Archaeology/Anthropology, University Professor, Secondary Education/Social Studies
Rather than go through all of the battles of World War 2, I had assigned a pre-determined list of major battles of the war to students and had them research the battles. They had to put together a research project Continue Reading …
Thanks to a great Professional Development session in Dublin City Schools (OH) in 2020, I was inspired to use a twitter format to get students thinking about the timeline of “Appeasement” in the lead-up to World War 2. Students were Continue Reading …
Recently I’ve come across two podcasts on which David Carballo (a professor at Boston University) has done some really great public archaeology work. The first, lengthier one at Seven Ages is really great and covers all kinds of topics. My Continue Reading …
Even though I’m a Mesoamericanist, I’m not specifically a Mayanist. I start with this because these are my own musings on a couple of things in the news lately and how they might inter-relate. As they say, stay tuned when Continue Reading …
In my archaeology courses at the undergrad level I include a unit on Public Archaeology–how archaeologists and archaeological knowledge can engage the public–and the ways of doing this are always growing. This is a great thing! One of the neatest Continue Reading …
I recently wrote an article on my book on the Tarascan kings for the University of Colorado. Here is a link to that.
The Two Taríacuris and the Early Colonial and Prehispanic Past of Michoacán investigates how the elites of the Tarascan kingdom of Central Mexico sought to influence interactions with Spanish colonialism by reworking the past to suit their present circumstances. Author David Continue Reading …