World History
I'm sure that you've seen clips and stats on what the world would look like if it were only 100 or just 10 people. This site is a global education toolbox on a quest to find 100 people that represent the 7 billion of us through photographs, stories, videos and global issues. This video from the site is really cool and worth watching. And students would find these statistics amazing.
- Did Ancient Man Start Global Warming?
New research finds that ancient (or in this case pre-historic) man may have helped to jump start global warming. Details can be found in the CNN article Study: Global warming sparked by ancient farming methods by Shelby Lin Erdman. Erdman wrote, "The...
- Using Historical Statistics To Teach About World War Ii.
Using Historical Statistics To Teach about World War II. Statistics can be used to teach history in many ways. This essay looks at how to teach World War 2 using them. From the site: World War II was a turning point in global history, an event that had...
- Walking Out Of Africa
One of my former teacher students Gregg Komitsky found this using his Twitter PLN. It is an interesting story about Pultizer Prize winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek is undertaking an ambitious expedition to retrace on...
- World War Ii Database
Thanks to Ron Peck in Twitter for the link to this Worl War II database. You can search it by country, people, events, and through other filters. The site has tons of photographs of ships (carriers, cruisers, subs, etc), aircraft (bombers, fighters, others)...
- Global Voices
I learned about the Global Voices blogger page from the book I am currently reading, the Net Delusion (hey I try to look at both sides of the Internet and the book explorers if technology really fuels revolution as well as the negatives of the Internet)....
World History
100 People: A World Portrait
I'm sure that you've seen clips and stats on what the world would look like if it were only 100 or just 10 people. This site is a global education toolbox on a quest to find 100 people that represent the 7 billion of us through photographs, stories, videos and global issues. This video from the site is really cool and worth watching. And students would find these statistics amazing.
- Did Ancient Man Start Global Warming?
New research finds that ancient (or in this case pre-historic) man may have helped to jump start global warming. Details can be found in the CNN article Study: Global warming sparked by ancient farming methods by Shelby Lin Erdman. Erdman wrote, "The...
- Using Historical Statistics To Teach About World War Ii.
Using Historical Statistics To Teach about World War II. Statistics can be used to teach history in many ways. This essay looks at how to teach World War 2 using them. From the site: World War II was a turning point in global history, an event that had...
- Walking Out Of Africa
One of my former teacher students Gregg Komitsky found this using his Twitter PLN. It is an interesting story about Pultizer Prize winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek is undertaking an ambitious expedition to retrace on...
- World War Ii Database
Thanks to Ron Peck in Twitter for the link to this Worl War II database. You can search it by country, people, events, and through other filters. The site has tons of photographs of ships (carriers, cruisers, subs, etc), aircraft (bombers, fighters, others)...
- Global Voices
I learned about the Global Voices blogger page from the book I am currently reading, the Net Delusion (hey I try to look at both sides of the Internet and the book explorers if technology really fuels revolution as well as the negatives of the Internet)....