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Diocletian's Camp in Palmyra

Understanding the Middle East

… this troubled region. ( Image Source ) Check out a lesson plan based on this article: Foreign Policy and the 3 … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk produced by Origins, Current Events in … debate so that more informed decisions might be made in the future. Patrick Potyondy  So on today's History Talk , we …
The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks book cover.

The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain

Review of The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006)
… sex, drugs, and financial and electoral manipulation have become mainstays in political reportage. From Watergate to … from 1788 to 1795? Nicholas Dirks argues that the scandal surrounding the Hastings trial resonates with the multitude … us that the scandals of empires past offer us important lessons about the nature colonial expansion and the uses of …
Hitler with politicians

The Nazis Take Poland and the Start of World War II

… of the German Army moved out of their encampments and into combat. It was the beginning of a war over the future of Poland; it was the beginning of the Second World … Polish soil and in the ensuing six years Poland became the site of a majority of German concentration camps. Though it …
Hurricane Sandy Rockaway

Hurricane Sandy Should Inspire New Ways of Building and Living on the Seashore

… owners and land developers, and in the process have become increasingly vulnerable. They have become the hard edge … rather than less vulnerable, subject to unprecedented storm surges, erosion, and pollution. They no longer support fish, … Alexis de Tocqueville predicted for it a glorious maritime future. Shores have always been America’s most dynamic as …
A map of the US night sky, showing points of population density

Fault Lines: The Urban-Rural Divide in America

… political and social issues, many attributed the outcome of the 2016 election to the frustrations of just 15% of … have changed over time, and what this all means for the future of America.   Jessica Blissit   From Miami … Blissit. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcast and more on our website
An artistic rendering of the observable universe by Pablo Carlos Budassi. It depicts the Solar System at the center, surrounded by other celestial bodies and galaxies, and cosmic microwave radiation and plasma left over from the Big Bang at the outer edge.

Top Ten Origins: The Universe’s Greatest Hits

… 13.77 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was compressed into the size of a peach and had a temperature of … Carlos Budassi. It depicts the Solar System at the center, surrounded by other celestial bodies and galaxies, and … same set of properties (mass, spin, the usual) but opposite charge: antimatter. These days we can easily make …

The Amazon Rainforest under Threat

… a predictable fire in a church that is a World Heritage Site and wants to teach us what exactly?” The Bolsonaro … Poorly compensated, they were usually paid in goods or credit rather than cash and became indebted to rubber … Getúlio Vargas articulated a vision of the nation’s future dubbed the “March to the West” and proposed that the …
Image of Shirley Chishorm, Hillary Clinton, Condaleeza Rice, and Kamala Harris

The New Normal (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 8)

… the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in American politics.  … women in public office continues to expand, what does the future of American women's politics hold? This is different … Sarah Paxton, and thank you for listening to  Prologued . (Credits.) This season of Prologued was brought to you by …
The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003.

Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… differences between global entities can lead to conflict unless mitigated through diplomacy or cooperative efforts. … with Christian missionaries following the arrival of oil companies in the early 20th century. The article continues … and Iraqi governments. For this lesson, students will complete a document-based question activity in small groups. …
American soldiers salute while in formation in 1977.

Time to Ask and Tell!

… nation.” Ricks, a young Army Air Force navigator who had survived several months in Dachau as a prisoner of war, had … because of stereotypes of effeminacy. Military men caught committing sodomy faced courts-martial. During World War II, … carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex.” Gays were seen as vulnerable to blackmail and …
Caster Semenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Woman, Man, Neither? The Predicament of a World-Class Runner

… terminology itself reflects the ignorance and confusion surrounding intersex. Doctors and informed lay people no … go either way. All it took was the parents’ unwavering commitment toward raising either a boy or a girl, and this … they are adults. This autonomy is a good thing; it gives credit to the person himself or herself. Let’s give Semenya …

The West without Water: What Can Past Droughts Tell Us About Tomorrow?

… are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … disease, malnutrition, and warfare. Long inhabited sites were abandoned as the desperate populations wandered … based as it is upon heavy water usage. In addition, future changes in the global climate will interact with the …
Sputnik

Soviets Launch Sputnik, 1957

… across the unpolluted cosmos of 1957 was a herald of the future. The next morning, Pravda , and other Soviet … of a satellite” to the world. Pravda put a distinctively communist spin on the news, arguing that “artificial … daring dreams into a reality.” American officials – who surely numbered among the unnamed “contemporaries” that …
Monument with figures dressed as pop culture figures like Superman, Santa, and Ronald McDonald

1989: The Year That Changed It All

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … the wonder, the possibility, the sense that the view of the future could be better. The sense that people could, in … Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website origins.osu.edu on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and as …
Artistic rendition of Space Station Freedom with the STS Orbiter Vehicle

No Cheap Ticket to Outer Space

… are excited about the idea of exploring space. The Web sites for Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars rovers, have … millions of dollars, or approximately $10,000 a pound. By comparison, sending a 180-pound history professor across the … the path not chosen of reducing launch costs will limit future development, the Bush administration’s tendency to …

China Dreams and the “Road to Revival”

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would … can be heard on Dragon TV; and state-sponsored websites devoted to the China Dream litter the Internet. The … for Xi to assert his vision of China’s dream for the future. Standing in front of a display devoted to Deng …
Top view of person serving themself a rice dish from a table of food

Food for Thought: Diet in History

… in the sense that because it's so everyday, because it's so common, historians of the past tend to overlook it in favor … fishing methods. So, you know, we might see a world in the future with very little fish. And, you know, I also think … Sokolsky. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more at origins.osu.edu, …