Afropop Worldwide

Afropop Worldwide — PRI

This PRI series explores the vast variety of music that has African roots or influences, including Francophone nations as well as many Caribbean and Latin American countries. The series includes webcasts.

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National Hispanic Heritage Month

Submitted by edsite.admin on August 11, 2011 - 7:10pm
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Art & Culture
Foreign Language
History & Social Studies
Literature & Language Arts
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Repeats every year until Sat Sep 15 2035 .
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Event Date Display: 
September 15, 1968
Related Links: 
Thinkfinity - September 15th National Hispanic Heritage Month begins
EDSITEment Hispanic Heritage Month feature
Library of Congress: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying Pompeii

Submitted by edsite.admin on August 11, 2011 - 1:50pm
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Fri Aug 24 2035 .
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Event Date Display: 
August 24, 79 CE
Related Lesson Plans: 
In Old Pompeii
Related Links: 
Pompeii and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
hinkfinity - August 24th Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the city of Pompeii, on August 24, A.D. 79
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Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives

Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives aims to inspire people to come together to read, see, and think about classical literature and how it continues to influence and invigorate American cultural life.

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Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn is born

Submitted by edsite.admin on July 15, 2011 - 6:19am
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Art & Culture
Event Date: 
Repeats every year until Sun Jul 15 2035 .
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Event Date Display: 
Jul 15, 1606
Related Initiatives: 
We The People
Related Links: 
Rembrandt and Collections of His Art in America

Digital History Reader

The Digital History Reader (DHR) is comprised of two main content areas, each broken out into modules. The U.S. History section provides materials covering important themes and issues from the colonial era to the present. The European History section, entitled "Modern Europe in a Global Context," explores links between European and world history in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Spanish Civil War begins

Submitted by edsite.admin on July 5, 2011 - 2:33pm
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History & Social Studies
Event Date: 
Repeats every year until Tue Jul 17 2035 .
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Event Date Display: 
July 17, 1936
Related Lesson Plans: 
"Three Shots": Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams
Related Links: 
Thinkfinity - July 17th The Spanish Civil War began on July 17, 1936

Troy

This educational website about ancient Troy consists of archaeological information, animations, geography, history, time lines, legends, myths and teaching and learning resources. The project is the result of a collaboration between the University of Cincinnati's CERHAS (Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites) and the Troia Projekt of the University of Tübingen, Germany. Major funding for this project has been provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Cine con Clase

Cine con Clase

From the Center for the Liberal Arts (CLA de la Universidad de Virginia/The University of Virginia), an NEH-funded site using films clips to teach Spanish language and culture. Advanced, AP, college level, and older students.

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BBC Mundo

BBC Mundo: BBCMundo.com

The site contains news of the world in Spanish. Advanced students. AP recommended.

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