Several of you have come to me asking if it’s okay to read things on the Internet about what we are studying.

Uh,

YEAH!

One of the many things college students eventually begin to become responsible for (besides their own laundry and housekeeping abilities ;) ) is the need to search out additional material and resources which will help them succeed. If this means finding the cliff notes versions of their textbook, so be it. If this means reading several different sources written at an easier level, so be it. The point is–do you understand it, can you repeat it (in your own words, of course), and can you use it?

So, another resource for you to use:

An online textbook called From Revolution to Reconstruction. Specifically, click this link, Westward Expansion, for the stuff that relates directly to what we are working on this week.

Don’t forget about HippoCampus (the online audio version of our lessons) or the new AMSCO book–I now have a class set, which can be checked out for your use!!!!!

P.S. If you are a student of mine, leave a comment here for 5 extra credit points by October 19, 2007!!!