ABC Humanities

A site that shows what floods can do.

This site uses objects to tell a history of the world. You'll find 100 objects from the British Museum and hundreds more from museums and people across the UK.

"Google World Wonders Project is a new service from Google that has been laucnhed today.As we have learnt from Google Official Blog, this new project allows users to discover 132 historic sites from 18 countries including Stenehenge, the archaeological areas of Pempeii and the ancient Kyoto temples. Users can also wander the sandy dunes of Australia's Shark Bay and explore beautiful parks around the world."

fast, fun overview of world history content. Comparable in some ways to The Millennium series by CNN.

"How to feed a planet, continued "

These diaries cover the period from Queen Victoria's childhood days to her Accession to the Throne, marriage to Prince Albert, and later, her Golden and Diamond Jubilees.

Disney's dress code gets an update

Deals that arent really that much of a deal.

real time world information/data. Very interesting to look at and share.

World War II Interactive for iPad is the perfect app to give kids aged 10 and above (as well as parents!) a chance to learn and review the biggest conflict in history. Well designed and easy to use it offers a rich interactive experience that includes photos, videos, audios and text to help our kids learn about a major event in our history.

A US drug company has agreed to pay out $1.6bn (£1bn) after improperly marketing a mood-stabilising drug in a settlement thought to be the largest of its kind involving a single drug. Abbott Laboratories encouraged its sales teams to market Depakote for uses that were not approved by regulators, the US justice department said.

We use some of these for the 8th grade global citizenship unit.

Facebook has set the share price for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at between $28 and $35 per share, valuing the company at between $85bn and $95bn. The pricing would enable Facebook to raise as much as $11.8bn (£7.3bn) through its stock market listing.

Colonization is a strategy game where players take on the role of settles and build towns in a new land. A useful game for history lessons.

Find out if your paper contains plagiarized text before your professor does.Robust grammar checking allows you to find those pesky mistakes and correct them before turning in your paper.Our proofreading system alerts you to opportunities to improve your writing.

A beautifully made search engine for old maps. A great resource for history and geography projects. Just scroll or search the location and choose the map you wish to view