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Ken Burns' "The West" - Full Series

11/25/2012

A fantastic series by Ken Burns and Steven Ives which explores the West through the writings of New Western Historians such as Patty Limerick and Richard White. If you have the time this is a brilliant watch from start to finish!! If not, I have put a guide on so you can pick specific parts which might be useful. There is an accompanying website which you will find HERE too.

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Western History Association Spring Newsletter

9/25/2012

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I have attached a copy of the latest newsletter from the Western History Association. Some great little articles in this quarter including:

“Teaching the West On the Conservative-Liberal Divide,” by Andrea Radke-Moss
“Cowboys, Aliens, and Other Folks: Teaching the West in Popular Culture,” by Richard Aquila
“Confronting the Mythic West in U.S. High School History Classes,” by Christi Carlson, Katie Piehl, Heather Walker, Lori Wright, and Paula Wright
“Establishing a Baseline in Western Historiography: The Graduate Reading Seminar,” by Durwood Ball
“Forty Years with Bob Hine and the Textbook, The American West: An Interpretive History,” by John Mack Faragher
“Teaching the Environmental History of the North American West,” by Jay Taylor
“Yes, Virginia, Indians Are Still Here: Teaching Native American History,” by Andrew Fisher
“Both Sides Now: Teaching the West North of the 49th Parallel,” by Betsy Jameson
“Teaching Borderlands History for a New Generation,” by Samuel Truett