World History
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.
- Smithsonian Urban Legends
With permission, I am republishing the post Smithsonian Urban Legends written by Jennie Weber. I think it is interesting and worth publishing again. ----------- Smithsonian Magazine had an article on urban myths (to refute) them recently. My personal...
- Engineering The Inca Road System: Smithsonian Exhibit
How did the Inca build their intricate system of roads through the treacherous Andes? A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian attempts to answer that question. According to Smithsonian's online magazine, the...
- Npr's Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
Show your students how a simple t-shirt is made. They'll be amazed! Click here to go to the NPR site (NPR developed the story), scroll down and click "View" for a video presentation of the story. The video contains different chapters such as "cotton,"...
- 10 Tech Tips From David Pogue
Here are some very useful and cool tips from New York Times tech columnist, David Pogue. Did you know for example, that in a text on any phone, all you need to do is press the space bar twice and a period will appear? Instead of using...
- International Women's Day
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. ...
World History
Map of Every War Ever
- Smithsonian Urban Legends
With permission, I am republishing the post Smithsonian Urban Legends written by Jennie Weber. I think it is interesting and worth publishing again. ----------- Smithsonian Magazine had an article on urban myths (to refute) them recently. My personal...
- Engineering The Inca Road System: Smithsonian Exhibit
How did the Inca build their intricate system of roads through the treacherous Andes? A new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian attempts to answer that question. According to Smithsonian's online magazine, the...
- Npr's Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
Show your students how a simple t-shirt is made. They'll be amazed! Click here to go to the NPR site (NPR developed the story), scroll down and click "View" for a video presentation of the story. The video contains different chapters such as "cotton,"...
- 10 Tech Tips From David Pogue
Here are some very useful and cool tips from New York Times tech columnist, David Pogue. Did you know for example, that in a text on any phone, all you need to do is press the space bar twice and a period will appear? Instead of using...
- International Women's Day
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. ...