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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 …
King speaking to an anti-Vietnam war rally at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, April 27, 1967.

Which Martin Luther King to Honor?

… sides their full due, we will be honoring only a bloodless, comforting reflection of the whole troubling man.  Most … and a legitimate target for nonviolent civil disobedience. That was why he was in Memphis in 1968, supporting … fiction. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics

… west became (if ambivalently for some) the second former communist-bloc state to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union, Slovaks became the second former communist-bloc state to adopt the common European currency, … too much national sovereignty to the EU governing bodies. At the time of publication of this article (July …

The American Dream after COVID-19

… already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … as did the 1918 Spanish Flu and the even more deadly medieval Black Death . These diseases, including our current … acquisitiveness even tends to undercut these goals. Studies in the field of Positive Psychology point to the good …
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, … the post-war era that it began to feature in medical studies and reach popular consciousness as a drug of abuse. …
Liu Bang, or Emperor Gaozu of Han

Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor

… of China’s greatest imperial dynasty was, like Mao, a commoner. As with many dynastic founders, it is difficult to … and “Madam Liu”). They were farmers, working the rice paddies that stretched out from the Yellow River northward over … Shi Huangdi, to sustain his rule. The famed terracotta soldiers at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, discovered by …
Various sedimentary rock strata are visible in many areas of Badlands National Park.

Ten Moments of Insight in America’s National Parks

… the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … The family moved to the United States in 1923, and Eero studied architecture at Yale. In February 1948 Saarinen’s … An archipelago in the far northwestern corner of Lake Superior, Isle Royale seems remote, and it is, at least by …
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11/20/2014: Best in History Online: BackStory

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring … broadcast by 36 primary public radio stations, serving 72 communities in 20 states and Washington, D.C.—and more than … episodes as specials." [description from  BackStory   website]   …
Carrie (left) with her mother, Emma Buck, at the Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, 1924.

The Sterilization of Carrie Buck

… of rape. For Buck’s foster family and the doctors who recommended sterilization, a pregnancy out of wedlock was one … mental defect.” Over Buck’s objections, the Court recommended that she be sterilized because, according to the … to disabled people’s right to make decisions about their bodies. It also contains the haunting revelation that Black …
Immigrant rights march for amnesty in downtown Los Angeles, California on May Day, 2006.

Make Residency, Not Just Working, Legal

… about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR … letter to the editor, but the restrictionists focus more commonly on the costs to the environment, social services … the Hmong, Eritreans, Somalis, Vietnamese and other newcomers as additional burdens on an overburdened American …
Depiction of General Scott capturing Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.

Getting Away from the “Quagmire” Cliché

… analogies about Iraq. They had better search further. While comparisons of Iraq with Vietnam may stir Howard Dean’s … and Iraqi police face domestic and foreign terrorists committed not to independence but actually to blocking … so different from their specious label as to make such comparisons more efforts in panic than in reasoned analysis. …
West Berliners stand amid the rubble of WWII and watch U.S. Air Force transport planes land at Templehof Airport during the Berlin Airlift in 1948.

The Berlin Airlift

… new runways in both major West Berlin airports just to accommodate the increased traffic from the large, heavy, … places like  Gaza and  Ukraine in 2023-2024, the West faces comparatively more dangerous and difficult situations.  … viewed as an exception rather than the standard by which to compare modern humanitarianism. It illustrates both the …
A photo of Helmut Kohl in1987.

Germany After Kohl

… sad watching a powerful political figure overstay his welcome. Helmut Kohl, German chancellor for sixteen years, has … Germany under Schrôder might do is of greater importance. A comparison of the chancellorships of Konrad Adenauer and Kohl may provide some clues. Two questions come to mind. Has Kohl left Germany able to manage its own …
Perry speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Governor Perry’s Vice-Presidential Mistake

… up from the nation's second job.     But Garner's pithy comment no longer describes the vice presidency.     The … overcame misgivings of close Ronald Reagan associates to become a valued presidential adviser and effective diplomat. … in winning the presidency while vice president, an accomplishment that had eluded Nixon and Humphrey and indeed …
Ivan Aivazovsky, a Native of Feodosia, Crimea, is known as one of Russia's greatest painters, and one of the world's best at seascapes. The Battle of Sinop (Russian and Turkish Navies), 1853

Top Ten Origins: Stories from Crimea

… The Crimea that most people have come to know is a peninsula occupied by Russian forces, … Crimea to Russia, as the ancient site where, according to medieval Russian documents, Prince Vladimir “the Baptist” … the modern nursing profession while serving British soldiers. 6. The Russian Riviera The Hotel Rossiia was the most …