SVHS HWC '12-'13

Worlds Oldest Human Remains Discovered In Isreal!

An NPR series that examines changes (and continuity) in the Arab world a year after (June 2012) the so-called Arab Spring.

An article examines the attacks on US embassies in the region.

An interesting op-ed piece examining the causes of recent developments in North Africa & SW Asia (specifically the attacks on US embassy in Bengazhi).

Check out the highlights & sticky notes functions - pretty cool!

Gives several good examples of Imperialism, along with pictures and captions. It is from a teacher website for American History

Provides a presentation, an interactive timeline, and a documentary about human evolution.

This is the Smithsonian's Anthropology home page. It has many links to anthropological studies of every time period. My favorite is the "Written in Bow: Forensic Files of the 17th Century Chesapeake" page, because it was a neat exhibit to see when I went to the museum.

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Very interesting article illustrating how a global company deals with local traditions/laws. I posted a link to the Saudi Starbucks logo on a sticky note.

This is about hominids.

From talk origins about the hominid species.

Thomas Friedman op-ed on the significance of Syria's political crisis to the region.

Brief news story about recent research suggesting the early human migrations were related to climate change.

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describes human evolution from smithsonian institute

This is an article from the Smithsonian Institute about human evolution. 

The human evolution is explained thoroughly on this site.

Describes the advent of agriculture in Britain and the impacts this had on culture.

This article describes Lucy's story, and how she was discovered, how she got her name, ect.

It is about the human evolution from the Britannica encyclopedia.

This website shows pictures of fossil evidence.

This webpage is from the Smithsonian and it provides an interactive timeline of human evolution.

This talks about how different primates adapted to their environment and how they evolved.

An article explaining imperialism 

African leaders signed a deal backed by the U.N. that is meant to bring some peace to the DR of Congo. The country is fighting the M23 rebel group in the eastern region of their country. Maybe some peace can be brought to a region that has been engulfed in war for many years now.