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Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
An annotated guide and index to Shakespeare on the web including random information about Shakespeare that can be hard to find on the internet.
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
A brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from. While the complete history of the Internet could easily fill a few books, this article should familiarize you with key milestones and events related to the growth and evolution of the Internet between 1969 to 2009
World Wide Words
A facinating site on 'Words' (British. It offers more than 2100 pages on the origins, history, evolution and idiosyncrasies of the English language worldwide. .
Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history
This is a free multi-media web-resource/book designed as a dynamic enhancement for the traditional art history textbook. The authors decided to create a multi-media survey of art history web-book. They created audios and videos about works of art found in standard art history survey texts, organized the files stylistically and chronologically, and added text and still images.
EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
This sie can help you to get a more personal perspective on history through this site. It is a site that would engage kids with first-hand accounts of historical events, photos, audio and more.
History Timelines on the Web ... The History Beat
If you need a timeline then this might be a usefule site.
History Games and Animations
This site offers a list of resources to find tools that will help you teach your students about everything historical from ancient times to the present day.
ANYDAY Today-in-History PAGE of SCOPE SYSTEMS.
Put in any day in the year and find out what major events happened on it through this helpful tool. This could be a good way to begin a class - by finding out what happened on today's date that is significant.
Clickable Mummy
Kids are very often interested in mummies and using this interactive site they can learn about the process of mummification.
Shmoop: Study Guides, Teacher Resources
Smart, fun, plain-spoken study guides and teacher resources. Digital textbooks prepared by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford, Harvard, Berkeley
TeachersAndFamilies StudySites
Web resource developed by teachers for students and their parents. The site offers free learning resources for pre-K through high school students in all curricular areas. Site emphasizes content for pre-schoolers, special education students, and those who are gifted and talented
How to Design Powerful Digital Stories | Connect!
Activities and connections made between the real world and mathematics. It is a good interactive that also helps students understand how maths are used in various professions.
The National Archives Learning Curve | Focus on Film | Film Archive
This Focus On presents film as a historical source and considers its advantages as evidence for the past. There are activities to investigate aspects of film as evidence. Access these on a pc or via an interactive whiteboard. There is a film archive with background information on each film. Film can be downloaded for free. Work in our editor’s room and use our online film-editing tool to create your own clips.
Make Your Own Cartouche
Create a personal Cartouche. Type in your name and see how it is spelt in hieroglyphic symbols
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
Links to information about Roman history, as well as primary source documents. The Internet History Sourcebooks are collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Maintained by Paul Halsall of the Fordham University History Department.
First World War.com - Feature Articles - The Causes of World War One
The site provides a lot of information about World War I, including its origins, battles, maps, propaganda, etc.
Dark Roasted Blend: Unusual and Marvelous Maps
"Hideous monsters devouring ships? Old map symbols, correctly showing storm fronts & dangerous currents I’ve always been fond of maps, from those antique ones showing sea serpents and hideous monsters devouring ships in the vast expanses of the ocean, to those showing what the world looked like in the distant, and not so distant, past."
Robert Capa - photographs
Quote: "If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough." Robert Capa was a founder of Magnum Photos and a full Member since 1947.
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