California middle and high school teachers are invited to apply to travel to Morrocco, June 26 - July 26, 2017.
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November 28, 2016
November 2, 2016
On Thursday, November 10, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM ORIAS will host an Open House to introduce its new Speakers Bureau!
Where: UC Berkeley campus, in 1229 Dwinelle Hall.
October 5, 2016
The Travels of Ibn Battuta: a Virtual Tour has been one of ORIAS' most successful, most widely used projects. The Travels of Ibn Battuta: A Virtual Tour began as a Web resource written in 1999 by Nick Bartel for his students at Horace Mann Middle School, San Francisco, California.
August 1, 2016
Here's a thought-exercise for World History teachers. It came out of conversations at the ORIAS summer institute on Women in World History, based on an assignment described by one of our presenters:
May 4, 2016
My love affair with podcasts began while I was teaching. I don't recall how I stumbled across the show, but after several months of avid listening I began assigning segments from BackStory to augment US History class readings. A little to my surprise, the students liked it.
February 2, 2016
At time of writing, there are 10 National Resource Centers focused on the study of Africa, some of which provide outreach in consortia with other regional centers on their campuses. They offer a diverse set of resources for educators.
Take a look at this small sample of their offerings.
Starting from Scratch
January 4, 2016
A few weeks ago, an old Radiolab episode reminded me of the Golden Record, which I hadn't thought about since childhood.