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Paul Swendson

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The United States

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History, Nonfiction

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July 2014

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I have been a teacher for more than 20 years, working for the past fourteen years as a community college history instructor. I began writing online essays on a variety of topics in January of 2010, most of which can be found here:

http://freewayflyer.hubpages.com/

In 2012, I compiled the American history essays that I had written into a book titled, "Accessible American History: Connecting the Past to the Present." My primary motivation was to create a book that would help me to teach my American history courses more effectively. After receiving a great deal of positive feedback from my students - and continuing to write online for two years - I decided to put together a new, improved, expanded edition of the book. And this time, I am investi ...more

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The Hunger Games, pt. 1: Could This Ever Happen?

I do not consider myself to be anything close to an expert on youth literature, but I know enough about pop culture to realize that young people are attracted to some pretty dark stuff. But in spite of this realization, I was a bit surprised when I first heard the premise of "The Hunger Games." The idea of 24 kids being thrown into an arena to slaughter one another seems a bit too grisly for even Read more of this blog post »

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