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… 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 …

… and religious images get out of hand: ‘he must be for all companies, and all men’s money.’” To the lay and scholastics … In Part One, Marshall gives a broad overview of the Medieval Church . Marshall grounds the reader in important … “Mass,” “purgatory,” and “the Eucharist.” He then places Medieval theology in the context of late 15th and early 16th …

… back to the “gunboat diplomacy,” the use of force to accomplish diplomatic goals, associated with the major …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history …

… 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 …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … pointed to America’s growing vulnerabilities. The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st century, a task force … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …

… little different than colonies save for the possibility of future statehood. This lays the foundation for further … to shape the present. This book is intended for a popular audience, but it has extensive archival work behind it. The … both in and outside of the United States. To write this comprehensive history, the author travelled to Alaska, …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … This month, our BOH (Best in History Online) pick comes in the form of a website dedicated to reinventing the way we think about …

… In this post, we feature   Active History.ca ,  a website connecting historians work to the wider public with … result of a conference on " Active History: History for the Future " in 2008. Active History.ca features  papers , book … and is transformative to both practitioners and communities." We highly recommend you check out this site, …

… of unilateralist action is to invite lesser powers to combine to neutralize it.   Therefore, the United States … and unprepared for others' attacks on them; then would come a call for reinforcements. Customarily victory would …   Similarly, the United States will find the extended commitments of its War on Terrorism expensive in both money …

… 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 …

… Ever since Watergate, campaign finance reformers have come to expect great legislative victories in the wake of … For 25 years, parties, candidates, and other political committees have had to report their campaign contributions … and expenditures to an agency — the Federal Election Commission — that was established to publicize that …

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

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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.   …

… 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 …

… earth throughout time. All of this is based on an article compiled and introduced by Frank Uekötter, entitled, " What …

… There is the same whiff of hysteria about prospects for the future that one finds in current administration … the test of the first Soviet atomic weapon in 1949. The combination of the Soviet Union’s atomic weapons and its … country in the world is more or less on the level of Panama compared with the military strength of the United States. …

… 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.” …

… 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. …

… 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 …

… 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. …