Greece and Rome: Two Excellent Overviews Here are two terrific video reviews of Greece and Rome.  The Greece review runs 18 minutes and the Rome review runs just over 20 minutes...

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Mugals- Art & Tolerance In this review of Mughal art, William Dalrymple offers a terrific portrait of the Mughal emperors -- Akbar, Humayun, Jahangir, and Shah...

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Sunni/Shia Divide- Resources Here are some excellent resources for reviewing the Sunni/ Shia split. I paraticularly like the clip from the Council of Foreign Relations w...

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I write serious history—via biography—for a non-academic audience. So I'd like to say something about Ken Burns's remark, something that also explains why AI can't write history.

Pardon me for citing the example of one of my books, "Custer's Trials," on one of history's best-known figures.
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Glad to do it. The comics are great and I can't wait to use them in the fall.

Comics Ideal for World and US Hisotry Here is one of several great comics ideal for World History and U.S History. They were developed by the NYCDOE Department of Social Studies ...

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Thank- I'll start to work on the post this week.

Do you mind if I put the link the World History blog?

Just downlaoded them-- I will definitely use them in our revolutions unit.

Wow, thanks so much

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Using Google Gemini to Create Assignments If you have never used AI to create an assignment, you should give it a try. I teach World History, both AP World and general World History ...

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Chiswell’s Lead Mines in the American Revolution - Encyclopedia Virginia Origins Chiswell discovered lead deposits on Cherokee land near the west of the sometime in the 1750s. After William Byrd III, who served as a colonel with British forces during the , constructed F...

My entry for Encyclopedia Virginia, focusing on how the U.S. war effort depended on enslaved miners during the Amrrican Revolution, and how patriots used public labor to *terrorize* Black Virginians, is published.
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Alexander the Not So Great: Through Persian Eyes He destroyed the great capital of Persepolis and the temples and emblems of the ancient Zoroastrian religion. So, unlike Westerners who t...

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I've seen that and it is very good

Why do Iran & the U.S. Hate Each Other? Students cannot understand the current crisis between the United States and Iran without understanding the history that brought the two coun...

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Saw this quote in Manisha Sinha's excellent book- The Slave's Cause"

A History of the World, I Guess: Bill Wurtz's CLEAN Version Here's an engaging history of the world (this is the clean, school version--yes, there's a not-so-clean version). It was made by Bill Wurt...

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Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live.

If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.

Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105 Aided by her blond hair, blue eyes and fluency in German, she crossed enemy lines to spy on Germany for the French. She later received the Legion of Honor.

Marthe Cohn, a Jewish spy in Nazi Germany, dies at 105

Even her children had no idea that Ms. Cohn...once crawled across the border on her hands and knees, hiding from German sentries while bringing intelligence back.

“Spies are usually tall and good-looking. I am a very unlikely spy.” Gift link!

The War that Made the Roman Empire: An Interview with Barry Strauss BARRY STRAUSS Revisiting the Battle of Actium.

The War that Made the Roman Empire: An Interview with Barry Strauss antigonejournal.com/2022/09/batt... Via @romanhistory1.bsky.social

One Brief Shining Moment | Adam Hochschild In the sweltering days of early July 1913, more than 50,000 men gathered for a most unusual reunion. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of

Adam Hochschild on @profmsinha.bsky.social's already-essential book on Reconstruction! www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Who Were the Sogdians Here is a hyperdoc about the Sogdians who played a critical  role in the trade of goods and ideas on the Silk Road.  It's based on an excel...

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Red, white, and blue for Spring Break

One of the most thoughtful introductions to the many challenges that Americans still face in coming to terms with the history and legacy of slavery and white supremacy at historic sites around the country. 🗃️

Perfect for the classroom. #sschat #historyteacher #edusky

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Decolonization in Ghan & Kenya: Two Short Documentaries Studying decolonization?  Here are two terrific short (25 to 30 minutes) documentaries about two independence movements in Africa--in G...

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