Explore the tomb of King Tutankhamun and examine artifacts and why they were buried with the young king and what they reveal about the Egyptian afterlife
Explore the full text of President Reagan’s 1987 speech at the Berlin Wall challenging the Soviet Union to promote free speech in communist countries.
Full text of the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement. It laid out plans for France and Britain to divide Turkish territory in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine
Explore the characteristics of the Chinese shih poetic form. Answer this focus question: How does Li Po’s poetry reflect the Chinese shih poetic form?
What do archaeologists know about early North American civilizations? Learn about Native American societies before 1500.
Explore the full text of Roosevelt’s 1942 Executive Order directing the Secretary of War to place Japanese Americans in military internment camps.
Explore the dominant role Athens plays in ancient Greece to answer this question: Does Athens have the right to take over the island of Melos?
Explore the volatile political atmosphere in Europe prior to the war to answer this question: Is Germany to blame for the start of World War I?
An excerpt from a 1991 President George H. W. Bush news conference – He argues that he should not need Congress to approve military action against Iraq
Explore an excerpt from Ohio Senator Thomas Corwin’s 1847 speech denouncing the Mexican American War
