Nice site. I've had the link before, but there is much more to it now. Spent a fascinating afternoon comparing the two newspaper in Franklin in reaction to certain dates. The Spirit expresses prejudice towards "Negroes", whereas the Register expresses more modern values. K-12 teachers are very much generalists compared to professional and academic historians. Anne At 09:50 AM 2/24/03 -0800, you wrote: >I'm surprised that nobody has yet recommended the exemplary Web site >http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/ >in connection with this discussion. > >Teachers, try reading these primary >source documents before you make sweeping generalizations. Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/stevepem http://www.educationalsynthesis.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html