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For Teens Online, Conspiracy Theories Are Commonplace. Media Literacy Is Not.

ED Surge

How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory? Maybe on occasion, when you flip through TV channels and land on an episode of “Ancient Aliens.” Or perhaps when a friend from high school shares a questionable meme on Facebook. How confident are you in your ability to tell fact from fiction? If you’re a teen, you could be exposed to conspiracy theories and a host of other pieces of misinformation as frequently as every day while scrolling through your social media feeds.

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Humanity’s Oldest Ochre Mine: The 48,000-Year Legacy of Artistry and Symbolism in Eswatini's Lion Cavern

Anthropology.net

The Ancient Artistry of Ochre Mining in Eswatini The Lion Cavern at Ngwenya, Eswatini, holds groundbreaking evidence 1 of humanity's earliest intensive ochre mining practices, dating back 48,000 years. This remarkable find suggests not only a profound commitment to artistic and symbolic expression but also the beginnings of human impact on the environment.

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Practical Pedagogies #7: Musical Landscapes

Living Geography

"To be modern is to find ourselves in an environment that promises us adventure, power, joy, growth, transformation of ourselves and the world – and at the same time that threatens to destroy everything we have, everything we know, everything we are.” Marshall Berman The next session I went to at Practical Pedagogies was by Matt Podbury : a colleague of the organiser Russel Tarr at the International School of Toulouse.

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Fine Motor Magic: Activities to Strengthen Little Hands

Studies Weekly

Fine Motor Magic: Activities to Strengthen Little Hands Nov 07, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well! I was recently talking with a dear teacher friend of mine. She was expressing how so many of her 3rd-grade students still struggle with some fine motor skills and how it has negatively impacted their learning. Fine motor skills are so important because they help people complete many everyday tasks, including writing, drawing, dressing, cooking, eating, and enjoy

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D3 - check it out

Living Geography

It's a few years now since the UK's involvement with ERASMUS+ was ended by Brexit. One of my last projects was the D3: Developing Digital Data Literacy project. The design of this website is one of the best of any that I participated in, and I had a lot to do with the contents as well, including some lesson blueprints and the final Module 4 which explore how the 15 minute city might It's well worth a look.

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Creating Student Buy-In with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial

Studies Weekly

Creating Student Buy-In with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial Nov 07, 2024 Video Transcript Speaker : Mechelle C., 4th Grade Teacher, KS Tell us why you love Studies Weekly! Mechelle C.: My team and I love the Studies Weekly resource because it’s current informational text. We were using outdated curriculum, so piecing together components that would make it more current was also an endeavor.

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Nick and Mackenzie

Living Geography

Nick Drake committed suicide fifty years ago this year. Mackenzie Crook has released a picture book which is called 'If Nick Drake came to my house'. In a couple of weeks' time I am going to the Cambridge Union to hear him speak about it. I'm looking forward to it very much. Mackenzie was on the One Show a few days ago talking about the book and his love of Nick Drake's music.

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Andrea Silva receives the 2024 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Mentoring of Graduate Students

Political Science Now

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty each year. The award is named in honor of Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a PhD in political science. APSA was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr.

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The Brandt Line gave us the Global North and South. It needs an update.

Strange Maps

Historically, things don’t end well when German Chancellors start drawing lines on maps. Could the Brandt Line be the exception that proves the rule? To be fair, Willy Brandt was no longer Chancellor of West Germany (as he had been from 1969 to 1974) when he drew this line. In 1980, a commission chaired by Brandt published a report on international development that introduced the Global North and the Global South as meaningful concepts in public discourse.