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August 2018

The Written Word - The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

Barnard College

James C. Enochs High School (CA) Visits France and Omaha Beach

        Discover the unique buildings and places in your home state on SAH Archipedia. In 2017, more than 48 million people explored SAH Archipedia, an interactive, media-rich online encyclopedia of the built world published by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) in collaboration with the University of Virginia Press.                    
            Launched in 2012 with foundation content from the award-winning Buildings of the United States print book series, the open-access edition of SAH Archipedia now contains nearly 4,000 building histories and introductory essays dealing with the architecture of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with new material constantly being added.            

            Thanks to funding from a third major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), SAH Archipedia will continue to expand with the addition of new, thematic essays and building entries, updated and reinterpreted existing content, and humanities-focused K-12 teaching materials. In 2019, SAH Archipedia is planning to launch a redesigned, open access, mobile-friendly website with thousands more building and landscape histories.            

            Designated a "We the People Project" by NEH for its role in encouraging and enhancing the teaching, study, and understanding of American history, culture, and democratic principles, SAH Archipedia is designed to facilitate collaboration and exchange of humanities information and scholarship with the American and international public. For more information on SAH Archipedia, visit sah.org/sah-archipedia.            

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The Written Word - The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization

            By Martin Puchner            

            Random House Trade Paperbacks   |   978-0-8129-8827-7   |   464 pages   |   $20.00            

            Now in Paperback            

            This groundbreaking book is a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the powerful role stories and literature have played in creating the world we live in today. Puchner explores sixteen foundational texts selected from more than four thousand years of world literature and reveals how writing has inspired the rise and fall of empires and nations, the spark of philosophical and political ideas, and the birth of religious beliefs.            

            "Well worth a read, to find out how come we read." - Margaret Atwood, via Twitter            

            Click here for Instructor's Guide             

            Educators: To request a complimentary examination copy to review for classroom use, please contact us at K12education at edu.penguinrandomhouse.com or call us toll free at (844) 851-3955.            

Barnard College

            History is not only the record of the past, but also the discipline of investigating and interpreting the past. The study of history develops habits of critical thinking and effective writing, as well as cultivates the careful analysis of various types of quantitative and qualitative evidence.            

            Barnard students who major in History focus their study on a region (such as Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, South Asia), period (such as ancient, medieval, modern), or theme (such as intellectual history, colonial history, economic history, etc.). Class formats range from introductory survey courses to seminars. The senior thesis is the culmination of undergraduate history education at Barnard. Students draw upon the skills of research, analysis, and argumentation that they acquire as a History major to dig deeply into one area of history and to emerge as an expert on that topic.            

            The Barnard History Department has funds to support archival and field research in the United States and abroad. In recent years, History majors have utilized these funds to conduct research in China, Florida, England, Hungary, Singapore, and Texas.            

            A History degree is valuable not only to undergraduates who intend to pursue advanced degrees in the field, but also to students interested in exploring the diversity and complexity of the human past as they hone their analytical and expository skills. Historical knowledge and historical thinking are translatable to realms of experience far beyond the classroom --- from the job market to the exercise of citizenship.            

            See the Barnard History Department page for more information and follow us on Facebook!            

James C. Enochs High School (CA) Visits France and Omaha Beach

            Enochs High School made their annual summer trip to Europe, visiting France and Omaha Beach. Club members selected the names of soldiers lost and never found, and honored them by writing their name on the beach and planting a flag in their honor. Next year, they will visit Palermo in Italy and Anzio in Sicily to continue their study of World War II!            

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