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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 … learn about ACT UP and other responses to the AIDS Crisis, using a Document-Based Question approach to explore the …
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The Significance of Black History

Why are discussions centered around racism and Black history important?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
African American History
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miscellaneous currency

Currency Wars

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… have attempted to depreciate their currencies to gain a “competitive advantage” in global markets. After reading the … the major vocabulary from the article, and to the lesson’s compelling question, “Currency Wars: Why should we … students will participate in a Mini-Lecture discussing the reasons why countries manipulate their currencies …
photos of people who died during Rwandan genocide

The Extermination of a Nation: The Genocide in Rwanda

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… moderates who were against the government. Students will complete a document-based question activity in small groups. … assess their learning with a check for understanding. Once completed with the assessment, the students will continue … World History since 1500 …
Senator Joseph McCarthy questioning attorney Joseph Welch during Congress’s Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.

Media and Politics

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
American Government
… media, the government regulations on the media companies in the 1940s, then the deregulation of those companies in the 1980s and 90s, and ending with the media in … discussion and then an exit ticket for the students to complete. The PowerPoint presentation, stations documents, …
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Why Some Votes Have Counted Less Than Others

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… 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 … students will participate in a Mini-Lecture discussing the historical, political, and social implications of …
a highway with lots of cars on it

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: American Infrastructure

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
… spending to build its infrastructure, asking its readers to come to their conclusion of what works best. I chose to use … of American infrastructure they are knowing, or knowingly, using daily. After introducing the Origins article, we will … US History since 1877 …
Sign Reading Mask On Stop the Spread

American Individualism & COVID-19 (Lesson Plan)

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… Additional Origins Item:  Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the Covid Era This lesson plans asks the … US History since 1877 …
glass vaccine vials with labels that read "vaccine"

You Might Feel a Pinch: Vaccination Laws in the Era of COVID-19

What is the purpose of vaccinations in ensuring public health and the safety of our students? What types of vaccinations are required for public school students, and which individuals ensure all students meet these requirements?
Grade Level
9-12
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Teaching Area
US History since 1877
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Plague Doctor

Responding to Pandemics—Both Past and Present

What can we learn from the public/medical responses during previous epidemics and pandemics to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels?
Grade Level
9-12
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Teaching Area
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
… outbreak, and the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels. … during previous epidemics and pandemics to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels? … US History since 1877 …
Khrushchev during his visit to the Agricultural Research Service Center in Maryland.

Khrushchev’s Great American Road Trip

Review of Nikita Khrushchev's Journey into America, by Lawrence J. Nelson and Matthew G. Schoenbachler (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2019)
… September 1959 Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party and Premier of the Soviet Union , arrived in … The opportunity to share in this journey, to imagine the complications and sheer exhaustion of meals, receptions, … convinced that communism will win.” The question of this misinterpretation never comes up in Khrushchev’s Journey but …
President George W. Bush in 2004.

Bush: Gaining on James Buchanan for Last Place

… low grade for the incumbent by historians may not be surprising. But the low rating is not just because most historians … on running up debt to burden our children is only the worst since Ronald Reagan. His record on government surveillance … pit for the money of American taxpayers for years to come. •  Failed to follow through in Afghanistan, where the …

The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse, Then and Now

… against minors by Catholic priests. Other states have since launched their own investigations. Evidence that … changing sexual mores since the 1960s. Occasionally, commentators have referred to an insular institutional … Yet today’s crisis of the Catholic Church, which commentators have called the gravest since the Reformation , …

Learning to Love the Nuclear Pariah: From China to North Korea

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the president’s desk, disclosing that a formidable and reckless adversary in Northeast … the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the fear of fallout from atmospheric nuclear testing throughout the …
Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.

Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail

… to adopt tougher economic sanctions on Iran, a step that, since then, they have announced. Yet there's every reason to … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar agreement with the …
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.

A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule

… of a Government of National Unity (GNU) for the first time since  1994 .  The same had occurred in  Zimbabwe , formerly … 1965 to official independence in 1980.   Political factors complicated matters. Since the early 1960s, the British … rule, a move that was condemned by the international community. In response, members of the United Nations (UN) …