History Teachers Talking
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Some say history teachers are a "certain type" of people. They are knowledgeable yet immature, they love super heroes as much as they do historical people, and above all they love to talk.
Join us as we continue the conversation outside the confines of a classroom. A combination of history, politics, education, and pop culture.
History Teachers Talking
4d ago
Join us as we talk about prehistory, the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of the first civilizations.
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History Teachers Talking
5d ago
People have been playing chess for more than 1500 years. Want to know how that happened?
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History Teachers Talking
1w ago
Part II of a two-part episode on the Titans of American Industry, commonly known as the Gilded Age's Robber Barons.
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History Teachers Talking
1w ago
Here is a brief history of the Know Nothing Party; a nativist political party and movement in the United States in the mid-1850s.
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History Teachers Talking
2w ago
During the Gilded Age, several businessmen made large sums of money by gaining control of whole industries such as railroads, banking, or oil. This is part one of a two-part story of four of the most infamous industrialists of the time - the so-called Robber Barons.
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History Teachers Talking
2w ago
President Teddy Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal of creating a canal through Central America - but its completion did not happen without some controversy.
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History Teachers Talking
3w ago
The Blackout Ripper was the pseudonym given to 28-year-old Gordon Frederick Cummins, an English serial killer who murdered four women in London in 1942.
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History Teachers Talking
3w ago
So what is the actual story of the disappearance of 117 colonists from Roanoke Island that has been this country's oldest mystery for centuries? Well, let's find out.
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History Teachers Talking
1M ago
The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups - well, at least that was the original goal...
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History Teachers Talking
1M ago
The history of aviation extends back more than two thousand years, from kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight powered by heavier-than-air jets today. Here is the short version of the whole story.
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