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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 …
Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe , by Margaret Jacobs book cover.

Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe

Review of Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe , by Margaret Jacobs (Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006)
… readers to cultivate in order to prevent against militant nationalism and fundamentalist sentiment.  Opening the book … the limits of cosmopolite sentiment in the busy international city. During the eighteenth century Avignon was a … was so crucial in the English Civil war and in forming international social circles of scientific and even alchemic …
Vicente Fox Quesada

Will Fox be a Mexican Jefferson?

… class, the landowners, the urban middle class and the trade unions. It created vast monopolies while oppressing the … of history for world civilizations, human rights and international law at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, …
The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg Book Cover.

How the Sun Rose Again on the City of Light

Review of The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… divided city with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters …
Bust of Harlan Fiske Stone, the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Following Bad Precedents for Deciding Military Justice

… a great deal about whether the administration respects international law. Until now, the Bush administration has … we wish to make them. Nothing in all history or in international law, at least as far as I am aware, justifies such …
an artifact

Who Owns the Past?

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
… examples of three kinds of cultural heritage from their own national, state, and local cultures. On the second day of …   … Museums … Colonialism/Imperialism … Global/Transnational … Ancient History … World History to 1500 … World …
Refugees eating lunch outside the barracks.

Waiting in Limbo: Life as a Refugee in Serbia

… he left everything behind and departed for the European Union. All that stands in his way is the border fence … Save the Children, UNHCR, Praxis, Oxfam and the International Rescue Committee all operate out of their building … Immigration, & Refugees … Civil/Human Rights … International Organizations … Waiting in Limbo: Life as a Refugee …
Juan and Evita Perón standing in a car waving, a soldier on horseback is beside the car

The Birth of Peronism

On October 17, 1945, hundreds of thousands of Juan Perón's supporters clogged the streets of Buenos Aires marking a consequential moment in Argentina’s history and the birth of Peronism.
… the plaza and the avenue connecting the Casa Rosada and the national Congress marked a consequential moment in …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a press conference in Holland in 1964.

Asking Martin Luther King…

… transformed by the end of traditional colonialism and international communism, and domestically by the end of legalized …
The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003.

Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle … East … Iraq … Education … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … Military/War/Peace … World History …
Cover of Science under Fire Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America by Andrew Jewett.

Science Beseiged

Review of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America, by Andrew Jewett (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 2020)
… public confidence. Ideological agendas would shrivel as national unity took hold. “For this crisis, the things that …
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Best in History Online: Public History Commons

… Commons ! The Public His tory Commons is a project of the National Council on Public History, “designed to serve the … in full! … Connecting History … Education … Global/Transnational … Best in History Online: Public History Commons …
Police attack protesters on Bloody Sunday in Alabama

The Federal Government and Policing the Police

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… then interact with a President who will attempt to direct national policy around a hot-button issue like police …