Bowie World Geography

Monday, 105 lawmakers from both parties sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, urging him to change a relatively obscure uniform requirement for the U.S. armed forces that some argue infringes on religious beliefs. People who observe religions that require specific hair or dress traditions have to seek an accommodation from a superior to break the Defense Department's uniform requirements.

This is a good one for us as educators...

Posted: Poverty, disease and broken hearts -- can religion be the answer to these and other problems in today's world? According to a recent Gallup poll, 57% of Americans believe that religion can solve all or most of today's problems. While still a majority belief, the number is down from 82% who believed this in the 1950s, while the number of Americans who believe religion is old fashioned and out of date has grown to 30% from less than 10%.

The Big Religion Comparison Chart is a comparison chart of religions that compares the origins, beliefs, practices, and texts of world religions, small religions, ancient cults and new religious movements.

The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public - and a third of adults under 30 - are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling.

These are great for this unit. Click on the "Abrahamic" religions to show connection with diffusion of those religions. It categorizes them pretty well too.

Not exactly perfect, and very complicated but it is a good visual to show students the connections of a lot of religions.

Great visual of the hearths and diffusion patters of the Five major religions. (NO sound)

Click on the map to hear a short paragraph from various people around the world.

About This Quiz Most of the questions used in this quiz are based on those in the Harvard Dialect Survey, a linguistics project begun in 2002 by Bert Vaux and Scott Golder. The original questions and results for that survey can be found on Dr. Vaux's current website.

This goes ahead to the Religion Unit, but it is a good visual on hearth and diffusion. Granted, it is missing Sikhism and other religions.....Maps-of-War is a multimedia site dedicated to producing diverse, creative visuals that enhance our understanding of war and its history.

Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors - what we eat. Their project, "Hungry Planet," depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given week-and what it costs - laid out in thought-provoking detail.

This is an article with a short video about the new and biggest ships in the Maersk line. I thought it might be worth looking at for the economics, resources or some other units.

Explore BBC Earth's unique interactive, personalised just to you. Find out how, since the date of your birth, your life has progressed; including how many times your heart has beated, and how far you have travelled through space.

Hey, I found this on the Lauer WG Folder. It has a few errors and spelling mistakes, but overall it matches the notes. Weather and climate Jeopardy Style Review Game