Mini lessons galore for social studies geeks. Cover art photo provided by rawpixel on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@rawpixel
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Brief Biography
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of America's best-known scientists who has a talent for presenting complex science concepts in a clear and understandable manner. Join me for the next few minutes to learn about this fascinating man based on information from the biography.com website.
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Ancient Greek Mythology: Echo & Narcissus
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This podcast covers the ancient Greek myth of Echo and Narcissist. The Mayo Clinic defines narcissism as a personality type in which the individual thinks very highly of oneself, needing admiration, believing others are inferior, and lacking empathy for others. For the ancient Greek poets, the myth of Echo and Narcissus portrays that destructive pe…
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This podcast covers the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus and the concept known as fate: What will be, will be....and there is nothing anyone can do to change it
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Ancient Greek Mythology: Demeter & Persephone
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Why do the seasons change? That's a question the ancient Greeks asked themselves three thousand years ago. Lacking any scientific knowledge and understanding of nature, the Greeks created the myth of the goddess Demeter and her daughter, Persephone. to explain the changing of the seasons.
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Theseus by Edith Hamilton (Read by the Voice of Social Studies Central)
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Go on a heroic journey and explore the Ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur as written by Edith Hamilton in her monumental book, Mythology.
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Listen in as the Buddha and one of his students discuss wealth, pain and suffering, religion, law and order, and rude behavior.
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Black History Month Mini Lesson: THE CASE OF DRED SCOTT
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The case of Dred Scott is covered in the greater context of Americans divide on the issue of slavery before the Civil War and with the passage of the fourteenth amendment.
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Black History Month Mini Lesson: I HAVE A DREAM
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It’s historically the largest political demonstration in American history. It’s the March on Washington and we learn about the last speaker of the event, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Black History Mini Lesson: ROSA PARKS
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On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Listen to Rosa Parks describe that historic moment.
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Black History Mini Lessons: RUBY BRIDGES
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Born in 1954, the same year the Supreme Court desegregated public schools, Ruby Bridges’ early childhood would become a civil rights challenge and success.
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Black History Mini Lesson: JACKIE ROBINSON
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A sweeping biography of one of America’s most admired African-American major league baseball players.
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