Image Sources
Incredible collections of primary sources that span topics including African American History Architecture, Landscape, Cities, Towns, Culture, Folklife, Environment, Conservation, Government, Law, Immigration, American Expansion, Literature, Maps, Native American History, Performing Arts, Music, Presidents, Religion, Sports, Recreation, Technology, Industry, War, Military, and Women's History. There's also a "Today in History" link with information on significant event(s) from the date and a link to image collection(s) related to the event(s).
Creative Commons licensed photos of animals. Photos are categorized by animal. Each image indicates the type of Creative Commons license associated with the picture. Animal Photos also offers advice on giving attribution for each photo.
Amazing site from the University of California that provides access to a huge collection of primary source documents and images related to California and California history. It is a MUST SEE for anyone who teaches California history or need resources related to California history.
Everyone can use the Creative Commons licensed images. Only registered users upload the images. Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through photos under each type of license. Licensing types are: Attribution (others can copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.), Noncommercial (others can copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.), No Derivative (others can copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.) and Share Alike (others can distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.) Images are available in several sizes.
Image search engine designed to help bloggers and others quickly find, cite, and use Creative Commons licensed images. Wylio makes it easy to give proper attribution to the creator of the image by providing you with html code that includes attribution.
Search by keywords, categories, size, date, etc. OR browse by category.
From Teachersw@Work. Links to a number of sites that provide copyright-free images for education.
Everyone can use the Creative Commons licensed images. Only registered users upload the images. There are several ways to search for images: browse the categories, search for a key word, or search by image number. Categories include: Animals, Architecture, Arts, Colors, Concepts, Flowers, Image Mosaic, Landscapes, Life, Living Spaces, Macro, Most Downloaded, Nature, No Category, Places, Popular, Recreation, Shapes, Skies, Still Life, Study, and Technology.
Free photos for education. Not a huge collection, but does provide copyright-free images across a wide array of subjects. Teachers con also become contributors.
Image Tools
Turn your photo(s) into a pop art poster, mosaic, motivational poster, magazine cover, movie poster jigsaw puzzle, vintage photo, photo cube, and MORE with Flickr Toys tools.
From Hotels.com - See how you look in clay. Create and customize a clay head shot. [optional] Name your clay version. Save the JPEG (downloaded image has a Hotels.com byline at the bottom that can be cropped in an external image program). Great for students when you can't use a real photo.
View collections of images, videos, etc with cool scrolling interface. Great for a quick look at a topic!
Edit photos online. Full-featured editor and express editor for quick fixes.
Write a phrase or sentence. Phrasr finds images to match it. You can edit the images. It plays as a slideshow.
Enter a word or phrase. Spell with flickr finds images of the letters and uses them to spell the word or phrase. Click on a letter image to substitute a different image. Scroll to the bottom to get the imbed code.
Tilt-shift miniature style photos are pictures of real-life scenes that are manipulated to look like model photographs. Transform your existing digital camera photos into tilt-shift style miniatures Requires no registration or signup.
Add speech bubbles on pictures. Save pictures as JPEGs to your computer. Free no registration.
Over 60,000 pieces of free educational clipart referenced by category. Select a category to get started.