Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" serves as an exemplar for a mini-instructional activity on semicolons. Working alone or in small groups, class members first circle all the semicolons in the letter, and then...

The people of Czechoslovakia reached a boiling point in 1989 with citizens clamoring for political economic, and social reforms. This article by the BBC portrays how demonstrations for such reforms ended with tragedy when the police...

Summary of events with photos and artifacts about the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

"The original folk hero", Woody Guthrie was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1988. He wrote hundreds of songs that he turned into a way to show his social conscience and left-wing radical politics.

Discussion of the lawsuit filed by Samuel Worcester against the state of Georgia protesting the way the state handled the Cherokee lands. The case went to the Supreme Court where although Chief Justice Marshall ruled in favor of the...

In this Congressional Research Service Report, Casey L. Addis examines Iran's 2009 Presidential Elections in their entirety, beginning with a summary of the candidates and their campaigns and concluding with a description of the violence...

An excellent introduction to and overview of the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe. This article touches on all aspects of the period.

During the 1984 Republican National Convention, respondent Johnson participated in a political demonstration to protest the policies of the Reagan administration and some Dallas-based corporations. After a march through the city streets,...

Dickinson has correctly been called the "Penman of the Revolution" by later historians. But his activities extended fortwo decades into the life of the new republic, years in which Dickinson's contributions were many. Dickinson's career...

ArtCyclopedia's chronological list of muralists from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are links to the artists' biographies and works.

A brief history of Ireland during the 18th century (1700's).