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Pope Francis holding Bible

The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of years of history of a group with over a billion adherents! ( Image … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone by Origins … And by the way, many people do this. There are lots of books written by economists trying to make these arguments. …
Painting of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Memories of the Great War

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the history podcast for everyone produced by Origins: Current … exhibition of Serbian literary productions, which included books, journals, sketches, newsletters, anything produced …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… the 1970s and 1980s. Like the rest of civil rights history, this story is not one of ultimate victory but of … ongoing struggle. The Police Power Over the course of U.S. history, our governments have found it difficult  to … consequences that should be well known to students of U.S. history: debt peonage, disfranchisement, segregation, and …
“Aux amateurs de physique.” Likewise portraying the Tuileries flight, this cartoon mocks the unwashed masses who wished to see the spectacle without a ticket, but the scaling of the garden walls also illustrates how the balloon as a “people-machine” ignited the determination of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime.

Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political Culture

Review of The Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe, by Mi Gyung Kim (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
… modern European nations, particularly France, through the history of early ballooning. Kim argues that the spectacle … scholarship regarding the cultural and intellectual history of the Enlightenment but does not explicitly tie it … Intellectual History …
Tommie Smith and John Carlos at 1963 Olympics raising fists in protest - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

The Black Fists Protest

Are Black Athlete protests effective at accomplishing social change?
Grade Level
9
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… US History since 1877 … African American History …
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Black Communism

How did the American Communist Party collaborate with Black Activists to fight for economic and social justice during the 1930’s?
Grade Level
7
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… African American History … US History since 1877 …
L to R - Boxer Joe Louis and Fidel Castro - Photo by Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Black Activism, Cuba, and Anti-Racism

Why did the Cuban government sympathize with African Americans in the mid-late 1900s?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… US History since 1877 … African American History …
Mothers and children marching for school desegregation - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

Continued Segregation In Our Education System

How did Brown v. Board of Education impact school segregation among African Americans and across American society?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… African American History … US History since 1877 …
melting Wedgemount Glacier

World Population

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
Science & Technology
… World History to 1500 … World History since 1500 …
a Black doctor talking with a Black woman and a female Black child

The Evolution of Medicine in the Black Community

How have African Americans faced and overcome medical oppression?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… US History since 1877 … African American History …
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Don't Call it a Riot

What is the motivation for African American Uprisings?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… US History since 1877 … African American History …