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POPSUndeciphered Scripts - Good Resource This was one of my "archaic" clips that went private a long while ago for exceeding the character limit. I'm re-clipping it now because so many new clippers joined since then and I believe this is a great source on ancient scripts and writing systems.
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POPSUnplugged Schools Unless emotionally connected to some direct experience with the world, symbols reach kids as merely arbitrary bits of data. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but to a second grader who has held a squiggly nightcrawler in her hand, even the printed symbol “worm” resonates with far deeper meaning than a thousand pictures or a dozen Discovery Channel videos. Nature is, of course, the richest resource for firsthand experience. Individual teachers have long tried to provide some contact with the natural world by bringing plants and small animals into their classrooms—a limited approach yielding limited results.
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POPSThe History of Writing Revisiting & re-clipping some of my old stuff. (I recommend the source article for an illustrated history of abstract thought and writing, with the evolution of alphabets.)
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POPS"The Mahabharata," dir. Peter Brook, 1989 -- resources UK director Peter Brook (Marat/Sade, 1967) did a 6-hour TV version of The Mahabharata in 1989 adapted from the stage. This is a collection of related information and resources from film professor Gloria Floren of MiraCosta College (Oceanside, CA).
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POPSCricket for Dummies Both cricket and baseball operate on the same principles. Someone hurling the ball—the pitcher in baseball, the bowler in cricket—is attempting to defeat an opponent wielding a bat to defend a target—the invisible strike zone or the visible wicket—and score runs.
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POPSAncient Texts Library You can find the Gilgamesh Epic, Enuma Elish, Sephir Yetzirah, Book of Dead, Celtic texts, Plato's dialogues or Rubaiyat of Omar Hayyam here.
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POPSWill Eisner: The Genius of American Comics I wanted to clip some of Will Eisner's works but of course they are copyrighted and not available online. But I recommend everyone: please buy and do read all of Eisner's graphic novels. He (passed away in January 2005) was the genius of American comics and in his works you can find the "human elements" of the American history and the Jewish culture with all its great and warm details. Especially " A Contract With God ", "The Building", " Dropsie Avenue ", "Fagin the Jew", " To the Heart of The Storm " and "The Invisible People" are highly recommended. For a detailed bio of Eisner, click here , and for his official home page, click here . Do yourself a favor and go meet this great story-teller and artist, if you haven't already.
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POPSYankee Doodle Keep It Up! Found this using moe345's clip on U.S. History links. There is also a scanned image of original print with lyrics and an illustration.
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