Episode #2 Scroll down for Show Notes & Links Former APWH student Anthropology Professor

Former APWH student Jonathan is interviewed about how APWH helped contribute to him getting his PHD in anthropology, and his path to get there.  Points of discussion include Document Based Questions (DBQ), primary source analysis, pedagogy, traveling/backpacking, youth hostels, research of pyramids and codexes of Meso-America, Iconography, Hernan Cortes, and Museums. Additionally there is a Patreon version of this episode available with exclusive content.
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00:00 Introduction of podcast

02:25 Introduction song of Guest Professor Jonathan

04:00 Jonathan reflects on his Urban High School experience in Chicago and Pedagogy

09:19 Reflection on APWH as a High School student

13:55 Growth of APWH over the years

16:25 Jonathan gives advice to his former High School self

17:55 The DBQ

19:44 Using primary sources as a University Professor and Iconography (the study of symbols/images)

22:00 Jonathan almost did not apply to college….but he did…and he reflects on his undergrad experience as a history major and the journey to become a university professor

27:05 Traveling/Backpacking Europe as an 18 year old in youth hostels and solo travel

32:09 Traveling Nepal and the Andes in relation to his research with Iconography

33:35 Anthropology and the study of the mundane and the Panini World Cup sticker book

35:12 The Panini World Cup Book

36:00 Watching the World Cup while traveling Peru

37:27 Jonathan’s experience living and doing field work in Mexico and the Pyramid of Cholula and old indigenous maps

37:59 On his year long Fulbright in Mexico:  “I have been training for this the past ten years of my life by traveling.  I go to the place, try to meet people, take photos, document everything.  That is what I normally do while I am traveling.”

38:18 More on Mexico

40:30 Codex de Cholula

41:35 “A Ha” Moments in research and discoveries

43:20 Hernan Cortes and La Malinche and Quetzalcoatl with the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs.  How was Cholula involved?

45:10 The Battle of Cholula and its Significance and the codex

46:08 The Aztecs DID NOT think Hernan Cortes was a God (Quetzalcoatl)

46:55 Indiana Jones is graverobber and stolen artifacts of colonialism and museums

49:00 Step by step tips for a High School student to become a University Professor

51:28 Recommended Books/Movies/Articles/Documentaries for APWH Teachers

53:50 The Cold War and Breaking the Maya Code

54:53 Jonathan Ends with a Positive Story about APWH

56:54 Outro and End of Episode

Below are extras included in the Patreon Version of the episode, so if you are interested, join our Patreon by clicking on the "P" image in the footer, or click here: https://patreon.com/TwoVeteransonAPWH

58:20 Jonathan’s Journal Articles via his academia.edu account

59:10 Hernan Cortes does not try to act like  Quetzalcoatl

01:01 Forty Hour Indigenous Ceremonies in Central Mexico and the exploring the traditional Indigenous cactus drink of Pulque

01:10 End