Wednesday, November 27: NO CLASS -- Thanksgiving Holiday

We don't have class today, but did you know that FDR got into a bit of trouble in 1939 for moving the date of Thanksgiving earlier to increase the holiday shopping season for retailers? 

This video accompanies the National Museum of the American Indian's exhibit Americans, explaining the complicated history of the Thanksgiving holiday (with some great digital storytelling techniques).

Also, did you know that every year StoryCorps hosts the Great Thanksgiving Listen, inviting people from across the country to record oral histories with their elders before or after gathering around the dinner table? Learn more and consider getting involved - any submissions will be archived at the Library of Congress for future researchers (like you!) to learn from.