World History
- Tank Man Video From Tienanmen Square
I am reading The People's Republic of Amnesia which is about the 1989 Tienanmen Square Massacre (or incident as it is taught in China). For those of us in the West, the image of the tank man is what we think of. Interestingly enough...
- How Europe's Borders Changed Over 2000 Years
This is a great, and very quick video, to perhaps show at the beginning and end of your course to show your students how country borders have changed so much. I found it from a Tweet from FC Tymrak. ...
- Live Shot Of Mecca During Ramadan
Broadcast live streaming video on UstreamIf you are teaching World History this summer you might want to show the live shot above from Mecca as Muslims spend the month of Ramadan (though July 28th). ...
- Women Of The Arab Spring
Here are two short videos about women and the Arab Spring. John Stewart of the Daily Show hosted a panel of Arab women recently. Both clips are short, each less than three minutes. In the first clip, Nadia Al-Skkafa,discusses how women in Yemen helped...
- China's Great Uprooting: 250,000,000 To The City
Two Hundred and fifty million rural Chinese residents will move into newly constructed towns and villages over the next dozen years in what the New York Times calls, "a transformative event that could set off a new wave of growth or saddle the country...
World History
Malala Yousafza and Her Inspirational Message
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If you ever have a student who doesn't want to do work, show them the first 30 seconds of this Jon Stewart interview with Malala Yousafzai who tomorrow may become the first teenager to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Actually if you just want to inspire your students tell them Malala was shot by the Taliban for going to school and then see what she would do if she met up with the man who shot her.
- Tank Man Video From Tienanmen Square
I am reading The People's Republic of Amnesia which is about the 1989 Tienanmen Square Massacre (or incident as it is taught in China). For those of us in the West, the image of the tank man is what we think of. Interestingly enough...
- How Europe's Borders Changed Over 2000 Years
This is a great, and very quick video, to perhaps show at the beginning and end of your course to show your students how country borders have changed so much. I found it from a Tweet from FC Tymrak. ...
- Live Shot Of Mecca During Ramadan
Broadcast live streaming video on UstreamIf you are teaching World History this summer you might want to show the live shot above from Mecca as Muslims spend the month of Ramadan (though July 28th). ...
- Women Of The Arab Spring
Here are two short videos about women and the Arab Spring. John Stewart of the Daily Show hosted a panel of Arab women recently. Both clips are short, each less than three minutes. In the first clip, Nadia Al-Skkafa,discusses how women in Yemen helped...
- China's Great Uprooting: 250,000,000 To The City
Two Hundred and fifty million rural Chinese residents will move into newly constructed towns and villages over the next dozen years in what the New York Times calls, "a transformative event that could set off a new wave of growth or saddle the country...