World History
- Fall Of Berlin Wall Anniversary
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. AP News has a great site about the fall with interesting images and original news stories. The Washington Post has "stunning" before and after pictures, along with a crossword puzzle...
- A Cargo Colossus On The Sea
Here's a cargo ship as long as the Empire State Building is tall. It contains enough steel to build eight Eiffel Towers. It might be interesting to show kids how much trade has changed and how much the world has become a global marketplace,...
- When Did Humans Come To The Americas?
New discoveries suggest that humans came to the Americas as early as 22,000 years, not 13,000 as most archaeologists thought. Talking to the New York Times, Walter Neves, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of São Paulo, said '?If...
- Skull Fossil Suggests Simpler Human Lineage
Wow! So long Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus and several others. According to a new study, those different species "may actually represent variation among members of a single, evolving lineage." "In other words," according to the the New York...
- Data Dump
The US Census Bureau just released a whole slew of new data. This link will take you to the New York Times lesson plans site, where you can find a lesson and an interactive map showing the distribution of different racial and ethnic groups. ...
World History
4 Legacies from WWI You Didn't Know
Here are four things the Washington Post says that "we didn't know came from World War 1."
It's the 100th anniversary of the war which is why there is so much material coming out about the war.
The best of that material comes from the Wall Street journal which I posted below.
- From the New York Times, here's an excellent story with great photographs, The War to End All Wars? Hardly. But It Did Change Them Forever.
- From the New York Times, In Sarajevo, Divisions That Drove an Assassin Have Only Begun to Heal
- From BBC News, 28 June 1914: Archduke assassinated
- Fall Of Berlin Wall Anniversary
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. AP News has a great site about the fall with interesting images and original news stories. The Washington Post has "stunning" before and after pictures, along with a crossword puzzle...
- A Cargo Colossus On The Sea
Here's a cargo ship as long as the Empire State Building is tall. It contains enough steel to build eight Eiffel Towers. It might be interesting to show kids how much trade has changed and how much the world has become a global marketplace,...
- When Did Humans Come To The Americas?
New discoveries suggest that humans came to the Americas as early as 22,000 years, not 13,000 as most archaeologists thought. Talking to the New York Times, Walter Neves, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of São Paulo, said '?If...
- Skull Fossil Suggests Simpler Human Lineage
Wow! So long Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus and several others. According to a new study, those different species "may actually represent variation among members of a single, evolving lineage." "In other words," according to the the New York...
- Data Dump
The US Census Bureau just released a whole slew of new data. This link will take you to the New York Times lesson plans site, where you can find a lesson and an interactive map showing the distribution of different racial and ethnic groups. ...