US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: New Patterns
Women elected to Congress between 1955-1976 were well-educated and often leaders in business and society. They had clear goals they wanted to accomplish that centered around issues that affected women's lives. This feminism shaped their...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Committee and Party Leadership
The women who entered office in record numbers in the 1990s soon accrued seniority in committees and catapulted into top leadership posts. Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House in 2002. Read about prominent...
Vroma Project
Webquest for Humanities: What Portraits Reveal
This resource presents a lesson plan which instructs students to work in groups of three to examine various pieces of art. They can be a reporter, an art expert, or an art historian, then use the terrific collection of links to do their...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Mapping Congress
Use this interactive map to track the prevalence of minorities in Congress from the beginning to the present. Choose from a group of members to see how many were in Congress from each state during a particular congressional term. Click...
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Teachinghistory: History Content: Ask a Historian
Ask-an-expert resource for building skills in the art of asking historical questions.
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Crafting an Identity
Early women in Congress struggled with a fundamental question of what their role is in Congress. Were they working towards political equality for women or advocating for specific women's interests that were inherently different from men?...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Onto the National Stage
Women gained the right to vote and began to become active members of Congress as the United States faced many challenges. Early congresswomen served during the Great Depression, WWII, and the start of the Cold War. They had a voice in...
US House of Representatives
History, Art, and Archives: The Women's Rights Movement, 1848 1920
Many groups and women leaders worked tirelessly to advance women's rights in society, specifically the right to vote. This tireless effort paid off with the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Examine the early strides in the women's...
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Stony Brook University: Sennacherib's Palace Without Rival at Nineveh
This book by John Malcolm Russell, a professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, was published in 1991. Written from the perspective of an art historian, he presents his ideas about the function of the Palace without Rival by...
Mark Harden's Artchive
The Artchive: Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 1519)
Biographical note on Leonardo da Vinci excerpted from "The Story of Painting," by Sister Wendy Beckett, art historian and host of programs about art history and appreciation airing on PBS. Includes internal links to reproductions of some...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Profile Bust of Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC (c. 484 BC-c. 425 BC) and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Leopold Ranke
A German historian, frequently considered the founder of "scientific" history. Ranke set the tone for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources, an emphasis on narrative history and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Johann Joachim Winckelmann
(1717-1768) German archeologist and art historian. Author of History of the art of Antiquity.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Profile Bust of Thucydides
Thucydides was a Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 B.C. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" due...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Bust of Herodotus
The first writer who deserves the name of a historian is Herodotus, hence called the Father of History. Herodotus was born in the Dorian colony of Halicarnassus in Caria, in the year 484 B.C., and accordingly about the time of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon (April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hannibal
Hannibal's Passage of the Alps. Hannibal determined to carry the war into Italy. To do this, he had to fight his way through Spain and cross the Alps, which were regarded as an impassable barrier between Italy and the North. In this he...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Herodotus
(c. 484-424 B.C.) Ancient Greek writer and historian.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Theodor Mommsen
(1817-1903) German historian and archaeologist most celebrated for his work with Roman history.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Macauley
A nineteenth century British poet, historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer, and on British history.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Bancroft
(1800-1891) Historian and diplomat that wrote a 10 volume History of the United States and established the Naval Academy at Annapolis
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Herodotus
(c. 484-424 B.C.) Ancient Greek writer and historian.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James A. Froude
(1818-1894) British writer and historian who wrote the History of England and the controversial novel the Nemesis of Faith
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Livy
(59 B.C.- A.D.17) Roman historian who wrote 142 books regarding the entire history of Rome. This work is the foundation of historical writings.