School starts for us teachers in less than two weeks, for the kids in less than three. So I ordered a couple of history books to read before then. I have two sections of college prep history this year, thank God-much as I love economics, I don't want to teach only one subject. The unfortunate other is one section of government, though. I think I do a good job of teaching it, but I don't like to teach it, and wish that we had geography as an offering, since I'd much rather teach that. Anyway, here are my new books:
The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America, by Walter R. Borneman. Finally, a book that will cover early New England history outside of Boston. Can't wait to get started on this one. I always spend time on our frontier forts along the Connecticut and our taking of Fort Louisbourg and the subsequent give-back of the British when they trade it to the French for exclusive rights in India. Needless to say, colonists were not really thrilled with that move, and New Englanders especially, since it was our men at work for the ungrateful Mother Country.
The next one is 1789: The Threshold of the Modern Age, by David Andress. Can't wait-The Declaration of the Rights of Man in France, The Bill of Rights here at home, and a mad king in Great Britain. Exciting times!