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The South Carolina State Capitol.

Trent Lott Should Be History

… of The Papers of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service … Trent Lott Should Be History …
German and Indian troops as part of the international coalition to put down the Boxer Rebellion

History Shadows U.S.-China Relations

… versions describe savage campaigns of revenge. Schoolbooks speak of the “Invasion of the Eight Allied Armies.” … on their hands. Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New …
Cover of The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall by Mary Elise Sarotte.

…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: A History of Contingency and Happenstance

Review of The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall, by Mary Elise Sarotte New York: Basic Books, 2014.
… at the top of the political heap; she instead writes the history of serendipity whose outcome was far from … of the Berlin Wall , by Mary Elise Sarotte New York: Basic Books, 2014. … …And the Walls Came Tumbling Down: A History of Contingency and Happenstance …
Julian Assange

Information Leaks in American History

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
Science & Technology
… of whistleblowers and information leakers in American history.  They will consider whether such individuals should … US History since 1877 … Information Leaks in American History …
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks' declaration from Flag Day 1919 that forbade membership in the organization to anarchists, Industrial Workers of the World, Bolsheviks, and other organizations perceived as unpatriotic.

Sanitizing American Tradition

Review of Inventing American Tradition: From the Mayflower to Cinco de Mayo, by Jack David Eller (London: Reaktion Books, 2018)
… chapters offers a survey of the given tradition’s popular history, identifies some of the myths surrounding it, and … to Cinco de Mayo , by Jack David Eller (London: Reaktion Books, 2018) … Intellectual History …
The original Star-Spangled Banner is on view at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.

Grace Wisher: The Black Girl Who Helped Stitch the Star-Spangled Banner

… recognition for sewing the most popular flag in U.S. history—the flag that would later inspire Frances Scott Key, … unfortunately erased Grace’s contribution. To tell the full history of the United States, we must reintroduce Grace … Banner. But why has her contribution been absent in history books? It is not unusual for the contributions of Black …
Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America, by Susan Schulten Book cover.

From Sea to Shining Sea

Review of Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America, by Susan Schulten (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012)
… in the United States. In the book Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America, … growth to promote nationalism, maps representing American history became the standard for displaying data over … the Present," which cover the blending of cartography with history and socio-scientific data, respectively. Schulten …
In 2011, thousands of ultra-nationalist demonstrators took to the streets of Moscow, armed with tsarist insignia and shouting the anti-immigrant chant "Let's give Russia back to the Russians!"

Russia’s Lost Empire

Review of Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation, From 1470 to the Present, by Serhii Plokhy (New York: Basic Books, 2017)
… today the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, to the occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 . Plokhy argues that all forms of … nation exist. Lost Kingdom is a broad narrative of Russian history largely from the perspective of Russo-Ukrainian … and a few Belarusians. That is a lopsided view of Russian history. Despite this, Plokhy succeeds in detailing the …
a crowd of people holding signs. some signs read "Black Lives Matter" and "End Police Brutality" and Defund the Police"

Still Striving for a More Perfect Union in the Age of Black Lives Matter

What does Ralph Ellison see as stumbling blocks hindering Black Americans from entering the middle class? Have these stumbling blocks changed throughout time?
Grade Level
9-12
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11
12
Teaching Area
African American History
US History since 1877
… Black Lives in American History … African American History … US History since 1877 …
Martin Luther King, Jr., at Civil Right March on Washington

Exploring the Legacy of MLK’s “I Have a Dream” Speech

If Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, do you think he would believe that “his dream” had been achieved? Why or why not?
Grade Level
9-12
9
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Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… Black Lives in American History … US History since 1877 … African American History …
The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism, by Aaron Sachs Book Cover

The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism

Review of The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism, by Aaron Sachs (Viking Books, 2006)
… and Siberia, resulted in a number of highly influential books. Yet despite his enormous reputation on both sides of … Francis Parkman at his word when Parkman wrote that writing history should rely "less on books than on such personal … interjects himself often in this book, weaving between the history and his own physical and intellectual wanderings. He …
The Great Wall of China: Perhaps the greatest collection of walls in human history.

Top Ten Origins: History's Great Walls, Good Neighbors or Bad Policy?

… it, neighborliness has not been the reason behind most of history’s major wall projects. Here is a look at ten of the … of China: Perhaps the greatest collection of walls in human history. The Great Wall of China was not always so great. It … this barrier system one of the most daunting walls in human history. It was not to persist, however. In October of 1989, …
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh.

A Question of Power, Not Sex

… sex.  And this is true regardless of race.  There is a long history, as well as current practice, of black men being … Leone and the Darfur region of the Sudan.   There is a long history of sexual abuse and exploitation of black men in … access to black men and to assert their authority. Such a history has remained largely hidden, buried under the …
Robert F Williams and Mao Zedong

China and the Black Liberation Struggle in America

… to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American movements for … James Watson-Krips as they discuss Barnes’ research on the history of Chinese-African American interactions from the … Barnes, PhD candidates at Ohio State University Department history. My name is James Watson Crips PhD student at …
Albert Bierstadt, Mount Corcoran, c. 1876-1877, oil on canvas

Silent Spring Revolution, a Conversation with Douglas Brinkley

… Office, and Scott Levi, who believes in our environmental history program here and really was so supportive from day … bestselling author, you know, it's been a long time as CNN history commentator. He's now the Katherine Tsanoff Brown … teaching history other things. Wrote so many different books on so many different topics. It's tough to try and …
Cover of A Wicked Company The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment by Philipp Blom.

Dangerous (Thinking) Liaisons

Review of A Wicked Company: The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment, by Philipp Blom (New York: Basic Books, 2010)