South Asian Calendar, completed!

I've updated the perpetual South Asian History Calendar Widget Script so that it now runs all year long. On each day, there is an event from South Asian History (usually India or Pakistan, but sometimes other countries as well). On days when there was not a notable event, or the birth or death of a famous figure, I have included different "spotlights," providing information about the countries, cities, languages, and religions of South Asia, along with geography spotlights on various UNESCO World Heritage sites.

This is a calendar I include in the Desire2Learn homepage for Ancient Indian Epics. I think it is a good way to introduce students to the South Asian world, in addition to the stories of the Ramayana and Mahabharata which we read in class.

You can get the javascript to add this widget to any website (blog template, course management system), or you can add the widget with just one click to your Blogger.com blog.

Here's the link: South Asian History Calendar Widget Script

Here's the script in action:

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Greek Proverb of the Day

Someone who has taken on the exciting project of teaching herself Greek this summer asked me to create a "Greek Proverb of the Day" widget that she could add to her blog, just like the Latin Proverb of the Day widget I created a while ago. So, what I've done is to collect a year's worth of proverbs from Apostolios, WITH the Latin translations. This way, the widget is good not just for studying Greek, but Latin, too.

You can find the new Greek Proverb of the Day script at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website. There is also a Random Greek Proverb script, if you prefer.

Here is the script in action, showing random proverbs:

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On This Day Widget

Some of you may already be familiar with the very handy pages at Wikipedia for each day of the year, highlighting the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays which took place on that day. There is also a fantastic service at BBC which gives an overview of important news events day by day.

To give you easy access to both of those great resources, I've created an "On This Day" calendar widget which contains a link to both the Wikipedia page and the BBC On This Day page for each day of the year.

To get the script to add to your own webpage, blog or wiki, here is the On This Day Calendar page at the SchoolhouseWidgets.com website.

And here is the script in action:

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