Then Again: Web Chron: Peter the Great's Military

As part of their study of the Great Depression, young economists examine statistical data to determine the effectiveness of FDR's New Deal recovery programs.

Review the Great Depression in the United States from an economist's perspective, examining roots of the crash, government policy actions, and policies instituted by the Fed.

Ah, the classic business cycle model: recession, depression, recovery, prosperity. And then there was the Great Depression. Groups investigate the economic conditions that led to and social movements of the 1920s that great out of the...

Here is a complex lesson plan that interweaves the history of the Jim Crow South and the Great Migration with the study of poetry, art, and blues music from the Harlem Renaissance. The plan helps young historians develop a deep...

The final instructional activity in a series of six about the Great Depression focuses on the Federal Reserve's role in stabilizing the economy.

Two Russian rulers are discussed, Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great. The presentation outlines their absolute rule, reform, politics, and accomplishments. A good starting point for studying Russian government.

Students recognize that Peter the Great modernized Russia. They write letters and complete journal entries in first person as if they were Peter the Great. In addition, they decorate their journal entries with scenes from his travels.

This site presents a list of facts about the reforming tsar, Peter the Great. It answers questions from how he inherited the throne to where he visited when he travelled abroad and discusses some of the main events in his life.

Brief video about the Great Northern War waged by Peter the Great to expand Russian territory and gain control of a warm water port. Tom Richey expains how Peter was able to defeat the Swedes at Poltava, after defeat at Narva, and...

Tom Richey video extols the accomplishments of Peter the Great as he attempted to modernise Russia during his reign at the turn of the 18th Century. A lecture suitable for AP Euro History, World History and Western Civilization students....