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The Bottom of the Barrel: The Long Transition of Energy in America

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
… raw materials drastically decreasing. The students will become aware of the possibility that they will experience a future with little to no fossil fuels, thus needing a … to guide their learning. After two of the stations are completed, the teacher will do a brief check for …
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh.

A Question of Power, Not Sex

… who belong to New Birth Baptist Church near Atlanta. Some commentators have condemned Bishop Eddie Long’s virulently anti-gay theology and political …
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. …
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 …
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' idealized 1900 depiction of (left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson of the Committee of Five working on the Declaration.

Stealing the First Amendment from the People

… Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which freed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on election campaigns, greatly compromises the integrity of all three branches of the … sphere established by the U.S. Constitution are incompatible with the spirit and letter of the First …
President Obama presents Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, January 12, 2017.

How the Vice President Can Serve as the President’s Most Unbiased Adviser

… There’s a common perception that Vice President Joe Biden lost the … for any particular department.   But Mondale’s recommendation also reflected a deeper concern regarding … a full assessment of the risks of courses others may recommend.   Mondale thought the vice president was …
Allen Weinstein

Will They Be the National (Secret) Archives?

… Assassination Records, and now the files of the 9-11 commission. Decisions about access to these materials should … Collins of Maine, chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and a Republican, noted in Weinstein's … and heirs of former presidents. Weinstein told the Senate committee that, if confirmed, he would go to court to defend …
electrical towers

Energy, Deregulation and Prosperity

… California out of its energy dilemma and transformed its future. Waterpower once used for gold mining was harnessed … of electric power, also used oil to fuel the ever longer commute to work at jobs that the electric power industry and … doing things differently, California created a new energy commission that followed the advice of energy guru Amory …
Nigerians use phone booth under a poster against Biafran separatists and their leader, General C. Odumegwu Ojuku. 1967.

“No Victor and No Vanquished” - The Biafran War

Barely three years after independence from British colonial rule, Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa, collapsed into a civil war.
… shape the narrative of Nigerian identity and the nation’s future. Written and narrated by Ousman Murzik Kobo. Video …
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. …
Soup Cans by Andy Warhol - https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79809

Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962

… on display, Andy Warhol’s 32 Campbell’s Soup Cans have become a canonical symbol of American Pop Art. Warhol, an American commercial illustrator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania turned … mounted on the wall in an effort to mimic the grocery store shopping experience. For viewers today, the series tends to …
Carrie Buck

The Sterilization of Carrie Buck

Among the many states with eugenics legislation, Virginia is infamous for its legal campaign to forcibly sterilize Carrie Buck in 1927 and thereby entrench sterilization abuse as the law of the land.
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Best in History Online: The History Chicks

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … own. Each podcast episode is about an hour long with accompanying text, images, and conversational style to …
Painting of Alexander Hamilton.

A Golden Opportunity for the Social Security Trust Fund

… Then it dedicates an amount of money every year out of incoming taxes to an account that goes to repay the bonds. … Security trust fund to buy federal bonds before they have come due, the federal government could invest that extra … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …
Wrangell-St Elias Natl Park by CheWei Chang, Flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0

America’s National Parks: 10 Moments of Insight

When you “pair the intellect with emotion and place,” what often results is a moment of insight: an unexpected instance where you suddenly understand something deeper about history, about nature, about others, about yourself.
… the park’s museum, which is located beneath the Arch, was completely redesigned to acknowledge the growing consensus … video essay presented here, I ask viewers to keep this more complex and troubling context in mind as well.) Written by …
French people waving flags and holding "Liberation" sign

The Liberation of Paris

On August 25th, 1944, Paris was liberated after more than four years of Nazi occupation.
… this important moment in World War II, as well as the soldiers and civilians who took part in the liberation. Written …
Book Cover for Great Lakes Creoles A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, 1750–1860 By: Lucy Eldersveld Murphy,

12/1/2014: Hot off the Presses: Creoles and Borders

… Great Lakes Creoles: A French-Indian Community on the Northern Borderlands, Prairie du Chien, … "A case study of one of America's many multi-ethnic border communities, Great Lakes Creoles builds upon recent research … Great Lakes region." [Book description from the publisher's website ] …
Oneida Nation Friendship Statue from The National Museum of the American Indian

3/31/14: How Historians Can Help Native Americans

… Useful for a Change: Historians and Modern Tribal Communities" Wednesday, March 26 at The  Ohio State … can academic historians engage with modern Native American communities in the United States?  He is a storyteller, and … Rather, for academics-turned-consultants, the target audience is lawyers and judges.  The real question is how can …
President Clinton and Vice President Gore sitting in the Oval Office in 1996.

An October Surprise Again?

… public diplomacy might lessen the value of such an accomplishment as a true surprise. A revived round of … with a belligerent Iraq would be risky. American soldiers might be killed, and Bush and Cheney could say that …