Lesson Plans History American Government High School - USHistorySite.com The Cold War As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism. Parents - For supporting the use of technology not only as an instrument of learning, but as a means of creating knowledge. We encourage everyone to continue to “Think, Create and Collaborate,” unleashing the power of technology to teach, share, and inspire. Best wishes, The Oracle Education Foundation
How the Cold War Developed 1949-63 How peaceful was Peaceful Coexistence? Hungary, 1956: causes of the rising, why it was a threat to the USSR and how the soviets dealt with it; the effects on Europe and the Cold War The continuation of the nuclear arms/space race: Sputnik 1; ICBMs; Polaris; Gagarin; Apollo The U2 Crisis 1960: the purpose of U2; the responses of the USA and the USSR to the crisis; the effect on the Paris Summit and the peace process The situation in Berlin: the Berlin Wall; Kennedy’s response. How close to war was the world in the 1960s?
Introduction: Human Evolution Read full article Continue reading page |1|2|3 The incredible story of our evolution from ape ancestors spans 6 million years or more, and features the acquirement of traits from bipedal walking, large brains, hairlessness, tool-making, hunting and harnessing fire, to the more recent development of language, art, culture and civilisation. Darwin's The Origin of Species, published in 1859, suggested that humans were descended from African apes. Over the last century, many spectacular discoveries have shed light on the history of the human family. Walking tall Humans are really just a peculiar African ape - we share about 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees, our closest living relatives. At around 6 million years ago, the first apes to walk on two legs appear in the fossil records. Bipedalism may have evolved when drier conditions shrank dense African forests. Scientist's have modelled her gait using computers. Tooled up Modern lookers More From New Scientist Promoted Stories Recommended by
A Secret Landscape: The Cold War Infrastructure of the Nation's Capital Region Road to World War II International relations 1919-39: basic narrative overview Peace to War 1919-39: clear overview aimed specifically at the old AQA GCSE. Podcasts: - Giles Hill on the Road to War - BBC debate-podcast on what caused the war - quirky view History Learning Site - excellent IGCSE notes: an exemplar set of student notes The BBC Causes of World War II site An excellent site on 'Why World War II?' A good set of notes, suitable for top-GCSE/A-level, which address long- and short-term causes and give a brief historiography. A site studying the theories of AJP Taylor about why there was a war Cartoonists and the idea of a Stufenplan - Did Hitler have a plan for war? A site about 1938 - including many radio broadcasts
The National Gallery, London: Western European painting 1250–1900 10 Ridiculous Cold War Government Projects Politics The Cold War was a period of time when all of the countries of the world waited with baited breath to see what the outcome of the decades-long hard staring contest between the United States and the Soviet Union would be. As the nuclear arms race ramped up, some of these countries (either voluntarily or otherwise) picked sides; some began developing nuclear programs of their own, and most just kept their heads down and quietly hoped for another day without complete annihilation. Most are aware of some of the truly shady things done by intelligence agencies and military organizations during this period, but the sheer scope of programs designed to figure out the capabilities of and/or screw with the other guy—and the ridiculous amounts of money and effort involved—is staggering. Before the development of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and the real threat of total nuclear destruction, people projected their Atomic fears onto all kinds of weird things. Col. Body.
Causes of WWI - Contents The Causes of World War One - Views of historians BBC News magazine - Who started WWI Blackadder on the causes of World War One - BBC debate-podcast on why war broke out - Giles Hill on the causes of the First World War - quirky view Map of Europe in 1914 Good notes + activities: recommended More notes Brilliant overview from wikipedia Reed Brett on the Causes of the War Prof Rempel on the Causes Interactive lesson - really good once you think you have got the basic idea BBC site - by Gary Sheffield Blackadder on the Causes of World War One - can you understand the humour? This site looks at the coming of war from Britain's point of view This thread on the History Help forum looks at how you can blame almost everyone and everyone for starting the war! Two essays, one arguing that militarism, the other that nationalism was to blame Nebojsa Malic argues simply and effectively that Serbia was not to blame, but that Austria and Germany wanted war.
Ancient Roman History Timeline Provides a chronological index of the history of Ancient Rome with extensive links to internet resources. Emphasis is placed upon the use of primary source material, numismatics, and a focus upon the roles of women in ancient time. scroll down for the timeline Thank you for visiting! Timeline Menu Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR is a great film. Is it great history? Click here to learn the real story behind the events and characters portrayed in the movie. Kindly report any suggestions, problems, errors, or dead links by emailing david(at)exovedate.com Using info from this site? For detailed copyright information and bibliographic citation, click here contact the author by emailing david(at)exovedate.com (note: replace (at) with the @ symbol) Copyright © David Neelin: All Rights Reserved c. 2nd Millennium BCE || Archeological Remains Archeology reveals human remains, elk bones, bronze artifacts (rings, axes, etc.) c. 1st Millennium BCE || The Etruscans 753 BCE || Legendary Founding of Rome then later:
The Unknown Cold War The modernizing of China and the dissolution of the Soviet Union over the last two decades have led to the release of hundreds of millions of pages of formerly top-secret archival documents. These documents—transnational cables, transcripts, diplomatic reports, and internal memoranda—are giving the West a new view of Sino-Soviet and inter-Soviet relations. They also hint at the dangers that might have been. Historians are collecting and translating provocative accounts of the Cuban Missile Crisis and other flash points in the Cold War. The Wilson Center and The George Washington University are partners in an ongoing NEH-supported collaboration to train high school teachers in recent advances in Cold War historiography and to build a website to store and display online resources. “Archives are a repository of a nation’s truths,” says Nancy Meyers, project associate at the Cold War International History Project. “Primary matter is hard for high school students to use.
World War II Home Front Study the topic through films! These four classic films will give you a great insight: Dunkirk Reach for the Sky The Cruel Sea The Longest Day Britain in World War II History Learning Site (excellent) A Chronology of the period with hyperlinks Spartacus encyclopaedia BBC site: excellent Maps of World War II campaigns (detailed) Battle of Britain site: excellent Hannah Hatfield's Spirit of Normandy prize-winning work on D-Day! The 'Home Front' The Imperial War Museum site is good on Civilians and has a very simple site on the Home Front Economic effects of the war Essays on the Home Front by Joanne Oliver and Laura Cleland - must-read pieces! Civvy Street in WWII (Tom Fletcher's memories) - wonderful account! Collected memories a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. Memories on video - very accessible j. k. The Aycliffe Angels Chesham at War Brilliant BBC audio-clips from the war Problems on the Home Front A Socialist view of the war - argues that some sacrificed more than others to win the war The 1940s House
The Universe in a Nutshell: Michio Kaku on the Physics of Everything by Maria Popova The history of physics is the history of modern civilization. How did humanity go from a tribe governed by superstition to a species on the hunt for the Higgs Boson and the deepest secrets of the cosmos? Almost everything you see in your living room, almost everything you see at a modern hospital, at some point or other, can be traced to a physicist. In contextualizing the role of physics in the development of modern civilization, Kaku quotes legendary science fiction author and futurist Arthur C. The video, originally created by Floating University, is available for free courtesy of Big Think. The desk of Albert Einstein, photographed immediately after his death and featuring his unfinished manuscripts of the Unified Field Theory, a.k.a. Kaku’s latest book, Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100, came out in February and is guaranteed to give you plenty of pause. ↬ Open Culture Donating = Loving Share on Tumblr