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a protest in Iran - armed military hold guns on citizens

The Iran-U.S. History of Turmoil

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
War & Peace
… This lesson plan examines the tense history between Iran and the … will have read an article from the BBC detailing the complex history between the two powers. Students will be introduced to the lesson’s compelling question: The US-Iran Standoff: How has America …
The American Historical Association Logo

3/26/2015: Best in History Online: The American Historical Association

… 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 … attention to the American Historical Association's (AHA) site. The AHA functions as an inclusive organization, …
man looking out a window

The Creation of Student Loan Debt in the United States

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… This lesson addresses the concept of student loans, specially how … loans and increased need for higher education, and will complete a timeline based off what they learn. They will then look at different sources that compare and contrast the different perspectives on the …
people holding banner that reads ACT UP Shreveport AIDS coalition to unleash power

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 … explores the origins of HIV, where it stands today, and its complex history. We used this article to explore social …
a military drone in the air over a desert

Military Drones: Terror Weapon or Military Tool?

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
Science & Technology
War & Peace
… The lesson plan focuses and grapples the long, changing, and … from being flimsy wood and canvas devises that were more common in science fiction novels than the military to the …
nurses holding stretchers

The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic vs. the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic

What political, economic, and ecological effects did the 1918 Spanish Flu have on the United States and the British Commonwealth?
Grade Level
9-12
9
10
11
12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… is to equip young adults with the knowledge and wisdom necessary to avoid repeating the same mistakes our ancestors made in the past.  This lesson seeks to put the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic into its … its effects, and to challenge students to examine what lessons a disease that struck over 100 years ago can teach …
Alice Conklin's recent In the Museum of the Man: Race, Anthropology, and Empire in France, 1850-1950 Book Cover.

3/26/14: The Latest Books from OSU Historians

… Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq  (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Daniel Rivers published  Radical Relations: Lesbian Mothers, Gay Fathers, and Their Children in the … Connecting History …
William Jennings Bryan is pictured as a snake devouring the Democratic Party in this Judge cartoon from 1896.

The Rise of New Populism

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
War & Peace
… This lesson uses the Origins article, “Fear and Loathing Around … trend towards populist and authoritarian leaders. The lesson looks at the United States, the Philippines, and … article. In addition, it considers Poland. Students will complete a stations activity to delve into specific aspects …
An Aboriginal leader at the 13th Annual Canadian Aboriginal Festival in 2006.

Westward Expansion & Imperialism: Horse of a Different Color?

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
… This lesson plan grapples with the concepts of European Imperialism and European … similarities to European Imperialism around the world.  The lesson begins by having students present their prior … from America, Canada, and Australia in which they will compare the three sources.  From here students will be …

The Question of Immigration

Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
… In this lesson students will begin to understand the deep … to politicians to help them make educated decisions in complex issues around the globe. To study the issue of the …
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 registered more than four billion hits in less than a month. But the president’s proposed plans … millions of dollars, or approximately $10,000 a pound. By comparison, sending a 180-pound history professor across the …
Cartoon - Bosses of the Senate by Joseph Keppler

Voting Restrictions in a “Democratic” United States

Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
US History to 1877
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… This lesson is for 8 th grade student who have completed their … the historical context of voter restrictions and to make connections to current day examples of voting rights …
A vigil for increasing mental health care at Cook County Jail in 2014 (photo credit: Sarah-Ji).

Evolution of the Treatment of Mental Illness

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
Science & Technology
… This lesson plan deals with the evolution of the treatment of … how these things have changed throughout history. For this lesson, we decided to focus on the treatment of mental illness in the early 19th and 20th century, and comparing these practices to those used today. After the …
doctor holding a COVID swab

Pandemics and Public Policy

To what extent does war exacerbate or reduce the impact of major historical events such as a global pandemic or economic de-pression?
Grade Level
9-12
9
10
11
12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… In this lesson, students will explore two major themes of U.S. … to pandemics to evaluate their successes and failures. This lesson is aligned with the NCSS standards and would work for an AP US History class lesson on the New Deal. …
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh.

A Question of Power, Not Sex

… who belong to New Birth Baptist Church near Atlanta. Some commentators have condemned Bishop Eddie Long’s virulently … activism and have called for a black church that is more welcoming and inclusive of gays and lesbians. Others have urged ministers to lead more stringent …
This painting by Jean-Baptiste de Saive (1562) portrays the environment of the kitchen as a place of making. As Wall argues, the kitchen was one of the main spaces for women to create and experiment.

Kitchen Wisdom

Review of Recipes for Thought: Knowledge and Taste in the Early Modern English Kitchen, by Wendy Wall (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016).
… the occasion for undertaking and scrutinizing nothing less than world making” (3). The recipe archive, she argues, … legacy and identity, verifying truth, and even forging community. Recipes were not only for the creation of tasty … for its continued reproduction. A practical form of necromancy, recipes allowed for the creation of food from …
Depiction of the Battle of Bosworth Field by the eighteenth-century painter, Philip James de Loutherbourg.

The Battle of Bosworth Field

… (r. 1485-1509).   This battle was one of the last major battles of the Wars of the Roses, a decades-long conflict … the battle occurred, although a recent study places the site of Richard’s death at  Fenn Lane Farm , about 2 miles … get it. The Battle of Bosworth Field was thus justified and necessary to bring about peace and order in England.  …