Classroom Resources Historical Context: Why Do People Migrate? Economics, World History 13+ In trying to understand why people migrate, some scholars emphasize individual decision-making, while others stress broader structural forces. Many early scholars of migration emphasized the importance of "push" and "pull" factors....
Classroom Resources Historical Context: The Global Effect of World War I World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ A recent list of the hundred most important news stories of the twentieth century ranked the onset of World War I eighth. This is a great error. Just about everything that happened in the remainder of the century was in one way or...
Essay Revolutionary in America Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The image is so clear in our minds, seen first in elementary school and reinforced countless times since: a few dozen gentlemen with powdered wigs and period suits (coats, waistcoats, and knee-length breeches) gathered in a large...