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Ships have HMS and RMS on them. Do you know the difference?

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:59:12 -0700 Titanic Whistle http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/titanic-whistle http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/titanic-whistle

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11 miles wasn't far enough for it to be useful after the berg. The cable served as a radio antenna and this allowed the message to reach the late rescue ship.

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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:21:38 -0700 Titanic Facts http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/titanic-facts http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/titanic-facts

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I missed out on an extravagant honeymoon after my marriage last year. I'm glad I did not become a statistic in a tragedy of historical proportions, like those on Titanic.

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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:05:19 -0700 Assassin's Creed iPhone http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/assassins-creed-iphone http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/assassins-creed-iphone

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There are tons of background images for the iPhone. Many of these use shelves so your icons can "rest" on them. Here is one of them from ACII.

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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:50:11 -0700 Truman's Real Bio http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/trumans-real-bio http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/trumans-real-bio

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Truman is know for dropping the A-Bomb and the Dewey Newspaper. Can we remember him for anything else?

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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:40:12 -0700 Titanic Reaction - Keep Calm http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/titanic-reaction-keep-calm http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/titanic-reaction-keep-calm

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The WWII Keep Calm message has had a massive resurgence of late. I've decided to combine it with the 100 year anniversary of the Titanic.
Apps allow you to quickly make your own with any image or text. You can come up with lots of creative historical and non-historical interpretations.

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:38:57 -0700 FDR and the Stock Market http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/fdr-and-the-stock-market http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/fdr-and-the-stock-market

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Simple apps allow you to place photographs of world leaders on the front covers of fake magazines. These an be entertaining but also informative. This cover on the stock exchange brings up FDR's early efforts during his first 100 days, despite the picture being from much later.

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Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:26:53 -0700 Great Podcast http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/great-podcast http://teacherstevenson.posterous.com/great-podcast

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The Art of Monarchy podcast from the BBC is an eight part 30 minute episode series which explores the monarchy thematically and chronologically through the art, jewels etc in the royal collection and other collection within Britain.

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