Gorillas in the Mist: The Life and Legacy of Dian Fossey
Fossey replaced a fallacious stereotype of a King Kong-like, violent gorilla with an almost idealized image of a gorilla that was intelligent, family-oriented and peaceful.
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A Postcard from Dresden, Germany: Living in the Shadow of World War II
… as the “Florence on the Elbe.” The city is rich with history, culture, art, and music, and Dresden’s city center …
The Berlin Airlift
The Berlin Airlift began on June 26, 1948, only two days after the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin.
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.
… did not win the Tour de France that year. Learn about the history of the yellow jersey and why it was adopted as a …
Punishing the Past: Presidential Elections in Times of Crisis (1932, 1968, 2008)
… in November. Like other Presidential elections in American history that came at a moment of national crisis, 2008 will …
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
Estimates suggest that this flu claimed as many as 50 million lives around the world between 1918 and 1919.
… On its centennial anniversary, it is worth remembering the history of the “Spanish” flu and how it set us on the path …
"Great God, What does it Mean?" - Lee's Escape at Williamsport
… the most moving and iconic moment in American military history is the Battle of Gettysburg. While many will …
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.
It’s the Factors of Life: Abiotic and Biotic Factors of Biomes
Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Science & Technology
… using Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio History websites. To conclude the lesson, students will …
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective
… Lesson Plans Articles Podcasts Videos Picturing Black History A Well-Informed People Follow us on Facebook , …
Rus Not Russia
The Russian government’s rationale for the war in Ukraine is not about oil, coal, or natural resources. It is about asserting specious historical claims.
… claims. However, It is important to understand the history of Rus to place this conflict in its proper …
Health, Technology and Science: Today & Yesterday
… of International Adoption Food for Thought: Diet in History (Podcast) Spaghetti in the Age of Mechanical … Taste in the Early Modern English Kitchen Famine: A Short History A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine, … Ehrlich, Paul. The Population Bomb, Sierra Club/Ballantine Books, 1968. 58 Guha, Sumit. (2001). Health and Population …
Are Women People? The Equal Rights Amendment Then and Now
… the word “sex” included. In one of the many ironies of ERA history, the Civil Rights Act designed to obviate the need … the ERA help eradicate these gendered norms? Maybe not, but history suggests that it is hard to attain equality in the …
A Century of Elected Woman Governors in the United States, 1924-2024
… the amendment’s passage was a milestone in voting rights history. Neither Ross nor Ferguson were part of the woman … 2005). Tom Rea, “The Ambition of Nellie Tayloe Ross,” WyoHistory.Org: A Project of the Wyoming Historical Society. …
The Magna Carta and Its Legacy
… one of the most important documents in Anglo-American legal history as the foundation of concepts such as due process …
A Postcard from Nagorno-Karabakh
… attests to the region’s checkered political history as a contested zone among rival empires. The …
The Jeantaud Electric Car Land Speed Record
… automobile land speed record is set;” https://automotivehistory.org/first-automobile-land-speed-record/ Ernest H. Wakefield, History of the Electric Automobile (SAE International, … 2004). Paul Ingrassia, Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars (New York: …
A Postcard from Brazil: The Old Struggle for a Better Future
… Brazil, the “giant of the South,” has had a long history of constitutional crises. After independence from …
Poinsettia Day, the Monroe Doctrine, and U.S.-Mexican Relations
… poinsettia/ cuetlaxochitl /flor de nochebuena has a long history that began for the United States two centuries ago …
European Disunion: The Rise and Fall of a Post-War Dream?
… to collective security recognized that Europe’s more recent history had been dominated by an ongoing contest for the … accompanied this transformative moment in European history. While skeptics have used the financial crises of …
The Man Who Re-Invented China
Review of Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, by Ezra F. Vogel (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)
… for arguably the greatest revolutionary change in Chinese history (347). Making use of Chinese-language biographies, …
