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Happy Mother’s Day
Magna Mater, the “Great Mother”, Rome (Formia) 1st Century BCE
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A Misunderstood Emperor?
Let’s consider one of the most famous Roman Emperors. You’re the type of guy to order your mother to be killed, and you also poison your step brother and the previous Roman Emperor. You set a fire, destroying most of Rome, so that you can commission new buildings. You order your first wife and personal…
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Can We Change The Way We Educate Our Students?
Can We Change The Way We Educate Our Students? We need change desperately in education. I am looking forward to the AERO (Alternative Education Resource Organization) conference to meet with others interested in change, too! One of the keynote speakers is Nikhil Goyal – a former public school student who wrote the book, One Size Does…
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Remembering Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman died one hundred years ago today. If i ask my students who she was, they will know that she was a former slave and later abolitionist, and that she was instrumental in running the Underground Railroad. She saved seventy slaves by bringing them to freedom herself, knowing that if she had been caught,…
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Teaching, Collaboration, and the Wild Life of Frederick Townsend Ward
Last week, our Revolutions class discussed the Taiping Rebellion (1851-1864) As an instructor, I chose to focus on the rebellion’s beginnings — Hong Xioquan’s vision of a utopian world, his dedication to the equality of the sexes…not to forget that he taught his followers that he was Jesus Christ’s long lost brother and that Buddhism,…
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