World History
Today is International Women's Day and Atlantic Magazine put together this montage of current elected or appointed heads of government. Can you or your students name them all? You can if you click here on the Atlantic magazine story.
- 50th Anniversary Of The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It was brief but the people of Hungary clearly demonstrated their desire to end communism. But for the Soviet Union, they may well have been succesful. Soviet troops engaged...
- "remember The Ladies"--women In The Curriculum.
"Remember the Ladies"--Women in the Curriculum. This essay looks at the importance of teaching about the role of women in history. From the site: In March 1776, Abigail Adams implored her husband John to "...remember the ladies, and be more generous...
- Psychologists Identify The Best Ways To Study
Two of the best ways to study are to quiz yourself and to study over time instead of cramming the night before. This is what psychologists at Scientific American Magazine discovered. To receive their recommendation, a technique had to be "useful in a...
- Map Of Every War Ever
Saw this in the Smithsonian Magazine blog. Scroll along the dates at the bottom, click on the location, and you'll see brief descriptions for thousands of conflicts overlaid on a zoom-able map. ...
- Women In World History/ Primary Sources
Earlier in the year, I wrote about a primary sources program at Stanford University with complete lesson plans. George Mason University has a similar program called "Women in World History." If you click on "modules," you...
World History
International Women's Day
- 50th Anniversary Of The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It was brief but the people of Hungary clearly demonstrated their desire to end communism. But for the Soviet Union, they may well have been succesful. Soviet troops engaged...
- "remember The Ladies"--women In The Curriculum.
"Remember the Ladies"--Women in the Curriculum. This essay looks at the importance of teaching about the role of women in history. From the site: In March 1776, Abigail Adams implored her husband John to "...remember the ladies, and be more generous...
- Psychologists Identify The Best Ways To Study
Two of the best ways to study are to quiz yourself and to study over time instead of cramming the night before. This is what psychologists at Scientific American Magazine discovered. To receive their recommendation, a technique had to be "useful in a...
- Map Of Every War Ever
Saw this in the Smithsonian Magazine blog. Scroll along the dates at the bottom, click on the location, and you'll see brief descriptions for thousands of conflicts overlaid on a zoom-able map. ...
- Women In World History/ Primary Sources
Earlier in the year, I wrote about a primary sources program at Stanford University with complete lesson plans. George Mason University has a similar program called "Women in World History." If you click on "modules," you...