Please watch this video, especially the second half, which deals with the problems of self-esteem and internet addiction. Getting texts, tweets and notifications (or "likes") release dopamine in the brain, which is the same effect that happens with alcohol, drugs or gambling. In other words, it is addicting.
This is why my classroom is going to be a "cell phone free zone"

Professor Holbrook

  




Published on Oct 29, 2016
Excerpt of Simon Sinek from an episode of Inside Quest.

Finding Cahokia

Finding North America’s lost medieval city

Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why.

ANNALEE NEWITZ - 12/13/2016, 7:30 AM

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12/theres-a-1000-year-old-lost-city-beneath-the-st-louis-suburbs/

The Spanish-American War | History Documentary

Published on Mar 8, 2015

When Teddy Roosevelt sent the USS Maine into Havana's harbor in 1898, he hoped that the show of force would help protect the lives and property of American citizens in the restless Spanish territory. 

Words to use instead of "very"

useful words ....