Attempts to curb water pollution during the big Ganesh festival in India.
Finally!
August 18th, 2006 by emmateacher · No Comments · Uncategorized
My world religions curriculum webpage is done!
Please check it out!
http://college.holycross.edu/projects/himalayan_cultures/2006/esnyder/
For history nerds, take 2
July 26th, 2006 by emmateacher · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Ancient Irish psalter found preserved in peat bog. No kidding.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5584495
For history nerds
July 23rd, 2006 by emmateacher · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Brief AP article on 1,500 year old Byyzantine port found near Istanbul.
http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8J1EDB80.html
Longer discussion from Turkish Daily News.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=46860
Ideas for NEH website
July 10th, 2006 by emmateacher · No Comments · NEH Website
Thinking about possible topics/comfigurations for the NEH website
- ritual in world religions (divide the site into diff. religions and include content on major rituals in each)
- architecture in world religions (get to do pilgrimage churches and romanesque sculpture along with stupas and the gate sculptures)
- History of Religions in India- begin with Indus Valley Civ. and the resources for teaching Indus Valley, go into Aryan migration and the links with Greek myth, do Hinduism, then Buddhism and include case studies of daily life for each
- Organize content historically by ancient/medieval/modern- Indus Valley and Axial Age, then Medieval developments, then Modern India/Nepal/Tibet- This would allow for current events RSS feeds, talk about the Chinese invasion, kashmir, Gandhi, India/Pakistan— this is the most comprehensive, but doesn’t maybe allow for the comparative religion elements, as it is historical and not religious— so maybe just have an expansive modern Himalayan region section
