Once upon a time in what seems to be a long time ago in my classroom full of nine and ten-year-old students I wrote on the white board: Millard Fillmore was a Know Nothing. I faced my students and asked them to tell me what the sentence meant. “Well...somebody isn’t too smart,” a student … [Read more...]
The Know Nothings and the Washington Monument
How do you like this picture of the Washington Monument? Yes, I know. It doesn't look right, does it? At the point this picture was taken the construction had been suspended. In fact, the monument sat for 25 years with no action whatsoever. Of course, knowing that the above picture was … [Read more...]
