Additional Resources
History in the News
"Bainbridge Memorial Earns Congressional Approval" from the Kitsap Sun
Article from April 29, 2008, outlining the passage of a bill to make the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Internment Memorial a satellite of the Minidoka Internment National Monument in southern Idaho.
Track the progress of this bill online through OpenCongress.
"Olympia Gearing Up for a Yearlong Commemoration" in The Olympian
Previews the different ways Olympia plans on celebrating its 150th birthday in 2009.
This blog is maintained by interns in the Weekday High program from Seattle's public radio station KUOW. The site houses both blogs and podcasting, with the most recent posting from August 2007 highlighting the 2007 intern's stories about teens and their communities.
Affiliated with George Mason University, this website strives to inject history into current events, with historians and history professionals commenting on the news of the day.
"The Basement Diaries" from The News Tribune from Tacoma
Article from the November 14, 2007, edition of The News Tribune discussing a construction worker's discovery of World War II papers written by a prominent member of Fife's Japanese-American community.
60th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan
Author Greg Behrman discusses the successes of the Marshall Plan and the lessons that can be applied to the situation in the Middle East.
Comments on the role of textbooks in history education, from one of the leading researchers on historical cognition, a professor of education and history at Standford University.
Mary Kay Ricks' new book Escape on the Pearl
Author Mary Kay Ricks discusses her new book Escape on the Pearl about a daring plan to smuggle almost 80 slaves out of Washington, D.C. in 1848.
"America at 400" from Time Magazine
Several articles about the 400 year anniversary of Jamestown and the lasting impact of this first permanent English settlement.
For more information about Jamestown and its anniversary, visit the website of Historic Jamestowne.
Freedmen in the Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation examines its own identity in a vote to determine if ancestors of slaves once owned by the tribe are considered part of the tribe today.
NPR Program About History Textbooks
"How the Understanding of U.S. History Changes," Steven Inskeep interviews historian Kyle Ward about how changes in U.S. history textbooks reflect current political trends.
