The Tour de France and The Yellow Jersey
In 1919, Eugene Christophe was awarded the first yellow jersey, but he did not win the Tour de France that year.
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The Death of Franco
On 20 November 1975, Spanish General Francisco Franco died in bed, signaling the unceremonious end of one of Europe’s longest dictatorships.
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History’s Great Walls, Good Neighbors or Bad Policy?
Walls have a decidedly mixed record in achieving their goals to keep some people in and others out.
… talk by some American politicians about Mexican immigrants coming to the United States, people around the world are … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas …
Best in History Online: The History Chicks
… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … own. Each podcast episode is about an hour long with accompanying text, images, and conversational style to …
1/23/2015: Best in History Online: Clio’s Current
… blog asks questions of the present using answers from the past. It is written by...historians located in Canada.” …
The October Revolution in Russia
Bolshevik Red Guards took control of the Russian capital from the provisional government October 1917.
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Mariner 9: Our 1st Steps to Mars
The Mariner 9 exploration of Mars was a good demonstration of how science and technology literally open new worlds for discovery.
… trying to track down habitability in the planet's ancient past. Neither of these rovers would have been possible, …
The Story of Poinsettia Day and U.S.-Mexico Relations
In the late 1820s, Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the poinsettia plant to Americans, who marveled at its foliage.
… known as Poinsettia Day, created by Congress to honor the passing of Paul Ecke, Jr., who helped commercialize the plant in the United States in the middle … of New Mexico Press, 1996). United States' Mexican Company, Statement in relation to the United States' Mexican …
OSU Historian Interviewed on NPR's Counterpoint
… today in an interview for NPR affiliate WKNO . From the website: Host Jonathan Judaken and author Alice Conklin discuss … sciences. Click on the link here to listen! Or, copy and paste the URL: http://wknofm.org/term/counterpoint Professor …
Bombing Hiroshima
The atomic age began between heartbeats at 8:15 am on August 6, 1945 when the Japanese city of Hiroshima was leveled by an atomic bomb.
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Best in History Online: WNYU News
… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that–much like Origins –seek to bring history into … often taken for granted such as QWERTY keyboards, garage sales, and the 40-hour work week. In fact, Episode #3, …
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 through sexual … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. The Origins' editorial team includes Editors …
Best in History Online: The History Teacher
… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … public conversation. This month, our Best in History Online comes in the form of an educational tool for improving history teaching practices. The History Teacher is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal featuring …
Top Ten Origins: Russia’s Relations with the Kurds
… has been widely publicized by the Western media. However, less well-known is the fact that Russia’s relations with … united in a struggle for civil and political rights, they comprise various tribal affiliations and speak different … (Courtesy of the Stephen S. Clark Library at the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library at the University of Michigan, Ann …
U.S. and Cuban Relations
Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
… in the late 19th century to where we are today. This lesson aims at observing these interactions and analyzing … brought us to where our relationship with Cuba is today. Files for download: Cuba-and-US-Lesson-Plan.pdf Cuba-and-US-Presentation.pptx …
Reflecting on Justice 200 Years after the Creek Civil War
… allows us to reflect on such important ideas as justice, communal violence, and political legitimacy. Like any civil … in 1813—as it has in a handful of Arab nations over the past few years. While certain Creek leaders centralized … community. William McIntosh, in an oil painting by Charles Bird King. Here McIntosh and Little Warrior’s paths met. …
When the Soviets Domesticated the West
Review of To See Paris and Die: The Soviet Lives of Western Culture, by Eleonory Gilburd (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… books, films, and paintings through the lens of their own past and contemporary experience. Adapted by translators and … from viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet … of the festival. Titles changed in translation ( The Catcher in the Rye , for example, became Above an Abyss in the …
The Blame Game: The USSR’s Response to HIV/AIDS
The Soviet Union tried to minimize news of the HIV/AIDS outbreak, blaming the victims.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Wife, Mother, Revolutionary Thinker
She wrote “The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments,” outlining the ways in which men held women in “absolute tyranny.”
… Peggy Solic. Narration by Dr. Nicholas B. Breyfogle. ( Teachers: Use our Edpuzzle. ) Audio production by Scott Sprague … Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas …
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has returned to its pre-revolutionary positin as a major agricultural exporter of key commodities.
… positin as a major agricultural exporter of key commodities. With Russia currently controlling a large … by the College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. … positin as a major agricultural exporter of key commodities. …
Best in History Online: Disaster History
… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … conversation. This month, our Best in History Online pick comes in the form of a collaboration of historians from … as a forum of collaborative work and data-sharing for researchers from around the world.” DisasterHistory.org provides …
Best in History Online: The Bowery Boys Podcast
… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … Boys Podcast also maintains a blog at boweryboyshistory.com , which serves as an additional resource for listeners, …
The Birth of Peronism
On October 17, 1945, hundreds of thousands of Juan Perón's supporters clogged the streets of Buenos Aires marking a consequential moment in Argentina’s history and the birth of Peronism.
… 17, 1945, the dramatic images of the descamisados , or shirtless ones, marching through the streets and hundreds of … sovereignty, and economic independence, called for nothing less than a total redefinition of the social compact. Written by Steven Hyland. Narration by Dr. Nicholas …
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
Estimates suggest that this flu claimed as many as 50 million lives around the world between 1918 and 1919.
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