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… protests in Hong Kong that have directly challenged Chinese Communist Party (CCP) policies and yet have not been … November as the leader of the Politburo’s powerful Standing Committee. But we shouldn’t make too much of Jiang’s passing … of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New World -- And …

… This lesson is designed to develop students’ abilities to comprehend, synthesize, and analyze a complex text. Students will identify and define key … within the PowerPoint but can be integrated into Nearpod.com in the form of open-ended questions for students to …

… The Founding Fathers balanced the power of the president as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the people’s representatives — the one to command the nation’s armed forces, the other to decide when … History News Service …

… or gladiatorial games of Ancient Rome? How do these events compare? This lesson will compare and contrast the Roman Gladiatorial Games to …

… forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. His triumph in this power struggle ended the competitive politics of Republican Rome and ushered in the …

… the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The comparison is appropriate. In both cases an attack without … between 1916 and 2001 are imperfect. Villa killed U.S. soldiers during his raid, not civilians. His reasons for … in Greeley, and he is a writer for the History News Service. …

… end, some thirty-six thousand five hundred American troops died fighting the three year war in Korea. Six thousand of … be home by Christmas." [Podcast description from WOSU's website ]  Mitchell Lerner's work with Origins : Making …

… In this post, we feature   Active History.ca ,  a website connecting historians work to the wider public with … and is transformative to both practitioners and communities." We highly recommend you check out this site, and if you're a …

… the party. In July, when the 186 members of the platform committee meet, they’ll have to write a plank on the war in … the White House. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. …

… More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad … armies. Over 1.8 million became casualties. More Soviet soldiers died in the five-month battle than Americans in the … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. The Origins ' editorial team includes Editors …

… Comparing COVID-19 to HIV is, in many ways, like comparing apples to oranges: HIV is transmitted primarily … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors …

… 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/ …

… of criminal responsibility imposed by the international community for the commission of mass atrocities. Written by Dr. John B. …

… Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq  (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Daniel …

… 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. …

… northern China. Amid this misery, a mysterious group that combined traditional Chinese folk culture, including martial … court fled Beijing for  Xi’an . Western troops proceeded to commit atrocities of their own, looting much of the city and … Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 . New York: Walker & Company, 2000. Silbey, David J.  The Boxer Rebellion and the …

… the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City to Acoma Sky City in New Mexico. NTHP activists are gathering in … items on July 20, 1969, to return to the orbiting command module, they didn’t know they were creating … from Knoxville, Tenn., and a writer for the History News Service, who specializes in military affairs and historical …

… and political crimes. One can only hope that subsequent studies follow up on the leads the author has provided. The … politicians, arms dealers, and bureaucrats, among others, committed heretofore underappreciated crimes in the waning … it really “noteworthy” that Christo Wiese offered printing services to the NP valued at R25,000 ($1,900) in addition to …

… prior to Operation Husky. Those ships delivered 180,000 soldiers onshore but also 14,000 vehicles, 600 tanks, and 1,800 … in continents far removed from the conflict because of the compelling demand that war creates for forest and … sonar, assembly-line house construction, and the first computers. New “machines of wizardry,” David Lilienthal …

… around 1,500 people in Guatemala—including prisoners, soldiers, prostitutes, psychiatric patients, and children—were … and the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (which would later become the Pan American Health Organization) financed and … in 2010 revealed that Dr. John Cutler of the Public Health Service headed the Guatemalan experiments. Cutler would …