I'm covering the Middle Ages in one of my classes.

[Coventina]

I got a note from a student telling me she thought the Vikings were made up and weren't real.

Thank goodness she took my class!
Now she knows the truth!!

[Ocelot II]

1. They didn't wear helmets with horns, either.

[Coventina]

2. True! But they did make to North America!!

[blm]

3. She never heard of Fran Tarkenton?

Wow.

[Coventina]

4. Hahahaha!!!

[blm]

5. 😉

[Better Days Ahoy]

6. Thanks for helping another flat-earther before she gets out there

And believes everything on Fox News, too.

[exboyfil]

7. I liked this series of lectures from Wondrium

https://www.wondrium.com/the-medieval-legacy

[RobinA]

21. Wondrium

also has a Viking series which is GREAT. Follow that up with their one on Norse Mythology.

[exboyfil]

22. Thanks

[brush]

8. Do you cover the Knights Templar and all of that period?

[Coventina]

16. I cover the Crusades, but not Knights Templar specifically.

I love reading about them, though!

[Skittles]

9. SOME of it is made up

for example, I don't think they wore those horned helmets (?)

[Coventina]

17. No horned helmets. That was a Wagner invention.

In fact, many of them wore no helmets at all.

[Haggard Celine]

10. She probably heard about the Norse gods and

got it confused with the Norse people. Some people don't listen well enough to comprehend what their teachers are telling them and they only read their textbooks in class. A lot of Americans are just plain hostile to learning about history. Why do we have to learn about something that happened hundreds of years ago, they say. A lot of the problems we face in this country could be mitigated by some curiosity and lessons on how we're facing similar problems that humanity has experienced before. I wish we could get through this period without going through a lot of grief, but I'm not very hopeful. The wheel of fortune continues to turn and it will continue until we awaken as a species.

[LeftInTX]

14. Ever since the stupid Viking series, things have gotten outta control

I tried to watch a series on the Ottoman Empire and they all looked like Vikings. I swear it literally was Viking series that was just repurposed. They were wearing horned helmets and the whole bit. I turned it off.

[Haggard Celine]

15. There's so much bullshit about people from history,

it's no wonder there are so many people who have erroneous ideas about the past. These are people who believe the Ancient Astronauts show is reality. Shows like that do a disservice to the public. That show in particular is some of the worst on television because it is on the History Channel. They think the History Channel is a good source for education.

[Tetrachloride]

11. Been here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Citadel

[Coventina]

18. Very cool!!!

Egypt is on my bucket list!

[Tetrachloride]

19. if you come, get a pro tour guide.

make your wish list in advance because somethings are not in the same city. example: cairo is a couple hours from Alexandria. Luxor is pretty far south.

Poverty is way way more pervasive than the appearances show.

[whistler162]

23. You do know that Egypt is a

country, not a bucket, don't you?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

12. As my Republican coworkers have proclaimed...

... to me repeatedly in the past, after they lost an argument based on logic and evidence: "EVERYTHING is just an opinion, anyway."


Ugh!

[LeftInTX]

13. Well, if your student gets their info from TV, I can see why!!

Thoughts of Game of Thrones
And that fake Viking series

[Prairie_Seagull]

20. Of course you know Coventina but

one can "virtually walk" around in some middle age/medieval age villages. I use an ipad on my treadmill and walked around one in France yesterday. So frikkin cool. Could be an excellent introduction to village life in those times.