The adventures in Homer’s epics may have been invented, but many of the places, customs, weapons, and even heroes were rooted in reality. Archaeologists explore “The Unexpected World of the Odyssey” in Archaeology Magazine.
Geography
Global understanding, the earth, and its countries.
Indigenous ways of knowing hold that Land & Waters are alive—they hold stories, relationships, and memories. They are living beings, teachers, and relatives. Indigenous nations have governed, cared for, and maintained reciprocal relationships with Land & Waters since time immemorial.
NatureEye brings the wonders of the world directly into classrooms with engaging educational content and experiences that explore the natural world. Using drones, students learn about science and technology in an interactive environment.
What was life like in the Viking Age? How did it feel to be aboard the longships on the way to battle? Although historians don’t know the answers to all questions about the Viking Age, they do know a lot about how the Vikings lived, what their ships looked like, and where they traveled on their voyages.
Geography is much more than learning about the location of cities, states, or countries. It is about understanding people, places, and cultures; landscapes and environments; civic rights and responsibilities—and the way they all connect to shape our world.
Oculi Mundi—“The Eyes of the World”—is a digital heritage destination: the online home of The Sunderland Collection, which comprises more than 130 exquisite objects dating from circa 1200 to the early 1800s. Featuring world maps, celestial maps, atlases, books of knowledge, and globes, the Collection showcases the evolution of knowledge, celebrating human exploration and shared discovery.
The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2,000-mile route that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west. The trail was arduous and snaked through Missouri and present-day Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and finally into Oregon. Following the tracks can give modern-day travelers a sense of the route that settlers took westward.
Created by the Digital Scholarship Lab at University of Richmond, American Panorama is a free interactive digital atlas of America that uses online GIS to explore and visualize data with maps.
“Call me Ishmael” is the legendary first line of Moby-Dick, but the protagonist’s name is hardly the most famous in Herman Melville’s 1851 novel. He’s probably a distant third to both Captain Ahab and the eponymous whale itself, which was based on a real albino sperm whale named Mocha Dick.
The National Constitution Center (NCC) recently released Constitution 101, a 15-week curriculum for high school students, and a standalone self-guided course for learners of all ages, exploring the basic principles of American freedom and the core constitutional texts of American history, from the founding to today.