Before he was appointed Dean of the Farrington College of Education, Carl served on the faculty of education at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio and as chair of the Department of Curriculum and Foundations at...

Professor John Bowen explores truth, fiction, repression and freedom in George Orwell’s iconic 1949 novel, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. The film is shot at Senate House in London, formerly the Ministry of Information, and the building on...

This videos tells the story of Robert Smalls, a man who escaped slavery by captaining a Confederate-owned ship and handing it over to the Union. He went on to serve in the US Navy through the end of the war. The video concludes with...

A wide range of Americans contributed to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Students and young people were a prominent group of activists within the movement. Today, we'll learn about the Little Rock Nine, the Greensboro...

In 1848, Europe experienced a wave of revolutions. Last week we covered some of the reform movements that presaged these uprisings. This week, we're learning about what the people wanted from the revolutions, who was involved, and how...

John Adams recruits Thomas Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress. Jefferson writes, Adams edits. After the American Revolution, their friendship flourishes in the courts of Europe, where...

John Adams recruits Thomas Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence at the Second Continental Congress. Jefferson writes, Adams edits. After the American Revolution, their friendship flourishes in the courts of Europe, where...

St. Louis, Missouri Some time between 1830 and 1833 Dr. John Emerson, an United States Army surgeon, buys a slave named Dred Scott. Emerson moved around a lot, and he always took Scott with him. In 1836, Emerson moved to Fort Armstrong,...

Military Appreciation Month // National Military Appreciation Month started as a simple idea; to gather America around its military family to honor, remember, recognize and appreciate those who serve and have served all while knowing its...

Four different perspectives from leading researchers on the threat of majoritarian rule or “tyranny of the majority". Featured are: Quentin Skinner (QMUL), John Dunn (University of Cambridge), Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) and author Matthew...

Four leading scholars give us their unique take on different aspects of the global socio-political landscape, past and present. Featured are intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL), Emilie Hafner-Burton, Professor of International...

Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning principles to transform sprawling cities of six-lane highways and 600-foot blocks into...

For teaching resources covering the Cold War, visit us hereref='http://readingthroughhistory.com/2012/10/14/reading-through-history-the-cold-war-workbook/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>here Ronald Reagan speaks at the Brandenburg...

WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS NUDITY Subscribe to The Guardian ►ttp://is.gd/subscribeguardian' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Guardian ► Four years ago, intimate photographs of Danish journalist Emma Holten were posted on the web....

Thomson Reuters Foundation. In countries of the Arab Spring, new constitutions offer an opportunity to embed women's rights in the very fabric of the state. But many rights activists have expressed concern that, despite women's major...

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Nancy MacLean is an award-winning scholar of the twentieth-century U.S., whose most recent book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, has been described by Publishers Weekly as “a...

Nancy MacLean is an award-winning scholar of the twentieth-century U.S., whose most recent book, Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, has been described by Publishers Weekly as “a...

Once upon a time there was a horrible war called World War One. It was devastating. It was horrible. All of the world's superpowers were at it, and it was supposed to be the "war to end all wars." After Germany was defeated, the side...

This is a video which includes a reading of the Gettysburg Address. The photos were generously provided by the Gettysburg Pictures group (a growing list of contributors is pasted below). The audio is from the TV special Death and the...