National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Cities and Suburbs: Nature Transformed
Essay on the history of cities and suburbs and how nature has been transformed in the U.S. Author Christopher Sellers guides us with informational text, questions and scholars debate.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Reconstruction and the Formerly Enslaved
What are the "big questions" of Reconstruction? Article provides an overview of the Reconstruction period when Americans debated rights and the nature of freedom and equality. It focuses on who was an American and how citizenship should...
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Does Our Background Shape Our Thinking About Environmental Issues? [Pdf]
A lesson where young scholars explore the positive and negative impacts of human activities on the environment today and in the distant past, and examine how attitudes towards the environment might be shaped by one's experiences growing...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: History With Fire in Its Eye: An Introduction to Fire in America
This site from the National Humanities Center provides an interesting look at the history of fire in America, how we use it to control natural resources and how it controls us.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Stuart Mill
Detailed discussion from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Mill's thought including biographical summary. Although it chiefly addresses his achievements in logic, Mill's opinion on religion are also presented in closing.
Philosophy Pages
Philosophy Pages: John Locke (1632 1704)
This site offers a brief biography of philosopher John Locke and highlights of his accomplishments. The summary traces the development of his political beliefs through contrast with other writers of his time. Site includes a bibliography...
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Pictures of the Year
For over 63 years POI has offered photographers to submit their images to be judged on an international level. It also provides an archive of incredible images for all to see.
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Monthly Review: Why Socialism? By Albert Einstein
This page provides access to the essay "Why Socialism?" by Albert Einstein originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Einstein argues for socialism as the way to rise above the predatory phase of human...