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1: Creating Compelling Social Studies Lesson Plans
When it comes to keeping the attention of school children these days, teachers really do have a tough job ahead of them. Today's kids are constantly bombarded by fast moving images, brightly colored ads and so much more. When it... (View article)

2: Golden Jubilees
"In August, 1935, Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah completed 50 years of his spiritual leadership and the Ismailis decided to pay a memorable tribute to their Imam by weighing him against gold and making a present of it, as a mark of the... (View article)

3: History of the bow and arrow
The history of archery is extremely fascinating; by tracing the development of archery we likewise follow the chronicle of humans which is so tightly associated.All over the planet we have evidence of ancient archery, even recover... (View article)

4: Bai Budhai
Syed Ruknuddin, the son of Pir Hasan Kabiruddin had a daughter, called Bibi Jeval or Bibi Jivan Khatoon. She married to Pir Hasan Kabiruddin and had five sons and a daughter, called Bai Budhai. The biography of Bai Budhai is not f... (View article)

5: Prince Aly Salomone Khan
"Prince Aly Salomone Khan, the son of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah was born at Turin in Italy on June 13, 1911. Because he was a delicate child, his father decided against sending him to experience the rigours of an English boarding ... (View article)

6: Sicily Hotels - Great Places to Visit
Among the best European places to visit we definitively have to consider Sicily. The actual Sicilian name of the region is Sicilia, this is a beautiful island and is also considered the largest one in the Mediterranean sea, it ha... (View article)

7: Chiragh I Rawshan – An Ismaili Tradition In Central Asia
It appears in the Northern Area of Pakistan that a white cloth is spread on the ground and a lamp (chiragh) is burned in the middle. No other light is allowed to be kept or used as long as this lamp remains burning. The Koranic ve... (View article)

8: Pir Abul Hasan Shah
Pir Shihabuddin Shah (d. 1301/1884) married to Bibi Arus Khanum, who gave birth of a son, Abul Hasan Shah and six daughters, viz. Talah, Nushi, Turan Malek, Khadija, Tuman Malik and Zarin Taj. Upon the death of Pir Shihabuddin Sha... (View article)

9: Suzanne Somers Biography
Suzanne Marie Mahoney was born in San Bruno, California, on 16 October 1946; she is one of four children. In 1986, she wrote an autobiography entitled Keeping Secrets, in which detailed the physical abuse she suffered at the hands... (View article)

10: Collecting Antiques – The Peoples Art Part 2
In part one of this series of articles we discussed the growth in the marketability of antique brand images and how the apparent extinction of the brand itself can lead to the rapid rise of the marketability of the antique value o... (View article)