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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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The Reach of History These series interpret historical eras and events in creative and compelling ways and invite us to reflect on their lasting impact.
The Civil War ~ 5 Sessions These five works of biography and autobiography provide an in-depth, personal view of life during the Civil War era. The experiences of these Americans — women and men, slave and free, Northern and Southern, famous and unsung — illustrate the close connection between individual lives and the larger events most people call “history.” Stephen B. Oates, With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln G. J. Barker-Benfield and Catherine Clinton, eds., Portraits of American Women: From Settlement to the Civil War Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Henry Louis Gates, Jr., ed., Collected Black Women’s Narratives 1853-1902 Eli N. Evans, Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate
Civilization and Globalization: Where Are We? How Did We Get Here? ~ 3 Sessions Geography, war, technology, economics, culture, religion – all of these factors influence the tide of history. But are some factors more influential than others? These groundbreaking works of nonfiction each lay out a strikingly unique thesis for how we’ve gotten to where we are – and where we might expect to go in the future. Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Thomas Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order
Coming of Age - World War II on the Home Front ~ 4 Sessions Doris Kearns, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on the Homefront in World War II Ronald Takaki, Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in WWII
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