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Phyllis Schlafly with fellow opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Are Women People?!

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
Gender & Sexuality
… history. The debate over the ERA has been going on for decades. Have the arguments for and against it changed over time? Students will take on … around the ERA by working in rotating station groups. As a team, they will have the opportunity to discuss the …
Glass negative of Woodrow Wilson from the Library of Congress.

Television Biography: History Lite

… a documentary biography about Woodrow Wilson that, for all its many positive qualities, was ultimately a disappointment. Like the vast majority of … beautifully produced. Vivid photographs and footage were combined with informative and entertaining commentary by …
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Imperialist Roots for the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… Imperialism on the Democratic Republic of the Congo through comparing past-Congo with present-day Congo. Students will … through a 5-3-1 activity and then review background information on the Congo. Students will then practice … unpack the sources and content. Students goals will be to ultimately compare how far present-day Congo has come from …
French people waving flags and holding "Liberation" sign

The Liberation of Paris

On August 25th, 1944, Paris was liberated after more than four years of Nazi occupation.
… Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …
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
… • A.H. 33. Focusing on foreign policy, the United States faces ongoing economic, … with Christian missionaries following the arrival of oil companies in the early 20th century. The article continues … in the region through economic and military control which ultimately leads to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Focusing on …
German and Indian troops as part of the international coalition to put down the Boxer Rebellion

History Shadows U.S.-China Relations

… When George W. Bush’s advisers brief him for his October trip to Beijing, they may be tempted to only … spy-plane crisis. And the Japanese Prime Minister’s plan to visit a shrine honoring soldiers who died for his country … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the …
The South Korean flag in Seoul, South Korea.

The Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun and the Patterns of South Korean Politics

… March 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the impeachment of former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea (Republic of … much by his fellow liberals as it was by conservatives. Roh ultimately remained in office after the Constitutional Court … different parties have gained the 20 seats necessary to become a “negotiation group”—a parliamentary caucus that holds …
This is the third Strasbourg astronomical clock which is located in the Notre-Dame Cathedral and was built in 1843, the first clock was built 1352-1354.

Paleotechnic Machines in the Middle Ages

Review of Medieval Robots: Mechanism, Magic, Nature, and Art, by E.R. Truitt (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)
… These medieval machines included mechanical water and steam powered clocks, mechanical knights and archers, bronze … heads that revealed the future, and automated gardens complete with metallic singing birds. In this book, E.R. … the cultural associations of modern robots,” she is ultimately arguing that the idea of creating machines that …
Muslim depiction of Muhammad - 17th century Ottoman copy from the "Edinburgh codex".

Iraq, Too, Must Separate Church and State

… In 1831, when Gustave de Beaumont and I left France to visit the United States to examine first hand this … strife between Sunnis and Shiites within your great community of Islam weakened the entire civic and social … Both men were determined to prevent a continuation of this form of religious tyranny, so injurious to the …
The theatrical poster for Birth of a Nation.

3/25/2015: At the Movies: "Birth of a Nation" After 100 Years

… The Clansman portrays the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as an avenging force, hooded heroes saving the South from newly freed and empowered black citizens. For example, the African American Silas Lynch is a scheming, power-hungry, and morally corrupt figure who ultimately attempts to establish a “Black Empire” in the …
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea attend a working lunch in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea on October 7, 2018.

Kim Jong-un and the “Madman Theory” of Diplomacy

… capable of reaching the United States, and that therefore Kim’s threat against the U.S. is an obvious bluff. … the Korean peninsula. Nixon learned this first hand when he visited South Korea in 1953 as vice president. An … that I may start some action is a constant check on the Communists,” Rhee told Nixon. Nixon thought so highly of …
graveyard at memorial to Srebrenica

Srebrenica

In July 1995, over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys were killed in the Srebrenica massacre.
… legacies that acts of violence leave on individuals and communities, and the importance of remembering and … Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …
Demonstrators protest the judicial proceedings against suspected White Power activists following the Greensboro massacre of 1979.

"Lone Wolves" No More

Review of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, by Kathleen Belew (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… the spirits that burn in the Baghdad sky Insist there’s a price we must pay A soldier returns from the war in the Gulf … A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with meaning for American white supremacists, former soldier Timothy …
A woman voting in the early 20th century.

Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?

… During the last four weeks, the Election Assistance Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have considered asking Congress for authority to delay this year’s election if a terrorist … Dissenting Tradition" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service. …
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.

What’s a Convention For, Any More?

… after the Democratic convention. The Massachusetts senator ultimately rejected the idea, but his even considering it … voting their conscience, often went through many ballots before choosing a nominee. They thrashed out other important … of money and momentum. This year, conventions were almost completely removed from the selection of a nominee. For all …
An HIV AIDS patient in Mozambique

What HIV Teaches Us: The Need for Affordable Health Care

HIV and COVID-19 have both laid bare that stark racial disparities exist in population health and in access to quality medical care in the US.
Comparing COVID-19 to HIV is, in many ways, like comparing … issues afflicting the social worlds in which we live. For example, HIV and COVID-19 have both laid bare that … Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and …
Hospital workers

Corona in context: Lessons from the SARS Pandemic of 2003

Soon after SARS was discovered, labs around the world shared information in search of a cure.
… discovered since the mid-1960s (four of which just cause a common cold in humans). Written by Dr. Jim Harris. Narration … Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Kristin Osborne. We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects.   This …
Francisco Franco speaking to his naval forces in 1938

The Death of Franco

On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships.
… Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Layout: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. …
John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams: An Example for Our Times

… History can be instructive and often inspiring. Take, for example, the case of the nation’s sixth president, John … immortalized on screen in “Amistad,” Steven Spielberg’s latest effort at cinematic history-telling. The film ought … all, to effect mental, moral, and national improvement. Commitment to improvement of self and nation motivated …
Two women in masks in 1918

The 1918 Flu Pandemic

Estimates suggest that this flu claimed as many as 50 million lives around the world between 1918 and 1919.
… Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors Nicholas Breyfogle, Steven Conn and … Park and Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. This … for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily …
Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1600, Cerasi Chapel).

Persecuted Christians?

… nun is abducted, stripped, threatened with rape, and forced to drink her captors’ urine. This is the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in that nation … of the early martyrs are wildly exaggerated, if not completely fictional. But later, better documented deaths …