Essay The Civil Rights Movement Taylor Branch The word "movement" often designates a cultural shift of less import than the American Revolution, Great Depression, and other capitalized dramas in history. To be sure, some popular movements have gained broader recognition in the...
History Now Essay Perils of the Ocean in the Early Modern Era Robert C. Ritchie Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ A traveler considering an ocean voyage around 1600 had much to contemplate. Voyage by voyage, explorers and colonists alike needed knowledge about the seas and lands in the Atlantic world. Unfortunately, information was never shared... Appears in: 25 | Three Worlds Meet Fall 2010
History Now Essay Women of the West Virginia Scharff Geography, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Women are like water to Western history. Both have flowed through the terrain we have come to call the West, long before the inhabitants conceived of themselves as part of an expanding United States. Both have been represented as... Appears in: 9 | The American West Fall 2006