Category Archives: Education

Download Our Printable Bookmarks and Support the Importance of Cultural Preservation

The mission of AntiquityNOW is to raise awareness of the importance of preserving our cultural heritage by demonstrating how antiquity’s legacy influences and shapes our lives today and for generations to come. Our goal is to illustrate that humankind’s commonalities are stronger than its differences, and to share this knowledge to promote mutual understanding, tolerance and peaceful co-existence among our global family.

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Download AntiquityNOW’s Timeline Bookmark and Become the Talk of the Ages

Bookmark for Online Professional PrintingHow long does it usually take chewing gum to lose its flavor?  Bet you can’t beat 5,000 years.  Remember your first computer and how amazing new technology seemed?  What about the world’s first computer from 100 BCE that tracked astronomical patterns?  Are you a sports fan?  Tell me who loved baseball better than the Mesoamericans in 1,400 BCE? Continue reading

AntiquityNOW Celebrates International Day of the Girl

This year’s theme for the International Day of the Girl is “Innovating for Girls’ Education.” Today we honor women throughout history who paved the way for girls and women to become forces for change in their communities and around the globe. Each of these women, through their refusal to be marginalized, and their tenacity and curiosity, fought for their rights as human beings. They confronted many challenges during times when because of their sex they had little or no rights. Through their steadfast contributions, these women continue to be examples for girls today of how to stand strong and make a difference in their worlds.

On World Teachers’ Day AntiquityNOW Celebrates Knowledge Through the Ages

The gift of knowledge comes in many forms.  Today we recognize those people who through the millennia have taught and inspired us, who have found a curious beauty in the unknown and who diligently pursue the truth for the betterment of us all.

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Girl Be Heard Uses Theater to Empower Young Women

GBHOn Tuesday we told you about Girl Be Heard’s newest project, 9mm America.  This theatrical production is written and performed by 10 young women who live in neighborhoods where they face gun violence daily.  It is a powerful show that takes the viewer through the history of gun violence in America starting with the genocide of Native Americans.  It asks the disturbing question, “When will it stop?” Continue reading

“9mm America”: Girl Be Heard Uses Theater to Fight Gun Violence

9mm AmericaAntiquityNOW Month partner Girl Be Heard is fighting back against gun violence.  9mm America is a show written and performed by young girls living in neighborhoods where gun violence is a constant threat.  One girl explains that her neighborhood is known as “4CD” or “the Four Corners of Death” because so many people have died there due to gun violence. Continue reading