Judy Robison's Library tagged → View Popular
Mr. Hartwig's U.S. History Blog: Stock Market Simulation WebQuest
"This site is meant to work in conjunction with my 8th grade U.S. history class. We cover U.S. history, current events, geography, and the U.S. and Illinois constitutions. Enjoy!"
Google LatLong: UNESCO World Heritage sites in Street View
"imagery of World Heritage sites into Street View. To whet your appetite we've released new imagery for 19 UNESCO sites around Europe, including places in Czech Republic, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. You can explore the sites directly in Google Maps"
MIT World | Distributed Intelligence
"MIT World is a free and open site that provides on demand video of significant public events at MIT. MIT World's video index contains more than 600 videos"
Similar to TED talks, but geared to a university audience.
Map Maker
"Use this teaching resource to create maps quickly and easily for your own purpose. The maps can be printed to hand out to students. The maps can be saved to your computer and re-loaded to use to demonstrate points on the interactive whiteboard. An on screen ruler can be toggled on or off.
The traditional map has self orienting roads for speed and ease of use. It has 4 figure grid references."
World Digital Library Home
A tremendous collection of primary source documents (scanned documents, pictures & video) from around the world and throughout history. Search by place, time, topic, type of item, and institution.
Search Results - World Digital Library- religion
Primary source documents, scanned documents, pictures & video
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
A powerful collection of data and documentation on the trans-atlantic slave trade.
That Quiz - Math (and more) Test Activities
"The most accessible math test resource on the web today with over 6 million graded exams to date and over 300,000 participating students. What we believe in: Clean, quality, easily accessible, educational software for every school and child regardless of geographic location or economic class. "
Eternal Egypt - Home
" Welcome to Eternal Egypt, which brings to light over five thousand years of Egyptian civilization. Eternal Egypt is a living record of a land rich in art and history, people and places, myths and religions. The stories of Eternal Egypt are told using the latest interactive technologies, high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more."
Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web.
Timetoast is a great way to share your past, or even your future...
Creating a timeline takes minutes, it's as simple as can be.
Free
HippoCampus - Homework and Study Help - Free help with your algebra, biology, environmental science, American government, US history, physics and religion homework
on-line resources based on subject and textbook, great for review and reinforcement. You can use materials based in other textbooks to supplement your presentations.
BEYOND THE FIRE
BEYOND THE FIRE introduces the real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones. These stories tell of loss, hope, fear, strength and despair—and most of all, resilience.
History & Primary Sources - K12IMC.org
"One of the most exciting opportunities, stimulated by this new technology, is the capacity for students to access rare primary sources. Such resources are housed physically far away from the students' schools. They have been digitized and placed online for all to view."
Explain the world with maps. - UUorld
UUorld (pronounced "world") provides an immersive mapping environment, high-quality data, and critical analysis tools.
Great explanations are unfortunately scarce, but UUorld makes them easier to achieve through interactive four-dimensional maps. Our solution has three simple parts:
1. Draw on extensive, organized data.
2. Explore and grasp complex patterns through intuitive visual analytics.
3. Deliver new insight with compelling images and video.
Independent Lens . Classroom | PBS
curricula paired with specially edited video modules taken from the best of Independent Lens films, Web original projects and online activities. All lesson plans incorporate national standards, teaching strategies, worksheets and extension ideas.
Footnote - The place for original historical documents online
Footnote is a collection of over 58 million original historical documents that history teachers can use to make history seem more real. What better way to connect students to something that happened a hundred and fifty years ago than to let them actually explore documents and original sources from that time? Users of Footnote can also annotate documents, to help others better understand them.
National Geographic: Salem Witch-Hunt--Interactive
Experience the horror of being accused of witchcraft by taking a ten-minute tour
Make Your Own Cartouche
Because the hieroglyphics were used as alphabet letters, we can use them to spell out our names. If you'd like to see what your name would look like in hieroglyphics, type out your name
EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it
Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Top Contributors
Groups interested in socialst...
-
Roaring20s
A resource list of informat...
Items: 1 | Visits: 82
Created by: Kristin Hokanson
-
SocialStudies
Links to use in Social stud...
Items: 200 | Visits: 72
Created by: Frances DiDavide
-
Seventh Grade Social Studies
A list of bookmarks geared ...
Items: 241 | Visits: 54
Created by: Karen McMillan
Highlighter, Sticky notes, Tagging, Groups and Network: integrated suite dramatically boosting research productivity. Learn more »
Join Diigo
