World History
- Father Gabriel Richard, First Catholic Priest In Congress
Father Robert Frederick Drinan died yesterday. He had served five terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from Massachusetts. He was the first voting member of Congress to be a Catholic priest. However, Father Drinan...
- Uncovering The Mask Of Macedonia
Uncovering the Mask of Macedonia. This is a fantastic article on the history of Macedonia at Yahoo. It is in five parts and written by Richard Bangs. A teaser on the Yahoo homepage asks, "Is this man a time traveler? A Macedonian archaeologist says three...
- Countdown Timers
Richard Byrne and I were teaching our third of three technology for the Social Studies classroom today when a teacher asked me how I keep my students on task in a flipped room. One trick I mentioned is countdown timers projected on the front of...
- Richard Iii Positively Identified
Scientists finally got the DNA results they wanted and so have positively identified the remains of Richard III. Here is an article on it. ...
- Richard Iii Found?
Scholars now believe the bones of Richard III have been found in a parking lot exactly where ancient texts say his body would be found. He, the last of the line of York, and popularized by Shakespeare, was rather controversial during his life. As...
World History
Richard III's Remains
If you teach about Richard III, the video above and this article from today's CNN talking about where he is going to be re-buried next year will bring yesterday's history into today's world.
- Father Gabriel Richard, First Catholic Priest In Congress
Father Robert Frederick Drinan died yesterday. He had served five terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress from Massachusetts. He was the first voting member of Congress to be a Catholic priest. However, Father Drinan...
- Uncovering The Mask Of Macedonia
Uncovering the Mask of Macedonia. This is a fantastic article on the history of Macedonia at Yahoo. It is in five parts and written by Richard Bangs. A teaser on the Yahoo homepage asks, "Is this man a time traveler? A Macedonian archaeologist says three...
- Countdown Timers
Richard Byrne and I were teaching our third of three technology for the Social Studies classroom today when a teacher asked me how I keep my students on task in a flipped room. One trick I mentioned is countdown timers projected on the front of...
- Richard Iii Positively Identified
Scientists finally got the DNA results they wanted and so have positively identified the remains of Richard III. Here is an article on it. ...
- Richard Iii Found?
Scholars now believe the bones of Richard III have been found in a parking lot exactly where ancient texts say his body would be found. He, the last of the line of York, and popularized by Shakespeare, was rather controversial during his life. As...