The Storming of the Bastille was a decisive moment in the early months of the French Revolution (1789-1799). On 14 July 1789, the Bastille, a fortress and political prison symbolizing the oppressiveness...
During the Civil War, letters to soldiers were often placed in decorated envelopes. These envelopes would display a popular general, patriotic scene, slogan, or funny political cartoon. In this project, students will analyze Civil War envelopes and create their own envelopes inspired by an individual, issue, or events of the Civil War. This lesson includes: intro sheet K-W-L Sheet Examples of the project & link to video instructions Student handout Illustrated Civil War Envelopes Analysis Activity Envelope Template Free Poster Reference Helper Rubric
Learn about and review major events in the American Civil War with a FREE printable civil war board games for elementary age students.
1895 Scott 14b 2 1/2p rose "King Malietoa Laupepa" Quick History The Samoan archipelago is in the South Pacific Ocean, and is one of the centers of Polynesian culture, along with Hawaii and the Cook Islands. Polynesian culture includes the Samoan Islands The Samoan language is a specific dialect of Polynesian, and is understood and spoken today by about 470,000 people, about one half of whom still reside on the islands. Before the advent of European influence on the the Samoan archipelago, the history of Samoa was linked with the Fiji and Tonga kingdoms. 1934 Map showing the central position of Samoa in the Pacific But Samoa was too central of a location (known during the 19th century by mariners as the "Navigator Islands") to be ignored for long, and soon there was English, American, and German influences. The Americans used the harbor of Pago Pago as a coaling station on Tutuila in 1877, and formed relationships with the local chieftains. Apparently, there were only 130 Europeans residing in Samoa in 1877, mostly in Apia. Nevertheless, the Kingdom of Samoa "Express" stamps were also issued in 1877. 1896 Map of Samoa The British had missionaries since 1830 from the Congregationalist London Missionary Society on the island of Savai'i. Robert Lewis Stevenson lived in Vailima (near Apia, Upolu) from 1889 to his death in 1894. He participated actively in Samoan politics, and wrote A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa, a non-fiction account of the Samoan Civil War among warring Samoan factions, aided and abetted by the three colonial powers interested in Samoa. The third colonial presence, and a large one, was Germany. German firms formed large copra and cocoa bean processing operations on the island of 'Upolu. Malietoa Laupepa Malietoa Laupepa (1841-1898), who appears on a stamp issued in 1892 ( The stamp is the first one shown for the post), was a devout Christian by upbringing from 'Upolu. He was crowned King of Samoa by the German Empire, and the British and American consuls in 1881. "Malietoa" is a title given to Samoan Chiefs, and literally means "great warrior". It is from an epic heroic tale when Tongan warriors said, as they rushed to their boats, "Malle To'a Malle tau".."brave warrior, brave fight". As one can imagine, trying to maintain native influence vis-a-vis the three great colonial powers with their own agendas was difficult indeed for Malietoa Laupepa. Samoan males, traditionally and when they are ready, will receive the pe'a ritual tattoo. Laupepa underwent the painful pe'a process in his forties. Samoan male with pe'a tattoo, 1890s The tattoo (tatau is a Polynesian word) covers the body from waist to knees. using bone, tusks, turtle shell, and wood as tattoo implements. German, British, and American warships in Apia Harbor, 1899 Meanwhile, the colonial powers were sending combat troops in support of warring Samoan factions. This culminated in Britain and the U.S. using warships to shell Apia on Upolu island in March, 1899. But a treaty was signed among the three colonial powers (Tripartite Convention of 1899) that divided the archipelago into German Samoa ( Savai'i, Upolu), and an American territory (Tutuila, Manua). (These divisions would eventually lead to Western Samoa (now Samoa), and American Samoa respectively). Britain, as compensation for giving up "rights" to Samoa, obtained the Tonga group from Germany, and an advantageous change in the boundary between the German and British Solomon islands. Germany gave up any rights in Zanzibar. The Samoan Chiefs and natives had little to say about it. To be continued with the next post..... "Scott 6" 1sh orange yellow Express Reprint Into the Deep Blue The 2014 Scott Classic Specialized 1840-1940 catalogue has, for Samoa 1877-1952, 173 major descriptive numbers. Of those, 50 are CV
Protestors against the Vietnam War burning their draft cards (a Federal offense). A Make Love Not War (a ubiquitous phrase in the 60's) poster in the background.
Bring history alive with this fun hands-on history idea for World War II! Teach kids about making do with the ingredients you have by making ration cakes.rn
It’s getting harder to explain the history of the cold war, at least insofar as students are less and less likely to relate to the era in any personal way. Gone are the days when the subject …
In 1936, the summer Olympics games took place in Berlin, Germany. This was a very peculiar circumstance at the time because the Nazi party was in power at the time in Germany under the control of…
Few symbols better captured the Cold War divide between western Europe and the Soviet bloc than the Berlin Wall, a concrete and barbed wire barrier that divided Germany’s largest city for nearly 30 years. As World War II wound to a close, Germany and Berlin were divided into four zones, each administered by one of […]
Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
