A Changing World
Building the Hoover Dam: Blood, concrete, and dynamite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlyIDlFNVOY
Drowned Lands of the Wallkill: Recounting the Great Beaver and Muskrat War of the 1800s: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/drowned-lands-of-the-wallkill-recounting-the-great-beaver-and-muskrat-war-of-the-1800s/
This article by 99% Invisible tells the history of an area of New York not far from New York City and on the edge of New Jersey. Since I live near this area, the names are familiar but I didn't know where they came from.
The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sn8CUyvG2k&feature=
This YouTube video is a short biography of Sojourner Truth.
Harriet Tubman, an Unsung Naturalist, Used Owl Calls as a Signal of the Underground Railroad: https://www.audubon.org/news/harriet-tubman-unsung-naturalist-used-owl-calls-signal-underground-railroad
"The famed conductor traveled at night, employing deep klnowledge of the region's environment and wildlife to communicate, navigate, and survive."
Progressive Setbacks: The Century-Old NYC Mandate that Shaped Modern Skylines: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/progressive-setbacks-the-century-old-nyc-mandate-that-shaped-modern-skylines/
This article explains why skyscrapers, especially in New York City, are built to look the way the do.
Ugly History: Cambodian Genocide: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_TYFfkc_1U
Why isn't' the Netherlands underwater?: https://youtu.be/25LW_PG2ZuI
A TED-Ed video - Stefan Al
Why We Need National Parks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJasV-itdoc&feature
Books
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington by Frances E. Ruffin
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest by Steve Jenkins
The Green Bicycle by Haifaa Al Mansour
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
Drowned Lands of the Wallkill: Recounting the Great Beaver and Muskrat War of the 1800s: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/drowned-lands-of-the-wallkill-recounting-the-great-beaver-and-muskrat-war-of-the-1800s/
This article by 99% Invisible tells the history of an area of New York not far from New York City and on the edge of New Jersey. Since I live near this area, the names are familiar but I didn't know where they came from.
The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sn8CUyvG2k&feature=
This YouTube video is a short biography of Sojourner Truth.
Harriet Tubman, an Unsung Naturalist, Used Owl Calls as a Signal of the Underground Railroad: https://www.audubon.org/news/harriet-tubman-unsung-naturalist-used-owl-calls-signal-underground-railroad
"The famed conductor traveled at night, employing deep klnowledge of the region's environment and wildlife to communicate, navigate, and survive."
Progressive Setbacks: The Century-Old NYC Mandate that Shaped Modern Skylines: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/progressive-setbacks-the-century-old-nyc-mandate-that-shaped-modern-skylines/
This article explains why skyscrapers, especially in New York City, are built to look the way the do.
Ugly History: Cambodian Genocide: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_TYFfkc_1U
Why isn't' the Netherlands underwater?: https://youtu.be/25LW_PG2ZuI
A TED-Ed video - Stefan Al
Why We Need National Parks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJasV-itdoc&feature
Books
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington by Frances E. Ruffin
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest by Steve Jenkins
The Green Bicycle by Haifaa Al Mansour
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson
March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell
March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell