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  1. Teaching | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Teaching, the profession of those who give instruction, especially in an elementary school or a secondary school or in a university. Measured in terms of its members, teaching is the world’s largest …

  2. Teaching - Educating, Mentoring, Facilitating | Britannica

    Teaching - Educating, Mentoring, Facilitating: Broadly speaking, the function of teachers is to help students learn by imparting knowledge to them and by setting up a situation in which students can …

  3. Trail of Tears | Facts, Map, & Significance | Britannica

    Dec 8, 2025 · Overview of the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation in the 1830s of Native Americans from the southeastern U.S. to Indian Territory (Oklahoma).

  4. John Brown | History, Harpers Ferry, Slavery, Significance, & Facts ...

    Nov 28, 2025 · John Brown was a militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him …

  5. Teaching Theories, Educational Psychology - Britannica

    Dec 11, 2025 · Pedagogy - Teaching Theories, Educational Psychology: The earliest mental-discipline theories of teaching were based on a premise that the main justification for teaching anything is not …

  6. Cultural globalization | Pros, Cons, Examples, Impact, & Factors ...

    Dec 31, 2025 · Cultural globalization, phenomenon by which the experience of everyday life, as influenced by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, reflects a standardization of cultural …

  7. Adolf Hitler | History, Biography, Actions, & Facts | Britannica

    4 days ago · Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany who rose to power with his radical ideology. He was responsible for starting World War II and initiating the Holocaust.

  8. Crazy Horse | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Dec 19, 2025 · Crazy Horse, a chief of the Oglala band of Lakota Sioux who was an able tactician and a determined warrior in the Sioux resistance to European Americans’ invasion of the northern Great …

  9. Sam Houston | Biography, Texas, Alamo, President, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 9, 2026 · As a consequence, after service in the War of 1812 and an interlude of study and teaching, in 1817 Houston became a U.S. subagent assigned to manage the removal of the …

  10. Jesus - Jewish Law, Teachings, Parables | Britannica

    Jan 9, 2026 · The relation of Jesus’ teaching to the Jewish law in Jesus in Main aspects of Jesus’ teaching Also known as: ʿIsā, ʿIsā ibn Maryam, Christ, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Galilee, Jesus of …