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… This lesson addresses the concept of student loans, specially how … debt today. The Origins article dealt with policymaking surround student loans. The article talks about the history … loans and increased need for higher education, and will complete a timeline based off what they learn. They will …

… The lesson plan pairs with the Origins article written by Steven … have attempted to depreciate their currencies to gain a “competitive advantage” in global markets. After reading the … the major vocabulary from the article, and to the lesson’s compelling question, “Currency Wars: Why should we …

… This lesson plan looks at Federalism versus Anti-Federalism and … the ideas presented in the article appear throughout the lesson. At the beginning, students will receive a … to analyze their assigned political cartoon, the class will come together to discuss the political cartoons and how the …

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … and historical thinking." Of the features on this site, be sure to peruse the helpful  teaching and learning  section …

… This lesson plans deals with the concept of felony … U.S. have disproportionately affected the African American community. Students will be introduced to the term “felony … will use the content they learned from the lecture to complete a Think, Pair, Share activity. After this, students …

… This lesson plan compares the growing trend of obesity that … differ around the world. The bulk of the learning in this lesson plan is inquiry based and comes from students analyzing sources and answering …

… Brooke has written  Climate, Human Population and Human Survival: What the Deep Past Tells Us about the Future  and contributed to last month's  podcast   Climate … blog here  and be sure to check out other  Origins  articles on the environment! …

… This lesson plan looks at the United States today and the current … unemployment. Our lesson plan follows this current event in comparison to the economy’s downfall during the Great … and present—that have been created to try and overcome the issue of unemployment. In addition to working with …

… In this lesson plan, students look at a key moment in the formation … issues of political evolution and revolution. To begin, the lesson contextualizes the content in terms of the different … Revolutionary War. Students consider the potential outcomes of revolutionary activity, and what counts as a …

… This lesson plan works with the concept of globalism and how … mirror each other. The Origins article that was chosen compares how student movements around the world in 1968 … each other and filling out a 3-2-1 assessment which measures their learning of both the Stations activity as well …

… According to official accounts from the Chinese Communist Party, “The ‘cultural revolution,’ which lasted … By venturing into the countryside, Dong and Walder extract lessons that challenge many of the fundamental assumptions … factions waged a decade-long battle, not for power but survival. A rally on cow demons and snake spirits during the …

… but instead of being inundated with water, the city is surrounded by smoke and fire. Certainly nature played an … areas to burn in western mountains, the connection is far less clear in the scrublands along the coast. Even before … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a …

… The decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland ought to be a … in weapons, many feel that they would, in effect, be surrendering. However, as the Irish president, Mary … its weapons and join with others in shaping a peaceful future is the most worrying aspect of the current situation, …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a … And maybe, Amy, if you'd like to start us off? Amy Pate   Sure. I think one of the things that we frequently see in … perhaps in the case of Africa, we're sort of moving the opposite direction, that if anything, these borders are becoming …

… the spirit of Meiji, to prompt them to think about the future of Japan.”  He continued by linking back to the … Assistance.  “As the first non-Western nation to become a developed country, Japan built itself into a country … industrialization and recently recognized by UNESCO as sites of World Heritage.  This is not to say that history …

… refugees who at the time of writing face an uncertain future in the sprawling Dadaab camp complex in Kenya barely register on the radar of the global … die along the way or soon after arrival. This mass gravesite for 70 children lies just outside the camp ( top ). The …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to The Global War on Drugs brought to you by the … the myth that cannabis is a weed. In reality, it's the opposite. Its one species name, Cannabis sativa, literally means … took datura to experience visions that would predict the future, heal the sick. They took it in initiation rituals …

… potential disaster awaiting military forces put in a hopeless strategic situation than the fall of the Philippines in … 1942. Route of the Bataan Death March. Following strategic surprise and defeats at Pearl Harbor , Guam, Wake Island, … the mercurial personality of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces. Overconfident …

… of global crisis but wonder about the country’s economic future in view of the recent evidence of declining corporate … and the Nineties, and does history offer “lessons” from a comparison? Some of the similarities are certainly … sudden downturn in 1929, President Herbert Hoover assured the public that the American economy was fundamentally …

… debate between Kyrgyzstan and the United States over the future of the American air base in Manas, just outside the … collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Central Asia has become an increasingly important pivot in international … threats as well as important possibilities. They are sites for a potential rise in radical Islam; for a freer …

… A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when … was more complex and more closely fought. The intended site of the Whitewater Development Corporation along the … of at least five major motion pictures and an episode of Futurama . Its cultural power came, ultimately, from its …