Cool+Stories+on+the+Web

APWH CHAPTER ONE: = = APWH CHAPTER 3:
 * Check this out about the Hadza, and connect this to what you learn in Chapter 1 regarding Hunter-Gatherer societies: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/hadza/finkel-text/1
 * Another great, fun read to consider for Chapter 1 is //Born to Run//, especially if you like running. You will thank me later.
 * Video on the early migrations of humans and land bridge theory: http://youtu.be/cJaMyd8cNYQ
 * Video on new discovery in the story of human evolution: http://youtu.be/nvI3ORzyE84
 * Was Human Evolution Linear? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19184370 AND http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/science/new-fossils-indicate-offshoots-in-human-family-tree.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
 * New-ish discoveries on Australopithecus sediba; watch the video on the page by Dr. Jeremy DeSilva: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-australopithecus-sediba-hominid-reveals-human.html AND http://www.livescience.com/28656-closest-human-ancestor-was-pigeon-toed.html AND http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/12/mystery-fossil-creature-blends-human-apelike-traits-posing-an-evolutionary-quandary/
 * Grass-loving ancestors?! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/science/australopithecus-sediba-preferred-forest-foods-fossil-teeth-suggest.html
 * Can you tell I like this topic? http://humanprehistory.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/australopithecus-sediba-a-possible-human-ancestor/
 * Revolutionary either way? http://evoanth.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/australopithecus-sediba-human-by-accident/
 * Hatshepsut video: http://youtu.be/JbBNkp1FfMc
 * Cool video on Menes:http://youtu.be/ko8Zl0oCMUY, and this other one is not bad either: http://youtu.be/hSFsfL_xONI

APWH CHAPTER 4:
 * "The Story of India" with cool discussion of some historiography: http://youtu.be/ALfUOfxfSos
 * HISTORIOGRAPHIC DEBATE ALERT! This goes into what I told you about in class, on how the historiography regarding the "Aryan Invasion" has changed: http://youtu.be/klalJHD-e-k BUT unlike what I told you this professor's argument seems to be that not only is the Aryan Invasion Theory wrong, but so is the Indo-European Migration one taught in your book (time will tell!): http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2011/02/collapse-of-aryan-invasion-theory.html
 * More on the "Aryan Invasion" Historiographical Debate: http://gosai.com/writings/the-myth-of-the-aryan-invasion AND http://www.stephen-knapp.com/death_of_the_aryan_invasion_theory.htm

APWH CHAPTER 7: APWH CHAPTER 8: APWH CHAPTER 9:
 * History Channel, Persia's Royal Road: http://www.history.com/videos/persias-royal-road#persias-royal-road
 * GET PARENT PERMISSION: Comedian Maz Jobrani jokes about being Persian in Persians vs. Arabs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7rlFpUhziE
 * Cool video BBC news story on modern Zoroastrians: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23744554
 * Go to the library, check out the Tao Te Ching
 * For fun (and totally not for this chapter) check out (with parent approval as always): http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexnaidus/amazingly-nerdy-history-jokes

GEOGRAPHY KIDS (AND AP TOO): http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/20-maps-that-will-change-the-way-you-see-the-world/