Yesterday I took part in a webinar with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards . One of the panelists was Jeff Scheur who ta...
Rabu, 31 Juli 2013
The Chilling History of How Hollywood Helped Hitler
A controversial new book suggests that Hollywood courted Nazi Germany in an effort to retain its business. It let Nazis censor scripts, too...
Name that prince(ss)! by Mary Hoffman
Willy, Willy, Harry, Steve, Harry, Dickie, John .... Bear with me. I know many of you will be sick of the subjects: Royal baby; naming the R...
Interactive National Geographic Maps
Tomorrow my students are looking at their connections to the world starting with the clothes on their backs. To that end I have been trolli...
Balkin, "The New Originalism and the Uses of History"
Jack M. Balkin (Yale Law School) has posted " The New Originalism and the Uses of History ." It is forthcoming in the Fordham Law...
How Scientists Solved the Longitude Problem
Open Culture put these videos on their site showing how scientists in the 18th century finally solved the longitude problem. In 1714, Open ...
Incan Child Sacrifice Victims Fed Drugs and Alcohol
Incan child sacrifices were fed alcohol and drugs months and weeks before death, according to tests on mummies. You can rea...
Today's Meet for Large Class Discussions
Today's meet is a great resource if you are having a presentation in a larger group as it lets people type in a question which you can ...
31 July 1917 The Battle of Passchendaele (3rd Ypres) Opens
The name Passchendaele has become synonymous for waste of life and pointless orders to continue the attack irrespective of the ground condit...
Who Do You Think You Are? Episode 2 Brings Back Memories of My Father
Last night I watched Who Do You Think You Are? with Christina Applegate following her grandmother in hopes of giving some peace to her fathe...
New Release: Olivas, "Suing Alma Mater"
New from the Johns Hopkins University Press: Suing Alma Mater: Higher Education and the Courts , by Michael A. Olivas (University of Houst...
Stephen Colbert, MOOCS, and the Head of Edex
Saw this entertaining clip on Open Culture .
Three Films about the April 1981 Brixton Riot
plus discussion “We Want to RIOT, Not to WORK” Monday 12th August 7.30pm, free entry At Pogo Cafe, 76 Clarence Road, Clapton, London, E5...
Review ~ The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Sphere An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group April 2013 First off, I have to say that I probably wouldn't have got round to reading thi...
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars
Vatic Note: They have done something to my worksheet so the print is soooo tiny I can't read it, so I am doing this prettty much by ...
Land of Oz: Crooks, Cronies, Corruption & Killers: It’s The ALP
Vatic Note: Well, scandels in various commonwealth countries under British rule, are running rampid. This is our second one in Australia,...
Land of Oz: Gun Confiscation was result of False Flag by Aussies - Part 1
Vatic Note: A subtle form of proof is beginning to emerge on who is doin g all th ese false flags all over the globe in order to confiscat...
Selasa, 30 Juli 2013
Boyd on "Zoning for Apartments"
Marie Boyd (University of South Carolina School of Law) has posted " Zoning for Apartments: A Study of the Role of Law in the Control ...
Reading the Bhagavad Gita Today
Here's a great essay about the value of the Bhagavad Gita today, written by Charles Martin who co-authored a new translation of the Hin...
July Competition
We have five copies of John Guy's new book, The Children of Henry Vlll, to give away for the best answers to the following question: ...
The August 2013 St. Mihiel Trip-Wire Is Now Online!
Howdy, http://www.worldwar1.com/tripwire/smtw.htm The July issue of your World War I monthly newsletter, the St. Mihiel Trip-Wire, is now av...
The Mystery of Mary McGinnis
Hello again. I'm sorry I haven't blogged for the past few months. My cycle was broken by a death in the family and I am just now get...
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