In 1755, before the American revolution, near what is now Pittsburgh, 1,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded at The Battle on the Monongahela, part of the French and Indian War. The Native America warriors who fought alongside of the French...
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The State Department’s hostage point man, Roger Carstens, works to free US citizens from captivity, whether they’re being held by Vladimir Putin or Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. ADAM CIRALSKY embeds with America’s top negotiators through 15 months of rescue efforts with the highest of stakes: liberty or death
Gilded Age Unit Includes: *3 Gilded Age PowerPoints: 1) Industrialization and Big Business 2) Immigration and Urbanization 3) Settlement of the West 3 corresponding fill in blank sheets for students to use to take notes as powerpoints are presented. Makes note taking go much smoother. * 1 Question set for "America The Story of US: Heartland * 1 Question set for "The Men Who Built America" * 1 Political Cartoon Analysis Activity * 1 Quality Webquest for the Gilded Age Does not include any assessments, but I may add them soon. You can email me if you buy it and I will send you what I have.
Who should get the most credit for ending slavery in America and Great Britain? A landmark new book argues that blacks did far more for their own emancipation than previously appreciated.
Johnny Barber | I love Columbus Day. Each year, I recall the simple song I learned as a child about the man who "discovered" America. I still recall the innocent boy whose imagination was taken by the story of...
FLOUNDERING German Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted the US-Europe trade deal she staunchly backed is no longer possible.
Samuel Little, 79, serving life in California prison, confessed last year and analysts now believe confessions are credible
US history textbooks have been slow to incorporate black humanity in their slavery narratives. It’s a mirror of American politics.
Eighteen percent of the US adults quizzed nominated Donald Trump as the man 'living today in any part of the world' that they admired most, while Obama also received 18 percent.
Manifest destiny was the idea God gave white American settler permission to commit genocide. Here's the messed up truth of manifest destiny.
On this Memorial Day, Texas on the Potomac remembers the fallen by sharing with you some of the best American propaganda posters of World War I. Our entire TxP community is grateful to our family m…
Explore the meaning and the history of the term "robber baron" and how the men it described in the late 19th century got their name.
Welcome back to our series on Classical Rhetoric. Today we’re kicking off a five-part segment on the Five Canons of Rhetoric. As you remember from our brief introduction to classical rhetoric, the Five Canons of Rhetoric constitute a system and guide on crafting powerful speeches and writing. It’s also a template by which to judge […]
I wasn't going to write about him today. I swear. We need a break from observing the gruesome underbelly of America's blackened soul (as I have come to
An American and a Danish company dominate the global sperm market – and both claim their supply is biggest
WASHINGTON – It's doubtful most Americans know the U.S. Capitol was once the largest church on the East Coast. But it was, after President Thomas Jefferson endorsed church services inside the Capitol, with as many as 2,000 in attendance from 1800 to 1869. Services were held in the very chamber where the House of Representatives…
Research shows an alarming rise in mortality amongst white Americans. The cause is obvious, and yet it's ignored
The iconic white confection is a relatively modern invention, says the author of a new book on the history of wedding feasts. But the rituals around the cake and other foods go back centuries.
There’s more to being a Boston Brahmin than simply having an early Puritan ancestor, graduating from Harvard and living on Beacon Hill. You must not flaunt your wealth. You must…
