James Akenson

Tenn Tech Univ. Love teaching teachers. Use country, southern roots music in classes. Tennessee Council Social Studies. International Country Music Conference.

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @GaDOE_SS @WISocialStudies @socialstudiestx Vietnam War Song Project continues to provide a wide variety of primary sources. @justinbrummer

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Great blog post. Also check out the list 'Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs': https://t.co/m1olMV258A
Playlist: https://t.co/Tpk5TajyV4

[James Akenson @JamesAkenson]

@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @WISocialStudies @NJCSSNetwork @DoingSocStudies More primary sources from the Vietnam War Song Project. #JustinBrummer

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See list of answer records to Victor Lundberg's "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" (1967), when he declared: "if you decide to burn your draft card, then burn your birth certificate... from that moment on, I have no son": https://t.co/23PCw1AOfB Playlist: https://t.co/8U9thJIyEa

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @socialstudiestx @GaDOE_SS @SocialStudies @r4socialstudies @AERASocialStud1 Justin Brummer of Vietnam War Songs keeps finding great primary sources. #JustinBrummer

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New acquisitions: great 45s just in from Italy, lots of Vietnam protest and political records. Thanks to @ceciliafanucci1 for helping as always

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @socialstudiestx @GaDOE_SS @SocialStudies @r4socialstudies This link cold be useful for every Social Studies teacher. #NCSSROXX

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @WISocialStudies @NJCSSNetwork @DoingSocStudies Vietnam War Song Project continues to provide a wide variety of primary sources. #JustinBrummer #VietnamWqrSongProject

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Posted on YouTube: Japanese Vietnam War songs, including a version of Ewan MacColl's "Ballad of Ho Chi Minh", translated into Japanese: https://t.co/sSB9IbVlEh
For more Japanese songs see: https://t.co/CaVpo0cMSx

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@WISocialStudies @NJCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @DoingSocStudies NCSS continues to provide great PD! #NCSSROXX

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💡 Your students need the tools of inquiry. Sign up for the IDM Summer Institute today!

➡️ https://t.co/yNR3dtKsK8 #inquirybasedlearning #edchat

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @socialstudiestx @WISocialStudies @GaDOE_SS @NJCSSNetwork @DoingSocStudies @SocialStudies More primary source material from Vietnam War Song Project #JustinBrummer

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80+ songs about or referencing the Kent State demonstration on 4 May 1970, which saw four students killed by the Ohio State National Guard, see how it's portrayed in music: https://t.co/cJM4lcFTGH

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @WISocialStudies @NJCSSNetwork @DoingSocStudies Justin Brummer does great work providing great sources for teaching about the Vietnam War.n #JustinBrummer #VietnamWarSongProject

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Two Vietnam War VHS tapes, "GI Songs and Stories From Vietnam"

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@NCSSNetwork @SocialStudiesMN @WISocialStudies @NJCSSNetwork @DoingSocStudies Vietnam War Song Project continues to find a remarkable variety of primary sources. #JustinBrummer

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New acquisitions: Vietnam War songs released in Japan. Thanks @GETchan_YouTube for help

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Tennessee Tech University elementary education majors dealt with Indigenous teaching in a recent Teaching of Social Studies methods class. Thanks to the NCSS September 2023 issue of Social Education for an article on 2nd grade social studies in which they were engaged.

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GEAUX Gophers!!!!

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Our keynote presenters offered a follow-up session in the early afternoon, in another standing room only season. Thank you @edward_l_ayers & @MapM8ker. Your work is incredible, and thank you for making it so incredibly accessible! #mcss24

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@data_jada Sad...but not at all surprising.

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@SocialStudiesMN @WISocialStudies @NJCSSNetwork @DoingSocStudies @socialstudiestx @GaDOE_SS NCSS publications are great PD tools to keep up with the social studies field.

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📚The 1st Social Education of 2024 is online!
This issue dives into political polarization, the outlook for 2024, and how social studies educators can lead towards a diverse democracy. Don't miss our Member Spotlight, featuring Dr. Linda Black.

Read now: https://t.co/RRPFTipaGQ

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@VietnamWarSongs @SocialStudiesMN @NCSSNetwork @TCSS2 @Mr_Matt_Hensley @center4popmusic Aaron Neville would approve of this Grand Tour for Vietnam War Songs. GR8 project! GR8 data base!! GR8 4 Teachers! #TCSS2#@TwangTownICMC

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Love Garden Sounds, Lawrence KS

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@Mr_Matt_Hensley @NCSSNetwork Very important data base @VietnamWarSongs indeed! #TCSS2

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Major record hunting tour. Starting with Forever Young Records in Fort Worth TX. Only 250,000 + #vinyl #VietnamWar

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Let's go once again for some shameless self promotion @auscountry @KyleCoroneos @TripleMCountry @countrymusichof AND....enjoy interacting with German students in a graduate Country Music course as well!! #TTUCountryGradCourseRoxx

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@NCSSNetwork @EmilyBarnesEDU @SocialStudiesMN @wcsCOdcr Fine primary data source/ artifact! #TCSS2

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"Segregation...demonstration...air pollution...gun control...Eve of destruction...end the war" - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) (1970) #VietnamWar #CivilRights #Vinyl

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@EmilyBarnesEDU Keep it country!!! :-)

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Since self promotion is a necessity in this world...let's move forward @EmilyBarnesEDU @CriticalTheory1 @_criticaltheory @NCSSNetwork and say that reading Michael Apple is always a good move!

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It's time @RScountry @auscountry @center4popmusic @KyleCoroneos @countrymusichof @TripleMCountry @kwepr @IntlBluegrass for nominations for the Rolling Stone Chet Flippo Award for Excellence in Country Music Journalism! #TwangTownICMC