ED Surge
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks. “They're pretty sneaky, so you wouldn't always know that that was the reason,” says Fleck.
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Sapiens
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Remains in France found by archaeologists and geneticists suggest at least two lineages—not just one—of late Neanderthals in Europe. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ The prevailing narrative of how humanity came about seemed straightforward enough: In what is today Europe, the last Neanderthals bowed out as Homo sapiens began arriving on the continent around 40,000 to 45,000 years ago.
Anthropology.net
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Human evolution continues, driven by the pressure of extreme environments. Among the most compelling examples is the adaptation of populations living in high-altitude areas such as the Tibetan Plateau, where oxygen levels are significantly lower than those at sea level. Over millennia, these communities have developed unique physiological traits that enable them to survive and thrive under conditions that would challenge the health of most people.
Society for Classical Studies
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Call For Participants: Ancient Music Open Mic Night at the 2025 Annual Meeting kskordal Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:16 Image The Society for Classical Studies is happy to announce its second Ancient Music Open Mic Night, on Saturday, January 4th, 8:30-10:00, hosted by John Franklin (UVM). We seek performers of 'ancient music', broadly understood: songs and music inspired by ancient history, literature, mythology, or musical techniques originals and covers, modern instruments or ancient replicas-and of
Steven V. Miller
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Ho Chi Minh City, by another name, in another life. (New Naratif) I am teaching a quantitative methods class for students in international relations, which presents its own assorted challenges. Beyond the general apprehension that social science students have to statistics, a class like the one I teach is 1) the last students take before writing their BA theses and 2) by far the most unusual class students will have taken to this point, all things considered.
Teaching American History
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. What happens when teachers ask students to read the primary documents of our founding carefully, constructing their own account of our system?
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Teaching American History
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Many students enter high school government classes knowing very little about the way the American constitutional system really works. If given only a textbook account of American government, they leave the course still unaware of what self-government requires. What happens when teachers ask students to read the primary documents of our founding carefully, constructing their own account of our system?
Political Science Now
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Strategically Hijacking Victimhood: A Political Communication Strategy in the Discourse of Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump By Jessie Barton Hronešová , University College London , and Daniel Kreiss , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill This article introduces the concept of “hijacked victimhood” as a form of strategically leveraging victimhood narratives.
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