History is written by the victors. The Roman Empire is what we remember. This blog is written using the “Latin Alphabet,” Latin being the language of the...
Category: World History Reading Passages
The term patrician is sometimes used today to describe a “high class” person. The word started a long time ago in Ancient Rome. Let’s take a look at the original patricians. Patricians and...
The Scientific Revolution brought with it both important discoveries and great upheaval. The Catholic Church, in particular, did not appreciate being told that they were wrong. Galileo and...
Many people think of geography and they think about maps, continents, oceans, rivers, etc. Geography is about a whole lot more. The National Geographical Society tells us that:...
Primary Source Documents for the Industrial Revolution with Questions
As a history teacher primary and secondary source documents are a necessary component of many lessons. Searching for these fundamental resources can send you down many rabbit holes and eat...
Some of the first cities developed in ancient Mesopotamia. Social life in many ways has not changed in 4,000 years. There were social classes with a few holding most of the wealth and power...