Bill ThompsonCR# 8 — Master Narratives and the Civil Rights MovementThis week our class focused on the Civil Rights Era. Our main discussion topic was “master narratives.” These are also known as “single…Mar 28, 20211Mar 28, 20211
Bill ThompsonCR# 7 — Post WWII and the Cold WarThis week our class discussed the end of WWII, post-WWII America, and the Cold War. We discussed the ethics and reasoning behind the…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Bill ThompsonCR#6 — The Great DepressionThis week our class touched on The Great Depression. It was a worldwide depression that began in 1929 and lasted a decade. It is a…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Bill ThompsonCR #4 — The Roaring ‘20sWhen I think of the roaring ’20s I thought of a booming economy and an America in rapid growth. Much of America benefitted from great…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
Bill ThompsonCR #4–1918 Flu and COVID 19This week our class learned a little bit about the flu pandemic of 1918, better known as the Spanish Flu. We then drew comparisons from…Feb 20, 2021Feb 20, 2021
Bill ThompsonCR #3 — Jim CrowThis week the class covered the era pre-Jim Crow in America. Some historical scholars refer to it as the “nadir.” Nadir means a lowest…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
Bill ThompsonCR #2 — Historical PerspectivesHistory is documented, researched, reviewed, revisioned by historians. An event or period can have a single story for decades. In many…Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Bill ThompsonPrimary and Secondary Source Evidence in Evaluating HistoryStudying history is more than studying material and learning what happened in the past. The study of history is disseminating the who…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
