Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S.

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Anthropology for Beginners

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Drawing from biological and social sciences, as well as clinical sciences, medical anthropologists have contributed significantly to the understanding and improvement of human health and health services worldwide. disease represents an aspect of the environment that is both influenced by human behavior and requires biocultural adaptations 3.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Left vulnerable when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Missouri Western is now cutting nearly a third of its faculty and at least 98 majors, minors and concentrations , including in English, history, chemistry, biology, philosophy, sociology, political science, computer technology, music and art.

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Government Sociology K-12 Economics 137

Strange Maps

AUGUST 12, 2023

A landscape of human skull shapes These black-and-white maps are aesthetically attractive as well as invitingly strange. ” To be more precise: these maps plot a landscape of human skull shapes. A lecturer on sociology at Columbia and a professor of economics at Harvard, he was particularly influential in U.S. Credit : Z.

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Archiving Sociology Humanities Anthropology 52

C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

See my first post on The Building Blocks of Inquiry here If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. So where does inquiry come in?

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Controversial Topics Sociology Pedagogy Social Studies 49

C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. I could go on, but you get the picture. So where does inquiry come in? What does this look like?

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Controversial Topics Sociology Pedagogy Social Studies 40

Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

About 46% of humans, well over three billion people, are native speakers of an Indo-European language. This article Study: The Indo-European language family was born south of the Caucasus is featured on Big Think. Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is a language that gave rise to many others. Strange Maps #1220 Got a strange map?

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Ancestry Anthropology Humanities 52

Strange Maps

JULY 13, 2023

These traits help explain many aspects of human behavior. Download a PDF of the article here.) This article Geopsychology: Your personality depends on where you live is featured on Big Think. Got a strange map? Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com. Follow Strange Maps on Twitter and Facebook.

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Psychology Geography Cultures Humanities 52

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Author’s note: “Aeroroute” is a composite term I introduce in this article to capture the unique material character of what Stuttgart locals call Frischluftzufuhr, Frischluftschneise, Kaltluftschneise, or Luftleitbahnen, all of which refer to a passage through which fresh and cool airs flow.

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Sociology Archaeology Humanities Anthropology 64

Political Science Now

JULY 30, 2024

These processes enabled political trajectories that led to higher levels of human development and more robust postcolonial democratization in contexts previously characterized by forced settlement than those that experienced colonial occupation. University of Notre Dame, 2012).

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This piece, written by Jack Wippell, covers the new article by Tabitha Bonilla, “The Influence of Partisanship on Assessments of Promise Fulfillment and Accountability.” In her recent APSR article, Tabitha Bonilla examines how partisan biases influence voter perceptions of accountability and promise-keeping.

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Political Science Sociology Humanities Cultures 56

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

And so every child today gets taught that modern slavery is human trafficking, it’s a crime against humanity. But certainly for most of the history of the West these were not considered crimes against humanity. Most recently, they’ve removed one of the Gen. This interview was lightly edited for length and clarity.

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Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook. A scholarly book or article about history or philosophy counts. Published by Cambridge University Press, Public Humanities is pitched as a very large tent.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

I am co-facilitating today’s class with high school teacher, Prentiss Charney Fellow , and great all around human being, T. And so every child today gets taught that modern slavery is human trafficking, it’s a crime against humanity. Whitaker, who has been part of this series for a long time. It’s good to have you with us.

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