Jefferson's Newspaper

Somewhat self-righteously, I consider myself a pretty good teacher.  I teach high school modern American History on the west side of Cleveland where some consider making it to the end of the day a victory.  I’ve been slowly pushing myself and my students to aim for goals much higher however.  Call me audacious. The recent explosion amongst the ranks of historians, history teachers, and digi-gurus in promoting both historical thinking skills (See Wineburg and the site) and web 2.0 technologies demands serious attention with this goal in mind.  The two can be intimately tied together to achieve a mastery of both.

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