Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This data enables researchers to connect climatic patterns with human migration events, suggesting that Central Asia's climate may have played a role in directing early human movements through the region. 1 Zaidner, Y., & Kurbanov, S.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

The early human settlement of South America stands as one of the last great migrations in human history, yet the environmental conditions that shaped this journey remain debated. Although a single lithic tradition/category is assigned to each site, some contain more than one (e.g., The modelling work (e.g., <2,5000 masl = orange.

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Anthropology 365

APRIL 23, 2025

What He Wrote and Why it Matters Jons first book, Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995), came out of a simple but transformative observation: the science of human difference had changed dramatically over the twentieth century, and most people, including many scientists, hadnt caught up. Jon wasnt rejecting science.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2025

The starkest example of growing inequality is in eighth grade math, wherethe achievement gap grew to the largest in the history of the test. Forty percent of fourth graders cannot put events from a story into sequential order, and one third of eighth graders cannot determine the meaning of a word in the context of a reading passage.

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NCHE

APRIL 3, 2023

At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! What’s the name of that young lady who did a history project about Dickson Mounds? These are just a few interactions I’ve had since my students and I shared our public history project, “The Oral History of Forgottonia.”

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History Tech

JULY 10, 2023

And one consequence of the altered agenda is that my summer reading list, a treasured tradition dating back to the summer following my first year of teaching middle school, is now […] Let’s just say that my May and June did not go as planned and leave it at that.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2025

It is deeply rooted in our cultures, histories, geographies, and values. Using Music to Teach History Music acts as a historical artifact. Explore Songs that Shaped History : From spirituals to jazz to patriotic songs that rallied our nation, students can examine how music has spread ideas and influenced major events.

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Teaching American History

MAY 6, 2025

Ginny Boles needed to build her content knowledge in American history. Paradoxically, her love of this history had led her to major in classics as an undergraduate at UCLA, so as to read the Latin and Greek texts the Founding Fathers read as they formulated their plans for self-government. Next, her father called.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher. ” This simply means that the story has hidden meanings.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

But even then, teachers of traditional U.S. and global history classes are often crunched for time by the end of the school year and struggle to fit in discussions of any events that happened after the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. It’s going from the front pages of the newspaper to the history books.”.

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ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. Parents and school administrators were amazed at how well teenagers put together a community event.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It is a tradition I have continued through the years. We all have unique interests, learning preferences, histories and life experiences, family dynamics, strengths, and weaknesses. These goals are hard, if not impossible, to achieve with traditional, teacher-led, whole group lessons. I thought about skipping it altogether.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

However, this does not mean that they have lost interest in the language and traditions of their parents and grandparents. Originals & Reworks is to try painting those 2000 years of history, to try reviving those musics, almost forgotten, our grand-parents and parents got married to, henna on their hands .

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

On Twitter, users add lessons and resources to the #CharlottesvilleSyllabus and #CharlottesvilleCurriculum pages; everything from identity charts to readings on the history of white supremacy to conflict resolution activities. What was troubling enough as 20 th century history is happening in present time. history standards ?

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Anthropology.net

MAY 2, 2025

The approach allows archaeologists to pinpoint events within the span of a single human life—offering a more intimate view of history. The history of North America after 1492 is not one of blank pages but of interrupted stories waiting to be re-read with better tools and deeper respect. But this precision comes at a cost.

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Thrive in Grade Five

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Your upper elementary students would not only enjoy the opportunity to have a Thanksgiving feast, but they can also dig deeper into the meaning of Thanksgiving, the history, and the customs. Will the parents of your students be willing to provide hot entrees, sides, and desserts if you have a traditional feast? It is a LOT of work.

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Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Each protocol helped keep the energy high while pushing students to think critically about the events leading up to the American Revolution. It’s a fun and creative way to get them thinking beyond the text, and I was hoping it would engage their imaginations a bit more than traditional worksheets. Onward to the next lesson!

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The category includes archaeological remains, buildings and structures, landscapes and places, towns and neighborhoods, objects, historical documents, folk traditions, and other things associated with and valued by people. Naturally, intangible cultural heritage is more difficult to preserve than physical objects. Deborah M.Pearsall (Ed.)

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HistoryRewriter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Our special guest will be Camarillo High School history teacher Mike Hernandez. To recap, when I follow the traditional Retell in Rhyme EduProtocol, I use these steps. I’d like to know how you have used the Retell in Rhyme EduProtocol in your classes. RTR will be the focus of our October 19, 2023 show.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Every teacher shows up with their own histories and insecurities and flaws. ” This is a big shift from traditional coaching, she says, “which is about data cycles and analyzing student work, learning targets and all of that. It can be lonely. It can be overwhelming. On some days, it feels impossible.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 11, 2024

This beautiful tradition of Black freedom should be taught in school. Background on Juneteenth Here are key points from scholars Greg Carr, Christopher Wilson, and Clint Smith on the history beyond the traditional textbook narrative about Juneteenth. But We Can’t Teach? Source: Alamy.In The Brown v.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Fifteen students specializing in traditional handicrafts collaborated with local artisans to illustrate a children’s book. This equipped them to choose and closely work with local female artisans, experts in the traditional handicraft art of embroidery. Before artisans commence the embroidery, the fabric is securely fixed onto a loom.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It turns out my skillset helps map places and histories that are significant in Wajãpi Oral Traditions. Just like an archaeological explanation, his account connected the material traces to events that formed them. Together, we record every mark of the past as a relevant piece of history on Wajãpi Indigenous Land.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Traditional education has often taught students to swim in a controlled pool. Johnsrud In this sense, traditional education has often taught students to swim in a controlled pool. It can assist in brainstorming and rapid iteration, helping students quickly generate various ideas and alternatives.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But Native American and Muslim leaders say they believe rates have increased in their communities as well, after the pandemic gave families the time and space to reflect on whether traditional schools were really serving their needs. Related: Schools provide stability for refugees. Covid-19 upended that. Fatima Siddiqui, homeschooler.

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C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

These pilot experiences were invaluable we observed firsthand how students engaged in compelling questions, analyzed primary sources, and developed their own interpretations of historical events. It allows students to ask hard questions, engage in civil discourse, and explore history and social issues with depth and nuance.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

William Taylor, co-author of the study and curator of archaeology at the CU Museum of Natural History, explained that the earliest definitive evidence of humans using horses for transport comes from the region near the Ural Mountains, dating back approximately 4,000 years. ” Can Hips Tell the Full Story? 1 Hosek, L.,

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

New degrees like the Sister of Arts and Mistress of Arts receded into history. The increasing need for new skills, the growth in workforce specializations and the global pandemic promise to generate a population seeking short-term credentials via programs that are generally discrete, one-time events.

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ED Surge

JUNE 25, 2024

And they’re often alerting parents to family-friendly events in the community, such as free days at the zoo. It is a life-changing event,” says Dr. Michael Warren, associate administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency within the U.S. Being a parent is hard.

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Depending on the fellow’s wishes and interests, other events may be scheduled as well. Often, the product of this influence is a colonialist narrative that presents past cultures as flawed or inconsistent (because they fail to meet modern criteria) and modern (usually Western) cultures as the resolution of these inconsistencies.

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 4, 2024

Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History: Call for Fellows kskordal Mon, 03/04/2024 - 13:37 Image The Future of the Past Lab and the Center for Premodern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities are excited to announce a three-year series of visiting fellowships titled “Exploring the Assumptions of Cultural History.”

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Teaching American History

JUNE 11, 2024

In preparation for the 2024 Alexander Lebenstein Teacher Education Institute in Richmond, VA, Amy Livingston is reading Doris Bergen’s War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust. Spanning five centuries of Latino experience in the US, the book will enrich her knowledge of American history as a whole. Happy reading to all!

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Sapiens

MARCH 5, 2024

MYSTERY TOOLMAKERS Other transitional Middle-Upper Paleolithic stone tool industries have a long history of the same problem—we’re not sure who made them. But it has been unclear whether these were made by Neanderthals or modern humans. sapiens conducting these early forays into Europe appear to have themselves been replaced by other H.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. Baselice teaches history to middle schoolers, and game-based simulations have been part of his teaching arsenal for the last nine years, ever since he first tried it. “I

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ED Surge

MARCH 2, 2023

Instruction at WGU discards key elements found in traditional colleges, with no physical classrooms and no fixed course schedule. Live streamed events are held once or twice a week, with break-out rooms open for students to interact virtually in small groups. Today, gig faculty occupy about three-quarters of all U.S.

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Anthropology.net

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Southeast Asia’s Ancient Cultural Heritage Beyond East Timor and Sulawesi, Australia holds some of the oldest continuous cultural heritage sites globally, reflecting its Indigenous populations' long history. The urgency for protective measures is underscored by past events, such as the destruction of the Juukan Gorge shelters in 2020.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 29, 2024

How can we understand AI in the broader history of humans and technology? In what ways does AI challenge traditional anthropological concepts, theories, and methodologies? What are the implications of AI on our understanding of consciousness, identity, or even reality itself? Where are there opportunities?

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