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ACT UP, Ball Culture, and the AIDS Crisis

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
Gender & Sexuality
… This lesson deals with Queer Community response to the AIDS … explores the origins of HIV, where it stands today, and its complex history. We used this article to explore social …
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Best in History Online: Public History Commons

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … historians alike to share their ideas, the Public History Commons ! The Public His tory Commons is a project of the … ” listing of new work in all venues of public history. Be sure to go and check out Public History Commons and all of …
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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
… This lesson explores the immediate and long-term effects of … Imperialism on the Democratic Republic of the Congo through comparing past-Congo with present-day Congo. Students will … where students will be identifying, explaining, and then comparing Imperialist actions done in the Congo. Students …
George W. Bush

Moral Issues in Elections

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
… This lesson will be a look at the role morality plays in presidential elections. The lesson will require students to view different candidates … plays in elections, and based on their own results from a survey on political party affiliation, will need to identify …
William Jennings Bryan is pictured as a snake devouring the Democratic Party in this Judge cartoon from 1896.

The Rise of New Populism

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… This lesson uses the Origins article, “Fear and Loathing Around … trend towards populist and authoritarian leaders. The lesson looks at the United States, the Philippines, and … article. In addition, it considers Poland. Students will complete a stations activity to delve into specific aspects …
a protest in Iran - armed military hold guns on citizens

The Iran-U.S. History of Turmoil

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… This lesson plan examines the tense history between Iran and the … will have read an article from the BBC detailing the complex history between the two powers. Students will be introduced to the lesson’s compelling question: The US-Iran Standoff: How has America …
a corpse rising from the grave

Revenants, Vampires, and Ghosts, Oh My! European Folklore and the Supernatural

… sometimes glitteringly attractive, creatures come from? While not an exact replica, the myths and legends … back home and climbs up into the rafters of the bedchamber. Sure enough, the wife brings a young village man into her … a feast day, the brothers sneak to the revenant’s gravesite and dig up his corpse. What they see horrifies them: …

From Fat Cats to Egg Heads: The Changing American "Elite"

… at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … what is going wrong, and what threatens to go wrong in the future. But who are “they,” more precisely, this cabal of … of forces including railroad shipping rates, access to bank credit, falling farm prices on national and international …

From Karl Marx to Karl Rove: “Class Warfare” in American Politics

… Class is back. Whatever its other accomplishments, the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprouted … as the railway workers' fellow wage earners joined in insurrection against the railroads. For 45 days, crowds burned … be effective in [creating] jobs," while Rick Santorum refuted Obama's "class-warfare arguments" by saying, "There …
Waiting for a Chinook, by C.M. Russell. Overgrazing and harsh winters were factors that brought an end to the age of the Open Range.

Dot-Coms and the Great Cattle Die-Off

… reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … with us still: huge investments in a romantic new industry, sure to reap fantastic profits with little risk. Common … based on common sense, whether their subjects be web sites or cattle herds. The great market crash of Old West …
Lt. Cmdr. Raben Talvo (left), and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Angela Ramirez (right) administer the San Diego Naval Medical Center's first monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment to a COVID-19-positive patient, January 26, 2021.

The Rhyme of History: What the Black Death tells us about COVID-19’s Aftermath

… to Mark Twain, “it often rhymes.” Indeed, few historical comparisons make more compelling verse than the COVID-19 … might think that recovery took years, if not decades. Yet surprisingly, the panic was temporary. Although London was … could prove effective for treating other diseases in the future. Lt. Cmdr. Raben Talvo (left), and Hospital Corpsman …

South Africa: Twenty-Five Years Since Apartheid

… In 1991, the future of South Africa held tremendous promise. After … been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … and Asians. Many of these have survived and have been sites of development since apartheid, such as Soweto, though …

The Human Use of Human Beings: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing

… 9/11, reveals a great deal about the phenomenon we have come to know as suicide bombing. First, a radical left-wing … to be a dangerous security nuisance for the foreseeable future. A decade after the attacks on the World Trade … 2000s brought no tangible political benefits. Quite the opposite: by 2003, Israeli officials were intercepting the …
Two women in black hijab in Yemen

Yemen: Inside The Forgotten War

… Dr Asher Orkaby. For more coverage of the Middle East, be sure to check out The Secular Roots of a Religious Divide in … wined and dined for about six months to talk about Yemen's future. But the UN didn't really understand what the … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

… Nairobi, a huge slum and key locale in the current troubles. He also founded a spectacularly successful rice-growing … going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … whose homes were destroyed in the violence, and so far had survived intact. (However, I noted that subsequently mobs …
Troops of the French 2nd Armored Division parade down the Champs-Élysées on 26 August 1944

The Liberation of Paris

… four years of Nazi occupation. Following a week of guerilla combat between Resistance fighters and the occupying German … and commander of the city’s German garrison, formally surrendered to the Allies. After four years of occupation, … the faces of the people of Paris this morning,” wrote Charles Christian Wertenbaker, Time Magazine’s war …
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh.

A Question of Power, Not Sex

… who belong to New Birth Baptist Church near Atlanta. Some commentators have condemned Bishop Eddie Long’s virulently … activism and have called for a black church that is more welcoming and inclusive of gays and lesbians. Others have urged ministers to lead more stringent …
Mao proclaiming establishment of PRC.

The Establishment of the People’s Republic of China and Its Impacts

… governmental upheavals after 1911.  Mao Zedong and the Communist Party’s Rise to Victory During the 1920s and … Taiwanese have come to identify less with mainland China. A survey from 2022 indicated that about 60% to 70% of people … In 1979, seven years after President Richard Nixon visited China, China officially established diplomatic …
 Pinterest Hien Luong Bridge - Ben Hai River, Quang Tri, Vietnam

Vietnam Revisited: Forty Years after the Paris Peace Accord

… It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with American bombing … to destroy military targets, which include military sites or the manufacturing, transportation, and … Vietnamese government designated certain villages and its surrounding countryside as “free fire zones.” Any person …

NATO's New Order: The Alliance After the Cold War

… and dangerous, amplifying the sense of tension and competition across Europe and strengthening the sense of … to keep an eye on its internal political cohesion, to ensure that it speaks with one voice to the extent possible. … and the United States) broke down. Disagreements over the future of Germany, the growing division of Europe, and …
Senator Barack Obama

Memorandum to Sen. Obama: How to Run

… Senator Obama, I surely wish Harold Washington were alive to give you wise … successful Chicago mayoral campaign in 1983 offers valuable lessons that still make sense. The first is the importance … to get voters registered. He realized that if he were to become the city’s first African American elected mayor he …