Self-Distancing Resources
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Here are some US History recommendations from your peers!
March 23rd - 27th:
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Resources & Activities:
Citizen Archivist
Looking for something to do? Want to be help make history more accessible? Interested in a unique historical experience? Sign up to be a Citizen Archivist with the National Archives! As a Citizen Archivist, you can help the Archives transcribe documents and tag images for their online databases.
https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions
Ken Burns In the Classroom: Depression & WWII
Video clips and images from Ken Burns' documentary films and series about the Great Depression & WWII.
Depression Era Cooking
98 year old cook, author and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listening to stories from the Great Depression.
https://www.youtube.com/user/DepressionCooking/featured
US National Archives YouTube Channel
YouTube channel of the US National Archives features recordings of lectures and public programs, behind the scenes videos, and historical films/video from the Archives collections.
https://www.youtube.com/user/usnationalarchives
Crash Course YouTube Channel
Hopefully by now you are familiar with this particular YouTube channel. If not, clearly you have not been doing your homework. Speaking of, if you have not done Crash Courses #32 & 33, please complete and send to me.