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Racial Patterns in Felony Disenfranchisement

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… This lesson plans deals with the concept of felony … U.S. have disproportionately affected the African American community. Students will be introduced to the term “felony … will use the content they learned from the lecture to complete a Think, Pair, Share activity. After this, students …
miscellaneous currency

Currency Wars

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… The lesson plan pairs with the Origins article written by Steven … have attempted to depreciate their currencies to gain a “competitive advantage” in global markets. After reading the … the major vocabulary from the article, and to the lesson’s compelling question, “Currency Wars: Why should we …
US citizens in unemployment line

America and Unemployment

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… This lesson plan looks at the United States today and the current … unemployment. Our lesson plan follows this current event in comparison to the economy’s downfall during the Great … This gives students the opportunity the chance to make connections between sources and viewpoints. Files for download: …
people holding sign - from today our identity is Southern and African not Arabic and Islamic

Crisis in Darfur: Ethnic Cleansing

… its people such as how it has altered their lives. In this lesson, students will first unpack what they know about why … through a Think, Pair, Share, to help introduce a more complex and serious topic. After this, students will be … The goal for students, with their exit ticket and lesson, is to be able to explain why there has been ethnic …
"Terracotta Warriors" in China

Ancient China and the Peasant Emperor

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
… In this lesson plan, students look at a key moment in the formation … issues of political evolution and revolution. To begin, the lesson contextualizes the content in terms of the different … Revolutionary War. Students consider the potential outcomes of revolutionary activity, and what counts as a …
1968 numbers with images behind the numbers

A Time It Was: 1968 Around the World.

Grade Level
9-12
… This lesson plan works with the concept of globalism and how … mirror each other. The Origins article that was chosen compares how student movements around the world in 1968 … by President Johnson on the Tet Offensive and then they compare that to the Pentagon Papers discussing the true …
Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists: A Debate that Rages On

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
American Government
… This lesson plan looks at Federalism versus Anti-Federalism and … mini-lesson on Federalists and Anti-Federalists. We then connect the ideas of Federalism versus Anti-Federalism to big … to analyze their assigned political cartoon, the class will come together to discuss the political cartoons and how the …

Singapore at Fifty

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… In this lesson, students will perform a close reading of an article … This lesson is designed to develop students’ abilities to comprehend, synthesize, and analyze a complex text. Students will identify and define key …
Artist representation of data security and privacy. Large eye peeks through an open window.

These Machines Know Too Damn Much

… narrative says technology is to blame—that after mainframe computers burst onto the scene in the middle of the … more questions than its predecessor. This perceived connection between large-scale data collection and the public … campaigns more sophisticated. With the rise of the credit card industry, consumer debt in the United States had …

Big-time Bureaucratic Brouhaha

… This lesson plan helps students recognize how the government … should be. The selected  Origins article reflects the disconnect between Democrats and Republicans over the role the … thing. A rock paper scissors activity engages students in competition, while showing them the differences between a …
sign that reads First Amendment Permit Area

Does Profit Trump the Truth? The 1st Amendment in the 21st Century

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
Science & Technology
… This lesson plan focuses on the news and media in America today … analyzed the media’s heavy focus on the Trump campaign compared to the rest of the candidates (Trump received an … to convince other students to join their side. To close the lesson, students will participate in a 3-minute essay to …
Illustration of global public health by Giovanni Maki, 2004.

The WHO and International Public Health

… last 75 years that matters – it’s the next 75. We learn the lessons of the past so we can apply them in the future.”  … epidemiological data on infectious diseases, and offer recommendations on sanitation. The OIPH would later become a … and North America who found the region to be “lacking” the necessary health infrastructure. This made the development …

Influenza Pandemics Now, Then, and Again

… fatal. In my case, the ER doctor determined that I had a less serious virus and mild exhaustion, and released me from … prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities … lacked the ability to produce the vaccine in the requisite quantities, and what it did produce appeared to cause …
Protesters during day 14 of Occupy Wall Street

"Class Warfare" in American History

… Also at The Ohio State University. All Origins articles and podcasts can be accessed for free at … Politics." Thanks for being on the show Sarah, and welcome.  Sarah Siff   My pleasure. Thanks.  Patrick Potyondy   … People still talk about class warfare. It doesn't always necessarily apply to policies that people think are …
Royal Irish Rifles in foxhole at Battle of the Somme, 1916

Legacies of the Great War

… of U.S. entry into World War I. But, as the world commemorates the centennial of the war, U.S. events have … us to learn why World War I is remembered so differently in combatant countries, what the war's most important … for this was very much, oh, so a war that was fought on credit. And initially the credit for fighting, this war came …
sign that states - parental advisory explicit content

Fight For Your Right to Freedom of Expression

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… This lesson uses Robertson’s article “50 Years Ago: the Beatles, Rock, and Race in America” to investigate how music … by white audiences. Later, in the 1960s, bands like the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones further popularized, and …
Hubert Robert's 1785 painting "Fire in Rome," showing the events of 64 CE.

The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … with advisors, reassuring people, often visiting the site of the disaster or a relief center—usually wearing a … Iucundus, Pompeii. Even Nero’s detractors had to give him credit for his response to this disaster. The only modern …
Cover of The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism: A Short History by David Farber.

The Far Right Stuff

Review of The Rise and Fall of Modern Conservatism, by David Farber (Princeton University Press, 2010)
… a table with friends and fight over.  I mean that as a high compliment, since there are far too many books out there, … to be fair to his subjects and to their politics.  He gives credit where credit is due, and he avoids pulling the … presidential campaign in Neshoba County Mississippi, the site of gruesome civil rights violence, and spoke of states' …

The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … visitors to co-host South Korea, the identical number who visited the country in the same period during the preceding … South Africans who possess both the internet access and credit card necessary to procure lower-priced match entry. …