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"The historian - detective, judge or analyst? The clues that uncover past lives Making history talk through oral history" Just one of many history trails available through the BBC site.

"History Tours is a collaborative website that gives teachers access to pre-made Google Earth tours on various topics in American and World history. These tours provide an excellent backdrop for visual learning. They allow students to view people and places of historical importance while the teacher presents essential background knowledge. Teachers are encouraged to submit their own work or save a copy of the tours posted by the page organizers. There is also a discussion section where teachers can post ideas and/or provide feedback. Creating a history tour is an excellent example of a project-based assessment that promotes higher order thinking skills. All teacher and student generated tours can be considered for inclusion on the wikispace."

"America, A Narrative History is a text published by WW Norton. As a free supplement to the book, Norton has published ten Google Earth tours. These tours include major themes and events in US History. The list includes the Revolutionary War, the path to the Civil War, WWII, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, Lewis & Clark's expedition, the Indian Removal Act, Pre-Columbian North America, the national parks system, and the 20th Century power grid. All of the tours include multiple images and references. Some of the tours also have "tour questions" for students to answer."

"Welcome to TwHistory. We believe that history is filled with exciting stories. We also believe that these stories can be told through Twitter; through the people who lived and experienced them. We go through journals, diaries, letters, and other original sources to deliver the day-to-day lives of people who lived through some of histories most exciting times. We broadcast this information through Twitter, and feel this is a new and exciting approach to understanding history. Instead of reading about a month-long campaign in a few hours, you experience it over the course of a month in small 140 character 'Tweets'."

"The TimeMap of World History submerges you in the entire history of world by placing you on the maps where it happened and then gives you intuitive controls to find the information you are searching for."

So, the objective of The History Teacher's Attic is to get this dusty stuff off of my hands, all the while adding new content and resources for the history or social studies teacher. I'll do my best to reach across the breadth of the content areas, specifically focused on middle school, high school, and undergrad.

Blog by former CYSD teacher Jeff Mummert

"US History Tours powered by Google Earth. This new format traces historical developments across time, touching down on locations vital to our nation's heritage and development. Points of interest in each tour launch primary and multimedia sources."

"Two Hawaiian teachers have taken a new approach to teaching their students by reworking lyrics to popular songs by artists like Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani and more into some seriously cool visual history lessons ever. Some favorites, inside."

"Link primary sources to locations on a map to practice spatial thinking and understand the impact of geographic factors in history."

Very cool interactive timeline of history...Every dot represents a linked event and the time period can be adjusted with the sliding bar at the bottom of the screen.

Learn American History though 50 pop songs.

Bring history to life for your students. Ready-to-use tools for teaching with documents in the classroom. Thousands of primary sources. Build your own interactive activities.

The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real historian.

Mission US is a brand new multimedia project featuring free interactive adventure games set throughout U.S. history. The first game, Mission 1: "For Crown or Colony?" puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a 14-year-old printer's apprentice in 1770 Boston. As players complete tasks throughout the city, they meet everyone from merchants to soldiers, sailors to poets, Patriots to Loyalists. The game reveals rising tensions threatening to come to a head and, ultimately, players must choose where their loyalties lie.

Time Search is a good general resource for history teachers and students. Simply enter a year, press "go" and you're shown a list of significant events that happened in that year. Scroll up or down the list to see events that happened early or late in the year. Time Search lists events that happened worldwide. You can select historical themes to narrow your list of events. You can also narrow results by selecting a region of the world. Next to each item in your events list you will see icons indicating availability of related images, quick text references, and map references. Not all icons appear for all events

"Ever wish your Social Studies classroom could be more interactive? Good news! Thinkfinity offers some of the best interactive games and websites that are specifically designed for the Social Studies curriculum. The interactives are brought to you by some of the best names in education such as the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, National Endowment for the Humanities and Council for Economic Education."

"The Karpeles Libraryis the world's largest private holding of important original manuscripts & documents.The archives include Literature, Science, Religion,History and Art. Among the treasures are .... "The original draft of the Bill of Rights of the United States", The original manuscript of " The Wedding March", Einstein's description of his " Theory of Relativity", The " Thanksgiving Proclamation" signed by George Washington, Roget's " Thesaurus", Webster's " Dictionary" and over one million more." When viewing the documents you can pull down an overlay that turns the handwritten text into a neat and easy-to-read typed document.