Studying religion for years turned me into an atheist. #atheism
It is not ok to proselytize to someone’s child without their knowledge and permission.
While visiting a local county fair, I saw a man (who was volunteering with a permitted JW group) beginning to teach my kid “how to get to heaven.”
When I approached with my other two kids, he proceeded to start the story over! Of course, we missed the beginning of this delusional take and need to hear it from the top.
The look of sheer confusion on his face as I pull all 3 away while I tell him off.
The Mongols almost taking over Europe doesn't get the attention it ought to, IMO.
@Profblueu Maybe the discussion that there were societies before Europeans came. The Anasazi, the Western pueblos, esp Chaco, the droughts, Cahokia, Etowah (?)..
More context:
I’m presently writing curriculum for early middle school. These students tend to have a limited grasp of US history and even less of world history.
In attempting to connect our present world with the late 1400s, I’m focusing on massively significant events that occurred during that time (e.g. invention of the printing press) or happened as an immediate result (the Columbian Exchange)
The aim here is to have students know US history in the context of world history.
If your audience were learning colonial US history, what are the most significant events of the medieval period (roughly 5th - 15th centuries)? Events that help contextualize Jamestown, for example.