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Day by day accounts & pics from WWII on twitter... could be a good discussion starter

Using rich resources that encourage children's empathy skills can make all the difference in teaching about WWII. This collection has detailed lesson plans, sources of information, emotive images, audio interviews, film footage and display materials.

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. "

"Creating a Digital Archive of the World's Heritage Sites for Preservation and Education"

"lets you create a virtual tour of just about anyplace on a map. You type in addresses or locations and easily create multiple "stops" that show the Google Street View snapshots of the area. You can also upload your own images. But that's not all. What really makes GeoTrio stand out is the ability to easily make an audio recording for each stop on the map."

Better World Flux is a free data visualization development tool that was created for the World Bank's Apps for Development Challenge. The purpose of the challenge was to encourage app developers to create products that could be used to highlight the development data hosted by the World Bank. Better World Flux allows users to create animated visualizations of development data. To use Better World Flux (no registration required) all you have to do is select a data set from the menu provided and select a country or countries from the menu provided. From there Better World Flux creates an animated data visualization for you. The visualization will change

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Slavery resources from federal agencies

The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents modified for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on issues from King Philip's War to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and make historical claims backed by documentary evidence.

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:  

Did the US Government authorise a 'kill'... evidence lies in a suspected memo

Based on a list of 'watch words' . Freedom v Security debate

A list of the top 101 websites for social studies, U.S. history, world history, government, economics and civics teachers.

El proyecto World Wonders Project es un recurso muy valioso para estudiantes y eruditos, ya que permite descubrir virtualmente algunos de los lugares más famosos de la Tierra. Ofrece una forma innovadora de enseñar historia y geografía a estudiantes de todo el mundo. No dudes en descargarte estos paquetes educativos para utilizarlos en clase.