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Map showing position of North Korea relative to China

What Are They Thinking in Beijing?

… 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 …

Singapore at Fifty

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… 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 …
September 17: The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.

The Constitution, Congress and the Power to Declare War

… 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
Russell Crowe as a gladiator, a football player from early football and a present day football player

Gladiators and Football

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
… or gladiatorial games of Ancient Rome? How do these events compare? This lesson will compare and contrast the Roman Gladiatorial Games to …
The Emperor Augustus Rebuking Cornelius Cinna for his treachery

Remembering Roman Emperor Augustus

Augustus had an almost unmatched impact on Roman politics, culture, and society and—through the widespread influence of Rome—on the way modern countries structure and imagine themselves.
… 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 …
A wood engraving of President Woodrow Wilson from 1918.

The Osama bin Laden of 1916

… 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. …
Photograph of wounded American soldiers during the Korean War.

12/23/2014: Remembering the Korean War

… 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 …
Active History.ca Website Logo

5/22/14: The Best in History Online - "Active History.ca"

… 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 …
First edition dust jacket cover of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's 1973 book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. The book conveys Thompson's experience covering the 1972 US presidential election, particularly the (ultimately unsuccessful) campaign of Democratic nominee George McGovern.

Democrats Must Beware the Curse of 1972

… 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. …
Soviet Union soldier holding a Soviet flag in the air

Stalingrad: The Turning Point of WWII in Europe

In August 1942, the most famous battle of the Second World War began.
… 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 …
An HIV AIDS patient in Mozambique

What HIV Teaches Us: The Need for Affordable Health Care

HIV and COVID-19 have both laid bare that stark racial disparities exist in population health and in access to quality medical care in the US.
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 …
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
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9-12
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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/ …
rows of skulls on a shelf

Justice for the Rwandan Genocide

On September 2, 1998, the first conviction for the crime of genocide was entered by an international tribunal.
… of criminal responsibility imposed by the international community for the commission of mass atrocities. Written by Dr. John B. …
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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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. …
US Marines fight rebellious Boxers outside Beijing Legation Quarter, 1900 – copy of painting by Sergeant John Clymer

The Boxer Rebellion

… 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 …
Demolition of the former Penn Station concourse raised public awareness about preservation.

Choking Off Our Past

… 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 …
Here, a bus broadcasts the anti-apartheid message to Londoners in 1989.

Inequality After Apartheid

Review of Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit, by Hennie van Vuuren (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)
… 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 …
Tanks rolling off a German assembly line in 1943

The Nature of World War II

… 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 …
Some of the subjects in the Guatemalan experiments

The Guatemala Inoculation Experiments

… 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 …