POLITICS The debate around whether to fall back and spring forward has been heating up in state legislatures. (Nat Geo News) Use our resources to learn more about the origins of daylight saving time—and don’t forget it ends on Sunday. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit, and be sure to vote in today’s poll! Discussion Ideas What … Continue reading The Politics of Daylight Saving Time
#TBT alert! This blog post was originally published on October 31, 2013! UNITED STATES Is Dia de los Muertos—the Day of the Dead, celebrated by Latinos around the world—”The Next New American Holiday”? This infographic makes a convincing case! (Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum) Use our resources to better understand Dia de los Muertos! Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ … Continue reading Who Celebrates Dia de los Muertos?
WORLD The discovery may shed light on the lost world of Odysseus and other heroes described in the epics of Homer. (Nat Geo News and New York Times) Use our resources to learn more about Odysseus and Ancient Greece. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources, including our MapMaker Interactive map of The Odyssey! Discussion Ideas According to Nat Geo News, an … Continue reading Grave of ‘Griffin Warrior’ Uncovered in Greece
POLITICS The U.S. Navy has put a spotlight on longstanding disputes in the South China Sea. (USA Today) Use today’s MapMaker Interactive map to chart overlapping territorial disputes in these resource-rich waters. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources, including today’s MapMaker Interactive map. Discussion Ideas For reference, the good folks at the Council on Foreign Relations have put together a fantastic … Continue reading Competing Claims in the South China Sea
GEOGRAPHY New maps track the movement of bird species across the U.S. using lava lamp-esque visuals. (Atlas Obscura) Compare the new maps with our classic high-resolution map of bird migration in the Americas. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Discussion Ideas Browse through some of the bird occurrence maps from the good folks at eBird. Many bird species seem … Continue reading Mesmerizing Maps of Bird Migration
