World History
Here, Genevieve von Petzinger, a student of ancient cave art, examines the abstract art of European caves, specifically the geometric signs common to many sites.
She sees 32 signs across a 32,000 year time span, the same ones across space and time. She argues that the signs meant something to the artists, something specific. It's a fascinating and engaging talk.
- Cave Art
This is a very interesting article that you might add to when you talk about cave art at the beginning of your World History I course. What is most interesting is that it is about cave art found in Indonesia that is at least 39,000 years old and...
- Joseph Nye On Global Power Shifts
Historian and diplomat, Joseph Nye, discusses power in the 21st century in this fascinating Ted Talk. Nye argues that power is changing and sees two types of change. The first is that power is shifting from west to east. Actually, Nye says power...
- Top Ten Ted Talks For Education
Here is the link for the Top Ten Ted Talks for Education. The videos include Ken Robinson, above, Salmon Khan, Jane McGonigal, Shulka Bose, Adora Svitak, and Richard Baraniuk. I haven't listened to them all but I have listened to Robinson and McGonigal...
- Chauvet Cave Drawings
If you follow this blog, you know we've done a number of entries on cave dwellings this year. As a high schooler, I was lucky enough to see the now closed Lascaux cave paintings. Yesterday I saw the new movie "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." It is...
- The Lascaux Cave
The French Government has sponsored a phenomenal website which gives users a virtual tour of the Lascaux cave, including descriptions of each drawing, its importance and meaning, as well as individual breakdowns of specific parts of each drawing. A really...
World History
Cave Art: Great Ted Talk
Here, Genevieve von Petzinger, a student of ancient cave art, examines the abstract art of European caves, specifically the geometric signs common to many sites.
She sees 32 signs across a 32,000 year time span, the same ones across space and time. She argues that the signs meant something to the artists, something specific. It's a fascinating and engaging talk.
- Cave Art
This is a very interesting article that you might add to when you talk about cave art at the beginning of your World History I course. What is most interesting is that it is about cave art found in Indonesia that is at least 39,000 years old and...
- Joseph Nye On Global Power Shifts
Historian and diplomat, Joseph Nye, discusses power in the 21st century in this fascinating Ted Talk. Nye argues that power is changing and sees two types of change. The first is that power is shifting from west to east. Actually, Nye says power...
- Top Ten Ted Talks For Education
Here is the link for the Top Ten Ted Talks for Education. The videos include Ken Robinson, above, Salmon Khan, Jane McGonigal, Shulka Bose, Adora Svitak, and Richard Baraniuk. I haven't listened to them all but I have listened to Robinson and McGonigal...
- Chauvet Cave Drawings
If you follow this blog, you know we've done a number of entries on cave dwellings this year. As a high schooler, I was lucky enough to see the now closed Lascaux cave paintings. Yesterday I saw the new movie "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." It is...
- The Lascaux Cave
The French Government has sponsored a phenomenal website which gives users a virtual tour of the Lascaux cave, including descriptions of each drawing, its importance and meaning, as well as individual breakdowns of specific parts of each drawing. A really...