Cleveland History Blogs

Watch the video below about ten interesting facts about the human brain.  Answer the question below in a FULL paragraph.

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William Beinart and Lotte Hughes argue that tsetse did not inhibit economic development. They demonstrate that through the insight of British scientists they controlled the spread of trypanosomiasis and were […]

Squire Rich Historical House & Museum

Located in the Brecksville Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks is the Squire Rich Historical House and Museum. Currently the home of the Brecksville Historical […]

BW 10) Name a fact from the Enlightenment.
Project

On Monday, February 6, we will discuss all of chapter ten in Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing.  Be prepared to discuss the Singer article in detail.

On Wednesday, February 8, we will have a debate on […]

For Monday, January 30.

Chapter 5: Read pp. 177-192, and the essays by Jacoby and Smith.  Prepare a brief (under 500 words) summary of the Jacoby article, and a response to question #7 on p. 225.  You will hand […]

BW 9) Write the book’s definition of the Enlightenment and then write your own.
Enlightenment Deck of Cards Project The Enlightenment baseball card project

Teaching Resources
National Education Clearinghouse
Historical Thinking 

Mapping
Historic Maps-Rumsey Collection
Hypercities

World History
http://www.gapminder.org/
http://www.silkroadproject.org/
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There is an old cliche that suggests the inevitablity in life of only two things: death and taxes. Perhaps the exchange of people and goods, flora and fauna, and the myriad of possibile outcomes once these new […]

BW Define what a person is like who exhibits the following personality traits:

Outgoing, Accepting, Careful, Calm, Adventurous
OCEAN personalities – Open – Conscientious – Extrovert – Agreeable – […]

For Thursday, please read Richard H. Gassan, “Inventing the Resort: Saratoga Springs” (ECR) and Jon Sterngass, “The Public Resort: To See and Be Seen” (ECR). Note: This latter source is now accessible on ECR, as […]

The Center for Public History + Digital Humanities (creator of this site) at Cleveland State University has created a number of digital history projects focusing on northeast Ohio.  Cleveland Historical, a mobile […]

BW Name one thing in England that advanced the idea of democracy and explain how it did so. (p. 18-19)
Government quiz – 8 types and define each: SEE ME for makeiup
Questions on board

What are some […]

1. BW Which of the last four perspectives on psychology explains human behavior the best to you and why?

2. Group project: Explain why people exhibit aggressive behavior according to each of the seven […]

A recent trend in the study of American history has been to place the nation’s history within a broader global context.  American history, it has been said, does not stop at America’s borders, and topics such as […]

Summit Memory, created by the Akron-Summit County Public Library, contains tens of thousands of images and historical documents pertaining to the history of Summit County, Ohio.  Browse through the dozens of <a […]

The Ohio Historical Society (OHS) has created a number of web sites that are excellent resources for learning about the history of Ohio.  First, there is the online encyclopedia Ohio History Central, an exhaustive […]