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US Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

“Operation Mississippi Freedom”: When State-Sponsored Terrorism Was American

… if the avowed objectives of the outsiders in 1964 and today were similar, the means they employed to try to achieve … those ends were radically different. That difference points up the wrong-headedness of the Bush policy in Iraq. … including 35 churches and numerous homes in this state. McComb, Miss., came to be known that summer as the bombing …
David Ben-Gurion proclaiming Israel's independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl.

Zionist Idea of Security Blocks Path to Peace

… goes a long way toward understanding Israeli policy today. The first great Zionist writer, Leo Pinsker, set the pattern in 1881. Anti-Semitism “can never die,” he maintained. Wherever Jews live among foreigners, … as a permanent fact of life. The Zionists aimed to overcome that psychological infirmity by making the Jews a …
Martin Luther King, Jr., at Civil Right March on Washington

Exploring the Legacy of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, do you think he would believe that “his dream” had been achieved? Why or why not?
Grade Level
9-12
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Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… Students will gather information using the Origins website to help facilitate a Socratic-style discussion that … school year. The lesson can be done in the classroom or adapted and completed online. … If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, do you think he would believe that “his dream” had been …
melting Wedgemount Glacier

World Population

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
Science & Technology
man standing my large container of fish with ocean and mountains in background

It’s the Factors of Life: Abiotic and Biotic Factors of Biomes

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Science & Technology
… knowledge has been activated, the class will go through the day’s agenda and learning objectives before moving into … ideas; once the brainstorm time is over, the class will come together to observe the similar ideas students came up … using Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio History websites. To conclude the lesson, students will answer …
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
… 21st century, and is written at a level which is not easily comprehensible to 7th graders. I decided to create this … as it pertains to the content area of 7th grade social studies. In this grade, students learn about the transition … as they move through the gallery. Students then discuss the day’s compelling question: “Why did the religious difference …
Scene from the 11th century Bayeaux Tapestry depicting Norman cavalry attacking Anglo-Saxon soldiers.

The Norman Conquest of England, 1066

… the French Duke of Normandy. It is a reminder that the complicated, ambivalent, and sometimes hostile relationship … In January 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died without an heir, which motivated several claimants to … inherit the crown. William, Duke of Normandy, and Harald Hardarda, King of Norway, however, immediately challenged the …
a military drone in the air over a desert

Military Drones: Terror Weapon or Military Tool?

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
War & Peace
… The lesson plan focuses and grapples the long, changing, and complex history of military drones.  The Origin article that … from being flimsy wood and canvas devises that were more common in science fiction novels than the military to the … weapons of World War II, and now their complex role in today’s society.  I made the decision to use this article …
Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann Discovers LSD

… disease was ergotism: poisoning produced by exposure to the compounds found in a fungus that grows on wheat. In the … of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. It was not until five years later, … any psychoactive drugs work in such small doses. Later that day, however, he found himself “affected by a remarkable …
Cover of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin.

Taking it on the Chin

Review of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman, by Margot Mifflin (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009)
… start.  By the time the group reached Maricopa Wells in today's Arizona, they were exhausted, and all but the Oatman … Yavapais sold them to the Mohaves a year later.  Mary Ann died of an unknown illness exacerbated by famine while with … Olive remade herself into a proper Victorian lady, complete with a child (the couple adopted) and a beautiful …
An insurance form with pills.

“Hands off My Medicare”: The Deadly Legacy of Social Insurance

… as the old age pension program), became untouchable. Their commitments were sacred. Their recipients were unequivocally … social insurance.   Defense of this idea has generated flashpoints of debate in both bills (the storm and fury over the … The proposed patchwork of mandates, regulations, and subsidies do nothing to address the administrative waste, …
J.P. Morgan

Time (Yet Again) for Preventative Regulation

… sector all think the actions they’ve taken in recent days and weeks will fend off disaster. That’s unlikely. … Drexel Burnham Lambert, Michael Milken’s junk bond shop, to die a slow death from 1986 to 1990, the term “regulation” … landscape and lexicon. This trend has left ever more complex financial markets and multinationals to operate in …
The White House lit in green light for St. Patrick's Day.

9/11 and 3/17: Closer Than You Think

… This weekend, as hundreds march to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the most evident colors may very well be red, white and … pluralist implication of the St. Patrick's Day parades becomes more apparent as we look at the events held in cities … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we have come.   So when this weekend's St. Patrick's Day parades pay …
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.

Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?

… who remained on the court. This dramatic change in the composition of the Supreme Court can be traced to the … their court on which their church has taken positions binding on its communicants.   There was little concern … President Ronald Reagan, the first woman justice, Sandra Day O’Connor, 14 years later.   The United States can take …
Computers utilized by U.S. Navy personnel in 1998.

What the Internet Will Bring Us

… ultimate solution to problems of (pick one, or pick many) communication, commerce, travel, learning, teaching, thinking? Much of the … titans did with their wealth was not at all clear or foreordained. Like the internet, the railroad could only be as …
American soldiers making rolling barbed wire entanglements during World War I.

War Can Take On a Life of Its Own

… Can responses to past terrorist acts provide any sort of guidance to the United States as it moves toward the brink of … capital, Sarajevo. Much of Europe was outraged by this audacious, cowardly act of terrorism. Princip, a Bosnian … of the Marne. Both sides then dug in along what would become the great Western Front, a series of trenches extending …
Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1971.

Playing Fast and Loose with Historical Analogies

… was the reinterpretation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Comparing President Kennedy’s action and President Bush’s … into Cuba. Rumsfeld conveniently overlooked two crucial points in drawing his analogy: Kennedy had conclusive … Neither can be said of Bush’s current plans to attack Saddam Hussein. The Bush administration’s description of the …
The NASA Space Shuttle Challenger launching in 1983.

Mars: A Planet Too Far?

… He twice attempted to escape the tremendous financial commitment by promoting a joint lunar trip by the United … most Americans opposed sharing technology or glory with the Communist giant. Without the threat of a hulking enemy … in such causes. Kennedy robbed a strong domestic agenda to fuel the space race. If Bush’s space proposals are not …
CIA Logo

12/22/2014: Senate Report on the CIA and Torture

… going forward." [Podcast description from WOSU's website ]    More of  Peter Mansoor's work with Origins : … and al-Sham (ISIS) Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency …
Black and white image of an empty classroom

12/24/2014: Teaching Race in the Classroom

… and as troubling news about the country’s racial divides comes front and center, we’ll talk about how teachers can engage and inform." [Podcast description from WOSU's website ]   More of  Hasan Kwame Jeffries  work with  …
Genoa Park along the west bank of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio, United States

12/29/2014: Cities of the Future

… urban renewal this hour." [Podcast description from WOSU's website ]    More of Steven Conn's work with Origins : The … The Role of "Big Government" in American History Charles Darwin’s American Adventure: A Melodrama in Three Acts …
Image of a large turkey on a postcard from the early 1900s.

The First “First Thanksgiving”

… Thanksgiving was still not the first in America. Florida residents point out that an earlier Spanish Thanksgiving … Thanksgiving.” For 136 years, Thanksgiving has been a day commemorated across America. It gives us a moment to recall … inhale the heady aromas of our new harvests; to relish the coming together, once again, of family and good friends; to …
Administrative building in the Hague in 1939.

First World War of the Twenty-First Century?

… These headlines could be plucked from any newspaper today: “Multinational peacekeeping force planned for … Now the question again surfaces: will the international community be able to avoid the slide toward war? It remains … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …