World History
Try to explain the importance of William Harvey to students and their eyes glaze over.
William Harvey & Human Anatomy: Great Clip
Try to explain the importance of William Harvey to students and their eyes glaze over.
This great video from the Smithsonian Science Festival helps explain his significance, suggesting that he "literally wrote the book on human anatomy."
- When Were Horses Tamed?
The BBC has a new article up titled Horses tamed earlier than thought. It begins with, "Horses were domesticated much earlier than previously thought, according to a team of researchers. They found evidence suggesting that the animals were used by a culture...
- Before The Dawn : Recovering The Lost History Of Our Ancestors
I just finished this excellent book which was written by Nicholas Wade. The author is a science reporter for the New York Times. The book covers a lot but the essence of the book is how the study of the human genome is allowing scientists and historians...
- Human Evolution Timeline
Here is a very nice human evolution timeline from the Smithsonian Institution. As you move over it, you can click on items to get more details. When teaching early man, or anything for that matter, context and relations to other items helps...
- Fakebook And Faketweet
If you follow this blog, you know I like Fakebook and FakeTweet which allows students to create facsimiles of Facebook and Twitter without having to create a login/password. Above is a video on how to create a Fakebook page. On our county in-service...
- Early Man Migration Video And Map
I wish I had found this last week (but fortunately my e-book has some good stuff on it too). If you go here, there is a great National Geographic series of maps showing the "out of Africa" movement of man. Each of the series of maps also...