I have tried a couple of times to have students create blogs for the class, but never has it worked as effectively as Michael T. Pasquier’s class at http://religioninlouisiana.blogspot.com/ Here are some paragraphs from him describing the course and the website. Michael T. Pasquier “American Religions” is a 2000-level general education course at LSU. We’re reading The…
Just so everyone knows, we at this blog are vigorously against assault – and when a certain comedian recommends that certain people (men) videotape themselves assaulting other people (women) on camera, we say “NO!” And because of that, we are ending our relationship with that certain comedian.
Our next post in thinking about teaching the early colonial period comes from Adrian Chastain Weimer, another favorite scholar of this blog. Professor at Providence College, she is the author of the tremendous book Martyrs’ Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England. She, too, answers these questions: If you had to recommend one primary document (text,…
This spring, I’m teaching the second half of the U.S. history survey. We have 500 students, 8 teaching associates, and a whole bunch of new jokes I can’t wait to use. But before that, I wanted to go back to the beginning – at least of how we usually teach United States history. I asked…
We don’t run a lot of straight reviews at this blog, but every now and again a publisher asks us to … and so we do. Here is a review of Les Standiford, Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock and the Secret Band of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War by blog…
As some Christians celebrate Christmas, we at TUSH.0 celebrate historical scholarship. We believe it should be spread far and wide, that the nights should be silent (so we can read and write) and that the study of history can bring peace on earth and good will to humans (well, that may be a little extreme). But if…
TUSH.0 recognizes that the world is ending today. Goodbye to our loyal fans. God(s) bless (or don’t, whatever is your approach). Thanks for all the memories.
Since the early twentieth century, it has been a common phrase among Reconstruction scholars to say something to this effect: “the North won the war, but the South won the peace.” I remember first reading that in Nina Silber’s amazing book The Romance of Reunion (still one of my all-time favorites). But, of course, we know…
The Southern Historical Association invites submissions for the C. Vann Woodward Dissertation Prize for 2013 to be presented for the best dissertation in southern history completed and defended in 2012. The prize consists of a $3,000 stipend, and is funded by the Woodward Fund, based on a very generous bequest left to the SHA by C. Vann…
Wherein I wax about how great Tona Hangen’s first book is, how helpful Shayne Lee and Phil Sinitiere’s book is, and how much I love our Roku (hat tip to Matt Cromwell). Teaching Religion and Technology
