ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from The Corner of the Worlds website is a very comprehensive overview of the modernization of Japan. The content comes in an outline format, with information following an organized flow of thought....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from History Matters is a brief albeit important resource. The resource consists of a brief introduction followed by Kiplings poem The White Mans Burden....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from History Matters is a brief albeit important resource. The resource consists of a response to Kiplings The White Mans Burden; The Black Mans Burden, was written by African-American clergyman and editor H....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource is from Michigan State Universitys Exploring Africa unit. The format of this resource includes a brief introduction, and is followed by two tables....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Fordham Universitys Modern History Sourcebook developed this content resource. It contains excerpts from the Treaty of Berlin in 1878, it emphases the sections discussing the Balkans....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from MacroHistory is about the British rule of India during the mid 19th century, and the mutiny that became known as the Sepoy Mutiny. The article gives a brief introduction to the actual conflict and discusses the propaganda that won the British East India Company the rest of Britains favor....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource is from the United Kingdoms Learning Curve database, and features multiple primary documents. The purpose of this resource is to discuss how The Dominions, Ghana, India and Ireland all fell under British Control....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource is from the United Kingdoms Spartacus Educational website. The page displays a database of links that all contain content on the use of trenches during World War One....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource from FirstWorldWar.com contains links to pages dedicated to explaining given topics related to the use of poisonous gases during WWI. The content of this article is student-friendly; it lacks a graphic display of the effects of poisonous gases on victims of war....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This content resource gives an excellent but brief overview of the Russian Revolution. It begins with explaining why there was a revolution in the first place, and then discusses the major events that occurred during the reigns of both Lenin and Stalin....