I’m beginning to make videos in which I read aloud from primary sources for American History. I’m planning of leaning much more heavily on primary readings in my US History I course this fall. One of the sources I’m going to use is a multi-volume set called American History told by Contemporaries that was published beginning in 1897. The beauty of this set, of course, is that it is out of copyright, so I can use it pretty much as I please. I’ll be assigning many of these readings to my students this fall, but I thought others might be interested as well. So I’m going to make videos and I’ll probably write some commentary on the ones I find particularly interesting, which will find its way here.
Here’s the first installment, which is about the legendary Viking adventure in America, which turned out to be based on actual events: