ABC Humanities

1. Price Elasticity of Demand This measures the relationship between changes in price of a product and the change in demand for the product.

Clear, but just text - could be used as a reference for some independent learning (homework) - does include an 'Action' and has some side links for further study.

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Fast-food giant KFC has been ordered to pay $8.3m (£5.1m) to the family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after being poisoned by a chicken meal. Monika Samaan fell ill with salmonella poisoning after eating a "Twister" wrap at a KFC restaurant near Sydney in 2005. KFC had denied it was the food that caused the problem

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

Welcome To The Center For Teaching History With TechnologyEdTechTeacher presents The Center for Teaching History with Technology, a resource created to help K-12 history and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their courses. Find resources for history and social studies lesson plans, activities, projects, games, and quizzes that use technology. Explore inquiry-based lessons, activities, and projects. Learn about web technologies such as blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networks, Google Docs, ebooks, online maps, virtual field trips, screencasts, online posters, and more. Explore innnovative ways of integrating these tools into the curriculum, watch instructional video tutorials, and learn how others are using technology in the classroom!

"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."

Public data , much of which is brilliant for economics, Science and maths.

IT'S crunch time for the industry. Following the Costa Concordia disaster, cruise companies have been aggressively lowering rates and ratcheting up promotions to lure back hesitant passengers.

Britons consider hot tubs to be the most desirable status symbol of 2012, according to a new survey. Test yourself on status symbols new and old. 1.) Multiple Choice Question Hot tubs may top the list but what comes second?

khan academy videos on balance sheet

Geography 7th Grade

good man, love the resources. Very ABC

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

"People of African and Asian origin have lived in Britain for at least two thousand years. But this aspect of our heritage has been largely forgotten. By presenting a selection of relevant records held by The National Archives and other sources, the Black Presence exhibition aims to reclaim some of this history and make it more widely known."

interactive triangular graph tutorial

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 pdf report on the effect and progress of globlaistaion in the UK. Worth reading the Executive Summary in particular- and some interesting graphs

"Wecome to History Animated E-mail If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good animation is worth ten thousand. After reading book after book about the Pacific War and finding only complicated maps with dotted lines and dashed lines crisscrossing the pages, we decided to depict the key naval and land battles using animation technology."

This site explores current evidence about the effects of globalisation on the UK, focusing in particular on communities and the experience of people in poverty. It also includes a link to a short video (for inspiration) - might be a little biased (against Globalisation)

"Best of History Web Sites is an award-winning portal that contains annotated links to over 1200 history web sites as well as links to hundreds of quality K-12 history lesson plans, history teacher guides, history activities, history games, history quizzes, and more. BOHWS has been recommended by The Chronicle of Higher Education, The National Council for the Social Studies, The New York Public Library, the BBC, Princeton University, -- and many others."

"History of Medieval & Renaissance Europe: Primary Documents"