East meets West, and the Historic, the Modern. That’s what happens each time Luna Lee performs one in all your favorites on the Gayageum, a Korean instrument that dates again to the sixth century. We’ve featured her work in years previous (see the Relateds under). Above, watch one in all her standout performances—a cover of “The Man…
Simply take a look at this photo. Simply take a look at this younger lady’s smile. We all know her title: O‑o-be’, according to the Smithsonian. And we all know that she was a member of the Kiowa tribe within the Oklahoma Territory. And we all know that the photo was taken in 1894. However…
The identify of an ambition greater than it’s of a physique of information, the time period “futurology” is attributed by one supply on phrase origins to Aldous Huxley. The writer of Courageous New World is a believable candidate, after all; he’s credited with coining it in 1946. However a search of JSTOR turns up an…
Salvador Dalí (Luna Luna) My greatest “vice,” one I fortunately share with my spouse, is that we wish to exit to dinner. If I die broke, that is the place the cash went. It is not essentially the meals. I am not dangerous within the kitchen and, after 40 years of cooking for my spouse,…
by TeachThought Employees Considering within the twenty first century is simply completely different. That doesn’t imply we’re all immediately all-powerful cyborgs, nor can we all change into senseless social media addicts who spend our cognitive may tapping, swiping, and drooling on our smartphone and pill screens. However simply because the nineteenth century introduced distinctive challenges…
by Terry Heick As a follow-up to our 9 Traits of twenty first Century Studying we developed in 2009, now we have developed an up to date framework, The Inside-Out Studying Mannequin. The aim of the mannequin is straightforward sufficient–not pure educational proficiency, however as an alternative genuine self-knowledge, various native and international interdependence, adaptive essential…
For lengthytime learners of American e book journalism, scrolling by the New York Instances Ebook Evaluation’s just-published listing of the 100 greatest books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorready critical fuss. At one time or another over the previous 25 years, a few of us felt as if we…
Even the least religious amongst us communicate, no less than on occasion, of the circles of hell. Once we accomplish that, we could or is probably not assumeing of the place the concept originated: Dante’s Divina Commedia, or Divine Comedy. We every imagine the circles in our personal method — usually filling them with sinners and…
2 On this heartfelt episode of Cool Cat Trainer Speak, we replicate on the exceptional careers of Mrs. Grace Adkins, who retired at age 94 after 77 years in schooling, and Mrs. Sharon Howard, who taught kindergarten for 44 years. These veteran educators share invaluable classes on resilience, compassion, and the love of studying that…
From Rick Steves comes a thought-provoking documalestary that revisits the rise of fascism in Europe, reminding us of how charismatic figures like Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler got here to power by promising to create a wagerter future for his or her frustrated, economically depressed nations–a future that recaptured the glory of some mythologized previous….
The Week Junior is worked up to supply a particular giveaway that can carry historical past to life in your classroom! We’re gifting away a free timeline poster highlighting the good moments of the twenty first century. It’s designed to interact and educate college students from third to eighth grade. What’s Included A Beautiful Timeline…
What do you imagine if you hear the phrase “cat piano”? Some sort of whimsical furry beast with black and white keys for enamel, perhaps? A relative of My Neighbor Totoro’s cat bus? Or perhaps you picture a piano that contains several caged cats who shriek alongside a whole scale when keys are pressed that slam sharpened…