have transformed us, such as the struggle for civil rights; and the drive toward science and innovation that has made the US great, Rather brings his experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories, and offers listeners a way forward.

Almanac is a mini-podcast series produced by the U.S. Mission to Turkiye that shares the stories behind U.S. national holidays and the important events and people that left their mark on the fabric of U.S. history and culture.

Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for 25 years, mostly to White people. Drawing on decades of experience in the classroom and on college campuses throughout the South, as well as on his own personal history, Moore illustrates how an understanding of Black history is necessary for everyone. With Teaching Black History to White People, which is “part memoir, part Black history, part pedagogy, and part how-to guide”, Moore delivers an accessible and engaging primer on the Black experience in America.

Most people who didn't pass the US citizenship test is because they used the wrong study method. With our Audios, you can guarantee your success in the US Citizenship Test. Listening to the audios will help you prepare better for the test by familiarizing yourself with the pronunciation of the questions in English when the immigration officer asks them.

Includes the latest update. Mike Johnson was elected as the Speaker of the House. Includes all 100 civics Questions and Answers. Read by a professional American voice actor with a natural American accent.

Hun Podcasts (hear us now) is a National Lottery funded organisation that endeavours to give a voice to the voiceless. Hun podcasts was specifically set up to help train the community at large how to create and develop a series of podcasts to enlighten the listeners view about issues and concerns within a wide range of community based topics to include, mental health, hate crimes and addiction and local history .

Conversations on Strategy, a US Army War College Press production, sheds light on topics relevant to contemporary strategy and Landpower issues. We interview subject matter experts, distinguished authors, and researchers to bring you conversations that matter.