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Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD, by Brown, Peter Book Cover.

What to Do About the Money?

Review of Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD, by Brown, Peter (Princeton University Press, 2012)
… Augustine, Brown emphasizes the importance of patronage and community in the famous bishop's career and suggests that … of wealth as the first step towards an ideal, heavenly community (180). Paulinus was the first Roman senator to … (522-6). Brown characterizes this as the shift toward medieval Christianity. As expected from Peter Brown, this book …
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
…  article deals with the nature of Federalism when it comes to controlling police in the United States and some of … discuss different approaches to this issue and attempt to come to consensus about how state and federal governments …
people holding banner that reads ACT UP Shreveport AIDS coalition to unleash power

ACT UP, Ball Culture, and the AIDS Crisis

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
Gender & Sexuality
… This lesson deals with Queer Community response to the AIDS crisis in the U. S. The … explores the origins of HIV, where it stands today, and its complex history. We used this article to explore social change relative to AIDS and HIV in the Queer Community. Students will see document analysis modeled by …
a group of Ukrainian theatre performers on a stage

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

On a summer day in August 1920, in the middle of war, a group of Ukrainians performed Macbeth.
… ensuing chaos and devastation, painfully relevant to all audiences who had endured not only World War I, but also the … region after the Romanov and Habsburg empires collapsed. Audiences and artists knew uncertainty, violence, and pain. …
William Calley Jr. mugshot for charges involving the My Lai massacre.

Was William Calley a Scapegoat?

… a Kiwanis Club gathering in Columbus, Ga. Calley told his audience that “not a day that goes by that I do not feel … who has been assigned blame for another’s actions. Calley committed murder at My Lai and ordered his men to do the … answer: a morally competent officer willing to tell his superiors that Army intelligence was wrong again, there were …
sign that states - can't vote

Why Some Votes Have Counted Less Than Others

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… This lesson plan studies the history of African-American disenfranchisement in … how the disenfranchisement of criminal offenders was common before the Civil War. Following the 13th and 14th … to the major vocabulary from the article and the lesson’s compelling question, “How do some votes count less than …
Someone's hand holding a paper strip up to a Guatemalan woman's arm. The woman's arm has a white strip on it.

The Guatemala Inoculation Experiments

Between 1946-1948, around 1,500 people in Guatemala—including prisoners, soldiers, prostitutes, psychiatric patients, and children—were enrolled without consent in unethical studies related to the testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections.
… around 1,500 people in Guatemala—including prisoners, soldiers, prostitutes, psychiatric patients, and children—were enrolled without consent in unethical studies related to the testing and treatment of sexually …
The Vengeance of Fulvia by Francisco Maura y Montaner, 1888 depicting Fulvia inspecting the severed head of Cicero.

Thinking of Dick Cheney as Cicero

… formally by a court or informally by a non-judicial “truth commission”? Or should he be applauded as a patriot?   Look … would attack, power would be seized and Catiline would become dictator.   Cicero, however, foiled the plot. By adroit … corners. It was a sign that traditional Roman politics was coming to an end when, a few years after the execution of …
Captain America punching Hitler

Captain America: Changing Conscience of a Nation

Created by writer Joe Simon and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1, the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics.
… and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1, the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics. …
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Restoring Russian Support for the War on Terror

… and Moscow are increasingly frayed, and Russia has become a determined foe of the American Middle East agenda. … the United Nations over the Iranian nuclear program should come as no surprise. The further the American quest to … Service and a doctoral student in history and security studies at Yale. E-mail:  jmankoff@yahoo.com . …
 Reagan in 1982.

Measuring Reagan for Greatness

… immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … Reagan left office. Great presidents are also effective communicators. Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in … support for New Deal legislation. Reagan, dubbed the “Great Communicator,” was an enormously successful speaker. A …
Pakistan to US Student Exchange Program, July 2011.

Captive Scholarship Serves Nobody Well

… world, the more necessary a knowledge of foreign nations becomes. Yet Congress is trying to handicap that endeavor by … to bring one group of experts, those in international studies, under stricter government control. This legislation … of federal funding for international or “area studies” programs. These interdisciplinary programs are devoted …
James Garfield and the U.S. Flag

President James Garfield's Assassination

President James A. Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, by Charles Guiteau, a disgruntled political hopeful.
… Guiteau, a disgruntled political hopeful. Garfield later died from an infection which ravaged his body for two and …
The logo of Solidarność painted on an overturned Soviet era T-55 in Prague in 1990

Poland Takes Charge of Its Own Revolution

Review of Empowering Revolution: America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War, by Gregory F. Domber (The University of North Carolina Press, 2014)
… in the Sejm (Parliament) and the newly-formed Senate to non-Communist candidates. The Polish elections laid the … forge ahead with their efforts to remove their Soviet-led communist parties from power, a process that would be fully … Pact countries intended to keep Poland in line with broader Communist policy. The amount of leeway Jaruzelski had varied …
Vicente Fox Quesada

Will Fox be a Mexican Jefferson?

… as the sole arbiter of labor and political issues. The concomitant opening of the markets hurt several domestic giants in the oil and telecommunication sections. The increased mobility of skilled … various parts of Mexico, and assembled a professional and competent team of advisers. The one-time Coca-Cola executive …
President Nixon looking at a CIA map in 1970.

Why an Intelligence Inquiry Is Needed

… 11 attacks, Congress is now moving to create a bipartisan commission to investigate intelligence gathering policies … gathering should be coordinated with policymaking bodies and oriented toward problem solving, rather than … sources of his group’s funding, must also be carefully studied. Additionally, a careful reconstruction needs to be …
students wearing masks sitting at desks in a classroom writing

Pandemic Pedagogies (Classroom Activities)

An Interdisciplinary Model for Teaching about the Human Impacts of Pandemics
Grade Level
4-8
6
7
8
9-12
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10
11
12
Teaching Area
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
… material. 2. Increase student empathy and awareness of the complexities of a pandemic (past or present). 3. Introduce … (again, past or present). Visit the  Pandemic Pedagogies  website at  https://pandemicpedagogiesproject.wordpress.com/ …
Signal Soldiers train to protect against Nuclear Biological and Chemical threats.

The Nuclear Theft From the Poor and Hungry

… fully expanded to other countries, and India and Pakistan come quickly to mind.   Pakistan recently conducted nuclear … to the fight against global hunger.   This sounds like common sense, but it did not pass Congress.   The United …
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
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10
11
12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
… Students will gather information using the Origins website to help facilitate a Socratic-style discussion that … The lesson can be done in the classroom or adapted and completed online. …