I Wish I Learned That in School

Mr. Mathews and Mr. Montanaro share their inspiration for making a history podcast to share with our school community.

The reverberations of an 1884 meeting in which the European powers divided up the entire continent of Africa for colonization and exploitation.

Mathews and Montanaro contrast the lives and impacts of Woodrow Wilson and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and discuss the reasons why our school recently changed its name.

Lessons and warning signs from post-WWI conspiracy theories and the rise of fascism.

Part one of a two-part series on the 1969 Occupation of Alcatraz Island by the Indians of All Tribes: honoring and reclaiming the erased history of Native American nations and cultures; examining the origin and impact of European settler colonialism in North America

Conclusion of our two-part series on the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island by the Indians of All Tribes: the tipping point for the modern Native American resistance movement in the United States.