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==History==
==History==
* Add free, open History subjects below.
* Add free, open History subjects below.
===Subjects===
===Courses===


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| The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral. Four broad themes are closely examined: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction
| The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral. Four broad themes are closely examined: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction
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| European Civilization, 1648-1945
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| Professor John Merriman
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World University & School's [[Historical Societies Open Teaching and Learning Resources]]
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==WUaS Navigation==
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Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.


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Revision as of 21:57, 26 September 2010


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World University and School {in a virtual world}

Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course

  • Add or take a free, open History course.

History

  • Add free, open History subjects below.

Courses

Add free, open History subjects Web Site Organization (if any) Degree / Non-degree Instructor's Name Location Other Info Language Tags
American Classics http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/History/21H-105Spring-2006/CourseHome/ MIT non-degree Prof. Pauline Maier Browser Start anytime English Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 http://oyc.yale.edu/history/civil-war-and-reconstruction/content/sessions.html Yale University non-degree Professor David Blight Browser The causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national, sectional, racial, constitutional, individual, social, intellectual, or moral. Four broad themes are closely examined: the crisis of union and disunion in an expanding republic; slavery, race, and emancipation as national problem, personal experience, and social process; the experience of modern, total war for individuals and society; and the political and social challenges of Reconstruction English
European Civilization, 1648-1945 http://oyc.yale.edu/history/european-civilization-1648-1945/ Yale non-degree Professor John Merriman Browser Start anytime English
France Since 1871 http://oyc.yale.edu/history/france-since-1871/content/sessions.html Yale University non-degree Professor John Merriman Browser emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization, and of the dislocation wrought by two world wars; and the political response of the Left and the Right to changing French society English
History http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/ MIT non-degree Browser Start anytime English undergraduate, graduate
Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English
Name http:// non-degree Browser Start anytime English




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Zinn, Howard. People's History of the American People.


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Zinn, Howard. 2009. Holy Wars. DemocracyNow.org


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World University & School's Historical Societies Open Teaching and Learning Resources







WUaS Navigation

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Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life:

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Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia