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… continues to our day. Do these Church actions prove the incompatibility between science and religion? What lessons can be learned from the thought and actions of … into trouble. A geocentric model of the solar system (top) compared to the heliocentric model (bottom) Galileo …

… of California voters to take away the right of gays and lesbians to marry highlights the danger of exposing civil … Thus, superior courts in California, Massachusetts and Connecticut weighing this right against their states’ … religiously intolerant regimes in the world today.   The outcome of the recent referendum in California shows us that …

… an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical lesbian and gay activism.  Written by Marc Arenberg. … on June 28th, 1969 at New York's Stonewall Inn has become iconic as the spark for a new radical lesbian and gay …

… be a reality. Entering Old Jerusalem through the Cardo: Connecting Abrahamic Faiths A shopkeeper sits outside his store … A narrow stairway leads to Dier Es-Sultan, a contentious site atop the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It now houses an … Residents of Silwan gather for a celebration at their community center. This is the same question the Palestinian …

… Area Files , polygyny is the preferred (though not necessarily the more frequent) form of marriage. Polygyny is … in the first five books of the Old Testament.  It was common throughout ancient India, the Middle East, Africa, … people whose love was based on the fact that they were opposites. Men and women were increasingly described as having …

… Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford Nuclear … attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford … the NRC) imposed extra costs with expensive and unnecessary regulations. Most studies have shown that …

… national politics as much as many fear? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Check out a lesson plan based on this article: Voting Restrictions in a … Wiggins. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, …

… miners and their families who had been evicted from their company homes, killing eighteen of them, including women and … Today, Ludlow, Colorado is a ghost town, yet it remains the site of the deadliest labor war in American history in 1914. …

… We'd like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are sites that – much like  Origins –  seek to bring history … our historical past. Each month, the site posts new book recommendations , historical films , and faculty research (in …

… the inner city. A Tang hot springs palace outside the city, site of one of China’s most famous love stories, serves as a … The reconstructed Huaqing Hot Springs Palace, legendary site of the love story between Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and … it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the …

… of natural areas as well as historic and other cultural sites, are often touted, justifiably, as world-class travel … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark District, …

… This lesson explores the effects of debt accumulated from WWI and how these radically changed the world. The lesson will start with the introduction of an essential … ensure that they understood the content of the lecture. The lesson will then transition into a gallery walk in which the …

… like my parents, are not at risk because they have good credit, can afford the monthly payments, and live in an area … lucky. Their ability to afford their monthly payments was compromised first by the falling market, then by mortgages … longer-term contracts that offered them more money at less cost. By the end of the 1930s, the US government …

… This lesson plan deals with the continued strained relationship … and Russia. It uses the Origins article “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought … the Ohio American History standard, “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought …

… law, for instance, usury is now accepted as a standard accompaniment to the modern market economy. Indeed, one of … of debt in banking in the nineteenth century, the ease of credit acquisition in the twentieth century, and the … slowed rapid prosperity. Understanding all this history is necessary to avoid the kinds of financial issues like the …

… This lesson plan involves exploring abiotic and biotic factors in … ideas; once the brainstorm time is over, the class will come together to observe the similar ideas students came up … Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio History websites. To conclude the lesson, students will answer …

… This lesson plan involves exploring divergent boundaries, their … with Plate Tectonics. To finish out the lesson, students complete a quick exit ticket while a recap of the day is completed with explanation leading to a future lesson about …

…   This lesson plan allows students to examine the role the media … The next activity allows students to work in groups to compare and contrast media from today to media of the past. … media through a political cartoon. Finally, students will complete an exit ticket based on a scenario regarding what …

… the long-term effects of WWI on society. This two-day lesson plan uses the article as a foundation for facts and … results of WWI based on secondary and primary sources. The lessons ask the essential question, “What is the most … sources, they will defend their argument in an essay. The lesson plans can be turned into a three-day plan, providing …

… This lesson plan focuses on the dire need of fossil fuels … raw materials drastically decreasing. The students will become aware of the possibility that they will experience a … to guide their learning. After two of the stations are completed, the teacher will do a brief check for …

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… This lesson plan deals with the history of for-profit media, and … media, the government regulations on the media companies in the 1940s, then the deregulation of those companies in the 1980s and 90s, and ending with the media in … Media/Journalism/Communications …

… This lesson explores different perspectives revolving around the … the standard and article by highlighting the importance of Communism, one key aspect of the Cold War, and also … severity of the lesson and allow for a deeper, visual, connection of what the conflict was like. After the images, a …

… This lesson plan deals with the concept of federalism, …  article deals with the nature of Federalism when it comes to controlling police in the United States and some of … discuss different approaches to this issue and attempt to come to consensus about how state and federal governments …