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Website Review: Mission 2 of Mission: US – “Flight to Freedom”
All video game franchises attempt to improve with time. With PBS’ Mission:US, however, the delays were making us question whether there was going to be a second mission after all. It has been a long time coming, but the second … Continue reading
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The 150th Anniversary of the US Civil War
The horror of the Civil War is in the accounting—a terrifying piece of accounting. Between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865 (the last shot was fired in June) almost 2.2 million Americans fought against each other—almost 40% of those … Continue reading
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Slaves, Oranges and Arithmetic: The Dangers of Too Much Content Integration
In that ever-growing list of educational untouchables, the enslavement of African Americans is among the most sensitive and nerve-rattling. So why in Hell would a teacher build a set of math problems based on slavery? The misguided belief that social … Continue reading →
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