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And Water for All - stylized image of hands with water behind them

... And Water for All

An educational documentary about water affordability
… Act.   Cheryl Soltis-Muth  There's something called the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, NPDES. That … crazy, because we were supposed to have a little family reunion. When the announcement came, I just immediately jumped …
Cover of The Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin Calloway.

Native Americans in Urban Places

Review of , “The Chiefs Now in This City”: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America, by Colin Calloway (New York City, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021)
 Monte Albán

A Postcard From Oaxaca, Mexico

… its native son. The second, Porforio Díaz, came to dominate national politics in 1876 by means of a coup. The profoundly … López Obrador (colloquially known as "AMLO"). AMLO gained a national political reputation in the 1980s as an opposition …
President Reagan in February 1985.

Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?

… Reagan on issues ranging from taxes to negotiating with the Soviet Union.   For all of his conservative bona fides, as far back …
Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.

The Power of the Pedestal

… of California, Riverside. She is the author of "A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American …
A rhino standing on the beach

The Sixth Extinction and Our Unraveling World

… many which are already illegal, of course, under the international treaty under the CITES treaty, but that really is … So then turning to the bigger picture about how we act on national and on and on a global scale. Are their current US … big things that that we could do that would require international cooperation would be to put aside big tracts of …

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System

… created a groundswell for reform. The signing of the National Mental Health Act in 1946 and the subsequent creation of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) signaled that the … officials enact gun legislation as part of a broader national student walkout on the one-month anniversary of the …
Dian Fossey with mountain gorilla.

Dian Fossey: Conservationist in the Mist

… At this site, a coalition between the local community, national wildlife representatives and international researchers (stakeholders with sometimes … of Fossey’s work popularizing his life—that led to an international outpouring of grief, the creation of the Digit Fund …
The floor seal of the Central Intelligence Agency

Getting Others to Fight Our Wars

… send in U.S. forces. But after some scorching remarks from Soviet Premier Khrushchev, while Castro was making mincemeat … Henry Butterfield Ryan … History News Service … Global/Transnational … Military/War/Peace … Cold War … Getting Others to …
graveyard at memorial to Srebrenica

Srebrenica

In July 1995, over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys were killed in the Srebrenica massacre.
… reminder of the dynamics and consequences of extreme nationalism, the long legacies that acts of violence leave … and Herzegovina … Military/War/Peace … Genocide … International Organizations … Srebrenica …
Dome of the Rock

Religions of the Middle East

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… in the Middle East are more a result of religion or nationalism. Conflicts in the Middle East dominate current …
soldiers patrolling in Iraq

The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 10 Years Later

… despite flagging U.N. support and deteriorating international popular opinion . In the late evening of March 19, … nightmare, effectively squandering post-9/11 international sympathy and support. A far more deleterious effect …
Paratroopers of teh 2nd RPC firing a 106 mm SR recoilless gun at an Egyptian resistance point on an Egyptian resistance point in Port Said

The Suez Crisis (1956)

In July 1956, the international order was disrupted by the Suez Crisis, a complicated imbroglio marked by the intersection of European decolonization, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Cold War, and the growth of U.S. power.
… began on July 26, when Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company after the United States … and Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle.    … In July 1956, the international order was disrupted by the Suez Crisis, a … of U.S. power. … Peter Hahn … Middle East … Diplomacy/International Relations … Cold War … Egypt … Global/Transnational
President Woodrow Wilson with his wife, Edith, in June 1920.

Making it into the White House

Review of Fit for the Presidency? Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans, by Seymour Morris Jr. (Lincoln: Potomac Books, 2017)
General MacArthur Memorial

The Philippines “A Sea of Troubles”

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… Philippines has experienced in attempt to find their own national identity. … World History since 1500 … The …