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Three Afghan police trainees, sitting on ground with guns

Afghanistan: Past and Prospects

… in 2001— remains a force to be reckoned with. On today's History Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and  Leticia Wiggins … ,  Scott Levi , and Alam Payind about Afghanistan’s complex history to ask what the past of these peoples and this … ( Image Source ) … Patrick Potyondy   Hello and welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in Historical …
“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 … … Europe … France … Science & Technology … Intellectual History … Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political …
"Terracotta Warriors" in China

Ancient China and the Peasant Emperor

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
… … East Asia & Southeast Asia … China … Education … Ancient History … World History to 1500 … Ancient China and the Peasant Emperor …
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
… Ryan Rosenbeck … Public Health, Disease, and Medicine … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Evolution of Medicine in the Black Community …
man running near a burning building - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

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
… for African American Uprisings? … Charles Bell … US History since 1877 … African American History … Don't Call it a Riot …
Police attack protesters on Bloody Sunday in Alabama

The Federal Government and Policing the Police

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… Plickers Government Simulation Game Lesson Materials: … US History since 1877 … African American History … American Government … The Federal Government and …
Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson 1968

Racism: Past and Present

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… (Microsoft Powerpoint) … US History since 1877 … African American History … Racism: Past and Present …
Black men and women in yard outside building - Photo by Archive Photos/Stringer/Getty Images

Black Americans and Education

How did African Americans protest the laws that prevented their formal education at mainstream white institutions and intended toto keep prove their inferiority in the time period before the 1950s?
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
African American History
… in the time period before the 1950s? … Emma Baker … US History to 1877 … African American History … Black Americans and Education …
A rendering of the Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, which was fought on April 12, 1864 in Tennessee. It ended with a massacre by Confederate soldiers of at least one hundred surrendered black troops serving the Union, exemplifying one of the Civil War's transgressions of the norms of warfare.

The American Civil War, Then and Now

Review of The War that Forged a Nation: Why the Civil War Still Matters, by James McPherson (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015)
… and engaging volume. Those readers unfamiliar with the history of the conflict can expect to learn much of the war's military, diplomatic, political, and social history, even as McPherson's sharp prose and narrative style … … U.S. Civil War/Reconstruction … Black Lives in American History … Military/War/Peace … Slavery … The American Civil …
Confederate monument - Photo by Fox Photos/Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Changing the Narrative

How have monuments and memorials minimized the Black experience in America?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
African American History
… the Black experience in America? … Payton Siebenaler … US History to 1877 … African American History … Changing the Narrative …
The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003.

Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… Relations … Military/War/Peace … World History since 1500 … US History since 1877 … American Government … War & Peace … …
decorative element on a building

Karbala and the Sunni-Shia Split

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… Split Vocabulary (Microsoft Word Document) … World History to 1500 … World History since 1500 … War & Peace … Karbala and the …
sign with classical bust on it and text Let's become great again with broken statue in background

Whiteness, Purity, and the Classics

How did the classical period view issues of race? What misinterpretations made classical art (especially sculptures) associated with whiteness?
Grade Level
9-12
9
10
11
12
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
… & Racial Ideas … Ancient … Global/Transnational … World History to 1500 … World History since 1500 … Whiteness, Purity, and the Classics …
Charlayne Hunter’s (now Hunter-Gault) admittance to the University of Georgia -Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

Black Women Breaking Barriers

What was the impact of Lucy, Hunter, and Malone on higher education?
Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… Malone on higher education? … Ali Miller … African American History … US History since 1877 … Black Women Breaking Barriers …
L to R - Nat King Cole and Orestes “Minnie” Minoso - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

Players and Runs for Homeplate

How did Black athletes resist racial discrimination and racial violence while playing their sport?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… violence while playing their sport? … Ryan Rosenbeck … US History since 1877 … African American History … Players and Runs for Homeplate …
Thurgood Marshall - Photo by Bettmann Collection/Getty Images

International Ripples of the Civil Rights Movement

How has the Civil Rights movement impacted people outside the United States?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… people outside the United States? … Dustin Craig … US History since 1877 … African American History … International Ripples of the Civil Rights Movement …
Plague Doctor

Responding to Pandemics—Both Past and Present

What can we learn from the public/medical responses during previous epidemics and pandemics to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels?
Grade Level
9-12
9
10
11
12
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
… States … U.S. Laws and Legislation … 20th Century … US History to 1877 … US History since 1877 … Responding to Pandemics—Both Past and …
A Jewish man looking at gravestones that have been spray painted with swastikas

Anti-Semitism in America: Past & Present

How does the history of Anti-Semitism in the United States continue to impact the American Jewish community?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… How does the history of Anti-Semitism in the United States continue to … States … Antisemitism … Jewish People … Education … US History since 1877 … Anti-Semitism in America: Past & Present …
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
… at accomplishing social change? … Luke Zelich … US History since 1877 … African American History … The Black Fists Protest …
Black Americans protesting - Photo by Hirz/Archive Photos/Getty Images

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
… during the 1930’s? … Brianne Makoski … African American History … US History since 1877 … Black Communism …
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
… African Americans in the mid-late 1900s? … Kyle Michl … US History since 1877 … African American History … Black Activism, Cuba, and Anti-Racism …
Vietnamese Children

Voices of the Vietnam War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… … Vietnam … East Asia & Southeast Asia … Education … World History since 1500 … US History since 1877 … War & Peace … Voices of the Vietnam War …