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17 Nov 09

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.

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16 Nov 09

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

sixrevisions.com/...-of-the-internet-in-a-nutshell - Preview

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11 Nov 09

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. .

www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm - Preview

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26 Oct 09

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.

www.smarthistory.org - Preview

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25 Oct 09

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.

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ - Preview

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History Timelines on the Web ... The History Beat

If you need a timeline then this might be a usefule site.

history.searchbeat.com/ - Preview

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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.

www.besthistorysites.net/Multimedia.shtml - Preview

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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.

www.scopesys.com/anyday - Preview

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Clickable Mummy

Kids are very often interested in mummies and using this interactive site they can learn about the process of mummification.

www.akhet.co.uk/clikmumm.htm - Preview

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19 Oct 09

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

www.shmoop.com - Preview

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13 Oct 09

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

www.teachersandfamilies.com/...studymatrix.html - Preview

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06 Oct 09

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.

calgaryscienceschool.blogspot.com/...better-historical-digital.html - Preview

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14 Sep 09

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.

www.learningcurve.gov.uk/...film-archive - Preview

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02 Sep 09

Make Your Own Cartouche

Create a personal Cartouche. Type in your name and see how it is spelt in hieroglyphic symbols

www.harcourtschool.com/...cartouche.html - Preview

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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.

www.fordham.edu/...asbook09.html - Preview

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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.

www.firstworldwar.com/...causes.htm - Preview

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28 Aug 09

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."

www.darkroastedblend.com/...nusual-and-marvelous-maps.html - Preview

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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.

www.magnumphotos.com/...C.aspx - Preview

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