過去の影: 時代を超えた暗い歴史を探る

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Unveil the Shadows of the Past in this captivating and thought-provoking dark history course. Each week, students will embark on a haunting journey through chilling chapters of history, exploring events that delve into the depths of human experiences. From the tragic story of the Radium Girls to the mysterious phenomenon of the dancing plague, from the disturbing atrocities of Unit 731 to the ill-fated struggles of the Donner Party, and from the dark world of grave robbery in Edinburgh to the medieval torture and humiliation of women, this course offers a comprehensive examination of dark historical events.

Each week will be a new history topic, including topics recommended by students, such as: 

Week 1: The Radium Girls 
Week 2: The Dancing Plague of 1518
Week 3: Jonestown Massacre
Week 4: Unit 731 
Week 5: The Donner Party
Week 6: The Body Snatchers of Edinburgh
Week 7: Medieval Torture and Humiliation of Women
Week 8: New England Vampiric Panic
Week 9: Salem Witch Trials
Week 10: The Great Emu War
Week 11: The Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Week 12: The Tunguska Event
Week 13: The Children's Crusade
Week 14: The Holodomor
Week 15: Vlad the Impaler
Week 16: Ivan the Terrible
Week 17: Trail of Tears
Week 18: Ant Hill Kids
Week 19: Ted Bundy
Week 20: The Winchester Mystery House
Week 21: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Week 22: The Hinterkaifeck Murders
Week 23: The Mary Celeste Mystery
Week 24: The Philadelphia Experiment
Week 25: The Axeman of New Orleans
Week 26: The H.H. Holmes Murder Castle
Week 27: The Chernobyl Disaster
Week 28: The Spanish Inquisition
Week 29: The Great Molasses Flood
Week 30: The Battle of Karánsebes
Week 31: The Black Death
Week 32: The Harpe Brothers (Serial Killers of Colonial America)
Week 33: The Romanov Assassination
Week 34: Milk Carton Children
Week 35: The Boys on the Tracks
Week 36: The History of Human Zoos
Week 37: Japanese Internment Camps
Week 38: Indigenous Boarding Schools
Week 39: Nahanni National Park Decapitations
Week 40: The Blue Fugates
Week 41: 536 CE, The Worst Year to Live During
Week 42: The Black Dahlia
Week 43: What Happened to Natalie Wood?
Week 44: The Manson Family & Sharon Tate
Week 45: Jack the Ripper
Week 46: What Happened to Amelia Earhart?
Week 47: Jonbenet Ramsey
Week 48: The Irish Potato Famine
Week 49: The European Witch Craze
Week 50: The Golden Age of Piracy
Week 51: The History of American Cowboys
Week 52: The Madness of Lighthouse Keepers
Week 52: The French Revolution/Reign of Terror
Week 53: Blackbeard
Week 54: Billy the Kid
Week 55: Joseph Stalin and the USSR
Week 56: Roswell, New Mexico
Week 57: The Rwandan Genocide
Week 58: The Treasure Hunt of Forrest Fenn
Week 59: The Holocaust and the Bielski Brothers
Week 60: The OJ Simpson Case
Week 61: The Tragedy of Princess Diana
Week 62: The Heist at Boston's Gardner Museum
Week 63: Thomas Edison vs. Nikola Tesla
Week 64: Oppenheimer and Los Alamos
Week 65: Alan Turing and How the British Outsmarted the Nazis
Week 66: Robert Durst and the Groundbreaking "The Jinx" Docuseries
Week 67: The US Government's Atomic Veterans
Week 68: The Effect of the Louisiana Purchase on the Enslaved Population
Week 69: Nazino Island and the Gulags
Week 70: Le Mans Massacre
Week 71: The Osage Tribe and Killers of the Flower Moon
Week 72: The Doctor with the 300% Mortality Rate
Week 73: The Tulip Economic Bubble
Week 74: The Habsburg Jaw
Week 75: History of the Samurai
Week 76: The Yakuza
Week 77: The History of Mental Health Treatment
Week 78: Mad as a Hatter -- Historical Usage of Mercury
Week 79: King Leopold II
Week 80: Chris McCandless
Week 81: The Voynich Manuscript
Week 82: How to Spot Propaganda, Dogwhistles, and Micro-aggressions
Week 83: The KKK, Sundown Towns, and Domestic Terrorism
Week 84: Anne Frank
Week 85: History of Juneteenth
Week 86: Black Wall Street (Tulsa, OK), Lake Lanier, & Central Park
Week 87: Would You Survive the Middle Ages?
Week 88: The Sweating Plague
Week 89: The Ides of March
Week 90: Warren Jeffs and the FLDS
Week 91: The Cambodian Genocide
Week 92: Mao Zedong
Week 93: The Jacobite Rebellion
Week 94: The Evil of Adolf Hitler 
Week 95: The Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Third Reich
Week 96: How People Fall Prey to Fascism 
Week 97: The Beer Hall Putsch Kristallnacht
Week 98: Kristallnacht
Week 99: The Night of the Long Knives
Week 100: Spanish Influenza
Week 101: The Green Children Found In a Cave
Week 102: Elisa Lam and the Cecil Hotel
Week 103: The Zodiac Killer
Week 104: The Hauntings of the Queen Mary
Week 105: The Unsolved Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Week 106: Accusations of Alien Abductions
Week 107: Khmer Rouge
Week 108: The Myth of 40 Acres and a Mule
Week 109: What We Know About Area 51
Week 110: The Murder of Thelma Todd
Week 111: The Life and Death of Brittany Murphy
Week 112: The Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe
Week 113: The Life and Death of Whitney Houston
Week 114: The Black Panther Party
Week 115: Nat Turner's Rebellion 
Week 116: John Brown: Revolutionary or Terrorist?
Week 117: The Disappearance of Agatha Christie
Week 118: Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, and Richard Burton
Week 119: The Prohibition, Speakeasies, and Moonshine
Week 120: The Hauntings of Savannah, Georgia
Week 121: The Bling Ring
Week 122: Ghost Town at Vulture Mine 
Week 123: 27 Club
Week 124: Peg Entwistle
Week 125: Spahn Ranch
Week 126: Heaven's Gate
Week 127: Leah Remini and Scientology
Week 128: Operation Paperclip
Week 129: The Montauk Project
Week 130: The Bone Records (Ribs/Roentgenizdat)

*Disclaimer: future topics to be announced

Through engaging discussions and multimedia resources, participants will uncover the lesser-known aspects of history, analyze the lasting impact of these dark chapters on society, and foster critical thinking, empathy, and a deeper understanding of the complexities of the human condition.

Join us as we explore the forgotten narratives, untangle the mysteries, and shed light on the shadows that have shaped our world. This course is designed for ages 14-18, providing a safe and supportive environment for students to explore sensitive topics and expand their historical knowledge. Come, be part of this fascinating journey into the darker side of history.