learning ventures

The Thirty Years’ War refers to a series of wars that ravaged the European continent from 1618-1648. It began as a religious struggle, spawned from the Protestant Reformation, over the...

Washington D.C. Peace Convention February 4, 1861 Could the Civil War have been prevented? On February 4, 1861 a “peace convention,” called by the Virginia legislature, assembled at...

What Caused the Civil War The time was 4:30 in the morning; the day was April 12, 1861. Cannons from the mainland began to spew fire and lob shells into Fort Sumter--at this early hour just faintly...

This is a lesson to introduce students to the controversy surrounding the brief reign of one of the most vilified kings in English history, Richard III. Was he responsible for the premeditated murder...