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Every Political Ad from 2016 and Ongoing

US Government Teachers Blog

This site has every political advertisement so far from the 2016 campaign and breaks it down by candidate, super PAC, etc. Really quite amazing.

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Digital Learning Day 2016: How will you participate?

US Government Teachers Blog

Digital Learning Day 2016 is Wednesday, 17 February. The event, sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, is designed to showcase successful digital teaching and learning in our classrooms, and encourage all teachers to use innovative instructional technology to improve student outcomes.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

A coup backed by the US government and conducted by Sanford Dole resulted in Queen Liliuokalani’s deposal, according to smithsonianmag.com. Fred Korematsu was a civil rights hero who fought against Japanese concentration camps in the US, according to korematsuinstitute.org. He was arrested after he defied U.S.

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Bloomberg for president?

US Government Teachers Blog

That news is interesting for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that, in a conversation Bloomberg had with New York Magazine in 2013, he categorically ruled-out running for president in 2016. No response yet from Bloomberg on his Twitter feed. You can follow Mike Bloomberg on Twitter @MikeBloomberg.

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Is There Something Fishy about the Polygraph?

Anthropology News

August 9, 2016, was a good day for Phil Heasley, the CEO of a financial services company in Florida. August 22, 2016, was a bad day for Phil Heasley. He came to the same conclusion about the same expert witness’s opinion that questions such as “Did you, yourself, violate any fishing rules on Tuesday, August 9, 2016?”

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Causes and End to the Great Depression

History Havoc

When looking at the Great Depression, the focus will start with investment but then move to government spending. Governments responded by raising taxes, including an income tax doubling in 1932 as tax revenues continued to plumet. 1] In 1930, the US government did not do the economy a favor when it passed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.

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How effective are newspaper endorsements in influencing voter behavior?

US Government Teachers Blog

What impact will today's endorsements have on the 2016 caucuses? Democratic endorsement went to Hillary Clinton, but Barack Obama went on to win the caucus and Democratic nomination. 2012 Republican endorsement went to Mitt Romney but that didn't help him win the caucus, which was won that year by Rick Santorum.