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Tomte's Blog: Diary of Samuel Sewall

tomtesblog:

Diary of Samuel Sewall, edited by Harvey Wish

Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) was born in England of a well-to-do family of the merchant class. At age nineteen, however, Sewall moved with his family to New England, where they lived on a plantation that Samuel’s father had started in 1634. There Samuel…

garik:

NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND PENSILVANIA. by H. Moll geographer, from Moll’s Atlas Minor 1729 (McCorkle #729.2). This is called the ‘Post Road’ map because at bottom right it says “An Account of ye Post of ye Continent of Nth. America…,” and it shows the coastal road from north of Boston to Philadelphia. It is larger and differs somewhat from Moll’s 1708 map of similar title though the area covered is the same. This map appeared in editions of the Atlas Minor and English histories and McCorkle illustrates several versions. Longitude west from London, blank verso. Scale: 1 inch = 50 miles. Size: 8 x 10.75 inches.

Stolen from Maps of PA.

sabbatai:

247) 1673 depiction of New Amsterdam (now New York City - Manhattan to be more specific)

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18thcenturylove:

September 3, 1736

All sorts of labouring Persons, who are inclined to go to the new Settlement of Georgia, on this Continent, may have Twenty Five Shillings Sterling per Month, provided they will engage for 6 Months after their Arrival i n that Colony. And any Persons, who are willing to become Inhabitants and Freeholders there, are entitled to 50 Acres of Land, and a Town Lot, and will be allowed the following Encouragements, viz. One Year’s Provision; Tools, and Household-stuff of all Sorts; necessary Arms of all Sorts, Iron-Work, and Nails, sufficient for building a House of 24 by 16 Feet; a Cow and Calf, a Breeding Mare, and a Breeding Sow: With several other Advantages.

Any Persons, who will go to the said Colony, are desired to apply to Mr. Miles Sweney, who is impowered to treat them; and will put them in a Method of getting Passages thither, provided they can clear themselves, according to the Laws of this Country. He may be heard of at Mr. Portlock’s, in Norfolk, or by enquiring at the Printing Office in Williamsburg.

- Virginia Gazette

We’re also still in colonial America, so expect more posts like this too!

Anubis @ wikimedia commons

merelygifted:

Anubis, King Niuserre, and Wadjet - 5th Dynasty

I finally saw a photograph of this temple wall fragment; it happened to be in a book I just bought. The caption said the eyes were orignally inlaid.

sgorrla:

Canopic jars from the tomb of Tutankhamun

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forattvinna:

Statues of Ramses II, Abu Simbel temple.

If only the school had money for this field trip…

aboutegypt:

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We’re on Ancient Egypt in World I. It’s one of my favorite units.

Maybe I’ll have the students figure out what this means?

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As a Social Studies teacher, I want to make sure that students do know what’s going on in the world and how it might affect them. I know my particular students have a hard time seeing the value in discovering what’s happening in other countries; so if we have time I put on some of the BBC’s videos of the popular news events (we usually do enough reading by the end of the class). Some of the students really seem to get into them but others ask “Why should I care?” etc.

I always say that the world is more connected than they think, try to explain globalization, or to see the example that another country is setting. What do you tell your students? Should we even be teaching current events?

http://hnn.us/

Yet another website that I find very helpful. If you want to know what’s going on in history today, or read up on what historians are talking about, this is your site!