“Current Event Connection” posts will connect educators with news stories and relevant discussion ideas featuring content from the NG Education website.
ARTS The British Museum has lent one of the so-called “Elgin Marbles” to Russia. What are the Elgins, what is cultural repatriation, and why is this such a controversy? (The Telegraph) Use our resources to better understand cultural repatriation. Should the statues be returned to Greece? Scroll down to vote! Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers Toolkit. Discussion … Continue reading Everything about the Elgins
SCIENCE A zigzag engraving on an ancient mussel’s shell may transform scientific understanding of what has long been considered a defining human capacity: artistic creativity. (Nat Geo News) Use our resources to better understand “What Makes Us Human.” Teachers, scroll down for a short list of key resources in our Teachers’ Toolkit. Discussion Ideas The Nat Geo News article quotes one paleoanthropologist as saying the … Continue reading Artistry on the Half-Shell?
It wasn’t until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor that the United States was prompted to enter World War II. But what actually happened on December 7, 1941? Use this interactive in your classroom to start a conversation with your students about how the events at Pearl Harbor startled Americans and drove President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to ask Congress for a declaration of war with Japan. This interactive can … Continue reading Weekly Warm Up: Use This Attack Map to Remember the Tragedy at Pearl Harbor
ENVIRONMENT This year is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, year on record, a U.N. agency has reported. (CNN) Use this activity to learn more about “Earth’s Changing Climates.” Teachers, scroll down for a short list of key resources in our “Teachers’ Toolkit.” In this 26-second video, a color-coded map displays a progression of changing global surface temperatures anomalies … Continue reading 2014 Likely to be the Hottest Year on Record
GEOGRAPHY This map is an American snapshot; it provides an accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country. (Fast Company) Use our resources to start learning about spatial thinking and data visualization. Discussion Ideas The dazzling map of the United States was produced by a demographer. What is demography? Demography is a … Continue reading Racial Profile of the U.S.
