Streetmuseum is a new (and free) augmented reality iPhone app created by the Museum of London that allows you to browse historical photographs in various parts of the city.
The app leads you to various locations around London using either the map or GPS. Once you’re there, click the “3D View” button, and the app will recognize the location and overlay the historical photograph over the live video feed of the real world, giving you a brief glimpse into how the past looked
Wiki which utilises glogster to explore the topic of slavery in the Americas.
Holt Social Studies: interactive map of the Pacific War
3D tour of Lascaux - the Cave with prehistoric paintings on the wall.
The British Library's collection of oral history sound recordings illustrating accents and dialects.
From the Maritime New Zealand site. Includes History of lighthouses , Lighthouse keepers, Waipapa Point lighthouse restoration project, & Lighthouse frequently asked questions
Google resources on the history of Lighthouses represented as a timeline
Site which explores the Hiroshima bombings through the story of Sadako
Welcome to the Atomic Archive. This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb
These "Voice of Hibakusha" eyewitness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima are from the program HIROSHIMA WITNESS produced by the Hiroshima Peace Cultural Center and NHK, the public broadcasting company of Japan. The individual accounts were input and translated into english by college students Yumi Kodama, Junko Kato, Junko Kawamoto, Masako Kubota, Chiharu Kimura, and Kumi Komatsu, who were advised by Laurence Wiig.
online drag and drop history/archaeology activity to place the artifacts in the correct time period.
This blog is intended for educators in general, but with special attention given to history and social studies teachers.
An ABC 3D documentary site about the WW1 ANZAC landing at Gallipoli, on 25 April 1915.
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