Visualization ideas
Updated: 2010-09-30 19:48:27
Ning Brought to you by Search Sign Up Sign In Teaching Digital History using documents , images , maps and online tools Main My Page Members Photos Videos Blogs Forum All Discussions My Discussions Add a Discussion Visualization ideas Posted by John Lee on September 30, 2010 at 1:29pm in Visual historical inquiry View Discussions Several scholars have worked to establish principles and guidelines for designing visualization of social studies related information . Michael Friendly has claimed that historical events , as composed of discrete information , can be treated as data and thus historical data is well positioned to be visualized . Noah Illinsky suggests that the design process as aimed toward the production of beautiful visualizations should include considerations of aesthetics ,
The National Archives have release naval doctor’s records dating from 1793 to 1880. Among them are described 7ft parasitic worms and the first documented case of a hermaphrodite. One passenger was 12-year-old Ellen McCarthy, who was on board the Elizabeth sailing from Cork, Ireland, to Quebec, Canada, in June 1825 when she fell ill and [...]
I thought this was particularly cool. Researchers at Cambridge University have unlocked the key to pronouncing ancient Babylonian and have recorded readings of poems that haven’t been heard in 2,000 years. To listen to the recordings, click here. Researchers studied letter combinations and spelling patterns as well as transcriptions into other ‘known’ languages to unlock [...]
Fragments of a 19 million-year-old virus have been found in the chromosomes of songbirds. DNA analysis indicates these viral remnants are ancient hepadnaviruses, a family of DNA viruses that includes the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which infects roughly one-third of the world’s human population, causing a variety of acute and chronic liver diseases. These ancient [...]
A group of scuba divers have stolen from the USS Emmons, a World War II destroyer which sunk off the coast of Okinawa. Sometime in the past three months, a group of unknown scuba divers drifted 135 feet down into the deep blue waters here. Their destination was the ghostly wreck of the USS Emmons, [...]
A ceramic pot, most likely the result of a young child being taught how to make pottery, has been found near a bridge in Ontario, Canada. “This is a very significant archaeological site made up of a series of cultural layers representing several different historic and pre-historic periods. Based on previous studies, the artifacts range [...]
The remains of a temple dedicated to the Indo-Iranian god Mithras has been found at Angers, France. The small, rectangular chapel, in which worshippers gathered for banquets and sacrifices dedicated to the god, is dated to the third century AD. At the sanctuary, a typical bas-relief of the god Mithras wearing his Phrygian cap shows [...]
An ancient skeleton, covered in gold foil, has been unearthed from a grave discovered on the Greek island of Crete. Excavator Nicholas Stampolidis said his team discovered more than 3,000 pieces of gold foil in the 7th-century B.C. twin grave near the ancient town of Eleutherna. Cemeteries there have produced a wealth of outstanding artifacts [...]
On Sunday Germany will pay off the last of it’s debts accrued during WWI. Germany’s federal office for central services and unresolved property issues (BADV) said on Tuesday a bond issued to pay remaining debts stemming from the conflict would mature on Oct. 3, two decades after West and East Germany united. The final 70 [...]
Tests performed on the 3,550-year-old remains of a teenager found near Stonehenge show he grew up around the Mediterranean Sea. The conclusions come from analysis of different forms of the elements oxygen and strontium in his tooth enamel. Analysis on a previous skeleton found near Stonehenge showed that that person was also a migrant to [...]
Researchers are using pressed flowers collected during the Victorian era to shed light on climate change. Ecologists compared samples of early spider orchids, held in collections with notes showing the exact day in spring when they were picked in southern England from 1848-1958, and dates when the same flower blossomed in the wild from [...]
Recently Elementary students in Virginia attendede the The Cedar Creek Battlefield Kids’ Civil War History Camp to learn about the daily lives of Civil War soldeirs, the battlefield, and some Civil War history.
John Ortman brought his son to the event and declared, “When a 10-year-old develops an interest in history, I think you need to [...]
Richard Dreyfuss has been praised and criticized for his work in trying to educate young people about American history and the Constitution. He has said: “America is falling far short in preparing its children to become leaders and participants in the democratic system.” Not sure how I feel about this comment, but nonetheless I have [...]
The British Library has posted more than 280 volumes of Greek manuscripts online. Browse through the collection here. The manuscripts, freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts, are part of what the library calls one of the most important collections outside Greece for the study of more than 2,000 years of Hellenic culture. The library holds a [...]
A new study out of India suggests that animals like water buffalo and goats can have a significant impact on water-saturated archaeological sites. In seeking to understand how much artifacts can be disturbed, the new study documented how animal trampling in a water-saturated area can result in an alarming amount of disturbance, says archaeologist Metin [...]
A white van has destroyed a 500-year-old archway at Scone Palace in Scotland. It had stood for centuries as an imposing entrance to one of Britain’s finest abbeys, where a succession of Scottish monarchs were crowned. But 500 years of history were wiped out in an instant yesterday when a delivery lorry smashed into the [...]
Archaeologists excavating the Anasazi Pueblo site at Sacred Ridge, Colorado, have found an enormous deposit of mutilated human remains. Mass graves have been found before at Ancestral Pueblo sites, some of them showing evidence of horrific violence, cannibalism, deliberate desecration of the dead, probably inflicted to terrify enemies.
The Sacred Ridge charnel pit, however, is [...]
The Los Angeles Times has posted an interesting profile about Morris Sutton, a factory-manager from Tennessee who dropped everything to become an archaeologist. Sutton, 47, an archaeologist, was a Memphis, Tenn., factory manager who grew tired of the flat horizon of commerce and manufacturing and of laying off fellow employees. So he quit to pursue [...]
A burial mound belonging to the ancient Bulgars has been unearthed in Bulgaria. The site, unique in South Eastern Europe, was found near the north coast of the Black Sea, where the Bulgars first settled after arriving from the east. Thus, the scientists have ascribed the origin of the site to the ancient Bulgars, “about [...]
Excavations at Ye?ilova Tumulus in Turkey have unearthed an 8,000-year-old administrative seal. Associate Professor Zafer Derin, who has been leading the excavations from Ege University’s Department of Archaeology, said they found a historical artifact that proved that settlement in the western province of Izmir began some 8,500 years ago. “The seal is dated back to [...]
The remains of two WWII soldiers who died in battle on the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa have returned home. Forensic scientists will analyze the bones to identify them. The process can take months or even years. More than 990 U.S. Marines and 30 sailors died as the U.S. wrested control of the atoll from [...]
A mass grave dating back to the 17th century has been found in norther Poland. Archaeologists in northern Poland have uncovered a mass grave that they believe dates back to the 17th century and a battle to save Golancz Castle. On the 3rd of May 1656 the Swedish army attacked Golancz Castle. In an attempt [...]
The 1,800-year-old remains of a murdered Roman child have been found during a dig at Vindolanda fort in Northumberland, England. During a dig at Vindolanda Roman fort, the skeleton of a child, aged between eight and 10, was found in a shallow pit in the corner of a barrack-room. Foul play is suspected, because human [...]
A 3,000-year-old skeleton bearing evidence of a violent demise has been found on the Isle of Man. During excavations at Ronaldsway in 2008, three burial sites and the remains of a village were unearthed. Archaeologists found that one skeleton bore the marks of a violent death. Allison Fox from Manx National Heritage said: “We found [...]
King Herod’s royal theatre box has been uncovered at Herodium. A royal box built at the upper level of King Herod’s private theater at Herodium has been fully unveiled in recent excavations at the archaeological site, providing a further indication of the luxurious lifestyle favored by the well-known Jewish monarch, the Hebrew University announced in [...]
A Sumerian temple has been unearthed in the Iraqi province of Dhiqar. The department’s information officer, Abdulzahra al-Talaqani, said a team of French excavators did a short season of digging at al-Rafaai, the district where the Sumerian temple was found. The French were expected to resume digging to provide a good picture of the new [...]
Archaeologists have recreated the heather ale drunk by Vikings to boost their ferocity in battle. ‘Bheoir Lochlannachis’ is made from heather and barley; and instead of hops, which only became common in brewing in the 9th century, the herb bog myrtle is used to add flavour and preserve the potion. Some sources believe the word [...]
The remains of seven children, killed as a religious sacrifice, have been fuond in Peru’s Cuzco Valley. The remains of seven children apparently killed in a ritual and buried beneath a 500- to 600-year-old building in Peru’s Cuzco Valley have given scientists new glimpses of the sketchily understood Inca practice of sacrificing select children in [...]
The Guide To Online Schools, which is an online education directory that specializes in online degrees, online schools, and distance learning, picked Blog4history.com as one of its 100 Best History Blogs.
From the publisher:
Reading about history on encyclopedia-type sites can be a drag. The information is completely static, and new research and discoveries take time [...]
What is History?
An easy answer would be: everything that has gone before each moment in time. But this simply is not true. History is not the past itself, but the study of a past that, especially going back to our earliest histories, remains dynamic and changing. The old adage: ‘istory is written by the victors’has always seemed an exclusive view of our written sources and the further back we go, the less weight this idea holds.
Who wrote History?
The two canonical histories ...
The History Channel is offering a variety of teaching tools for educators concerning our war veterans. Also they have lately offered teachers and educators some interesting and since it is, well, frankly free stuff it makes it really cool. The latest is their “Take a Veteran to School Day” program which seeks to connect students [...]