Dominion of War: American Military and Technological History
This theme examines the causes and consequences of war in the historical development of
America. In particular, we will focus on the technological advances brought
about by war and the preparation for war. We will focus on the space race as an
expression of American Cold War culture and an exemple of this technological
trend.
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Explore History is a professional development program for K-12 teachers in the thirteen county area of central and north central Ohio served by Ohio State University's regional campuses in Lima, Marion, Mansfield, and Newark. This program combines the resources of the Ohio State University, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center to support and improve the teaching of traditional American history.
New and Noteworthy
For our fourth year, we are providing a series of five webinars. Participants will choose four of the five.
The interactive sessions will follow a format something as follows:
- 90 minute discussion of topic lead by OSU faculty member and focused on primary sources: documents, maps, images, etc.
- 45 minute primary source presentation and activity with Project Curator from the Ohio Historical Society
- 30 minute teacher discussion about taking the topic and primary sources to your classrooms facilitated by a project Lead Teachers.
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