Link Love

I always hear things on the radio or run across things on the web or in magazines that strike me as something interesting to spur class dialogue.  Of course, I think, "That'd be cool to talk with my kids about" and then immediately, my mind darts elsewhere.  One of my goals is to keep an archive of cool things, so I'm going to start with some links that have caught my eye (or ear rather) lately.

This piece on Morning Edition about a new way scientists have started producing artificial hearts struck me as a cool conversation started about creativity and ingenuity.

I heard this piece this afternoon about oral historians at Boston College who are fighting against British authorities regarding confidential interviews that researchers conducted with member of the IRA in the past decade.  I think it would be a great discussion about the role of historians, particularly in a modern context. 

I ran across this piece about the evolving nature of proverbs and I thought it might be a good perspective to add to the conversation about proverbs in the early ancient worlds unit. 

This is, of course, a work in progress.  More to come!