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TV: The Worst Jobs in History - The Middle Ages

The Worst Jobs in History looks like a cool show from BBC 4 - learned about it via @VideoAmy. The BBC site seems to be here (sans the Midd…

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6 Sep 19, 2015
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POV: WHY MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS WERE JUST BROS ON HORSEBACK

Fun short article from OZY... The image of the noble knight, however, was much more a courtly ideal than a reality. Knights formed their ow…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 31, 2015

RESOURCE: The New York TimesMachine

This is probably the most amazing newspaper feature EVER. If you get / have a digital subscription to the Times you can browse the newspape…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 29, 2015

TEACHER'S GUIDE: Zen Pencils Comics

For those of you not familiar with Zen Pencils, I share Australian-based artist Gavin Aung Than's comics of famous quotes around the Ning -…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 29, 2015

ARCHIVES: ‘Animal Farm’: What Orwell Really Meant

Great bit from the NY Review of Books ... 

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 19, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC POSTERS: Lampham's Quarterly

If you're not familiar with the BRILLIANT magazine Lampham's Quarterly - it is essential reading for almost anyone. Here is their descripti…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Aug 17, 2015

BOOK: Object Lessons - The Teaching Tools of 19th-century Life Science

Cool looking book for art, science, history and education buffs! From The Guardian review: If there is one takeaway message from Object L…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jul 13, 2015

PROFILE/COMIC: History/Literary Comics @ Hark! A Vagrant!

Read an interesting profile of artist Kate Beaton @ Psychology Today. A sampler: Kate Beaton is almost certainly Canada’s funniest history…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jul 13, 2015

TED-ED VIDEO: What did democracy really mean in Athens?

What did democracy really mean in Athens? - Melissa Schwartzberg Animation by TED-Ed While we might consider elections to be the corners…

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0 May 3, 2015

SITE: Bring 16th Century London into the Present

Bring 16th Century London into the Present References to cities often make an appearance in Shakespeare’s poems and plays. This interactive…

Started by Ryan Goble

1 May 2, 2015
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