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In just a few hundred years, humans have dramatically changed our planet.  Though global warming gets most of the news coverage, another major impact is the loss of habitat for many of the world's animal species.  Here is a collection of videos you can use when talking about this topic with your students. via ​James Sanders G+

"Turn your students into historians with primary-source based activities that develop historical thinking skills. Activities are ready to use in your classroom. Or alter an existing activity to fit your unique needs. Exchange primary source documents and modify activity instructions. Log in to borrow from an even larger selection from fellow educators."

"Seventeen Moments in Soviet History contains a rich archive of texts, images, maps and audio and video materials from the Soviet era (1917-1991). The materials are arranged by year and by subject, are fully searchable, and are translated into English. Students, educators, and scholars will find fascinating materials about Soviet propaganda, politics, economics, society, crime, literature, art, dissidents and hundreds of other topics. more"

"The Newseum's award-winning videos and resources bring news literacy, journalism and history to life for students."

"Talking History, based at the University at Albany, State University of New York, is a production, distribution, and instructional center for all forms of "aural" history. Our mission is to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere. "

"Use this exercise to build students' skills in analyzing historical documents"

"TwHistory is about helping students experience a slice of time through the eyes of another person. The aggregate of these personal experiences can then give a unique perspective of an event in history. It's dull to memorize the events of the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis for a pop quiz but it gets your attention when McNamara drops the F-bomb on Twitter because the world is about to end in a big nuclear fireball."

"Excellent for armchair geographers and student researchers. Each map has a concise and informative historical background on the left side of the screen. Images are downloadable and printable for non-commercial use (check here for details). Highlights include works by Alexander Von Humboldt, and a collection of old globes."

"collection is intended to provide copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an educational setting. Lesson plans also included."

"6 Jan 2003 - A Boke of Gode Cookery - A compilation of medieval recipes from authentic sources ... Medieval Times - Student project on the Middle Ages. ."

A resource for ideas on some global issues. Students should explore this site for resources or idea for lesson plans that they may wish to use to promote their campaigns

World History in Video is an online collection of streaming video that gives faculty, students, and history lovers access critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide. Upon completion the collection will include more than 1,750 documentaries that offer a rich survey of human history from the earliest civilizations to the fall of the Berlin Wall. World History in Video is truly global in scope, covering Africa and the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. Its unparalleled geographical and chronological coverage delivers the sights, sounds, artifacts, and histories from around the world straight to your desktop.

Profit and loss lesson plan

essons: Teens Financial literacy is a skill essential to future success and should be given the same weight in school as English or math. High school and middle school educators striving to augment their own financial literacy curriculum will find a wealth of material in these teacher's guides, student activities, and presentations. Log in or register to download the lessons.

EconEdLink maintains a large library of online economic lessons for K-12 teachers & their students.

The Frozen Price Game Students are told that a hurricane has caused a major power outage, increasing the demand and decreasing the supply of ice. They then use two different methods to allocate ice:  first-come, first-served and price.  This game is a good way to demonstrate the advantages of price allocation.   Click here to download rules and materials.  Also see the Debate Topics page for a new debate over whether gasoline price-gougers should be punished.

Dulcinea Media is the Curator of the Internet. Its mission is to help change the reality that most students cannot effectively conduct research on the Internet. These are the products we have developed thus far in pursuit of that mission.

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.

This section is specifically written for Cambridge IGCSE Economics Syllabus 2011. However, students and teachers from other curriculum will find this section equally useful as most of the topics covered here are common. All GCSCs from various Examination Boards such as EDEXCEL, AQA, CECA and others will find it equally useful.

"My Fake Wall is a web app where students can create a facsimile of a Facebook page for a fictitious or historical character. "