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The Geometry of Memory: How Knots Carry the Weight of Human History

Anthropology.net

But beyond their everyday function of fastening and securing, knots hold something deeper: a story about the evolution of human cognition, the flow of culture, and the quiet persistence of shared technique across continents and millennia. The process of Gauss coding a simple knot. Image credit: Roope Kaaronen / University of Helsinki.

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The Cats Before the Cats: How Leopard Cats Lived Among Ancient Chinese Societies for Millennia

Anthropology.net

The Cultural Shift: How China Embraced the Domestic Cat The arrival of Felis catus was not merely a biological event; it marked a cultural shift in how Chinese society interacted with felines. 2025), continue to refine our understanding of how humans and felines have interacted across time and geography. Chinese Archaeology.)

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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

The latest book by geography teacher Richard Bustin was published by Crown House Publishing in October 2024. In 2013, GeoCapabilities became an EU funded programme as a 3 year Comenius project (539079-LLP-1-2013-1-UK-COMENIUS-CMP). It embraces in how geography is understood and expressed in national school standards.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states. Additionally, social studies encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including history, geography, civics and economics, each with its own set of disciplinary practices. The C3 Framework was released in 2013.

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“Living with Javelinas”: New Book Under Contract

Anthropology 365

How do environmental, historical, and cultural factors influence human-javelina relations in Texas? The introduction stresses the significance of understanding human-javelina encounters within their specific socio-ecological contexts through a blend of historical, ecological, and cultural analysis.

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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

communities of geography – Connected learning gallery walk – Interrogating our instruction: Are these connected lessons any good? No great answer to this is apparent other than a cultural reframing, one that is already underway. How could we make them better? – Getting set up with Twitter and our new hashtag.

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How social studies can help young kids make sense of the world

The Hechinger Report

There’s something about race that’s so fundamentally uncomfortable in our culture — especially when it intercepts with conversations about class and privilege.”. The C3 framework — the three Cs refer to college, career and civic life — includes curriculums in civics, economics, geography and history.