World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
What was life like in Cairo in 1321? Coptic Christians and Mamluk Muslims did not get along. In fact, in 1321 violence broke out and spread throughout the city. According to this fascinating essay on the Medievalistsnet website written by Peter Konieczny, "over a couple of weeks, eleven Christian churches would be damaged or destroyed in Cairo, and another 49 in other parts of the country.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. A recent study led by Washington State University, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , sheds light on how children in these societies acquire essential cultural knowledge.
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World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Bantu Migrations: Resources Here are three good clips about the early Bantu migrations, and a terrific site about iron in Africa. One video clip comes from Masaman, who produces educational videos on his YouTube channel. He does a good job of explaining the groups of people who lived in Africa before the Bantu migrations and the changes the Bantus brought, especially regarding language.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Tim Lum is one of millions of students who returned to college as an adult, getting a two-year degree at his local community college. And this year, at the age of 36, he's one of 13 percent of the nation's college students who transferred institutions in fall of 2023. He describes the shift from a two-year college to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, which has about 20,000 students, as one of culture shock.
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Fifty years ago, the remains of an Australopithecus afarensis ancestor, named “Lucy” by archaeologists, rewrote the story of human evolution. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ On November 24, 1974 , on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray found a piece of an elbow joint jutting from the dirt in a gully.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A cross-posting from my RGS blog: 'At the Home of Geography'. We’re thrilled to launch a brand-new set of education resources for 7–13-year-olds, exploring how we connect to the ocean! Big thanks to @SquireRachael , @DrKimPeters & @RHULgeography for your input in making these resources truly special. Dive in here: [link] — RGS-IBG Schools (@RGS_IBGschools) November 19, 2024 Description of the 'I can see the sea' resources.
Society for Classical Studies
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
CFP: International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics kskordal Tue, 11/19/2024 - 09:05 Image The 11th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics (ICAGL) (4th in the new series) will be held in Nice in June of 2025. The original series started in Amsterdam 1986 and in 2015 merged with the Italian series of conferences on Greek linguistics ( Incontro Internazionale di Linguistica Greca ), to start the new regular series of colloquia held every three years.
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Education Week - Social Studies
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Boys are falling behind in reading. Books with military-history themes may help reverse this trend.
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