Historical events

Historians have offered vastly different interpretations of the origins of the Cold War over the past 5 decades. Few historical events have been subject to such an array of revisionist and neo-revisionist accounts. In this lesson, students enter the fray through exploring a variety of documents highlighting various issues and perspectives that led to the Cold War and address the question: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War, the United States or the Soviet Union? [All files…

Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939. See the newspaper headlines that announced the start of World War Two.

French Revolution It's that fun day in History Class again!

On Whit Sunday, AD 973, the ancient spa city of Bath became the setting for one of the most important events of the late Anglo-Saxon period. Accompanied by his consort, Ælfthryth, Edgar (sometimes known as ‘Edgar the Peaceful’) was crowned king of all England in the city’s abbey. The Anglo-Saxon

The front page of the April 16, 1912, evening edition of the Boston Daily Globe details the Titanic disaster. Picture: AP You’ve seen the ...

We want kids to learn about the world - even if they're stuck at home right now. At Deliberate Travel Kids we make activity workbooks for children, focused on travel and different cultures. Each workbook is based on a different country and is filled with puzzles and research activities to entertain and educate them. Perfect for kids aged 6-10 and the parents trying to distract them!

Transgender history can be tricky; to pin down, partly because so many trans people in history couldn't live openly. Even so, today we know of many awesome ...

East German border guards refusing to shake hands at Checkpoint Charlie.

JONATHAN MAYO: After completing their experiments on the moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got back inside the Eagle. To Aldrin's horror he sees a circuit breaker switch that has broken off.

In 1826, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, a French inventor, came up with what forever changed the way we see, experience, and remember the world and its history. It was the birth of a camera that took the first photograph on a piece of paper coated with tar of the view from his window at Le Gras. Of course, it looked nothing even remotely similar to what we think of as a camera.