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First World War.com - Vintage Audio - Call of America
Reproduced below is the speech recorded by the U.S. Democratic Party politician James Hamilton Lewis, who served as a whip in the U.S. Senate. Addressing his fellow Senators Hamilton Lewis urged full support for the external war against Germany (or 'Prussia' as he termed it) in much the same manner as the internal struggles of the 1860s were similarly resolved successfully.
World War I, 1918-1942 : Europe plunges into War
First world war : the Triple Alliance - the Triple Entente - Sarajevo assassination - Battle of the Marne - Dardanelles Campaign - Battle of Verdun - Battle of the Somme - Battle of Caporetto - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Armistice of Compiegne - Treaty of Versailles - Treaty of Trianon
This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998. Each study offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the country or region's historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy.
Country Studies
Great Wall of China Lesson Activities: Teaching the History and Geography of the Amazing Chinese Landmark
Provide middle school social studies students with information and lesson activities about the Great Wall of China and the ancient Chinese dynasties which built it. The Great Wall of China represents 2000 years of Chinese history. The earliest known sections were unconnected barricades built in the 7th century BC by the Zhou Dynasty. In 221 BC, during the Qin Dynasty, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, connected the smaller walls, linking them and extending them into the current foundation for one wall. Due to neglect, it deteriorated because the Great Wall was not maintained after the Qin Dynasty. Two thousand years later, during the Ming Dynasty which began in the 14th century AD, the Great Wall was built back up.
Buddha Teachings
As a child, Siddhartha the Buddha, was troubled by some of the same thoughts that children today have. They wonder about birth and death. They wonder why they get sick and why grandfather died. They wonder why their wishes do not come true.Life in a Christian Monastery, ca. 585 "When he was dead his body was not placed with the bodies of the brethren, but a grave was dug in the dung pit, and his body was flung down into it. . . " Crime and punishment in a medieval monastery: the monastery's Abbott provides insight into the monastic life. The Vikings Discover America, ca. 1000 Invasion of England, 1066 Anarchy in 12th Century England The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle paints a sobering picture of life in 12th century England that contrasts strikingly with Hollywood's image of the Middle Ages.
EyeWitness To The Middle Ages and Renaissance
"Red Tails" opens this week and is an accurate portrayal of the Tuskegee Airmen. The history of the Tuskegee Airmen is significant and "Red Tails," George Lucas' labor of love, some 23 years in the making, is a story that needs to be told. And, thanks to the extraordinary success of the first all black elite air corps squadron, it's inspirational.
World History
Teaching World History & Geography - Conceptual Frameworks
What are conceptual frameworks? It is the job of conceptual frameworks to connect and organize knowledge to make it more meaningful. Conceptual frameworks may go by a number of different names such as cognitive frameworks, core concepts, mental structures, mental models, scaffolding, schemas or big ideas. They are artificial structures imposed on reality to help us more effectively understand and manage reality.
Our world has been shaped by two all-consuming conflicts - and by a global superpower stand-off that brought the world to the brink of destruction.
BBC - History: World Wars in-depth
The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. This archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result.
BBC - WW2 People's War
March 22, 1933 - Nazis open Dachau concentration camp near Munich, to be followed by Buchenwald near Weimar in central Germany, Sachsenhausen near Berlin in northern Germany, and Ravensbrück for women. April 11, 1933 - Nazis issue a Decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith."