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Several years ago, I was a history teacher in a high school, attempting to do a unit on Weestward migrations in the U.S. during th mid-19th Century. The …

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Several years ago, I was a history teacher in a high school, attempting to do a unit on Weestward migrations in the U.S. during th mid-19th Century. The kids weren't particularly interested in anything but the the latest clothes,movies,  boy bands, sports, sneakers, video games, other pop-culture miscellaney...

About the same time, some car manufacturer came out with a roomy SUV that included a buildt-in DVD player - to keep the kids entertained on those long trips.

I had also read Steinbeck's  Grapes of Wrath (my own granparents had made that journey from Missouri to California back in the day) and particupated in a stage production of the story...

Anyway, reflecting on all of this, I had the idea for this short history lesson in the form of a cartoon. Enjoy...
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