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Edward R. Murrow Describes Buchenwald

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June 21, 2017

Here's a great clip you might want to bookmark for next year when we teach World War II and the Holocaust.

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Influence of Zoroastrianism on Modern Culture

July 06, 2018

Which religion influenced the beliefs of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism? Monotheism started with its founder long before Abraham. The idea of heaven and hell originated with it, as did the idea of good and evil. Not only did its ideas influence the Abrahamic religions, they also influenced culture. Richard Strauss' "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" can be seen in the score of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Freddy Mercury, lead signer of Queen, got inspiration from the religion's founder and the Mazda car maker takes its name from the founder. Zoroastrianism started in Iran and grew with the three great Iranian empires which included that of Cyrus the Great, but began to weaken after the invasion of Alexander the Great and the later development of Islam. Many Zoroastrians fled and migrated to India where they became known as Parsis. In a terrific essay for BBC Culture , called "The Obscure Religion that Shaped the West, " Joobin Bekhrad examines the inf...

The Complexity of Islamic Design: Ted Talk

July 10, 2018

Here's a terrific TedEd clip on how Islamic artists use geometry to develop their designs. Eric Brough developed the clip and even has a book about the geometr of Islamic design.

Awesome Video Intro to Islam: Religion for Breakfast

February 05, 2018

Here is a terrific short video introduction to Islam from Andrew Mark Henry and Dr. Hussein Rashid. The video is part of Henry's series called Religion for Breakfast . Henry and Rashid offer a methodology we can use to understand Islam and any religion. The methodology is that religions evolve over time, are internally diverse and are embedded in our culture. This methodology helps us to understand, for example, that Islam is not a monolithic religion. Islam in Indonesia is not like Islam in Saudi Arabia. This is an awesome introduction and the methodology will help students to understand the complexity of Islam and indeed all religions.