MapMaker Interactive. The Ancient Maya Empire for Kids - The Mayas. The Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire. The Incas for Kids - Geography. The Inca Empire developed in a long strip that reached pretty much north to south along the western side of South America.
The geography was rugged - Andes mountains, the coastline deserts, and the Amazon jungle. The clever Inca found solutions for their geographic problems. United States Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau Directory. How Geography Affects History. All of humanity is believed to have originated from the same place, but today it is quite apparent that no two civilizations today are the same.
It is important to understand how history progresses from the first few hunter-gatherer tribes into thousands of very different and complex civilizations. There are many factors that go into making this change, one of which is geography. The behaviors and characteristics of people are very deeply rooted in the region of the world they come from. Therefore, an understanding of geography is necessary to understand human history because geography can affect the attitude, religion and culture of a civilization. Geography can have a significant and lasting impact on the attitude of a civilization and how they view the world. In contrast, the dependability of the Nile and the fertile silt it brought provided a totally different outlook for the Egyptian civilization.
These factors led to Mesopotamia becoming a center for trade in the ancient world. Culture: A Geographical Perspective. Culture: A Geographical Perspective Charles A.
Best iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad apps for History Education. By Natalie History is, in my opinion, one of the most important subjects that we can teach our children.
While knowing how to read and add numbers is useful, history teaches broader lessons about how to best live life. By examining the past, we learn from the mistakes of those before us. Like my grandma always said: you can’t really know where you’re going, if you don’t know where you’ve been. Today, an assortment of great apps provides access to history with the touch of a screen. Dinosaurs: The American Museum of Natural History Collection Price: Free I would like to personally give this app an overall rating of “awesome.” History: Maps of World Price: Free Lots and lots of historical maps of the world are contained in this free app that categorizes the maps by both era and locale.
iAmerica Price: Free This app seems to be an Apple device-friendly interface to the White House website. iHistory Price: $0.99 This app is best described as a mini history text book…Only cooler. 10 awesome iPad / iPod apps. I am becoming a big fan of the iPad.
While there are some apps that are specific to the iPad, it really comes down to the bigger screen. Easier to read, easier to manipulate. I’m still not convinced that in its present form that it is a good replacement for a netbook or laptop. No multitasking, lack of true productivity tools, crude interface with cloud apps like Google Docs and clunky keyboard. But great for consuming, reading, browsing, viewing and playing games / apps. I’ve shared iPod favorites before so today . . . a few iPad apps. FlipBoard Flipboard (Free) This is a new app that displays blogs, Facebook info and Twitter feeds in a very cool magazine style.
Social Studies Apps. GrassRoots Recycling Network. Bill Sheehan, Ph.D.
GrassRoots Recycling Network October, 2000 Save Energy | Save Forests | Landfills, Incinerators and Composting | Take Action High levels of energy and materials consumption in industrial countries are the driving force behind the decline in virtually all major life support systems on Planet Earth. Over the last decade an increasing number of scientists and other thoughtful people have come to conclude that modern levels of materials and energy consumption are having a destabilizing influence on the world's atmosphere. Energy consumption contributes directly to climate change by adding carbon-based molecules to the atmosphere in excess of naturally occurring amounts. Ancient Greece - History, mythology, art, war, culture, society, and architecture. Ecological Problems in Ancient Greece. The very atmosphere seems different — clean, sharp, and bright; each year here has three hundred sunny days.
We are at once reminded of Cicero’s comment on ‘Athens’ clear air, which is said to have contributed to the keenness of the Attic mind.’ [Durant, The Life of Greece, vol. II in The Story of Civilization, p. 107.] Ecological problems are not problems of our time. The building of ships in ancient Greece required immense natural resources. According to Bondyrev 2000 to 4000 oak trees (Is this number true??) Rome's Ruins. Photograph by Stephen L.
Alvarez Luca pushes his head into the sewer, inhales, and grins. "It doesn't smell so bad in the cloaca today," he says, dropping himself feet first into a dark hole in the middle of the Forum of Nerva. Despite his optimism, the blackness emits sickening aroma: a mélange of urine, diesel, mud, and rotting rat carcasses. In short, it smells just as you'd expect a 2,500-year-old continuously used sewer to smell. Environmental History Timeline.