My history

I probably should have started with this one, but better late than never!

My name is Sean Scott, I am currently enrolled in the Masters of Secondary Education at the University of Arizona South.  My goal, is to pursue a job teaching history to high school students in the very near future.  My goal of this blog is to show students and parents that their is a history to everything!  That history doesn't have to be boring!  History is not all wars and nation building.  My plan is try and expand my own interests by finding exploring the history different and exciting topics.  A quick disclaimer, not all of the topics will be exciting. Cough (footnotes) cough, cough.  Anyways, I will be back soon with some better ideas and topics, till then!

Michael J Fox's birthday was today, and in honor of his diligent work pursing  a cure on Parkinson's disease, I would like to help in the effort in bringing to light on the history of this disease and the ongoing battle to subdue this formidable disease.

Mayo Clinic Overview
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/udall_center/

Comprehensive archieve of Trail tests being conducted in search for a cure
http://www.pdtrials.org/

Michael J Fox Foundation: Where you can find a variety of resources and information on the disease
http://www.michaeljfox.org/

Why do I have to use footnotes?

If you've ever a research paper, you have more than likely used footnotes.  In my undergraduate work I found myself flipping through sources, wondering where did this process get started? Why are they so important? The following journal article does an excellent job of answering both of these questions. All though the topic of footnotes at first may not seem very exciting, but try to understand a world without them?  Without footnotes, how would historians track research through time? If you have the time its definitely worth the read!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/57504667/Grafton-the-Footnote

University of Arizona, from the beginning.

Since this class is being taught through the University of Arizona, I thought it would be appropriate to get this blog going with a link the University of Arizona history page.

http://www.arizona.edu/about/ua-history-traditions

My first day at the University of Arizona

I was at the doctors office the other day starring at the clock.  Curiously, I wasn't trying to figure out what time it was, but rather, I got caught up in my own thoughts trying to figure out the history of that particular clock.  Who invented that model? Where was it produced? Who bought it? Why hung it on the wall? 

I've always found myself wondering what is the history of objects I am looking at.

It is the purpose of this blog to explore my curiosity and to find some of the answers to my many questions about the history of.