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The secret maritime history of the Aborigines in settling of Australia - Australasia, World - The Independent
But within a few years, and despite a smallpox epidemic that wiped out half the indigenous population, Aborigines in the Sydney area had adapted to the new reality.
I have Sir Ken on TED and agree with reform. I hate the administrative paradigm of punctuality, obedience and rote learning. That's why I'm a Trainer - I facilitate learning and help students succeed. I'm just as concerned about mammallian discourse (hardwired) as of intellectual skills in literacy in its widest sense. The Institutions just don't get it. by Dec 11
The RSA animate videos on Youtube have a great presentation along these lines on changes needed in educational models. Its in my education pearltree. Shows a study ...90+% children age 5 test as "genius" and intelligence scores fall as they proceed through school. Talks about need for new models of education, check it out. by Dec 11
Ways of knowing that see differently: when children were given fruit, vegetables and utensils, white kids mostly grouped citrus fruit together, root vegetables together and utensils such as knives and forks together; but aboriginal kids grouped a fruit and a knife etc until they had pairs of objects and tools. by Dec 11
She's fortunate! I've long thought, from my reading, that they've retained a degree of an ancient way of knowing. by Dec 10
Australian Aboriginal people are amazing. My wife has been working with four young people on their professional development; and she has been asking them to draw solutions to a strategic problem she proposed to them. All of them giggled with mirth as they drew their pictures of a solution. They are so innocent and so special as humans. by Dec 9
The Library blocked sharing the video but I placed the Vimeo address in a comment if you want direct access. by Dec 7
I have placed the video in my Resources pearl. Pick it to complement your History OK. Cheers, Paul J. by Dec 7
First Americans 'reached Europe five centuries before Columbus discoveries' | Science | The Guardian
Paul Halsall/Fordham University: Internet History Sourcebooks Project
The Archeology of HIstoric Washington, Arkansas
The antebellum town of Washington, Arkansas (state site number 3HE236), in Hempstead County was once the county seat, the Confederate state capital during the Civil War and a booming cotton town on the Southwest Trail. It is perhaps the best surviving example of a nineteenth century town in the Old Southwest. Unfortunately, the town's prosperity was short-lived.
When Rome finally collapsed there were technologies in Rome that would not be seen in Europe for over 1,000 years. Rome was the first city in the world to have more than 1 million inhabitants.