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

… visitors to co-host South Korea, the identical number who visited the country in the same period during the preceding … targets. An Olympic bid may even be in South Africa's future as sport mega-events become a symbol of a nation's … South Africans who possess both the internet access and credit card necessary to procure lower-priced match entry. …
Dreamcatchers shown against the sky

Re-storying the Experiences of Indigenous College Students

… Shannon Gonzales-Miller, PhD, shares her dissertation research project … that sought to examine the experiences of identity erasure, invisibility and hyper visibility for Urban Indian, … of the topics, the topics of the course. So to end, the future research is, I'm interested in what Carter's article …
Exterior view of the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India,

The Bhopal Chemical Gas Disaster

… to be sacrificed on the altar of profit - we are flames, committed to conquering darkness, and we will continue the … of Madhya Pradesh, landed in the U.S. Two of them were survivors of the Bhopal Gas Disaster of 1984, often referred … poisoning, discovering severe contamination of the factory site, surrounding land and groundwater. Levels of mercury in …
The Pride Flag being hoisted onto the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Hatred Aimed at Gays Hurts All

… that the culture of terror that has long affected gays and lesbians also threatens heterosexuals. Though the … hands in public, embracing at an airport, or from being comfortable in workplaces where heterosexual family photos … strike. It was designed to shock, as were these lines: I’m sure our TRUNNELS look’d as clean  As if they ne’re up A–se …
Marker: "90 Miles to Cuba. Southernmost Point, Continental USA. Key West, FL"

Rethinking Cuba Libre

… terms with the United States though it's only 90 miles away from the U.S.'s southernmost point. But U.S. - Cuba … praise. They don't ask for human rights. They just provide credit to an ally and aid to an ally. Relationship with the … of takeaway question, what does the past tell about the future in this case? That is, can we use past relations, …
Haze obscuring image of rooftops in China

The Greening of China?

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …

Dry Days Down Under: Australia and the World Water Crisis

… told that "critical human needs" might not be met in the future. To make matters worse, thirsty animals have been … is a self-reinforcing event. How, we should ask, has it come to all this? Australia's water woes are, in part, a … water supply in Sydney, the Tank Stream, quickly became a site of contention—and disastrously polluted—as local elites …
President Joe Biden with other foreign leaders, sitting around a table with others looking on

How does Ideology Drive U.S. Foreign Relations?

… us to order and explain the world, often serving as rationales for (in)action as well as explanations for success or … Distinguished Lecturer, Nichols is a frequent public commentator on U.S. politics and foreign policy. Nichols is … better understand the present and perhaps to build a better future. I've been keen to present on this topic for a while …
Graveyard - WWI soldiers

The Long Legacy of WWI

… This lesson explores the effects of debt accumulated from WWI and how these radically changed the world. The lesson will start with the introduction of an essential … these bonds. The students will take a lecture quiz to ensure that they understood the content of the lecture. The …
bus with sign on side reading Soybean Powered, This bus runs on soybean bio-diesel

The Bottom of the Barrel: The Long Transition of Energy in America

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
… This lesson plan focuses on the dire need of fossil fuels … raw materials drastically decreasing. The students will become aware of the possibility that they will experience a future with little to no fossil fuels, thus needing a …
Book Cover of Brain, Mind and Internet: A Deep History and Future By: David J. Staley

9/22/2014 Hot off the Presses: Your Brain on the Internet

… Brain, Mind and Internet: A Deep History and Future   A new book from Ohio State historian  David J. … all the dramatic and disruptive change that the Internet surely represents, placing it in this long term historical … of the mind." [Book description from the publisher's website .] …
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
… ideas; once the brainstorm time is over, the class will come together to observe the similar ideas students came up … Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio History websites. To conclude the lesson, students will answer … that recap the day’s objectives while also highlighting a future lesson subject regarding conservation and …
Cañón Silfra, Parque Nacional de Þingvellir, Suðurland, Islandia

Divergent Plate Boundaries: The Earth is Tearing Itself Apart

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Science & Technology
… This lesson plan involves exploring divergent boundaries, their … with Plate Tectonics. To finish out the lesson, students complete a quick exit ticket while a recap of the day is completed with explanation leading to a future lesson about magnetism of the ocean floor and how …
 Monte Albán

A Postcard From Oaxaca, Mexico

… mountain views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José … on the right, traditional dance. The Sierra Madres del Sur are the backdrop to colorful  Oaxaca  City. Oaxaca … made it one of the largest cities in Mesoamerica. ( Photo Credit: Wikimedia). Oaxaca City is the state capital of the …
Putin and Trump meeting

Twitter Cold War

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
War & Peace
… This lesson plan deals with the continued strained relationship … and Russia. It uses the Origins article “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought … the Ohio American History standard, “The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought …
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with a sign announcing the 70th anniversary ceremony.

A Postcard from Hiroshima

… of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these tragic events. Hiroshima Peace Memorial … Atomic Bomb Dome, the only building in central Hiroshima to survive the blast, is now a UNESCO world heritage site. Following the official ceremony, smaller gatherings …
An artist's rendering of the Tunguska event

The 1908 Tunguska Event and the Threats of Tomorrow

… No disaster scenario more challenges human hopes to overcome nature’s forces than the sudden and unpredicted strike … objects. But all these years later, we still aren’t exactly sure what happened there. Even unequivocally labeling the … indigenous group that resides in central Siberia. The site of the Tunguska explosion in the late 1920s. As Akulina …
A shopkeeper sits outside his store in the Cardo waiting for tourists and residents to stop in.

A Postcard from Jerusalem

… A narrow stairway leads to Dier Es-Sultan, a contentious site atop the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It now houses an … Residents of Silwan gather for a celebration at their community center. This is the same question the Palestinian … in 72 CE, a small population remained in this quarter and survived under many occupations. For Jews, the “Western …

Another Silent Spring

… 1962 book Silent Spring with “a fable for tomorrow”—a future when “some evil spell” had settled on our communities, when “mysterious maladies swept the flocks of … begin to concentrate more on the selected few, becoming parasites on domesticated livestock like cows, pigs, and …

Aerial Torpedoes, Buzz Bombs, and Predators: The Long Cultural History of Drones

… us from the ravages of modern warfare, or if they will become the appliances of Orwellian control. What is remarkable … phenomena: heralds of human accomplishment and hope for the future, signs of inhuman depravity portending society’s … World likened Langley’s drone to an act of magic, and assured that, “no man has as yet really flown, but on May 6 a …
American W84 warhead from the 1980s.

Nuclear Arms Control – Now, More than Ever

… efforts include improving security at Russian nuclear sites, which are considered vulnerable to theft. The Bush … weapons. A breakthrough on this critical issue could come as part of an overall commitment toward deeper, … are grave reminders to Americans of September 11. But future attacks could be even more devastating if terrorists …

Public Debt, Private Wealth: A History of Central Banks

… central banks have authorized and backed with all the credit and trust they have been able to muster. Since the … Older historical thinking, however, suggests the opposite: that nation states, just like kingdoms and empires, … economic growth that all governments should want for the future of their people. The Debts of Our Children In 1948, …