In this photograph, a man takes a sledge hammer to the Berlin Wall’s graffiti-filled west side. In 1961, Communist officials built the wall to prevent East Berliners from entering free...
In 1957, Malaysian men raise their flag after the British Parliament voted to make their country an independent and equal member of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The flag’s crescent...
The painting shows Hungarian troops capturing a fort in Budapest, a victorious battle in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to win independence from the Habsburg Empire. Hungary was one of many...
Essential questions (EQ’s) can be a tool for connecting the past to the present. In this Challenge, you will be asked to link an image/document from Americas revolutionary period (1763-83)...
This famous photograph shows a lone man in a white shirt confronting tanks sent to end pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in June 1989. The Chinese government’s use of...
After WWII, the international community created the United Nations as a means to prevent future global conflict and brutalities. This document, the UN Declaration of Human Rights, complements the UN...
This is a Lesson that is part of a six part Unit that serves as the precursor to reading Charles Dickens’ seminal text on social commentary, A Tale of Two...
This Latin edition of Virgil bears the signatures of both Thomas Jefferson and his close friend Dabney Carr. The two men met as students at a Latin school in Albemarle...