In this lesson, young scholars will use the Suffrage Timeline to explore the women, ideas, and action that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 and discuss the Woman Suffrage Movement as a model for peaceful activism.

The complete poem "On Passing the New Menin Gate" by Siegfried Sassoon. The poem is followed by vocabulary and historical information and ideas.

A thorough review of Woodrow Wilson's foreign policies in these four lessons offered by EDSITEment. Learn the origins of "Wilsonianism," Wilson's views on relations with countries in Latin America, Wilson's decision to enter World War I,...

This lesson plan explores the ways President Woodrow Wilson tried to keep America out of war as World War I raged in Europe. Examine documents, speeches, and other primary sources to follow America's path from neutrality to war.

The text of the Final Declaration of the 1954 Geneva Conference includes official U.S. statement regarding the refusal to sign and comply with Final Resolution.

Read and view a copy of the complete text of the treaty of Fort Laramie which recognized the Black Hills as part of the Sioux Reservation. Accompanying documentary explains how the treaty was broken as a result of the discovery of gold...

In German. Chronicle of events in the year 1919.

Examine the Vietnam War through this summary, the transcript of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, questions for analysis, references for further reading, and a question/answer section from the community.

Sea anemones look like such peaceful creatures, but find out how aggressive they can be!

Report on Iran's commitment to a nuclear arms control treaty insisting that they be allowed to pursue a nuclear program for peaceful purposes. The US and allies believe Iran is developing atomic weapons. Of particular interest is the...

Two thousand years before today's "global economy," an exchange network linked the continent of Asia via the Silk Route. Between the first and eighth centuries of the common era, the empires and states of Asia often came into conflict as...

This black cabinet was once stored in the gongkhang of an unknown temple in Tibet. Forbidden to the uninitiated, the gongkhang is a special room set aside for the worship of wrathful deities, where only the initiated monks of the...

An outline history with details on the various events of the war between Athens and Sparta. In addition, there is a section which examines the effects of the war on life in Athens.

Actual text of the treaty, which promises safe passage to U.S. citizens and establishes military forts and trading posts in Apache territory.

This site offers a very interesting account of the life of Russian author, Leo Tolstoy.

A description of the history of Poland, starting with the Piast dynasty and moving forward to the current year.

Comprehensive summary provides facts and information that relates how the WWI Armistice (cessation of hostilities) ended the fighting on the Western Front in Europe.

The cloak worn by a Roman general commanding an army, his principal officers and personal attendants, in contradistinction to the sagum of the common soldiers, and the toga or garb of peace. It was the practice for a Roman magistrate,...

A painting of a lake with mountains in the distance by Tony Newlin.