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Michigan teachers weaving lessons on Jan. 6 uprising into history classes
Ask any history teacher in Michigan how their lessons could be better and they will tell you that they need to incorporate more current events into the curriculum, East Kentwood High School history teacher Matt Vreisman insists.
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CT high school students unearthed the past. 'It is our history. We're all connected,' one said
The objects were delicately retrieved from the ground like pieces of the puzzles of history.
Broken shards of ceramic plates used long ago by students, chunks of roofing tile from a mansion that once stood on what is now an open field, known and unknown fragments of metal, all scraps of yesteryear that will help tell a story.
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Meet the less-known revolutionaries recognized in SC's 2026 African American History Calendar
COLUMBIA -- Like many things in South Carolina this year, the 2026 iteration of the state's annual African American History Calendar is themed around the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War.
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New York County Appoints First-Ever Black Woman Sheriff In State History
Jackie Salvatore was sworn-in as New York's first ever Black woman sheriff.
New York has a new appointment to celebrate, electing its first-ever Black woman sheriff in the state's history.
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SC is focused on history as America turns 250. Some worry elementary schools aren't. (copy)
COLUMBIA -- As South Carolina gets ready to celebrate America's 250th year of independence, many of its youngest schoolchildren are spending little time learning about history or civics compared to other subjects.
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The 'forgotten Titanic' of 1919 inspires new novel
This story first appeared on palabra, the digital news site by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Award-winning Cuban-American journalist Mirta Ojito still remembers encountering a chapter of forgotten history in a Key West, Florida, bookstore almost 20 years ago.
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Real World Economics: Geography, topography shaped our prosperity
Before his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon Bonaparte said, "Geography is destiny. "
This assertion prompts thinking about how geography and topography influences development of economies over time and why apparently similar countries in climate and resources can have quite different economic outcomes.
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Firefighter who broke color barrier at San Diego Fire-Rescue Department turns 100
By Karen Kucher | karen. kucher@sduniontribune. com | The San Diego Union-Tribune
When Ben Holman became a San Diego firefighter in 1951, he wasn't looking to make history.
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Inside the quest for the origin of Stonehenge's Altar Stone
"It was one of those kind of serendipitous occasions - a Eureka moment," says Professor Richard Bevins.
Picking over a set of 15 sample stones from Stonehenge passed on to him by a former colleague, the experienced geologist was asked to make a quick observation on the source of rock believed to have been brought from west Wales some 5,000 years ago.
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Today in History: Jan. 4, 2026
In 1853, New Yorker Solomon Northup regained his freedom after being kidnapped in Washington, D. C. , and forced into slavery in 1841; he would later tell his story in his memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave.
