Who signed 25 year leases on their apartments. Then on the 14th, our police went on strike. The next day the gestapo left. That was the day, too, when a police car opened fire on a german detachment on the plaza and began the battle of the city. After that, it seemed the french flag was hanging from every window. All the flags were made from curtains or anything. It didnt matter. Four days later we heard shouting. We started hiding. Me, my husband, everyone in our house. As we ran, people were screaming. The french army had arrived. When we got to the plaza, we saw it was true. I kissed my husband because he was crying. We began to realize how unhappy we had been for four years and how lucky we were to be alive on this august evening. Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison. Joining us this morning on American History tv and washington journal in our focus on dday to talk about her book, dday through french eyes. Professor roberts we just showe
At the beginning of august we were seized what could be confirmed was towards the middle of the month the germans started to leave the city. Yes, those those were the same germans who assigned 25 year on their pockets. Then on the 14th normandy went on strike. The next day the gestapo that was the day that the police car opened fire on the national guard. After that it seems the french flag was hanging from every window. Two days later we started running. Me, my husband, people were clinging. The french army had. I kissed my husband. He began to realize how unhappy we had been for years and how lucky we were to be alive on this august day. Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison. Joining us this morning and our focus on dday to talk about her book, dday through franchise. Prof. Roberts, we just heard video from the liberation of paris later that summer but take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5 . The french had be
University and the derek shealy foundation. My name is john solomon, editorial director with a Sports Society program. We are nonprofit washington dc, facilitate dialogue. I will be moderating the next 2 panels exploring best practices. Thank you to Brian Hainline for engaging the Student Foundation for allowing the opportunity. Let me personally say what a great honor it is, a conference i think a lot of people dont know the name derek shealy. Going to the radar. Derek played football. Tragically died when he sustained head injuries. The injuries were preventable. I didnt get a chance to meet derek but i got to know him a little bit. Previously as a reporter. A big part of this is honoring dereks legacy, and dialogue about the best way. And derek are that is what we are going to do. Last fall, healthy sports, available at healthysports. First of its kind free resource for parents, athletes, educators and others. The tool draws on the best data and expert analysis to evaluate 3 areas o
The kids all looked eager and engage that when we went to High School Classrooms it was a different picture. No one seems to understand why but there has been a lot of attention on this high School Problem so i stumbled upon and i cant say i solve this mystery myself i stumbled upon the fact that the problems that become so apparent in high school is the way we teach in Elementary School. Can you describe for people who were not usually knowing what is a content rich curriculum look like . Guest first of all it focuses on content rather than comprehension, reading comp should mention comp ranch and skills which really is a universal approach in this country to Elementary Education. He spent a lot of time on reading especially in highstakes math test 20 years ago now and reading that kids are doing is not designed to build their knowledge of that or anything in particular. The ideas idea is to get them to master skills like finding a main idea or making an inference and the theory is he
Questions. This is 40 minutes. At the beginning of august what could be concerned was towards the middle of the month, the germans chose to leave the city. Then on the 14th our police went on strike. That was the day when a police car opened fire and began the battle. After that, it seems the french flag was hanging from every women. The flags were made from curtains, everything it didnt matter. Four days later we heard shouting coming. As we ran, the french army had arrived. I kissed my husband. We began to realize how unhappy we had been for four years and how lucky we were to be alive. Mary Louise Roberts is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison joining us here on American History tv in our focus on d day to talk about her book d day through french eyes normandy 1944. Professor roberts, we just showed some video from the liberation of paris later that summer. Take us back to before the invasion. What was normandy like on june 5. What were the citizens of normand