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"Meograph, a relatively new tool ( released in July, 2012 and still in Beta form) is one such simple to use but still powerful web app. It sells itself as a "4 Dimensional Story telling" app. In a nutshell, it allows you to tell stories through (1)images/videos, (2)narration, (3)maps and a (4)timeline (hence the 4 dimensions) OR WHO/WHAT, WHEN and WHERE. Now this could be done using a variety of software options but what I love about Meograph is that the whole process only involves 8 simple steps, which I am about to outline for you using the above screenshot and some simple instructions. There is also a video embedded below that provides a demo of the tool."

Gunn Map 2 is an online application which allows you to create customizable maps with any compatible set of data you have available. GunnMap is free. Images generated with it are under the Creative Commons BY-SA license, making them suitable for use most anywhere including on Wikipedia. Watch Demonstration:  

Tweeting the event so WW2 "Volunteers have started translating the RealTimeWWII feed into Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese and Turkish, with talks under way for versions in French, Dutch and German. "

Discussions of propaganda are great ones to have. Here you can see quite an assortment of World War 2 propaganda. Right now in the UK they are observing remembrance day so a lot of resources are being shared that we can use on this topic. It would be interesting to have students look for modern day propaganda? How about looking at US elections - do we have propaganda there? Just discussing that topic would be interesting.

Humanities lessons and student work. Some great resources here for investigation and examples of web 2.0 work that students have done.

"Earth's Hope is the theme of the EARCOS Global Issues Network Conference to be held in Beijing April 4, 5 & 6 at Western Academy of Beijing. The Global Issues Network is based on the ideas in Jean Francois Rischard's book High Noon "Twenty Global Problems, Twenty Years to Solve Them." Rischard identifies 20 urgent global problems and encourages the formation of small groups around the world to help solve them. This echoes Margaret Mead's famous quotation, "Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Global Issues Groups have been formed in many international schools throughout the world empowering international school students to help solve urgent global problems. We in EARCOS will now have the opportunity to do the same to create change in Asia. We invite all EARCOS schools to send a group(2-6) of students to this life changing event. "

Market structures

Uses the product of Cadbury Dairy Milk (close to many people's hearts!) to get students to draw supply and demand curves. Also requires them to shift lines and considers the idea of a market not being in equilibrium. Also includes 2 short homework questions on a similar theme.

resourcesforhistoryteachers, a multimedia/multicultural wikispace for teachers and students, created by teachers and students

Five Cool Things You Can Do With WeatherSpark 1. Get three local forecasts presented in graphs. Two when outside of the US. 2. Compare the weather in San Francisco vs New York. 3. View the global climate trends. And read the details. 4. Check out the monsoon in Mumbai, India. The rain is so dominant that it cools down the air for three months, creating a yearly temperature curve that actually dips in the summer. 5. See an average late July in Houston. The thunderstorms typically roll in around 4pm. ... or tweet your own suggestion! WeatherSpark is a new type of weather website, with interactive weather graphs that allow you to pan and zoom through the entire history of any weather station on earth. Get multiple forecasts for the current location, overlaid on records and averages to put it all in context"

Brewing giant SABMiller has said that profits gained, driven by growth in emerging markets. Pre-tax profit in the six months to September rose 12% to $2.28bn (£1.4bn), the firm said. "We have recently seen moderation of economic growth in some countries," SABMiller said. In terms of earnings before tax and other costs, Europe fell 10% to $516m.

need to feel the texture of the cloth etc? not any more...

"Explore the London Blitz during 7th October 1940 to 6th June 1941"

2 March 2012 : Rigobert Song has begun his job as Cameroon's team manager by introducing a creed for both players and officials. The former captain was appointed on 6 January 2012, with the intention of bringing stability to the national team.

Few places in the world have seen the dramatic effects of globalisation more than Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, which is experiencing an unprecedented IT boom that is transforming the prospects of the Indian economy. For Santosh, a tour guide in Bangalore, life is good.

Particularly in USA

Readers affected by outsourcing give us their personal experiences and views.

" Facts, activities and projects based on World War II."

Go inside World War II and get new insight into the people, battles and events you thought you knew.

"What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? "