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May 2017

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lessons of Leadership Contest

        Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation                    
            Written by JULIE M. FENSTER            

            Broadway Books | Paperback | 978-0-307-95649-1 | 432 pages | $17.00            

            The surprising story of how Thomas Jefferson commanded an unrivaled age of American exploration -- and in presiding over that era of discovery, forged a great nation.            

            "Once again Julie Fenster has uncovered a little appreciated but crucial moment in American history and told its story irresistibly. She brings an almost unbelievable cast of characters and their interwoven adventures to life in a way that is at once both hugely entertaining and surprisingly moving." -- Fred Allen, former managing editor of American Heritage            

            To read an excerpt, click here.            

            JULIE M. FENSTER is the author of many works of popular history, including The Case of Abraham Lincoln, Race of the Century, the award-winning Ether Day, and, with Douglas Brinkley, Parish Priest, which was a New York Times bestseller. She also co-wrote the PBS documentary First Freedom, about the founders and religious liberty.            

            Educators: To request an examination copy, email PRHEducation at gmail.com or call (844) 851-3955            

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

            The Vietnam War is one of the most divisive moments in US history. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the founders of the Vietnam Memorial, provides teachers with robust education materials to help students learn about the lasting impact of the Vietnam War, while reinforcing history, civic engagement, writing, and other interdisciplinary skills.            

            Click here to find out more information about their Hometown Heroes Teacher Network, their Teaching Vietnam Toolkit and other resources!            

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

            History at MIT brings together outstanding scholarship, teaching, and public engagement. We teach a wide array of undergraduate subjects, help to train a talented cohort of graduate students in the History, Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society (HASTS) doctoral program, publish prize-winning monographs and essays that are grounded in deep archival research and employ cutting-edge methodologies, and reach out to public audiences around the world. History especially seeks to give MIT students a full educational experience that will prepare them to be active members of their local communities and an increasingly global society.  In all of these activities we are committed to carrying on the tradition of excellence that has made MIT an important engine of knowledge production and distribution in the humanities and social sciences.            

            Historians at MIT do work at the cutting edge of their fields. We are specialists in various times and places, as well as pioneers in the increasingly important comparative studies of past societies and cultures. We have taken leadership roles in developing new ways of analyzing the past.  Whether studying ancient Rome or modern America, we bring our individual expertise to bear on "big questions" of social analysis: citizenship and politics in a changing world; environment and economy; culture and identity; and the measurement of social welfare.            

Find out more information about the MIT History Department!

Lessons of Leadership Contest

            Thank you to the hundreds of History Club students throughout the United States who submitted entries for the 4th annual Lessons of Leadership contest. This contest, co-sponsored by the National History Club and The HBE Foundation, challenged members of the NHC to select a quote from a historical figure and examine how that person's actions validated his/her words and helped make an impact on the course of history.            

            This year's winners are:            

            First Prize ($2,000) - Tori Carl, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, Alabama -- Malala Yousafazai            

            Second Prize ($1,000) - Char'Tarian Wilson, C.E. Byrd High School,Louisiana (Louis XIV) --- Stephen Riley, Amesbury High School,Massachusetts (Winston Churchill)            

            Third Prize ($500) - Maddie Heiser, Mankato West High School, Minnesota (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) --- Savannah Hobbie, Manasquan High School, New Jersey (Mohandas Gandhi)            

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