TOPIC OF THE WEEK: WORLD CULTURES

" If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place."
– Margaret Mead

Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Supplement for students and teachers of the ancient and medieval worlds.
http://eawc.evansville.edu

World Cultures
Contains a rich anthology of readings, textbook materials, interrelated learning modules and glossary.
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/

National Geographic: Alike & Different
Students can examine the similarities and differences between the Middle East and their own cities and states.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g35/iraqus.html

The British Museum: World Cultures
Contains a context in which cultures can be seen, experienced and studied in depth or compared and contrasted across time.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/world.html

JUDI'S CORNER

This week features a commemorative offering from Britain's Parliamentary Archives:

The Gunpowder Plot: Parliament & Treason 1605 http://www.gunpowderplot.parliament.uk Britain's parliament has created this site to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the "Guy Fawkes plot," a major attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. The site traces the background of the Plot using original material from the period held in the archives of the Houses of Parliament and in other archives, museums and libraries.

Kennebunk High School
Kennebunk, Maine

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Ms. Brandie Benton's
Humanities Class
@ Hot Springs Middle School
Hot Springs, Arkansas

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