To spice up the last blog post, I decided to add a video showing some of the outcomes and inventions that happened during the Cold War. As we know, Cold War brought huge developments in many different areas of life and not just military equipment was advancing. This video brings out a few different sides …
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“The Help” by Annabel
To visualize the Civil Rights era, I chose this picture of one of the Little Rock Nine members named Elizabeth Eckford walking to school for the first time. It is one of the most famous pictures from that time and is often used in history textbooks. The girl with the angriest expression in the background …
“The Immigrant” by Annabel
To visualize this topic, I chose the picture seen above. It depicts how many different trusts all mostly belonging to the Rockefeller-Morgan family are all connected to one another. While discussing notions, we did talk about how rich the family was and still is as a matter of fact. It stuck with me and I …
“Glory” by Annabel
Looking for a visual to depict this era of USA-s history, I came across a book published in 2016 called “The Underground Railroad”. During this era, underground railroads were purely a metaphor used to describe the journey of slaves escaping their awful living conditions with the help of abolitionists. Colson Whiteheads book on the other …
“The Patriot” by Annabel
To make this era a bit more interesting I´ve decided to add this video about the Declaration of Independence. The video is filmed by a political theorist and a professor at Harvad University called Danielle Allen in the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival. She brings out the fact that the first printing of the declaration contained …
“Desperate Crossing – The True Story of the Mayflower” by Annabel
As visual portrayal for this topic, I chose this picture. The picture depicts the third journey that the Pilgrims started with ” The Mayflower” but the first time they actually reached America and did not turn back as a result of another ship called “The Speedwill” . As we learned from the film, their trip …
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