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… the wetlands of Italy and Britain. The Roman world included some of the most remarkable rivers in the European, Middle Eastern, and African worlds: from the Nile … religious aura of rivers enhanced the status of riverine communities” (31). Rivers were ascribed human qualities and …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … public conversation. This month, we’re introducing you to some new sound on the web, as we add our very first podcast recommendation into the mix. The Exploring Environmental …

… The Founding Fathers balanced the power of the president as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the people’s representatives — the one to command the nation’s armed forces, the other to decide when … to declare war. During the protracted struggle with the Soviet Union following World War II, the very concept of war …

… Pinsker, set the pattern in 1881. Anti-Semitism “can never die,” he maintained. Wherever Jews live among foreigners, … their own nation. Pinsker’s followers agreed there was something abnormal about Jewish life. Two millennia of … as a permanent fact of life. The Zionists aimed to overcome that psychological infirmity by making the Jews a …

… with legendary musicians The Grateful Dead. Acid, also known as LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a powerful hallucinogen that elicits a … supply of synthetic Psilocybin (the active psychedelic ingredient in “magic mushrooms”) from Sandoz pharmacy. In the …

… in Mississippi takes us back to a time when state-sponsored terrorism existed in the United States. The trial of … 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 …

… States remained neutral while  World War II  raged in  Europe  and  Asia , but the country was inching toward war. … to support the Allies like the Lend-Lease Act, even as isolationist sentiment earned space in opinion pages. Yet next to the adult fare at the newsstands was something far less ambiguous: a four-color spectacle …

… a new take on what used to exist: preventative regulation. So how to get there? The recent salvage of the investment … 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 …

… tax credit for children to the nation’s 6.5 million low-income families, and has buried the measure in another round … abolition aroused a cadre of reformers who unsettled public complacency in less than a century. In 1780, Pennsylvania … for emancipation gradually according to the enslaved person’s age. “A House divided against itself cannot stand,” …

… Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, every year at this season for two and a half millennia. In each historical era, … All of those meanings are now reflected in the Jewish community’s ambivalent view of the Middle East conflict. … Mideast peace. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… Students will gather information using the Origins website to help facilitate a Socratic-style discussion that connects the Civil Rights … The lesson can be done in the classroom or adapted and completed online. …

… al-Qaida agents in the United States? Yes he does, say some, who point to Abraham Lincoln’s suspension of writs of … War to defend their position. Then and now they argue, the commander-in-chief during wartime has an obligation to place … Lincoln, beginning in April 1861, ordered federal soldiers to arrest active secessionists, saboteurs and …

… as the war drags on and Americans and Iraqis continue to die. The term "shock and awe" is in keeping with a … Smith returned to England, proclaiming his mission accomplished; but the Virginia Indian wars lasted for decades. … In the American Revolution, Britain's Captain Patrick Ferguson believed his ingenious breech-loading rifle would …

… and speculations.” It continued: “Leaving the president solely in control of war powers” has been “to the detriment … 2, Section 2, couldn’t be clearer: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United … there any grant of the sweeping powers now claimed for the commander in chief. Indeed, the congressional power to …

… from the state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico migrated to southern California with four young daughters. The family … 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 …

… Description: This lesson will help students understand the connections between … Climate, Climate-Change, Technology, Innovation Lesson Plan Primary Sources World Population Power Point   …

… the battle against terrorism as a contest pitting free societies against those who would impose Islamic rule on the … to drive cars. Social and political control over women’s bodies, however, extends well beyond the Islamic world. In … in sexual slavery is now endemic across much of Eastern Europe and Asia, but has generated only a tepid response …

… as one 1714 text put it. This 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, …

… back food donations to impoverished countries because of soaring food prices. This announcement deals a devastating … such as Germany. Former President Hoover noted, "It may come as a great shock to American taxpayers" to give aid to … lives. The United States then shouldered the expense of the European reconstruction program known as the Marshall Plan. …

… other ineffective chief executives such as Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan. These dire projections, routinely … dimples, chads and absentee ballots has raised the ire of diehard partisans who will try to weaken the president by … otherwise, is a dynamic process that revolves around three complex elements — the leader, the followers and the …

… of money and momentum. This year, conventions were almost completely removed from the selection of a nominee. For all … the vice presidency, the presidential nominee now asserts sole power to choose his or her running mate, both for … have looked for vice-presidential candidates who would complement their campaign’s main themes. In 1992, Al Gore, …

… may have had little immediate importance for Americans and Europeans but it mattered a great deal to those living … post-1868 empire, including Korea and Taiwan . The Chinese Communist Party would be reborn and re-legitimized through … to British Malaya, Singapore , and Burma; the Dutch East Indies; and Australia-administered New Guinea. They even …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … to explore and learn more on their own. Each podcast episode is about an hour long with accompanying text, images, and conversational style to …

… the departments of Dance, History, Microbiology, and Philosophy, and a Bexley High School master history teacher. The … material. 2. Increase student empathy and awareness of the complexities of a pandemic (past or present). 3. Introduce … (again, past or present). Visit the  Pandemic Pedagogies  website at  https://pandemicpedagogiesproject.wordpress.com/ …