Resource: American YAWP

Yawp \yôp\ n: 1: a raucous noise 2: rough vigorous language "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." Walt Whitman, 1855.

Today’s Friday resource came back to my attention when

Dan Allosso

mentioned it as part of his course prep for teaching American History this fall. All hail open access textbooks “massively collaboratively” produced!

Without further ado, please go explore:

The American Yawp — A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook

We are the heirs of our history. Our communities, our politics, our culture: it is all a product of the past. As William Faulkner wrote,

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”¹

To understand who we are, we must therefore understand our history.

Victory! Wall hanging from 1884 Election, Cornell University Library. Source: Wikimedia Commons. American YAWP website banner.