When Amenhotep III (reigned c1390 - 1352 BC) became Pharaoh in 1390 BC, Egypt had become the richest and most powerful nation on earth through war and conquest. The new king tried a different approach ...

First published in the United States by W.W.Norton and Company, on March 1 1997, Guns, Germs and Steel was initially subtitled ‘The Fates of Human Societies.’ Within a few months, this subtitle had ...

Students will use information they have learned from viewing parts of the PBS "Napoleon" series, study and research about the U.S. Constitution to compare the effects of Napoleon's civil code on ...

In this lesson, students build two circuits and explore how transistors function. When Bell Labs introduced the transistor in June of 1948, a spokesman proudly announced "This cylindrical object . . .

Bell Laboratories, one of the world’s largest industrial laboratories and now part of Lucent Technologies, was originally the research and development arm of the giant telephone company American ...

QUESTION: What are the most surprising things you find in studying the Great Depression? DAVID KENNEDY: One of the most surprising things that I discovered about the Depression was the degree of ...

"When God wants to speak with us, he does not avail himself of an angel but of parents." (Martin Luther) Martin Luther was named after St Martin by his parents Hans and Margarette Luther, a pair of ...

THEODORE CAPLOW: Robert and Helen Lynd went to Muncie, Indiana in 1924, with a commission to study grassroots religion. And they came back in 1925 with a marvelous study of social change, having used ...

Astrophotography has come a long way in recent years, thanks to digital cameras (which are more light-sensitive than film), digital photo processing (which can bring out the subtle details in dim ...

A program such as Martin Luther involves months of painstaking research, preparation and writing. An experienced and skilled crew including a director, producers, director of photography, audio ...

Voiceover: There have been people living in New Guinea for at least 40,000 years – much longer than on the continents of North and South America. They’re among the most culturally diverse and ...

Show the video segment on auto manufacturing. Ask students to identify Ford's production goals, and determine how he tried to achieve them. Print out and give students copies of the Relevent Appendix: ...