Karen Carr

Karen Carr

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Portland, Oregon  ·  I'm a feminist, an anarchist, an archaeologist. I'm helping to create a new inclusive history.
Karen Carr
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Powerful women
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Powerful women / Whenever they've gotten the chance, women have run countries, killed enemies, made fortunes, signed treaties, but we hardly ever hear about them. If we're more aware of them, maybe more women will be able to get power in the future!
chickens
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chickens
Pearls
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Pearls
Black History Month
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Black History Month / Resources for African history and African-American History
Gluten-free recipes
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Gluten-free recipes / Eating without wheat, barley, etc.
Women's History Month
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Women's History Month / For Women's History Month, a board celebrating famous women, women who ruled, women who wrote poetry or philosophy, women who lived their lives.
Swimming
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Swimming / History of Swimming in images
Mediterranean Diet & Recipes
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Mediterranean Diet & Recipes / The Mediterranean diet is a heart-healthy eating plan combining elements of Mediterranean-style cooking. Listed here are recipes, tips and success stories
Science
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Science
Europe
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Europe
Ancient Rome
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Ancient Rome
History/Science Cartoons
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History/Science Cartoons
Fall Recipes
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Fall Recipes
Early Africa
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Early Africa / What did people eat in early Africa? What kind of buildings did they build? What languages did they speak?
Central America
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Central America
Housekeeping
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Housekeeping
American History
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American History
Ancient India
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Ancient India / Ancient India for Kids: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/india/
Middle Ages
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Middle Ages
West Asia/Middle East
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West Asia/Middle East
Ancient China
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Ancient China
Modern art
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Modern art
Astronomy
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Astronomy
Winter recipes
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Winter recipes / A selection of recipes from http://www.gevirts.com/winter/recipes/ If you like these, check out the website!
Cool history photos
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Cool history photos
Summer recipes
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Summer recipes
Projects for Kids
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Projects for Kids
Math/Numbers
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Math/Numbers
Ancient Egypt
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Ancient Egypt / Art of ancient Egypt - sculpture, carvings. I love Egyptian art and its African roots - the tension between energy and restraint!
Pottery/Ceramics
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Pottery/Ceramics / I'm a Roman pottery specialist, but you can count on me to love any object more if it's made out of clay. This is a collection of pots and clay things I love from around the world.
Resistance and reform
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Resistance and reform / Revolt! Revolution! Demonstrations! and other cool ways to get control of your government, your freedom, and your life.
Ancient Greece
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Ancient Greece / Ancient Greek food, architecture, history, art, vase painting, and all kinds of stuff from ancient Greece.
History of Games
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History of Games / What kind of games did people play in ancient Greece? ancient Egypt? ancient Rome? The Middle Ages?
Central Asia
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Central Asia
Rome with Kids
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Rome with Kids / Visit Rome with kids, what could be more fun? What to see and what to eat - the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Trajan's Markets, and the ruined town of Ostia.
Spring recipes
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Spring recipes / Seasonal recipes for spring with eggs, parsley, chives, celery, asparagus and strawberries! Vegetarian and vegan options for most recipes.
Paris with kids
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Paris with kids / What to see in Paris with kids. Churches, cathedrals, castles, parks, and yummy things to eat!
Easter
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Easter / Easter history and Easter recipes.
Passover
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Passover / Passover recipes for your Seder, Jewish Bible stories, the history of Passover foods, and some fun Passover (Pesach) activities.
Unschooling sites
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Unschooling sites
Quatr.us Encyclopedia
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Quatr.us Encyclopedia / These are pictures people have pinned from my encyclopedia, Kidipede (http://www.historyforkids.org), so I thought it might be good to collect them together.
More ideas from Karen
Pompeii Portable Oven

Pompeii Portable Oven: Pinning this again because it is just so fascinating to me. Ingenious example of what we would come to know as bushcraft/survival equipment.

Taps from Pompeii - Naples, Archaeological Museum | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
two women standing lifting large stones

Athenian Cookery and the Symposium

painting of greek ship with sails

painting of greek ship with sails

also the miraj, but the rooster????

Angel Quroos The Rooster This angel who has the form of a rooster descends to the earthly skies when it is night, and this is his Tasbih

Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, son of Lettice Knollys, great-grandson of Mary Boleyn Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (10 November 1565[1] – 25 February 1601), is the best-known of the many holders of the title "Earl of Essex." He was a military hero and royal favourite of Elizabeth I, but following a poor campaign against Irish rebels during the Nine Years' War in 1599, he failed in a coup d'état against the queen and was executed for treason.
April 9, 1585 – The expedition organised by Sir Walter Raleigh departs England for Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina) to establish the Roanoke Colony.
Elizabeth I
Art Quill Studio: Timelines of Fabrics, Dyes and Other Stuff Edition 2.0 [1-17]Art ResourceMarie-Therese Wisniowski

Art Quill Studio: Timelines of Fabrics, Dyes and Other Stuff Version ResourceMarie-Therese Wisniowski

Pull toy of woman grinding grain (ancient Egypt) - African toys

Wooden Baker Puppet Toy:as the string is pulled,the little Baker kneads Bread.This must have a popular toy,as i've seen several versions of it.

Ancient Egyptian girls circle dance From the tomb of Mereruka (Old Kingdom, ca. 2200 BC)
Boys wrestling (ca. 2500 BC) Tomb of Nykauinpu, at Giza Now in the Oriental Institute, Chicago

Ancient Egyptian games included board games, dice, and knucklebones. Kids also played wrestling and dancing games, and went swimming.

Cats Cradle - a traditional African game
Egyptian soldiers from the 11th Dynasty (about 2000 BC)

Governement: Mentuhotep II had a pretty peaceful reign in the beginning. However, throughout his ruling, it became highly militaristic and there was bloodshed.

Victims of civil war, bound with ropes and with their heads cut off and placed between their legs, from the Narmer palette, about 3000 BC

Egyptian warfare - war in ancient Egypt - their enemies, their weapons and their war chariots, their use of Greek and Sudanese mercenaries.