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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/four-sisters-in-ancient-rome-ray-laurence How did the young, wealthy women of Ancient Rome spend their days? Meet... 
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Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean, a small-town truck driver, to invent the shipping container.
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I'm preparing to do a virtual presentation for a small district next month. My hosts asked for a list of some science apps that their middle school and high school students can use. This is part of... Via Timo Ilomäki
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Six Chinese nationals were indicted in Iowa for an alleged plot to steal bioengineered corn seed from US companies, even digging it up from test fields, and send it to their own conglomerate in China. Via Mr. David Burton
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On this day 71 years ago -- December 22, 1942 -- Congress got the United States out of what had turned into an embarrassing situation, Bob Greene writes. Via Mr. David Burton
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http://www.HowGlobalWarmingWorks.org University of California
Anhony DeSimone's curator insight,
December 19, 2013 9:17 AM
This video shoes us how climate change works in the most basic understanding. The video shows how global warming works and what exactly it does. It also shows how the climate changes effect the earth and the importance of understanding the climate.
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Paige Therien's curator insight,
May 4, 2014 11:28 AM
Besides the very intense cultural and political split that exists in Ukraine and the conflict as a whole, one of the key factors in this situation is gas. This infographic shows that both Ukraine and the EU gets their gas from Russia, and Ukraine is the area which the gas lines flow through. As soon as many people in Ukraine showed interest in joining the EU, Russia reminded Ukrainians and the world of this fact 
Tanya Townsend's curator insight,
November 20, 2015 2:51 PM
The tug-of-war over Ukraine's gas lines not only creates political and cultural divides but also a lot of tension. Ukraine has power in its gas lines because it has a resource that is valuable and others need. 
tyrone perry's curator insight,
April 9, 2018 7:18 PM
The fight for Ukrainian land stems from Russian gas lines going thru Ukraine. But Ukraine wants to be part of the EU to become stronger financially. Russia already slashes gas prices to Ukraine so it seems they just want complete control for more profit and more geographic location.
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December 14, 2013 11:00 AM
A cool look at the DTM and population pyramids 
RobersonWG's curator insight,
December 27, 2013 10:52 PM
Read the article and review the GIF image data. Think of these as non-gender specific population pyramids. How would you explain the growth in our older population age ranges 50+? Why such a growth in older people and a decline in younger people? 
Noah Duncan's curator insight,
January 13, 2014 5:44 PM
There are many countries that are growing old. The United States of America isn't as much as Japan. Japan must have a low fertility rate because there are more elders. There are some countries that are not getting older Like Nigeria. Nigeria has a very high fertility rate, and children are a huge share of the people in those countries.
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Today's thugs can trace their ancestry to the highway robbers who formed the Thuggee Cult of India. Via Seth Dixon
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November 19, 2013 11:51 AM
The word "thug" today as used in the United States rarely brings up images of India. This term since the 1830's connotated a criminality that was endemic to a sub-culture. Whether it was used by colonial British to stigmatize the lower classes of India as barbaric or sub-human or in the United States to describe inner-city youth, it is a term that is loaded will class, ethnicity and gendered notions.
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Seth Dixon's curator insight,
December 2, 2013 3:36 PM
Pulchritude might mean beautiful, but the way the word sounds in the English language is anything but. The word puissant might mean tough and strong, but it sounds, well....never mind. Some of these "unusable" words are lessons in cultural interactions and connotations that go beyond the simple dictionary definition.
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The anti-apartheid message was serious and heartfelt but the song that alerted many around the world to the injustices of the South African regime could not have been more upbeat. Via Joy Kinley
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December 6, 2013 12:22 PM
Music provided a way for people to learn about Nelson Mandela. Because the song was upbeat more and more people listened to it and it did shape and change their opinions. So music and the arts can influence great social change. |
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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-glimpse-of-teenage-life-in-ancient-rome-ray-laurence Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-yea...
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It's perfectly human to grapple with questions, like ‘Where do we come
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A 1912 eighth-grade exam was donated to a museum in Bullitt County, Ky.Have a look at the questions and answers and ask yourself: Would you have made it into high school in 1912? (Would you have made it into high school in 1912? Via Mr. David Burton
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In this lesson we offer four student investigations about early Italian Renaissance art that integrate Times resources and borrow from the facilitation methods we use in our “What’s Going On in This Picture? Via Rod Powell
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Africa - Former colonial rulers and dates of independence (Africa - Former colonial rulers and dates of independence http://t.co/xY5sqVIUzS) Via Mr. David Burton
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On this day 71 years ago -- December 22, 1942 -- Congress got the United States out of what had turned into an embarrassing situation, Bob Greene writes. Via Mr. David Burton
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Recent developments in Croatia and Scotland highlight a stark divide between Eastern and Western Europe on the topic of same-sex marriage.
Alyssa Dorr's curator insight,
December 16, 2014 6:14 PM
Of course everyone has their different views on gay marriage. It is always a topic that gets a lot of discussion and debate. This map highlights a divide between Eastern and Western Europe on the issue of same-sex marriage. In Western Europe, many nations have made same-sex marriage legal. However, other nations are opposing to such actions. According to this map, the darkest blue represents the highest percentage of people in each country who agree with same-sex marriage. As the shades of blue get lighter, this represents less and less people who believe in same-sex marriage. According to a survey taken in May of 2013, Spain, Belgium, Germany, and The Netherlands were in strong agreement for gay marriage. Relatively few people in Poland and Hungary were supportive of same-sex marriage. The cross-continental divide has led to talk about whether the Netherlands might grant asylum to gay and lesbian Russians seeking to escape that country’s anti-homosexual “propaganda” law. This was a measure passed this past June by a 436-0 vote in the Russian parliament. 
Jason Schneider's curator insight,
February 12, 2015 6:19 PM
It makes sense that the western side of Europe agree that homosexuals should have their rights because I believe that since most of the eastern part the United States passed the laws of same-sex marriage, it was able to spread overseas directly towards Europe. However, homosexual rights agreement have yet to spread throughout the eastern side of Europe. According to rt.com, 85% of Russia's population are against homosexuality. So with that being said, homosexuality freedom is agreed mostly in the United States/Atlantic Ocean/Western Europe range. 
Kevin Cournoyer's curator insight,
May 6, 2015 9:55 AM
This map shows the different degrees of acceptance of homosexuality among European countries. Just by looking at the map, you can see that there is a clear divide between Western and Eastern European thoughts on homosexuality. Western European countries seem to be much more accepting and tolerant of homosexuality than their Eastern counterparts.
This speaks to two major factors that divide Europe in general: religion and politics. Many of the countries that have low tolerance for homosexuality are former parts of the USSR. Having been formerly aligned with the strict and intolerant ideologies of Communism, it is not surprising that these countries would not accept homosexuality or support gay marriage. Though the West is certainly not a paragon of tolerance itself, it can at least be seen as more tolerant relative to the former Soviet Socialist Republics. Therefore, it is not a stretch to imagine that they may be more accepting of homosexuality than those former members of the USSR. Eastern Europe is also an area largely dominated by Orthodox Christianity, a stricter form of Christianity than what one would find in the Protestant denominations of the West. Some Western European countries also have large atheist populations. This is not to say that atheists are automatically more accepting, but to assume some correlation between tolerance and a rejection of moral governance by religion would not be unreasonable. So though this map shows only how different countries stand on the acceptance of homosexuality, it can also be used to show the religious and political divides that exist within Europe.
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Dean Haakenson's curator insight,
July 28, 2013 10:40 AM
Thanks Seth Dixon for Scooping this! And thanks Mr. Burton for rescooping. Great lesson for government and geography.
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December 10, 2013 10:14 AM
this video shows the process from which political candidates win their respective elections. gerrymandering is an illegal use of power in the respect to redistricting and moving town lines in order to pump up voting power. this is an illegal action that happens countless times in elections and taper to higher powers. this gerrymandering idea takes the voter power to elect and puts it into the hands of the actual political personnel. by reshaping you can stack votes into one particular area this way you are guaranteed to win that district. this is where you see districts with these crazy shaped areas rather than nice square or other simple shapes.
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"This is a series of infographics (or geo-infographics) created by Matthew Hartzell, a friend of mine that I met when we were both geography graduate students at Penn State in few years back..." Via Donald Dane
Jacob Crowell's curator insight,
October 14, 2014 3:25 PM
This is an interesting way to graph out the urban footprints of various cities from around the world. This also shows how the United States has a number of the largest urban centers in the world. Along the top, New York, Chicago, LA, and Miami are massive compared to cities like Hong Kong. This shows how in the United States there are massive amounts of urban growth. Even in China where their population is one of the worlds biggest, Hong Kong a major city only has 7.1 million. In the United States, for the past century cities have been growing and this graph shows that. 
Samuel D'Amore's curator insight,
December 14, 2014 6:40 PM
These visuals really help to show that the size of a city doesn't necessarily correspond with it's population. Many years ago the trend was the larger the city in turn it would posses a larger population than a physically smaller city. Today this no longer holds true, in fact many smaller cities vastly out populate large sprawling cities. Most of these mega-cities in Asia and Latin America are incredibly over build and densely packed surrounded by miles of slums.
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Ms. Marvel is long overdue (RT @ELLEmagazine: Why a Muslim-American female superhero is good for everyone: http://t.co/o6vY1f8Eag)
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A team of researchers from London’s Royal College of Art (RCA) have discovered that the stones used to construct Stonehenge hold musical properties and when struck, sound like bells, drums and gongs. Via Seth Dixon
Seth Dixon's curator insight,
December 6, 2013 12:36 PM
Some ancient mysteries capture the imagination and Stonehenge has always been that great unknown. This might explain why the builders worked so hard to bring the stones over 150 miles to this location.
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A brief overview of the German Legislative system and significant political parties for the purpose of education
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