FDR Day by Day

Free Technology of Teachers by Richard Byrne is one of the best resources for educators that I have come across.  Each day Byrne highlights a new resource.   FDR: Day by Day is another one of those resources.  This site, originating in the FDR library, combines primary documents of FDR's presidency with a timeline.  One can follow all of the events of the Great Depression and World War II as seen through the eyes of FDR.  Included are a variety of lesson plans.

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity | Video on TED.com

A great resource for economics, history, and global studies: Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

Mark Twain

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them. - Mark Twain (attributed)

History and the Doolittle Raid

Ayn Rand

"We the Living" (1939, 1959) by Ayn Rand. Petrograd smelled of carbolic acid. Primus stoves. Life was tough, citizen. 

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

I just finished an excellent book on the history of the cod trade.  The author brings out some interesting facts such as the secret pre-Columbus Basque cod fishing grounds, the value of salt cod as an international trade good in the molasses/rum/slave triangle and many other intersections of military, political and cultural history that involve cod.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

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