World History
I've been enjoying this blog for the past few weeks or so. The women who write the blog are published authors of historical fiction (romance and novels, respectively). I have a passion for historical fiction myself, and so was drawn to the site for obvious reasons. I particularly enjoyed today's post on Anne Boleyn's shoes. What caught my attention over the weekend was this post about a bequest left to the Library of Congress. The LOC received hundreds of photos from the Civil War era and none of them were identified. There's a link in the post to the album that the LOC posted on Flickr. Using the photos would be an excellent way to put a face on people from the past - in the end, history is their story (we're still writing ours). Some of the images are poignant, some are humorous, but they are all familiar. For our students, perhaps giving history a face would allow them to see the drama of the past.
- New World Religion Blog
Here is a link to a World Religions blog that I started over the holiday break. I teach one section of World Religions and thought that it might be helpful to have a central place for all the links and clips that we come across. There is a lot...
- The Titanic And The Library Of Congress
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- Want To Blog?
Two weeks ago, creating a blog came up in tech integration course and it made me think that I have never had a post on how to create a blog such as this one. The real question is what could you use it for. It would be a great place if you...
- Anne Frank's House
This is a pretty cool site that shows the inside of the house that Anne Frank hide inside. It has a narrated tour of each tour. In the past I have also posted the only known video of Frank which happened to be taken from her looking out the...
- Mayan Civilization
My parents still use paper and so while I was over there for mother's day yesterday, I noticed their copy of the most recent Smithsonian magazine which has a cover story on El Mirador which was the capital of the Mayan civilization. Not only...
World History
History Nerds of the World Unite!
I've been enjoying this blog for the past few weeks or so. The women who write the blog are published authors of historical fiction (romance and novels, respectively). I have a passion for historical fiction myself, and so was drawn to the site for obvious reasons. I particularly enjoyed today's post on Anne Boleyn's shoes. What caught my attention over the weekend was this post about a bequest left to the Library of Congress. The LOC received hundreds of photos from the Civil War era and none of them were identified. There's a link in the post to the album that the LOC posted on Flickr. Using the photos would be an excellent way to put a face on people from the past - in the end, history is their story (we're still writing ours). Some of the images are poignant, some are humorous, but they are all familiar. For our students, perhaps giving history a face would allow them to see the drama of the past.
- New World Religion Blog
Here is a link to a World Religions blog that I started over the holiday break. I teach one section of World Religions and thought that it might be helpful to have a central place for all the links and clips that we come across. There is a lot...
- The Titanic And The Library Of Congress
...
- Want To Blog?
Two weeks ago, creating a blog came up in tech integration course and it made me think that I have never had a post on how to create a blog such as this one. The real question is what could you use it for. It would be a great place if you...
- Anne Frank's House
This is a pretty cool site that shows the inside of the house that Anne Frank hide inside. It has a narrated tour of each tour. In the past I have also posted the only known video of Frank which happened to be taken from her looking out the...
- Mayan Civilization
My parents still use paper and so while I was over there for mother's day yesterday, I noticed their copy of the most recent Smithsonian magazine which has a cover story on El Mirador which was the capital of the Mayan civilization. Not only...