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Image of Lou Gehrig from a Sports Exchange All-Stars trade card.

Celebrating a Genuine American Hero

… him, believes that his only responsibility to the team comes on game day. Other anti-heroes, such as Michael … our pity more than our admiration. To be sure, heroes come from many different backgrounds and are as diverse as … keenly aware of his human frailties and still managed to accomplish extraordinary things. Born on June 19, 1903, in a …
FDR speaking on the radio

Sensationalism, Modern Media, & Presidential Elections

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
… The next activity allows students to work in groups to compare and contrast media from today to media of the past. … media through a political cartoon. Finally, students will complete an exit ticket based on a scenario regarding what …
'What Hath God Wrought?': The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, by Daniel Walker Howe Book Cover.

Mr. Bush Meet Mr. Jackson

Review of 'What Hath God Wrought?': The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, by Daniel Walker Howe (Oxford University Press, 2007)
… Daniel Walker Howe wrought? The answer is a sweeping and commanding synthesis of the political and economic history … the bases. It is also in the nature of such big overview studies that they often devolve, text-book like, into tedious … that is dark here, and that darkness, for Howe, was embodied in the figure of Andrew Jackson. Jackson emerges from …
Logo of General Motors.svg

The Federal Government Should Hold On To General Motors

… in spring 2009. What was then the world’s largest auto company had been hemorrhaging money for years, losing an … astonishing $69.6 billion in 2007-2008. By early 2009, the company faced bankruptcy, with no private investors willing … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University.   …
photos of people who died during Rwandan genocide

The Extermination of a Nation: The Genocide in Rwanda

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… moderates who were against the government. Students will complete a document-based question activity in small groups. … assess their learning with a check for understanding. Once completed with the assessment, the students will continue …
drawing of internet communications

What Will the Internet Bring?

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
Science & Technology
… This lesson plan focuses on comparing the spread of information due to both railroads … article “What the Internet Will Bring Us.” This article comes from 1999, prior to the internet’s mass spread. It … impacted the world they were created in. Students will compare and contrast the railroads and internet by looking …
Thomas Jefferson, founder of the University of Virginia, enslaved more than 600 people in his lifetime.

Ivy and Slavery

… it difficult to break free from the constraints of their communities, for many churches, political parties and laws … And it educated others to follow in those steps. It should come as no surprise that its students accepted slavery. … are free from moral guilt. Maybe we can learn from Yale’s complicity in slavery.  Perhaps we can remember Emerson’s …
Cover of Song of Wrath The Peloponnesian War Begins by J. E. Lendon.

A Time For War

Review of Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins, by J.E. Lendon (Basic Books, New York, 2010)
… chapter two by the motivations and actions that led to the coming of the Ten Years' War. In chapter three, Lendon … in the political dimension. If one Greek state gave a command to another, this usually implied that the commanded … and a grand reinterpretation into this extensively studied war. …
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 …
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)
… Yavapais sold them to the Mohaves a year later.  Mary Ann died of an unknown illness exacerbated by famine while with … autobiography, letters with family, and anthropological studies of the native tribes she lived with.    Mifflin is … Olive remade herself into a proper Victorian lady, complete with a child (the couple adopted) and a beautiful …
Lydia Vargo and Teamster with delivery wagon in Toledo, Ohio c. 1920.

The National Park Service Explores the History of Farm Labor in America

… is collected, debated, and passed on.   Shortly before she died, I interviewed my monolingual Spanish-speaking … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to … and preservation. It will also use the suggestions of the community to evaluate how best to promote the public's …
A sculpture of Jesus's crucifixion from the eighteenth century.

History Through a Faith-Based Lens

… in order to secure my doctorate. Only those who are truly committed to their religious faith can understand the pain … a lasting work of art and engender serious thought among audiences of diverse faith backgrounds.” Indeed, films, as … like filmmakers respect the intelligence of their audiences enough to know that their work is, indeed, an …
Abandoned nuclear weapons depot in Northern Germany.

What About the WMDs that DO Exist?

… holocaust in which hundreds of millions of people would die horribly. Even the much smaller nuclear arsenals of the … Treaties (START I, in 1991 and START II, in 1993), and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT, in 1996). These … “unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals.” …
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Best in History Online: Imperial & Global Forum

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like  Origins  – seek to bring history … of the University’s eminent imperial historians. It comprises of one of the largest groups of imperial and … in the UK.” [Description from Imperial & Global Exeter website] You can also take part in their exploration of …
Vietnamese Children

Voices of the Vietnam War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… the standard and article by highlighting the importance of Communism, one key aspect of the Cold War, and also … had in the Vietnam War, trying to prevent the spread of Communism, and the damage done through bombings and Agent … in a group discussion. Students will have to understand the complexity of the Vietnam War through both sides and then …
Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt from the early 1930s.

The Four Freedoms in the War Against Terrorism

… European fascists, who sought to organize the world into superior and inferior “racial states” to fight … back to the “gunboat diplomacy,” the use of force to accomplish diplomatic goals, associated with the major …
The Titanic sailing from Southampton in 1912.

Is History Really Bunk?

… of the intergalactic wars of the Star Trek TV series become as important as the Civil War. An example of how … follows the ratings marketplace can be seen in the commercial cable network, the History Channel, which liberal … historians. Yet it certainly reaches a much larger audience through a more powerful medium than scholars' books …