Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence 1 of the oldest known alphabetic writing, pushing the origins of this transformative communication system back by nearly 500 years. The discovery was made at Tell Umm-el Marra, an ancient city in western Syria, where clay cylinders bearing early alphabetic inscriptions were unearthed from a tomb dated to around 2400 BCE.

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Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

“The Civil War in Kentucky” is a 10-part series recently published in my Journey Log entitled “Surrounding Fort Knox, including Southern Indiana.” It deals primarily with the Central Kentucky Theater. I present it here as a series of individual blogs for my readers. Links to the previously published chapters will be provided at the end of each blog.

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Neanderthals, often regarded as robust and resourceful survivors of the Ice Age, have left yet another clue to their remarkable ingenuity. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence 1 of a 65,000-year-old hearth in Gibraltar that may have served as a "glue factory," used to produce tar for hafting weapons and tools. This discovery not only predates the arrival of modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) in the region by 20,000 years but also highlights the Neanderthals' sophisticated engineering and teamwork.

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Living Geography

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

A cross posting from my GA Presidents' blog. You can read the GA's response to the call for evidence as part of the Curriculum for Assessment review by following this link. They have called for teaching about climate change, sustainability and green skills to be strengthened in geography in the following ways: Climate change should be added to the KS2 curriculum and strengthened at KS3.

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World History Teachers Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Here is a fantastic resource for your revolutions unit called " Age of Revolutions." It is an open-access academic journal with essays, roundtables, and book reviews. In an ongoing series called "Teaching Revolutions ," you can read essays that offer new ways to frame the way you teach revolutions. In "Finding Genres of Revolution in the Classroom ," Aaron R.

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