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Followed by a brief q a should there be time for us to do that. I am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues, the first being dr. Saje mathieu. Dr. Mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is just finishing a faculty fellowship at Harvard Universitys center for studies in American History. She earned a joint phd in history and africanamerican studies and specializes in 20th century american and africanAmerican History with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. She is the...

Okay. Well, good morning, everybody. Today, were going to discuss the jazz age. At least im going to discuss it, and your part of the discussion will be at the end. Please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses. That would be good. The jazz age, the period from 1919 to 1929 reminds me of the opening lines of the tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well it wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people, it was certainly good times. It was the great age of literature, the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th ame...

Discussion will be at the end. So please write down any thoughts you have, questions, responses, that would be good. The jazz age, the period from 1919 to 1929 reminds me of the opening lines of a tale of two cities by charles dickens. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Well, it wasnt exactly the best of times, but for many people it was certainly good times. It was a great age of literature, of the golden age of sports, music, jazz. The 19th amendment to the constitution, which allowed women to vote in National Elections for the first time, radio was becoming popular. It was...

To be with you because really there is no kind of person i more enjoy talking with than teachers of history. Teachers of history have been tremendously important in my life from high school, from college, and also people who are involved in teaching public history by working in museums and historical sites, and so forth. All of that has had a huge influence on my life. I dont think i would be writing History Today were it not for two very good history teachers that i had when i was in high school. Let me tell you a little bit about how i came to the subject that im going to talk about today. I...

It has been a exciting for us to see how engaged history educators are even when they cant either. Im grace leatherman, executive director of the National Council for history education. We are loving doing this online conference with you. Mr. Hochschild it is a pleasure to be with you because there is no kind of person i more enjoy talking with ben teachers of history. Teachers of history have been tremendously important in my life from high school, from college, and also people who are involved in teaching public history by working in museums and historical sites. All of that has had a huge i...