Industrialization led to the "scramble for Africa" by European countries seeking raw materials, markets, and cheap labor. However, other factors played a role such as political, ideological, and religious reasons. Examine these reasons...

This video and support materials detail the Hollywood blacklist and House Un-American Activities Committee, chronicling the fear of Communism and resulting blacklist based on political ideology. The video is from the American Masters...

After completing this unit, students will be able to describe major differences in the political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union, explain the causes of the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and explain how...

This learning module examines what globalization is and how it affects different regions of the world. It looks at different aspects of globalization, including global interactions through technology. Includes student tasks, videos,...

A partial translation of the French title, this magazine about politics from the Le Monde diplomatique has a post-colonial/multicultural ideological slant but remains the priviledged vehicle for analysts of international politics.

Thomas Cole was best known for his landscape paintings which embodied the beauty and grandeur of the American wilderness during the first half of the nineteenth century. When viewed through the lens of nineteenth-century political...

The free labor ideology of the nineteenth century was grounded in the beliefs that Northern free labor was superior to Southern slave labor. It was this free labor ideology and not the republicanism of the Revolutionary War era that...

The term "Tsimihety" usually refers to one of the eighteen or twenty tribes or ethnic groups of the Republic of Madagascar; however, Tsimihety possess neither political unity nor an ideology of unity. They are best described as an...

An essay that looks at issues affecting Americans leading up to the Civil War. These included economic changes that led to new ideological, social, cultural, and political issues that further divided the nation along moral and regional...

From Wikipedia, this article outlines the purpose of government and explains how disagreement over purpose can splinter into various movements such as socialism, fascism, and communism. Includes links to further explanations of different...

An entire course on US government and civics - we don't seem to have any of it; many individual lessons to harvest. Should be cross-checked against embedded videos.

Expand your trivia knowledge, and explore the news, culture, music, television and film of the 1990s.

This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia provides an overview and history of the Green Party of the United States. Gives a definition and a good historical description.

The Hill is a non-partisan, non-ideological weekly newspaper that describes the inner workings of Congress, the pressures confronting policy makers and the many ways in which decisions are made.

PBS Online provides this profile of the Green Party in the United States and other nations.

This New York Times site contains biographies of every US Supreme Court Chief Justice including early life, famous decisions, and opinions.

This article from November, 2005, discusses the nomination of Samuel Alito for Supreme Court Justice. His ideology, judicial record, and the controversy surrounding President George W. Bush's nomination of Alito are all discussed.

This site from the International Society of Political Psychology contains links to the actual text of the book "The Cuban Revolution: A Critical Perspective" written by Sam Dolgoff. Includes information about Castro's friendly critics,...

This lesson plan looks at ways that the ideology of Manifest Destiny expressed both national political objectives and the goals of ordinary men and women who settled the west.

Enlightenment ideology, which placed reason and argumentation in the focus of investigation and man in its center, was most prominent in shaping the political thinking and discourse of the period. The views of most revolutionary leaders,...