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What will things look like in 3000 AD if history continues on the same pace it has kept since 1000 AD? How will history remember the Coronavirus? Join me for a final Zoom call at 10:30 AM. [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”93186099703″ link_only=”no”]
A long, long time ago in a magical world called 2008, there was a terrible economic crisis that happened because lots of people got really greedy and no one stopped them until it was too late. There was a housing bubble, there was speculation and predatory lending, there was a…
Many Americans when they begin to hear the countries of Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, etc. thrown around the image in their mind is just a blurry mess in between Europe and China. So don’t feel bad if that is where you are. I think this is a…
Without a doubt, the most influential innovation of the second half of the 20th century was the internet. So much of our modern world is powered by this tool, but many of you don’t know where this technology came from. As long as you are stocked up on cat memes…
On Christmas Day 1991, Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev announced to the world in his farewell speech, “We’re now living in a new world. And end has been put to the cold war and to the arms race, as well as to the mad militarization of the country, which has…
As the 1970s came to a close, it was easy to see that the world particularly the Middle-East was on the verge of war again and America was struggling to maintain its image as the paragon of freedom and prosperity. Many had become disillusioned by the wars, protests, and political…
The decades following World War 2 served to deepen the divide between the left and the right in America as government grew rapidly during the 1940s and 50s then people saw that sometimes government gets corrupted or fails to so they started to push against it in the 60s and…
Have you ever really considered why oil is such a big deal? In case you didn’t know, oil is much more than something that keeps your family car running, it is a key component in many of the things around your home right now. Oil, What is it Good For?…
[responsivevoice_button] Even though all Americans technically had the right to vote, many southern states made it difficult for blacks. They often required them to take voter literacy tests that were confusing, misleading and nearly impossible to pass. In September 1957, President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law. It…
[responsivevoice_button] Our discussions have brought us into the 1960s and this is the decade that saw the major victories in the Civil Rights Movement. However, you should not think that this movement began in the 1960s, it didn’t even begin in the 1940s or 50s. Efforts to improve the quality…
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During Eisenhower’s early years in office, the issue of Vietnam came before him. Vietnam was a portion of the larger French colony known as French Indochina. You had a communist movement in the north of the country which had been firmly established during World War 2 by a powerful personality…
[responsivevoice_button] When Americans think of the 1950s, many of us conjure up images of wives in aprons and dads returning home from work with a briefcase in hand shouting “Honey, I’m home!” Alternatively, maybe you picture teenagers gathering at the malt shop or the drive-in, girls in poodle skirts and…
[responsivevoice_button] These two countries were bitterly embroiled in the most vicious war that either had ever seen. Japan unexpectedly bombed the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941 sparking the American entrance into World War 2. Nearly 4 years of brutal fighting later and President Harry Truman…
[responsivevoice_button] As we discussed earlier in the year, there were two competing forces in the world as we entered the Industrial revolution. You had Imperialism in places like Britain and France, of course, their empire was born from their Nationalistic fervor. Many of the colonies that they established sought to…
[responsivevoice_button] The late 1940s and early 1950s were a time of growing tension, both abroad and at home. Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union had deteriorated to the point of “cold war,” while domestically the revelation that Soviet spies had infiltrated the U.S. government created a general…
[responsivevoice_button] You’ve all heard of first-world problems like having to use milk instead of half-and-half in your coffee, being too cold in your house because of the air conditioner, or getting judged because you only have the iPhone X and not the 11. And I’m sure that you’ve heard of…
[responsivevoice_button] If you remember back a few months ago, we talked about the lessons learned and changes made after World War I. Those changes contrast sharply with those made after World War II. The move toward a closed economy and society after the first war led to global fragmentation as…
[responsivevoice_button] The fact that the United States and the Soviet Union successfully cooperated in defeating the Axis Powers did not necessarily mean that the two countries would continue to get along in the post-war world. After all, the two were organized on radically different principles—democratic capitalism in the former, totalitarian…
To bring our talks on WW2 to a close and to transition into the Cold War, I’d like you two to watch two short documentaries. “The Fallen of WW2” and “The Shadow Peace.” Please visit http://www.fallen.io/ and watch the interactive version of “The Fallen of WW2” first and take in…
<== Previous Lesson Friday, April 17th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”285041041″ link_only=”no”] Conclude with final presentations as assigned and thoughts.
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] It’s easy when we look at war, to develop pictures of good versus evil. The images of Hitler as the most evil person in history are popular and common. However, there are arguments to be made that Stalin was far more evil in his dealings with…
<== Previous Lesson Wednesday, April 15th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”364260162″ link_only=”no”] Continuing with presentations as assigned. Next Lesson ==>
<== Previous Lesson Tuesday, April 14th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”981704591″ link_only=”no”] Continue presentations according to the Assignments given last week. Next Lesson ==>
<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] I want you to go to The Memory Project website and peruse the stories of World War II veterans for a half an hour or so. There are dozens of great stories and pictures. They are all from Canada, but I have yet to find this…