EJFoster’s blog Vox 2008-05-08T19:32:26Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e3989cc1840004/ Three Cups of Tea tag:vox.com,2008-05-08:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e398f7b34a0004 2008-05-08T19:32:26Z 2008-05-08T19:32:26Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

A must read for all teachers and geographers. I'm about two-thirds of the way through it, and it's just great!

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The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Mu A Good Man in Hell: General Romeo Dallaire And The Rwanda Genocide Witnessing Darfur Genocide Emergency Dvd!

Tuesday, I had the opportunity to attend a workshop on teaching the Holocaust, sponsored by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The museum has some great on-line exhibitions. http://www.ushmm.org In addition, we received copi...

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]]> I needed Spring Break! tag:vox.com,2008-03-16:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e398e696820005 2008-03-16T22:04:25Z 2008-03-16T22:04:25Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Boy, I didn't realize how much I needed the break. And, it started out sort of "iffy" with the snow on Saturday morning. Perhaps it's just that we made serious progress on the barn, or that I was able to finish my paper that is due APRIL 18th a ...

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]]> It was a good week tag:vox.com,2008-03-02:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400f48cfef5480001 2008-03-02T02:12:58Z 2008-03-02T02:12:58Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Lots going on at campus, and some of it has been frustrating. The working relationship with the History Department has been hard to build, and, at present, it's very fragile. So, this week having to do a bit of damage control was not initially a...

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]]> 1421: The Year China... tag:vox.com,2008-02-13:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e398dc524f0005 2008-02-13T18:57:39Z 2008-02-13T18:57:39Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

1421: The Year China Discovered America

I purchased this as train-trip reading from Seattle to Memphis. It's not overly academic. The author makes some reasonable arguments to support his conclusion that there were maps of the New World before Columbus sailed. In fact, he makes pret...

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]]> Married! tag:vox.com,2007-11-28:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e398c23c5f0005 2007-11-28T22:09:47Z 2007-11-28T22:10:13Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Gennatwirl Sunnysmile

Married! These were both taken before the wedding of the flower girl and myself.

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]]> Celebrate Geography Awareness Week - Nov 11-17 tag:vox.com,2007-11-14:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e398bd9d5a0005 2007-11-14T18:57:23Z 2007-11-14T18:57:23Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This year's theme is Asia! Feel free to continue celebration throughout the school year!

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]]> Almost two months tag:vox.com,2007-09-29:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e398ad9d490001 2007-09-29T17:05:40Z 2007-09-29T17:05:40Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's been almost two months since I started teaching at the University of Mississippi. My first class was a Saturday afternoon in the middle of August. Since that Saturday, I have been going mostly non-stop trying to just tread water -- just ke...

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]]> And so it begins, another... tag:vox.com,2007-08-16:asset-6a00e3989cc184000400e3989e714c0003 2007-08-16T21:06:24Z 2007-08-16T21:06:24Z DrE http://ejfoster.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom And so it begins, another year in academe. The past two days have been full of department and program meetings and talk of fresh starts. As we begin the academic year at Ole Miss, I hope we can take a moment to reflect and enjoy the ... HEAT! ...

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