Talk:US History
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Here is a place to get some public domain images for the book:
http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/_browse.htm
also, http://www.gimp-savvy.com
Also, "Introduction to American History" by Henry Bourne & Elbert Benton has recently been made available through Project Gutentberg. The zip file contains images takn from the book. -- Jimregan 07:06, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia
The book looks so well-written somteimes that I think it deserves merging with w:History of the United States. 203.210.227.225 12:59, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- It's not very critical though, about the policies of George W. Bush and the patriot act for example.
[edit] linking question
What is the policy on linking to the wikipedia for relevant information? Say, for example, King George III? 208.42.242.5 18:32, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- You don't have to link to the url; you can do it like this: King George III ~ Booya
Anyway, I think the policy is if you think the reader might not now what something is, or they might want further reading, you can link to Wikipedia. Is that right? Mouse among men 06:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Anyone want to give me an orientation?
I'm starting work on a separate U.S. History textbook project for a nonprofit working on Open Educational Resources. The philosophy is slightly different, with each chapter consisting of a collection of primary and secondary documents--so it's not really duplicating your work. I was thinking of using some of the text from your book (or Wikipedia articles) as secondary sources. It would (in theory) provide some contextualizing, synthetic elements that the primary sources lack, but also be held up not as an infallible source, but as one of many possible accounts, which students would be invited to read critically. Anyway, I'd be interested to talk with someone who knows this project well and can tell me about which parts are going to be developed enough for that kind of use, or whether I should just go to the Wikipedia article. FWIW, I'm a doctoral student in education at Stanford, working on this project for http://www.ck12.org, and know my way around the wiki world fairly well, but not WikiBooks in particular. Please reply to me here or drop me a message, if you'd be up for a phone call. Thanks. --Rmlucas (talk) 05:13, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
