World War I (1914-1918) left 40 million dead or wounded, mostly by technologies hardly imagined in the years before the war New weapons like machine guns, tanks, aerial bombing, and chemical weapons brought the mechanization and science of the Industrial Revolution to the battlefield with industrial scale results And for what? The war was [ ]
It s dangerous to reduce China to being just one thing it is both ancient and modern, traditional and innovative. With a continuous history dating back 2,000 years, it is one of the most ancient nations on Earth today and it is definitely complex. For discussion: What makes a leader great? The First Emperor [ ]
An injustice against one of us is an injustice against all of us. Black lives matter. But here s a sobering thought at various early points in the history of our nation, certain people decided very consciously that they absolutely should not. And many of our modern institutions from the police to the courts [ ]
Well, hello there. Like most of you, I ve suddenly found myself teaching online social studies classes. Good thing there s a whole library of free lessons at Openendedsocialstudies.org, just ready and waiting to support your middle and high school world and US history needs. Please browse and share widely in your social circles. Here s a look [ ]
The Great Ziggurat of Ur (Sumerian: 𒂍𒋼𒅎𒅍 or Etemenniguru, meaning temple whose foundation creates aura ) is a Sumerian ziggurat or step pyramid built in the city of Ur in the 21st Century BCE or about 4000 years ago. Construction started circa 2050-2030 BC and was completed circa 2030-1980 BC The massive step [ ]
Via the CBC, for all of those looking to include more indigenous content into their lesson plans, when the textbook publishers and the government appointed panels fail us: A librarian at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto has compiled a list of Indigenous education content available. The resource compilation [ ]
The United States: An Open Ended History is a free online history textbook adapted and expanded upon from open sources. Its chapters are designed to address most state standards, splitting the difference between overarching themes, concise summary, and the kinds of vivid, personal details that make history memorable to the average student. Please use and [ ]
LESSON PLANS “I have asked myself many times: Is the Filipino worth suffering, or even dying, for? Is he not a coward who would readily yield to any colonizer, be he foreign or homegrown? Is a Filipino more comfortable under an authoritarian leader because he does not want to be burdened with the freedom of [ ]
The Neolithic Revolution also known as the Agricultural Revolution was the wide-scale transition of many human societies from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly larger population possible. These settled communities permitted humans to observe and experiment with growing plants. This new knowledge led to [ ]
Aside from our genes, what makes humans different from other animals? Humans (Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina. Together with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, they are part of the family Hominidae (the great apes, or hominids). A terrestrial animal, humans are characterized by their erect posture and bipedal locomotion; high [ ]