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5 Ways U.S. Democracy Is More Rigged Than You Think. None of you are naive or think government works exactly the way you learned it in elementary school. We all know there are backroom deals and bribes and blackmail and probably, like, orgies and shit behind the scenes. But what many people don't realize is that the most unfair and outright broken parts of the system we have in the USA aren't a result of people breaking the law. No, the craziest, most overtly bullshit practices are perfectly legal. That's why ... #5. Your Congressional Representative Has Already Been Chosen for You Weerayut Kongsombut/Photos.com, kunertus/Photos.com Here's how neatly the House of Representatives works on paper: For every certain number of U.S. citizens, there is a congressional district. General Services AdministrationDistrict borders are even more ridiculous than state borders.

Yes, these districts are an insane tangle of convoluted shapes that resembles the last game of Tetris you see right before your Game Boy's circuit board dies. Nope. The Insanity: #4. Facebook History of the World | CollegeHumor. 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World. If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that. Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head. If you enjoy this collection of maps, the Sifter highly recommends the r/MapPorn sub reddit.

You should also check out ChartsBin.com. There were also fantastic posts on Business Insider and Bored Panda earlier this year that are worth checking out. Enjoy! 1. 2. 3. 4. Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, forming about 300 million years ago. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 37. 38. 39. 40. Graduate Programs. The program in History Education is concerned with how young people make sense of the past in school and out-of-school settings. The program explores core issues of teaching and learning and, most broadly, engages the very nature of historical consciousness: What does it mean to live in a present suffused by the past? How is history taught and learned in and out of schools?

How does history become part of one's resources for building a meaningful identity and life? Taught well, history fosters tolerance for complexity and intolerance for simple answers. How can schools teach young people to discern reasoned interpretations from stances that seek to extinguish -- not promote -- critical judgment? What can educators do to cultivate reasoning and teach young people that there's more to the past than just names and dates? New technologies offer a potential answer, but one that has yet to be realized. Much history is learned outside of school. Home | Stanford History Education Group. Clouds Over Cuba.

History for Music Lovers. TED-Ed | Lessons Worth Sharing. EDU. TeacherTube - Teach the World. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of The World by Niall Ferguson Epsd. 1-5 (Full Documentary) HERB: Resources for Teachers. Chester (song) Among the patriotic anthems sung during the American Revolutionary War, only Yankee Doodle was more popular than William Billings's Chester[citation needed]. Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). It is the latter version that is best known today. Parts labeled "Treble, Counter, Tenor, and Bass" correspond to the modern SATB four-voice choir.

However, the melody is in the tenor part, not the treble part. Click to hear piano reduction (Ogg format, 234K) Although this cannot be established with certainty, it appears that these lyrics are by Billings himself. Let tyrants shake their iron rod, And Slav'ry clank her galling chains, We fear them not, we trust in God, New England's God forever reigns. With Prescot and Cornwallis join'd, Together plot our Overthrow, In one Infernal league combin'd.

When God inspir'd us for the fight, Loud Halleluiahs let us Sing, Countries of the World - CountryReports. Teachinghistory.org. U.S. History Lessons.