A short overview of US history, created for my 8th grade students. Contact me at ushistoryin5@gmail.com Note: the "5 minutes or less applies" is a guideline, not a hard and fast rule.
What was the background to the Saratoga campaign? How did individual personalities affect the outcome of the campaign? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
After way too long of a delay, I'm back to discuss 1776--from the publication of "Common Sense" through Washington probably saving the Revolution. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
What happened after the Battle of Concord? Why did Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold hate each other? How did Henry Knox help the Americans achieve a big victory? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
How did tea lead to the Revolutionary War? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
What was the Boston Massacre? Why did it happen? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
How did British war debt lead to conflict between the British and the colonists? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
How did the French and Indian War affect the relationship between the British government and the American colonists? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
What was this war about? Who won? And why? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
How did the colonies govern themselves? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
How did the geography of the 13 colonies affect their economies and societies? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
Who were the pilgrims? Why did they come to the Americas? Did they celebrate the first Thanksgivig? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
How did the first British colony in North America come to be? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
This episode is a bit longer than 5 minutes, but it's an important topic, and I wanted to get more information in. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
Once Spain began to get rich and powerful from its American colonies, other European countries wanted in on the action. Also, conflict between religions spill over into the Americas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
What effect dd the Europeans have on the Africans and Americans? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
So Columbus did't discover America. Then what did he do? And why is he so important? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
This is a podcast created for my 8th grade history students to summarize U.S. history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
I take a very quick tour of the 3 regions that would come together in the Americas: Native Americans, Africans, and Europeans. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/paul-glenn/message
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