This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how small farmers formed the Farmers' Alliance to increase their political power. The alliance became the core of the new Populist Party.
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Using ESSEX History examines local history at its best in this seminar lookubg at Salem and the China Trade with Salem State's Dr. Dane Morrison. Dr. Morrison will lead attendees through a discussion of the economic and maritime history of Salem during the China Trade and the ways in which this vast trading network affected the economy and culture of Essex County. This seminar will take place at the House of the Seven Gables—a stone's throw from historic Derby Wharf, the center of the China Trade. In the afternoon, teachers will be introduced to some of the Peabody Essex Museum's vast collections of China Trade artifacts.
The African Studies Association (ASA) will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first annual meeting in historic Chicago, IL. As part of the larger program, the event will feature scholars, artists, and community activists from the Chicago area who will facilitate panels, workshops, and discussions tailored especially to educators.
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and Howard University in Washington will co-produce a conference on Emancipation and Race in the Age of Lincoln. The conference will focus on the international dimension of emancipation and will compare different nations' approaches to the issue of emancipation. The conference coincides with the District of Columbia's Emancipation Day and will feature public evening events.
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the continuation of the American Revolution for another two years following the defeat of the British at Yorktown in 1781.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Quebec Act, issued by British Parliament, which further agitated colonists who were still reeling from the Stamp Act.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Battle of Concord. When American Minutemen were defeated at the town of Lexington by British soldiers, thousands of Americans rushed to fight the British at Concord. The British were outnumbered and forced to retreat to Boston.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the events that occurred when British troops learned that American colonists had been storing weapons in the countryside and British soldiers were sent to retrieve them. The Minutemen met the British in the town of Lexington and the battle that ensued is generally considered the beginning of the American Revolution.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces King James II's actions to gain more control over America by combining the northeast colonies into the Dominion of New England and imposing the Anglican Church on the Americans. The king appointed Edmund Andros as governor, which stirred the contempt of the colonists.
Tim Mulligan, retired from National Archives and currently teaching at the University of Maryland, will speak on the Christmas Truce of 1914. The truce was not one ordered from above, rather the French, German, and Scottish troops in the trenches began singing carols, which lead to a meeting in "no man's land" (the area between trenches) and exchanging of gifts. The presentation will include a showing of the film Joyeux Noel 2005 about the same topic. Mulligan often uses this film in his course "History through Hollywood."