Teaching Teachers | American RadioWorks In This Documentary An American way of teaching In 1993, a group of researchers set out to do something that had never been done before. They would hire a videographer to travel across the United States and record a random sample of eighth-grade math classes. What they found revealed a lot about American teaching. Resources Full transcript of radio program Credits Correspondent and Lead Producer: Emily HanfordAssociate Producer: Suzanne PekowEditor: Catherine WinterExecutive Editor and Host: Stephen SmithDigital Producer: Andy KruseAudio Mixing: Craig ThorsonProject Manager: Ellen GuettlerDirector, APM Arts & Ideas: Peter ClowneyInterns: Ryan Katz, Minna Zhou, Emily Haavik The American RadioWorks team includes Samara Freemark and Sasha Aslanian. Support for "Teaching Teachers" comes from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Lumina Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Spencer Foundation. Feedback
U.S. Entry into WWI - AP U.S. History Topic Outlines - Study Notes U.S. Neutrality During the summer of 1914, the tensions in Europe that had been growing for many years culminated with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist organization. Following the assassination, the Austrian-Hungary government (backed by Germany) and Serbia (strongly backed by Russia) entered into what became an intricate chain of political confrontations. Within less than a month, two coalitions emerged—the Central Powers, which primarily consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the Allied Powers, which included France, Russia, and Great Britain. As posturing between the two coalitions persisted, Russia began to mobilize its forces to strike against Germany. As war raged in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson argued that the United States should remain neutral in this conflict, urging Americans to be “impartial in thought as well as in action.” Although Wilson immediately protested this illegal act, he did not act against Great Britain.
Sino-Soviet border conflict The Sino-Soviet border conflict was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China at the height of the Sino-Soviet split in 1969. The most serious of these border clashes, which brought the world's two largest communist states to the brink of war, occurred in March 1969 in the vicinity of Zhenbao (Damansky) Island on the Ussuri (Wusuli) River, near Manchuria. The conflict resulted in a ceasefire, with a return to the status quo. Background[edit] History[edit] Both the Soviet Union and the White movement covertly allied with the Ili National Army to fight against the Kuomintang in the Three Districts Revolution. Soviet historiography and more specifically Soviet "Uyghur Studies" were politicized in increasing measure to match the tenor of the Sino-Soviet split from the 1960s and 1970s. Amid heightening tensions, the Soviet Union and China began border talks. Geography[edit] Chinese and Soviet government views[edit] Eastern border: Heilongjiang (1969)[edit]
World War I History - World War I Tensions had been brewing throughout Europe–especially in the troubled Balkan region of southeast Europe–for years before World War I actually broke out. A number of alliances involving European powers, the Ottoman Empire, Russia and other parties had existed for years, but political instability in the Balkans (particularly Bosnia, Serbia and Herzegovina) threatened to destroy these agreements. The spark that ignited World War I was struck in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand—heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire—was shot to death along with his wife Sophie by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914. Princip and other nationalists were struggling to end Austro-Hungarian rule over Bosnia and Herzegovina. But because Russia supported Serbia, Austria-Hungary waited to declare war until its leaders received assurance from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm II that Germany would support their cause.
Trump plans for Nevada rallies conflict with virus limits LAS VEGAS -- President Donald Trump's plans to hold weekend rallies in Las Vegas and Reno are in jeopardy after local officials warned they would violate Nevada's ban on gatherings of more than 50 people because of the . Adam Laxalt, the co-chair of Trump’s campaign in Nevada, said in a Twitter post Wednesday that both events to be held at airport hangars Saturday in Reno and Sunday in Las Vegas had been canceled. Shortly after that, the Nevada Independent reported that the Reno Tahoe Airport Authority warned a company that planned to host the campaign rally for 5,000 people at a private hangar that it would be in violation of the governor's restrictions and the terms of the company's lease for the hangar. “You are hereby advised that you may not proceed with the proposed gathering,” the letter states. The Reno airport authority did not respond to messages from The Associated Press seeking to confirm the letter. Laxalt added “This isn’t over!”
World War I | 1914-1918 Alternate titles: First World War; Great War; WWI World War I, also called First World War or Great War, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and, from 1917, the United States. It ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. World War I was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century geopolitical history. <ul><li><a href="/EBchecked/media/110333/A-British-soldier-inside-a-trench-on-the-Western-Front? trump border conclit conflict ww1 teacher conflict San Antonio breaks record as morning temperatures drop to the 50s San Antonio hit record low temperatures Thursday after a cold front rolled through the area, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service.San Antonio hit record low temperatures Thursday after a cold front rolled through the area, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service. Photo: National Weather Service Photo: National Weather Service San Antonio hit record low temperatures Thursday after a cold front rolled through the area, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service. San Antonio breaks record as morning temperatures drop to the 50s The front brought storms and cool weather with it, dropping temperatures to 57 degrees, breaking the previous record of 59 in 2012. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inbox Meteorologists said it was a "relief to the heat" but that it was an abnormal cold front for this time of the year.
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