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…5 min read·Mar 28, 2021----
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…4 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Feb 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…5 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Feb 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…5 min read·Jan 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…3 min read·Jan 22, 2021----