Tag: high school history
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Hammer and Crown: The Twin Revolutions Hidden in Luther’s 95 Theses
Most people learn the story of Martin Luther as a dramatic theological showdown, a lone monk with a hammer and a grievance, nailing his objections to a church door in Wittenberg and setting off five centuries of religious transformation. It’s a compelling image, and it’s not wrong. But it’s incomplete. Because when you read Luther’s…
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What If Roosevelt Survived Milwaukee, Won the Presidency, and Then Died in Office?
#WhatIf Roosevelt wins in 1912, then dies of his Milwaukee wound eight months into office. Hiram Johnson inherits a rudderless Progressive Party, a fractured coalition, and a Mexican Revolution that a weakened White House cannot manage with the coherence Wilson brought to it.
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What If Roosevelt Had Been Killed Outright in Milwaukee?
#WhatIf Teddy Roosevelt is killed outright in 1912 Milwaukee, and Taft — Cincinnati-born and Over-the-Rhine adjacent — leverages his father’s German-American networks to fracture the Irish Democratic machines at the moment they are least able to protect their own coalition partners.
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What If Roosevelt’s Milwaukee Wound Had Been Fatal — But Slowly?
Roosevelt wins the 1912 election while mortally wounded, then dies before the inauguration. What follows mirrors the 1876 Tilden-Hayes crisis — a constitutional fight over whether the Electoral College can legally seat Hiram Johnson as president. #WhatIf
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Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey
A classroom-ready review of John Hersey’s Hiroshima for high school history and ELA teachers. Covers narrative nonfiction, WWII remembrance, and discussion questions.
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What Kind of Nation Are We at 250?
On America’s 250th birthday, we still hold these truths to be self-evident. Launching a year-long US History series for educators at BFWClassroom.com. Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish. #America250 #eduhistory
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