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Memorial Day 2013.The kids remember.

Matthew Rozell wrote 11 hours ago: This article is condensed from a piece by Mr. Rozell in the WCHS Journal, and combined with a blog p … more →

Tags: December 7th, Hudson Falls, Hudson Falls High School, Matthew Rozell, MEMORIAL DAY, narrative history, Pearl Harbor, power of teaching, Randy Holmes

Historical thinking 101

edtosavetheworld wrote 1 day ago: For many students, the first word that comes to mind when you ask them about history class is … more →

Tags: Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking, historical thinking, Reading Like a Historian

Marine Raiders to be honored by NYS Senate.

Matthew Rozell wrote 3 days ago: Gerald West Born: 1919 Served: U.S. Marines 1940-1957 U.S. Army 1957-1962 Residence: Fort Edward, Ne … more →

Tags: Battle of Bloody Ridge, Edson's Raiders, First Marine Raider Battalion, guadalcanal, narrative history, power of teaching, teaching history matters, World War II, World War II Living History Project

Reaching out to the Schools

legendsplay wrote 3 days ago: Teaching kids branding We love it when kids come to our play and enjoy meeting them afterwards and h … more →

Tags: 4th grade history, American History, Buffalo Bill Cody, cowboy clothes, cowboy day, Cowpokes, Elementary Schools, Old West, Old west cowboy

"I grew up and spent all my years being angry. This meant I don’t have to be angry anymore.”

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 week ago: Two Toronto Holocaust survivors meet their liberators 65 years later Two survivors of a death train … more →

Tags: 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, belsen concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, bergen belsen concentration camp, Bergen Belsen Memorial, Education, Farsleben, Hillersleben

I know what I saw. I am a witness. Now that I have told you, you are witnesses, too.1 comment

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 week ago: I don’t know Leo but when I saw the headline I thought they were writing about my friends on t … more →

Tags: Concentration Camps, Education, Holocaust, Holocaust education, liberators, World War II

Hey, History Teachers, Have You Seen the Constitution Reader from @Hillsdale?8 comments

Conservative Teachers of America wrote 4 weeks ago: This was featured back in the November 2012 issue of Education Matters. Education Matters is the mon … more →

Tags: , Association of American Educators, constitution, Hillsdale College, The U.S. Constitution: A Reader

Soldiers, survivors converge in Louisville.1 comment

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: Thanks to Alan Smason for a nice article. I have added some clarifying remarks in brackets for poste … more →

Tags: 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen-Belsen, bergen belsen concentration camp, Bergen Belsen Memorial, death train, Farsleben, Hillersleben, Holocaust education

Splendor, Vision & History: Remembrance Drive1 comment

mattjjschultz wrote 1 month ago: Just over 36 hours ago, I began a 5-hour road trip south, towards the nation’s capital, Canberra. Th … more →

Tags: History, thinking, General Musings

What the true meaning of freedom is. The 68th anniversary of the liberation of the train.1 comment

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: Today is the 68th anniversary of the liberation of the train. We’ll have 80 for the final banq … more →

Tags: World War II, Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, narrative history, Holocaust education, World War II Living History Project, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, teaching history matters, Holocaust Remembrance Day

The map of the Third Reich is being dramatically redrawn.

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: Marc Silver National Geographic News Published April 8, 2013  Note: This is from National Geographic … more →

Tags: World War II, Holocaust, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, narrative history, Holocaust education, World War II Living History Project, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, teaching history matters, Holocaust Remembrance Day

Three American Candles.2 comments

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: I just got home from a Yom Hashoah event, Holocaust Remembrance, that was pretty intense. You know t … more →

Tags: 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen-Belsen, Education, Farsleben, Hillersleben, holocast education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Those who do not remember the past . . . 6 comments

Jim Wheeler wrote 1 month ago: The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. – Mark Twain Credit: jez … more →

Tags: History 2, 2003 Invasion of Iraq, History Textbooks, iraq, Iraq War, Mark Twain, Presidency of George W. Bush, textbooks

Remembering the USS Thresher.

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: USS Thresher Sinking: Impacts of Deadliest Submarine Disaster In U.S. History Remembered 50 Years La … more →

Tags: teaching history matters, USS Thresher

70 years later, Warsaw ghetto survivor recalls Jewish uprising against the Nazis.

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: 70 years later, Warsaw ghetto survivor in Israel recalls Jewish uprising against the Nazis By Aron H … more →

Tags: 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen-Belsen, Farsleben, Hillersleben, Holocaust education, Train Near Magdeburg, Warsaw Ghetto

Civil War Lesson Plans

crotunno wrote 1 month ago: Civilwar.org is a fantastic resource for civil war lesson plans.  They have lessons for elementary, … more →

Tags: Social Studies, History, Political History, Civil War

Woodstock event remembers Holocaust.

Matthew Rozell wrote 1 month ago: Woodstock event remembers Holocaust WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — A Yom Hashoah event that will remember the Hol … more →

Tags: 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen-Belsen, bergen belsen concentration camp, Farsleben, Hillersleben, Holocaust, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance

"The world needs saving. So, get to it!"1 comment

Matthew Rozell wrote 2 months ago: Helen is a friend of mine. She was liberated in April 1945 by a division of American soldiers that i … more →

Tags: 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen-Belsen, bergen belsen concentration camp, DIY, Education, Helen Sperling, Hillersleben, Holocaust

“I found myself running in front of the machine gun yelling ‘Nyet! Nyet!’ 2 comments

Matthew Rozell wrote 2 months ago: February 25, 2013 Cruise recalls time in WWII By GREG JORDAN Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD, Va … more →

Tags: 16th Armored Division, 30th Infantry Division, 743rd Tank Battalion, Bergen-Belsen, bergen belsen concentration camp, Education, Hillersleben, Holocaust, Holocaust survivor-liberator reunion


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