Who is behind Mona Lisa's Smile?

This is great for my Renaissance Unit!

Researchers are trying to find the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa smile.  They are looking for her remains.

Here is a video clip about it:


And here is a link to the article itself. 

Drug Cartel Video

I may have posted these before but I am doing my drug cartel lesson again.

Here is the NY Times lesson that I based my lesson on.

Here is the video that I used to show at the beginning (9 minutes long), breaks down the drug cartels

Good Sites for World Civ Primary Sources

Use this link for primary documents.  The link takes you to a textbook's websites with tons of link to other primary source documents.  I've already used this for our Renaissance day.

Mexico Inaugurates new President

Here is a video clip of Mexico inaugurating their new President.  Just in time for our Latin America Unit!

DBQ World Civ Website

Here's a website for World Civ where the teacher posts different document based questions that it seems she has created.


Here's the link: http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/cholt/honors.cfm?subpage=1357749

Reading Level

You can type a sentence into this website lexile.com and it will tell you the reading level of the reading.

The following are links to DBQ's for the AP World History Test.  Can be used for Geography or World Civ. Good for primary sources!

Christianity and Islam attitudes towards Trade

Spread of Buddhism in China

Han and Roman Attitudes towards Technology

Modern Olympic Changes from 1890's to today

Scramble for Africa/Berlin Conference

Industrial Revolution in India and Japan