World History
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me the link to this interesting rap about civilization.
- Byzantine Art: Great Review
Here is a terrific review of Byzantine art, especially the development of iconoclasm. My thanks to my colleague, Frances Coffey for finding the link....
- 37 Writing Prompts For Social Studies / History
My colleague, Frances Coffey, just sent this cool link with 37 creative writing prompts, like the one above, for history. A few others include: make five merit badges from people or groups of people in history and explain them, or, if they had you tube...
- Giza Pyramids In 3d
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this neat link from the New York Times about a college professor who put together this 3D video of the pyramid at Giza....
- The Standard Of Ur
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this site on the Standard of Ur and this one from the BBC. She has a great idea about how to use the images--have the kids analyze it and try to apply the characteristics of civilization to it. At both sites, you...
- Monkeys In India
Interesting story about the monkey population in Dehli. It has zoomed. Officials have trapped more than 13,000 since 2007 all because the monkeys are living representative of the Hindu god Hanuman and Hindu tradition calls for feeding them every week....
World History
Civilzation Epic Rap
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me the link to this interesting rap about civilization.
- Byzantine Art: Great Review
Here is a terrific review of Byzantine art, especially the development of iconoclasm. My thanks to my colleague, Frances Coffey for finding the link....
- 37 Writing Prompts For Social Studies / History
My colleague, Frances Coffey, just sent this cool link with 37 creative writing prompts, like the one above, for history. A few others include: make five merit badges from people or groups of people in history and explain them, or, if they had you tube...
- Giza Pyramids In 3d
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this neat link from the New York Times about a college professor who put together this 3D video of the pyramid at Giza....
- The Standard Of Ur
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this site on the Standard of Ur and this one from the BBC. She has a great idea about how to use the images--have the kids analyze it and try to apply the characteristics of civilization to it. At both sites, you...
- Monkeys In India
Interesting story about the monkey population in Dehli. It has zoomed. Officials have trapped more than 13,000 since 2007 all because the monkeys are living representative of the Hindu god Hanuman and Hindu tradition calls for feeding them every week....