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American History Briefing
August 15, 2002 - August 30 - 2002
Welcome back to School! The Camp Internet American History course is a dynamic, year long exploration into the history, people, expeditions, science, religion and politics which have shaped the American Experience.
Our American-History class starts with a Timeline.
The Timeline your class creates will be used as part of a GIS Map of our history studies. We'll learn to use the remarkable data visualization tool that GIS technology provides to help us See the timeline of history as we unfold it during the year.
Look under "activities" on the top of the history homepage for your link to ongoing Timeline projects.
We will hold regular chat sessions this year, meeting with historians, authors and gis specialists. Students will get the chance to ask questions to people who are the source of many history textbooks.
Using the chatrooms to let students get to the source, by meeting and asking questions, adds an important dynamic to the American-History program.
We will review in future briefings how best to prepare for a chat session, whether you have a computer lab or 1 computer for the classroom. We've seen the chatsessions work really well in both situations.
We start this year with First Americans. We will explore this month through the history of People's who settled and visited North America long before Europeans "discovered" the place.
Literature is an important part of American History and we'll study a wide range of exciting and sometimes surprising American Literature.
Reading / Literature starts this year with a study of the Transcendentalists. Many of America's most important writers from the 19th century were influenced by the Trancendentalists.
We will study Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Fuller and others.
Religion is part of our American History studies this year. The mix of Native American, Quaker, Puritan, Catholic, African Protestant, Diests and others made for the special character that is America. Get ready for an exciting study of America's religious history.
Remember to check into the Briefing area from the American History homepage weekly. And be sure you are signed up to receive the Briefings via the Camp listserv.